Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Routine (and Catch-up) Vaccination Schedule for Infants and Children (as of April 2024)
This table summarizes the current routine vaccination schedule for infants and children in all provinces and territories across Canada. Changes to this schedule are updated regularly in collaboration with the Canadian Nursing Coalition for Immunization (CNCI) and the Canadian
Immunization Committee (CIC). Additional information is available on Canada.ca/vaccines.
VACCINES
Provincial & Territorial Vaccination Schedules
Abbreviations
Description
BC
AB
MB
ON
QC
2
NB
NS
PE
NL
YT
NT
NU
DTaP-IPV-Hib
Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated
polio virus, Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine
Age:
18 mos
Age:
18 mos
Age:
2,4,6,18 mos
Age:
2,4,6,18 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
2,4,6,18
mos
Age:
2,4,6,18 mos
Age:
18 mos
Age:
2,4,6,18
mos
Age:
18 mos
Age:
2,4,6,18 mos
Age:
2,4,6,18 mos
DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib
Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, hepatitis B,
inactivated polio virus, Haemophilus influenzae
type B vaccine
Age:
2,4,6 mos
Age:
2,4,6 mos
Age:
2,4 mos
Age:
2,4,6 mos
Age:
2,4,6 mos
Tdap-IPV
Tetanus, diphtheria (reduced toxoid), acellular
pertussis (reduced toxoid), inactivated polio virus
vaccine
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
4 yrs
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
4 yrs
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
4-5 yrs
Age:
4-6 yrs
3
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
4-6 yrs
3
Age:
4-6 yrs
Tdap
Tetanus, diphtheria (reduced toxoid),
acellular pertussis (reduced toxoid) vaccine
Grade 9
Grade 9
Grade 8 or 9
Age:
14-16 yrs
Grade 7
Grade 7
Grade 9
Grade 9
Grade 9
Grade 7
Grade 6
Td
Tetanus, diphtheria (reduced toxoid) vaccine
3
rd
year of high school
BCG
Bacille-Calmette-Guérin vaccine
Age : 1 mos
Age : 1 mos
HAHB
Hepatitis A and B vaccine
Age:
18 mos
HB
Hepatitis B vaccine
HB is provided
in a 3-dose
combination
vaccine (DTaP-
HB-IPV-Hib) in
infancy
(2-dose)
Grade 6
(2-dose)
Grade 6
(2-dose)
Grade 7
HB is provided in a 2-dose
combination vaccine
(DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib) in
infancy
1-dose of HAHB at 18 mos
Age:
At birth,2,6
mos
(2-doses)
Grade 7
HB is provided in a 3-
dose combination
vaccine (DTaP-HB-
IPV-Hib) in infancy
(2-dose)
Grade 6
HB is provided
in a 3-dose
combination
vaccine(DTaP-
HB-IPV-Hib) in
infancy
Age:
At birth,1,6 mos
Age:
At birth,1,9 mos
MMR
Measles, mumps, rubella vaccine
Age:
12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Var
Varicella vaccine
Age:
12 mos
Age:
15 mos
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
12 mos
Grade 6
MMR-V
Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine
2
nd
dose
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
12, 18 mos
Age:
12 mos,
4-6yrs
2
nd
dose
Age:
4-6 yrs
Age:
12,18 mos
Age:
12,18 mos
Age:
12 mos,
18 mos
Age:
12,18 mos
Age:
12,18 mos
(2
nd
dose)
Age:
4-6 years
Age:
12,18 mos
Age:
12, 18mos
Men-C-C
Monovalent conjugate meningococcal vaccines
Age:
2,12 mos
Age:
4,12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
18 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
2,12 mos
Age:
2,12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Men-C-ACYW-135
Quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccines
Grade 9
Grade 9
Age: 12 mos and
Grade 6
Grade 7
3
rd
year of high school
Grade 9
Grade 7
Grade 9
Grade 4
Grade 9
Grade 12
1
Grade 9
Pneu-P-23
Pneumococcal polysaccharide, 23-valent vaccine
Age: 2-3 yrs
Pneu-C-13
Pneumococcal conjugate, 13-valent vaccine
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,12 mos
Age:
2,4,6,18 mos
Age:
2,4,6,15 mos
Pneu-C-10
Pneumococcal conjugate, 10-valent vaccine
Age:
2,4,mos
Rota
Rotavirus vaccines
4
Age:
2,4 mos
Age:
2,4 mos
Age:
2,4 mos
Age:
2,4 mos
Age:
2,4 mos
Age: 2,4,6
mos
Age: 2,4,6 mos
Age:
2,4,6 mos
Age:
2,4 mos
Age:
2,4,6 mos
Age:
2,4,6 mos
Age:
2,4,6 mos
HPV
Human papillomavirus vaccines
(2-dose)
Grade: 6
(2-dose)
Grade 6
(2-dose)
Grade 6)
(2-dose)
Grade 7
(2-dose)
1
st
dose in 4
th
year of
primary school and 2
nd
dose in 3
rd
year of high
school
(2-dose)
Grade 7
(2-dose)
Grade 7
(2-dose)
Grade 6
(2-dose)
Grade 6
(2-dose)
Grade 6
9-14 yrs: 2-dose
15 yrs+: 3-dose
(2-dose)
Grade 6
Inf
Influenza vaccines
Age:
6 mos of age
and older
Age:
6 mos of age
and older
Age:
6 mos of age and
older
Age:
6 mos of age and older
It is not part of the routine
schedule.
Age:
6 mos of age
and older
Age:
6 mos of age
and older
Age:
6 mos of age and
older
Age:
6 mos of age
and older
Age:
6 mos of age
and older
Age:
6 mos of age and
older
Age:
6 mos of age and
older
LEGEND
Abbreviation/
footnote
Definition
yrs
Years (age)
mos
Months (age)
1
If attending post-secondary school out of territory.
2
A catch-up program in the 3
rd
year of high-school evaluates student's vaccination history. Students will be provided any missed vaccination to protect against the following diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, meningococcal serogroup C infections, hepatitis A and B, and human papilloma virus. Temporary
catch-up schedule: children in the fourth year of primary school will be vaccinated against hepatitis A.
3
DTaP-IPV-Hib may be substituted for DTaP-IPV in times of shortage for those who are 4-6yrs of age.
4
There are two rotavirus vaccines authorized in Canada: Rotarix (2 doses) and RotaTeq (3 doses).
Vaccine is not publicly funded in this province/territory.
A specific catch-up program is currently underway. A catch-up program is defined as a time-limited measure to implement a new vaccine program to a certain age cohort (e.g. an additional dose of a vaccine is recommended and a targeted program is put in place). It can also be used when a vaccine is added at a younger age (e.g. in infancy) and the
existing program continues until that infancy age cohort “catches up” to the current age cohort (e.g. hepatitis b vaccine is added to the infancy program, but the school immunization program continues until those infants reach school aged immunization). With that said, a province or territory can still provide catch-up vaccine at the individual level
even if there’s no specific program in place.