How to book in Canada
Book through your family doctor, a local public health unit / CLSC (Quebec), or a participating pharmacy. Exact timing and a few vaccines vary by province and territory - your public health unit can confirm your child's schedule.
Government of Canada - provincial and territorial immunization contactsTap any milestone to expand it. Each vaccine explains what it is, the diseases it prevents, and why it is given at that age.
Given in addition to the routine schedule, for children who meet certain criteria.
When: Infancy
Who: Offered to infants in some First Nations and Inuit communities with high rates of tuberculosis.
When: Infancy and childhood
Who: Recommended for children with certain medical conditions, and routinely in some northern and Indigenous communities.
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About the Canada schedule
Canada does not have a single national schedule - each province and territory runs its own publicly funded immunization program based on recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). The differences are small, mostly in the exact months doses are given and in a few optional vaccines.
The schedule below is the common NACI-based pattern used across most of the country. Babies are usually immunized at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 18 months, with pre-school and school-age boosters, and a school-based program in Grade 6 (around ages 11-12).
Always check your own province or territory's schedule with your public health unit or family doctor. Enter your child's date of birth below to see an approximate personal timeline.
Reading the timeline
Ages such as "8 weeks" or "12 months" are the recommended target ages. In practice, appointments can fall a little before or after, and being a few weeks late is common and easily caught up - contact your local service rather than waiting for the next scheduled set. Where a vaccine needs several doses, each one builds on the last; the immune protection is only complete once the full course (including any booster) is given.
If your child is behind
Almost every dose still counts no matter how much time has passed, and there is a catch-up route for children who have missed vaccines or who have moved from another country. Bring whatever record you have to a GP or clinic and they will work out the shortest path back onto the schedule.
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