Canada may opt for varied vaccine supply in future

* GlaxoSmithKline only supplier of Canada's H1N1 vaccines

* Canada ahead of U.S. per capita but pressure builds (Adds details)

OTTAWA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Canadian government, facingpublic impatience over the pace of vaccinations for the H1N1flu, defended its use of a single vaccine supplier on Tuesdaybut said it would consider use of several sources of vaccinefor future pandemics.

"We are doing better than any other country in producingvaccine on a per capita basis, with one company," said HealthMinister Leona Aglukkaq in a news conference in Vancouver,British Columbia.

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