This is stated in the message on the website of the department.
Most of the infected - 184 cases - were detected in the province of Quebec.
Another 45 people have been infected in Ontario, four cases have been identified in Alberta and two in British Columbia.
Earlier it was reported that the authorities of the Canadian province of Quebec are starting smallpox vaccination among a certain group of the population due to the situation with monkeypox.
Chief Researcher, National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F.
Gamalei, Professor of Virology Anatoly Altshtein spoke about the situation with monkeypox in an interview with NSN.