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    <periodOfReport>2019-06-07</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>Edesa Biotech, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EDSA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001778981</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MacDonald Sean Arthur</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O EDESA BIOTECH INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>100 SPY COURT</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MARKHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>L3R 5H6</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-06-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>13583</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>13583</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents common shares of Edesa Biotech, Inc. (formerly known as Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc.)(the &quot;Issuer&quot;) issued in the share exchange transaction that was completed on June 7, 2019, pursuant to that certain Share Exchange Agreement, dated March 7, 2019, by and among the Issuer, Edesa Biotech Inc. and the shareholders of Edesa Biotech Inc.  All share numbers reflect the 1-for-6 reverse split of the Issuer's common shares which occurred on June 7, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Sean Arthur MacDonald</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-06-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
