Vaccinations

• Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations are underway. Here’s each province’s approach

  Ontario has started its vaccination rollout for COVID-19 and flu vaccines, with high-risk recipients up first, while some provinces have not yet given details of their schedule.

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  Sep 28
  
• Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report

  Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.

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  Apr 16
  
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• Support for mandatory vaccinations is growing in Canada, poll finds

  The online survey found that 72 per cent of Canadians think vaccinations for children should "definitely" or "probably" be mandatory in their province.

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  Oct 9, 2025
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• Manitoba health officials offer vaccine guidance as flu season approaches

  Before the pandemic, about 20 per cent of people in the province were getting vaccinated against influenza. That number increased to 23 per cent by 2024.

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  Oct 8, 2025
• Ontario needs to modernize vaccine registry, top doctor says

  Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada.

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  Sep 4, 2025
• Ontario schools start suspending students with incomplete immunization

  Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, and a first group of 173 students in Grade 11 will be suspended Tuesday.

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  Apr 9, 2025
• Waterloo Public Health issues suspension orders issued for more than 18,000 elementary school kids

  Waterloo Public Health says it has issued 18,643 suspension orders for elementary students in the area whose vaccination records aren’t in order.

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  Feb 12, 2024
• Measles cases ‘just a matter of time’ in Alberta, warn doctors pushing for provincial action

  Health experts warn that higher vaccination rates are needed in Alberta to prevent measles cases from spreading here like they have in Europe.

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  Feb 9, 2024
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• ‘It’s not too late’: B.C. pharmacists renew push for respiratory season vaccine uptake

  According to Statistics Canada, some 53 per cent of British Columbians over 65 are vaccinated against pneumonia — a far cry from Ottawa's goal of 80 per cent vaccine coverage.

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  Dec 4, 2023
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• With respiratory illness season here, Manitoba experts say ‘get that booster shot’

  Professor of disease modelling at York University, said Canadians, including Manitobans, are more vulnerable outbreaks because immunity is running low, and getting lower.

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  Nov 15, 2023