en اقتصاد دارویی Pharmacoeconomics Short Communication Short Communication <strong>Background</strong>: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause morbidity and premature mortality and ravage the socio-economic sectors in Canada.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Objectives</strong>: The study aimed to appraise the Total Dollar Value of Human Life Losses (TDVHL) associated with COVID-19 in Canada.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: The net output approach was applied in the dollar valuation of the 8810 human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Canada as of July 16, 2020. The economic model was rerun assuming 3%, 5%, and 10% discount rates with Canada&rsquo;s life expectancy of 83 years, the world&rsquo;s average life expectancy of 73 years, the world&rsquo;s highest average life expectancy of 88 years, and a 3% discount rate.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The human lives lost to COVID-19 had an estimated value of the international dollar (Int$) 2037021173 and an average of Int$ 231217 per human life lost. Quebec and Ontario provinces alone accounted for 94.99% of the TDVHL. Reanalysis of the economic model with discount rates of 5% and 10% resulted in declines in TDVHL of Int$ 192721390 (9%) and Int$ 530132423 (26%), respectively. Substitution of the nation with the word&rsquo;s average life expectancy shrank the TDVHL by Int$ 1754972473 (86%) while applying the world&rsquo;s highest life expectancy triggered a growth in the TDVHL of Int$ 498674987 (24%).<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The average value of human life lost is 4-fold the gross domestic product per capita for Canada.&nbsp; Coronavirus, Gross domestic product, Value of life, Canada 93 104 http://pbr.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-852-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Joses Muthuri Kirigia muthurijoses68@gmail.com 10031947532846006051 10031947532846006051 Yes African Sustainable Development Research Consortium (ASDRC), Nairobi, Kenya. Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi Muthuri u19391189@tuks.co.za 10031947532846006052 10031947532846006052 No Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.