SVG is tag based like HTML itself. So you have to insert DOM nodes inside an SVG tag. Your example translates roughly to the below code.
You cannot convert from canvas to svg directly. You can store the canvas drawing commands in a stack, afterwards you can generate a path data string, or use the DOM Interface. Look here for the structure of path data.
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