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    <periodOfReport>2022-01-03</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DMAC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001872564</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Burroughs Amy L.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>TWO CARLSON PARKWAY, SUITE 260</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55447</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Voting Common Shares, no par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-01-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>11182</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>3.58</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares are issuable upon settlement of deferred stock units granted under the DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan in lieu of cash retainer fees in the aggregate amount of $40,000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 11,182 shares issuable upon settlement of deferred stock units granted under the DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Amy Culbert, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-01-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
