EpiSense.ca Launches Public Dashboard to Help Canadians Track Illness Trends Locally
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- Jul 3
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Goderich, Ontario — EpiSense.ca, a Canadian healthtech startup, today announced the launch of its public-facing dashboard at www.EpiSense.ca, allowing users to monitor real-time illness activity in their communities through technology similar to a weather app.
The EpiSense dashboard combines anonymized user-reported symptoms with publicly available health data to provide meaningful insights into illness trends, including measles, COVID-19, RSV, the flu, and the common cold.
“You might look at your phone to see oh there’s going to be a storm today maybe I won’t go for that hike or I’m going to go to Ottawa or Toronto or Barrie I want to know what the weather is to plan accordingly,” said Chapin Korosec, co‑founder and lead of tech and data science.
“We want to make it easy to look at what all the different disease trends are in your community and in any community that you might be travelling to,” Korosec added.
Alexandra Kasper, co-founder and operations lead, said the tool was designed with families in mind. “All three of our founding team are parents so we really know how much getting sick throws your entire life off. It’s anxiety‑inducing and it’s really exhausting and disruptive especially when you have really little ones,” Kasper said.
She shared how EpiSense helped solve a real need during travels. “I was talking to my friend recently who has a baby and they were planning travel to go to this big family reunion and they were really uncertain because their baby was too young to get their measles vaccine,” Kasper said. “We said how do we get this at scale? How do we give every parent and every Canadian access to that ready‑to‑go information to take something that’s really overwhelming and turn it into something you feel confident making the right choice for you.”
EpiSense users, including families, schools, workplaces and healthcare providers, can now:
See weekly trend snapshots
Report symptoms anonymously
View local illness heatmaps
Access a 30‑day free trial of advanced features
EpiSense was part of Treefrog Accelerator and plans to expand beyond Ontario, offering enhanced situational awareness and community health planning tools.
Canadians are invited to explore the dashboard or sign up for the free trial at www.EpiSense.ca.
About EpiSense
EpiSense is a healthtech startup based in Huron County, Ontario. By combining crowdsourced reporting with verified public data, the platform empowers individuals and institutions to make informed decisions through real‑time, local tracking of contagious diseases.
Media Contact:
Michael Daley
Co-Founder, EpiSense
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