BC PEDIATRIC SOCIETY ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE

AGE PROVINCIAL VACCINE ROUTE OTHER VACCINES & COMMENTS

2 months

Rotavirus (Rotarix

) PO • Give ﬁrst if IM immunizations being given at the same visit.

2 dose series only.

DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib (Infanrix hexa™) IM • See Factsheet: Hepatitis A – Local Risks

• See Factsheet: Travel Vaccines – Enterically Borne

• Consider Menveo

or Nimenrix

for travelers beginning at 2 months of age if meningococcal vaccine is indicated.

• See Factsheet: Meningococcal Disease

• NACI recommends the multi-component meningococcal serogroup B (4CMenB) vaccine be considered on

an individual basis for children 2 months of age and older. It should be strongly considered for children at

high risk. Not publicly funded.

• See Factsheet: Meningococcal B Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know

Pneumococcal conjugate (Prevnar

13) IM

Men-C conjugate (NeisVac-C

) IM

4 months

Rotavirus (Rotarix

) PO • Give ﬁrst if IM immunizations being given at the same visit.

DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib (Infanrix hexa™) IM

Pneumococcal conjugate (Prevnar

13) IM

6 months

DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib (Infanrix hexa™) IM

MMR SC • Infants from 6-11 months of age who are travelling to measles endemic areas or who are identiﬁed as

contacts of a measles case are eligible for MMR.

Please see Communicable Disease Control Manual, Chapter 1: Measles.

COVID-19 IM • Children ≥6 months are eligible as per latest BCCDC guidelines. A 3 dose primary series with a booster

6 months later is indicated for some immunocompromised children depending on age and product used.

Inﬂuenza IM • Annual inﬂuenza immunization for children recommended at ≥6 months (two doses in 1

year of vaccine

receipt if <9 years old). As of 2022/2023, inﬂuenza immunization is publicly funded for all ≥6 months of age.

• See Factsheet: Inﬂuenza

Hepatitis A IM • Recommended and publicly funded for Aboriginal children and infants ≥6 months up to 18 years of age.

• See Factsheet: Hepatitis A – Local Risks

12 months

Pneumococcal conjugate (Prevnar

13) IM • Only 1 dose of Nimenrix

is needed if given between 12 and 23 months of age.

Men-C conjugate (NeisVac-C

) IM

MMR SC

Varicella (Varivax

III or Varilrix

) SC

18 months

DTaP-IPV-Hib IM

Hepatitis A IM • Recommended and publicly funded for Aboriginal children and infants ≥6 months up to 18 years of age.

4-6 years

Tdap-IPV IM

MMRV (ProQuad

, Priorix-tetra

) SC

10/31/2022

> For high risk children or special populations please refer to BCPS HIGH RISK IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE here

BCPS Routine Immunization Schedule 2022 | Page 1 of 2

For further information and links to other references, please see our website www.bcpeds.ca

Please see www.immunizebc.ca for further immunization information or

BC Centre for Disease Control Immunization

(Manual http://www.bccdc.ca/health-professionals/clinical-resources/communicable-disease-control-manual)

BC PEDIATRIC SOCIETY

ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE 2022

ROUTINE

AGE PROVINCIAL VACCINE ROUTE OTHER VACCINES & COMMENTS

11 years

(Grade 6)

Nonovalent HPV (Gardasil

9) IM • Gardasil

9 is publicly funded for grade 6 boys and girls and HIV+ individuals 9-26 yrs of age who have not

received a complete series of HPV vaccine.

Two doses for 9-14 year olds with a dose interval of ≥6 months.

• HPV vaccine remains publicly funded for those who do not commence a series in grade 6 but initiate a

series prior to age 19 (for males, born in 2006 or later), but not thereafter. A series commenced prior to the

age of 19 may be completed with publicly funded HPV vaccine prior to the 26

birthday.

• HPV vaccine is publicly funded for males 9-26 years, including those who have sex with men, street involved

youth, boys who may be questioning their sexual or gender identity, and youth in custody or in care of

Ministry of Children and Family Development.

• Recommended for older females and women up to age 45, all boys age 9 to 26 years, and males 27 years

of age and older who are men who have sex with men. Not publicly funded. It is available for purchase from

most pharmacies and travel clinics.

• See BCPS Factsheet: Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

Varicella (Varivax

III or Varilrix

)

if susceptible

SC • Children who have never had a dose receive 2 doses, the second dose at least 3 months after the ﬁrst dose.

• For susceptible individuals 13 years of age and older, the recommended interval between 2 doses of varicella

vaccine is 6 weeks.

• Children who received 1 dose at a younger age only need 1 dose.

• Children who have had laboratory conﬁrmed varicella after 12 months of age do not require varicella immunization.

• Consider Men-C-ACYW for travelers for whom meningococcal vaccine is indicated. Menveo

, Menactra

or Nimenrix

• Consider annual inﬂuenza immunization for this age group.

14 years

(Grade 9)

Tdap (Adacel

) then every 10 years IM • Males and females initiating Gardasil

at age 15 years or older should receive a 3 dose series at 0, 2 &

6 month intervals.

• Consider annual inﬂuenza immunization for this age group.

Men-C-ACYW IM • See Factsheet: Meningococcal Disease

• Two Meningococcal B vaccines are approved for use in Canada. NACI recommends the multi-component

meningococcal serogroup B (4CMenB) vaccine be considered on an individual basis for children 2 months of

age and older. It should be strongly considered for children at high risk. Not publicly funded.

Dose schedule

available here for Bexsero. For children 10 years of age and up, Trumenba is also an option.

BCPS Routine Immunization Schedule 2022 | Page 2 of 2

First dose of Rotarix

vaccine to be given no later than 20 weeks less 1 day of age. Administer last dose

by 8 months plus 0 days of age. Minimum 4 weeks between each dose. 10/2018. BCCDC link click here.

BC Centre for Disease Control. Meningococcal Quadrivalent Conjugate Vaccines (Groups A,C,Y,W-135).

05/2020. BCCDC link click here.

Meningococcal B vaccine is publicly funded for case contacts only. BC Centre for Disease Control.

01/2017. BCCDC link click here.

BC Centre for Disease Control. Hepatitis A Vaccine (Inactivated Viral). 05/2017. BCCDC link click here.

BC Centre for Disease Control. Vaccines in BC, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine.

06/2022. BCCDC link click here.

BC Centre for Disease Control. Varicella Vaccine (Live Attenuated Viral Vaccine). 10/2020. BCCDC link click here.

For further information and links to other references, please see our website www.bcpeds.ca

Please see www.immunizebc.ca for further immunization information or

BC Centre for Disease Control Immunization

(Manual http://www.bccdc.ca/health-professionals/clinical-resources/communicable-disease-control-manual)

BC PEDIATRIC SOCIETY

ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE 2022

ROUTINE

Hepatitis A, HPV, Meningococcal and Pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for

immunization of high risk including immunocompromised, immunosuppressed or children

with other health conditions, travelers, aboriginal or special populations may be found at:

1) BC Centre for Disease Control Immunization Program Manual Section 4 - Biological Products

2) BC Centre for Disease Control Immunization Program Manual Section 2

- Immunization of Special Populations

See precautions and advice when administering live vaccines to immunosuppressed children.

10/31/2022