RE: Short PositionsI don't know where you are getting your numbers from, but according to - https://www.iiroc.ca/industry/marketmonitoringanalysis/Pages/consolidated-short-position-report.aspx
Shorts interest was
21.1.21 - 730,547
7.1.21 - 401,500
21.12.20 - 809,909
There are more reports there if you want to go back further