Routine schedule for infants and children
Age at vaccination |
DTaP-IPV |
HiB |
MMR |
Var |
HB |
Pneu-C-7 |
Tdap |
Birth |
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Infancy 3 doses or pre-teen/teen 2-3 doses |
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2 mo |
✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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4 mo |
✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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6 mo |
✓ |
✓ |
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✓ |
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12 mo |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ 12-15 mo |
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18 mo |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ or ✓ |
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4-6 yrs |
✓ |
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12 yrs |
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14-16 yrs |
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✓ |
- DTaP-IPV: diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated polio virus vaccine
- Hib: Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine
- MMR: measles, mumps, rubella vaccine
- Var: varicella vaccine
- Two live vaccines (varicella, MMR) must be given either together or at ≥4 week interval
- HB: hepatitis B vaccine
- Second dose at least 1 mo after first dose, third at least 2 mo after second
- Pneu-C-7: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7-valent
- Tdap: diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine
Other vaccines
- Td: diphtheria, tetanus vaccine
- Given to adults not immunized in childhood as second and third doses of primary series and subsequent booster doses every 10 years
- Pneu-P-23: pneumococcal polysaccharide - 23-valent
- Recommended for all adults ≥ 65 years old
- Men-C: meningococcal C conjugate vaccine
- Recommended for children under 5 years old, adolescents, and young adults
- Before 12 mo: one additional dose in 2nd year of life (ideally 12-18 mo)
- After 12 mo: one dose in infacy/early childhood sufficient
- Additional dose recommended in early adolescence
- HPV: human papillomavirus
- Recommended routine use in females 9-13 years old before onset of sexual intercourse
- 3 doses at 0, 2, and 6 months, with minimum interval of one month between first two doses
- Also recommended for females 14-26 years old who would benefit
- Inf: influenza
- Recommended for all children 6-23 mo old and all persons ≥ 65 years old
- <9 years old: two doses of current season's vaccine with interval of > 4 weeks. Second dose within same season not required if child received one or more doses during previous season
- IPV: inactivated polio virus
Catch-up schedules for people with uncertain history of vaccination available at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/is-cv/