OTTAWA -- They lived in Canada's small towns and big cities, from coast to coast. They were children, parents, friends and neighbours. Some had health problems before the virus struck them down, but many were young and vital.

Scientists are still trying to determine why H1N1 affects some people and not others, and why it hits some more severely. But for those who knew and loved those who have died with H1N1, the loss has been heartbreaking.

So far, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, the virus known as "swine flu" has killed 95 Canadians. Their names are not released by government for privacy reasons, but the identities of some have emerged over the months.

Here are the stories of a dozen Canadians who have died from H1N1.

Ashley Miller, 26, from Mission, B.C., died Oct. 11 after coming down with H1N1 and spending two days in hospital in Abbotsford. The mother of a one-year-old daughter named Emma, Miller was otherwise healthy before getting sick. She was the eighth person to die of H1N1 in B.C., but the first person in the province to die who had no underlying health issues.

Vanessa Bluebell, a 25-year-old mother of four with no previous medical issues, was the first Calgary-area casualty of H1N1. She grew up at the Yellow Quill First Nation in Saskatchewan, where she likely contracted the virus at a funeral for her cousin. Bluebell was hospitalized June 27, but sent home, only to return two days later when her symptoms worsened. She fell into a coma and died on July 9.

Tina L'Hirondelle was the first confirmed death from H1N1 in Canada. The 39-year-old had a history of asthma and diabetes and died in hospital in High Prairie, Alta., on April 28, after saying she was having difficulty breathing. She lived in the Metis settlement of Gift Lake and may have contracted the virus from her mother, who had a mild case of H1N1.

Hannah Arsenault Dicks, known as "Hannah-Banana," a six-year-old from La Ronge, Sask., died in July after contracting H1N1 while in hospital for a bone condition. Dicks had many health problems, had been tube-fed since birth and was unable to walk or talk. Dicks' father, Paul, has started a sanitizing campaign at the hotel where he works as a general manager to help prevent the spread of H1N1.

Perry Chernesky, a Baptist minister at the Oakbank Baptist Church in Winnipeg, died on July 5. The healthy, friendly 43-year-old was put in isolation at a Winnipeg hospital. His kidneys failed and he eventually died of a heart attack. Originally from Edmonton, Chernesky left behind a wife and two daughters.

Lorraine Wilson, 45, died of complications from the H1N1 virus in June. She lived in Northern Manitoba in the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and worked at a school library. Initially, she was sent home by doctors who said she had a cold. She was eventually diagnosed with pneumonia as well as H1N1. Wilson had a daughter and was raising two of her nieces when she died.

Karin Shiozaki died in Kingston General Hospital on Oct. 19 after complaining of shortness of breath, coughing and discomfort. The 52-year-old woman from Newboro, Ont., had a history of asthma and was overweight. She worked as a respiratory technologist and left behind her husband of 33 years, Ian Kent Shiozaki, and two grown children, Alix and Jesse.

Vanetia Warner, 10, died a few days after showing symptoms, at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario on Oct. 24. Vanetia, a Grade 5 student at St. Anne's Catholic School in Cornwall, was a healthy child whose death sparked a wave of concern among parents. She was a figure-skater who loved the music of Miley Cyrus.

Rubjit Thindal, 6, from Brampton, Ont., died from the virus on June 15. Her symptoms included joint pain, fever, and later, a persistent stomach ache. On the way to the hospital, the Grade 1 student at Roberta Bondar School went limp. Her father tried to revive her with CPR; she died two hours later.

Evan Frustaglio, 13, was a minor hockey player with the Mississauga North Stars who attended Hill Academy, in Vaughan, Ont. On Oct. 24, during a hockey tournament in London, Ont., he developed a sore throat and fever. Two days later, he collapsed on his bathroom floor and was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Health Centre on Oct. 26. Friends remember Evan as a great friend and talented hockey player.

Fatiha Idrissi Kaitouni, 23, died on Aug. 14, two months after giving birth to her son, Yassine, in June. Kaitouni, a day care worker, was hospitalized at Montreal's Sacre Coeur Hospital with high fever during the last months of her pregnancy. After developing severe respiratory problems, Kaitouni was given a C-section, and then put under a medically induced coma until her death from H1N1.

Annette Sampson, 51, of L'Ardoise in Cape Breton in Nova Scotia was the first H1N1 victim from Atlantic Canada. Described as a kind, considerate and loving woman, Sampson fell ill on July 1 and slowly worsened until her death in a Halifax hospital on July 24. Sampson, who her family says was relatively healthy, was a nursing home worker and mother to 15-year-old Kelsey.