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Canada’s child vaccine schedules: Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta
Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta each publish their own schedule. Each is quoted here, dated, one column each.
Canada, Ontario: Government of Ontario
Document: ontario.ca page dated 4 Aug 2026.
Routine vaccines are free of charge if you meet the eligibility criteria; flu and COVID-19 vaccines are recommended each fall for everyone aged 6 months and older who lives, works or goes to school in Ontario.
- At 2 and 4 months old: DTaP-IPV-Hib (5-in-1), pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus
- At 6 months old: DTaP-IPV-Hib (5-in-1)
- At 1 year of age: pneumococcal conjugate, meningococcal conjugate and MMR
- At 15 months old: varicella (chickenpox)
- At 18 months old: DTaP-IPV-Hib (5-in-1)
- At 4 years old: Tdap-IPV (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio) and MMRV
- In grade 7: meningococcal conjugate, hepatitis B and HPV; at 14 years old: Tdap
- Ontario’s page says people with special medical conditions or other high-risk factors may need additional vaccines, some of which may be free under the publicly funded program, and sends them to a health-care provider or local public health unit
Source: ontario.ca
Canada, British Columbia: HealthLinkBC
Document: HealthLinkBC page dated 15 Dec 2025.
- At 2 months: DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib, pneumococcal conjugate (PCV 20), meningococcal C conjugate and rotavirus
- At 4 months: DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib, pneumococcal conjugate (PCV 20) and rotavirus
- At 6 months: DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib, and hepatitis A vaccine for Indigenous children only; from 6 months, yearly influenza vaccine with a second dose 4 weeks after the first if receiving it for the first time
- At 12 months: pneumococcal conjugate (PCV 20), meningococcal C conjugate, MMR and varicella (chickenpox)
- At 18 months: DTaP-IPV-Hib, and hepatitis A vaccine for Indigenous children only
- At 4-6 years (school entry): Tdap-IPV and MMRV
- Grade 6: HPV; grade 9: meningococcal quadrivalent conjugate and Tdap
Source: healthlinkbc.ca
Canada, Alberta: Government of Alberta
Document: table effective 18 Jun 2025.
- At 2 months: DTaP-IPV-Hib-HB, pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus
- At 4 months: DTaP-IPV-Hib-HB, pneumococcal conjugate, meningococcal conjugate (MenconC) and rotavirus
- At 6 months: DTaP-IPV-Hib-HB, and pneumococcal conjugate for high risk children only; from 6 months, influenza vaccine annually (footnote: "Annually, during influenza season")
- At 12 months: MMR-Var, meningococcal conjugate (MenconC) and pneumococcal conjugate
- At 18 months: DTaP-IPV-Hib and MMR-Var
- At 4 years: Tdap-IPV
- Grade 6: hepatitis B (2 doses) and HPV (2 doses); grade 9: Tdap and MenC-ACYW; "In Alberta, the last childhood immunization is provided in Grade 9"
Source: alberta.ca
The schedules are not meant to be read against each other dose by dose. Bring the original record to your child’s doctor or nurse.
Records (Ontario and Alberta)
- Ontario (Government of Ontario): the page says to get the yellow immunization card from your doctor and bring it to each immunization appointment, and that parents and guardians are responsible for reporting vaccines given to school-aged children to their local medical officer of health; children at a licensed daycare centre: report to the daycare centreSource: ontario.ca (ontario.ca page "Updated: September 29, 2026")
- Alberta (Government of Alberta): immunization records are kept by Alberta Health Services at the health zone level; if it has been more than 7 to 10 years since the last immunization, AHS may not have a copy; the page says to contact Health Link at 811 with questions about records, and to contact the Immunization Records Request Office in the health zone to obtain themSource: alberta.ca (the page’s Table 1 is captioned "effective: June 18, 2025"; the visible page carries no separate updated date (the page HTML metadata carries a published date of 2025-11-17))
Who to see on arrival (Ontario)
- Ontario (Government of Ontario): the page says to talk to your doctor or your local public health unit about the vaccines you or your children needSource: ontario.ca (ontario.ca page "Updated: September 29, 2026")
School entry (Ontario)
- Ontario (Government of Ontario): under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) you are responsible for reporting your children's vaccinations to your local public health unit so your child can attend school in Ontario; by law, children and youth are required to be immunized against certain diseases to attend school unless there is a valid exemptionSource: ontario.ca (ontario.ca page "Updated: September 16, 2025")
Urgent care (Ontario)
Ontario: Health811 and other ways to get care is the page of the Government of Ontario. This site does not give medical advice.
British Columbia’s records and school rules are not covered on this page.
Everything on this page was checked against its source on or after 12 Nov 2026. Each column shows its own document date.
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