COVID-19 Vaccines - 2025/2026

The COVID-19 spring vaccine campaign has launched for those who are eligible. 

Some highlights: 

  • For information on who is eligible during the spring COVID-19 vaccine campaign, visit the dedicated web page.
  • TBDHU will not host community clinics. 
    • Participating pharmacies and health care providers will offer COVID-19 vaccine. 
    • Use the Ontario locator website to find a pharmacy and call ahead to be sure. 
  • Anyone 6 months and older can receive their COVID-19 dose from a pharmacist if they are eligible. 
  • For the district communities, visit TBDHU.com/districtvaccines for more information. 

Learn more about other vaccines that are recommended for specific groups

  • RSV vaccine: More information on protection for infants and eligibility for high-risk older adults is available on the dedicated web page.
  • Pneumococcal vaccine:  For more information visit the dedicated web page. 
    • This vaccine is recommended for those who are 65 years and older and those of any age with specific underlying medical conditions. Individuals who are 65 years and older with certain underlying health conditions may be eligible for a second dose if it has been at least a year since their first dose..

 

What you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines:

  • You will be offered a Health Canada–approved vaccine that’s appropriate for your age. 
  • As soon as it is available to you, get your annual COVID-19 shot (and flu shot). 
  • It is safe and recommended to receive the annual COVID-19 vaccine and flu shot, and the RSV vaccine for eligible older adults, at the same time.
  • Don't delay waiting for a specific brand, any available vaccine is better than waiting.
  • All COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective, and provide strong protection against serious illness. 
  • Side effects after COVID-19 vaccination vary from person to person, but most people experience none. 
  • Protect yourself and your community through vaccination.  

Eligibility

Spring 2026: Individuals listed below should receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, as soon as the vaccine is available to them. 

*If you don’t belong to any of the groups listed below, you don’t need a dose this spring, even if you missed getting a fall dose.*

  • Older adults 
    • those 80 years and older should get an additional dose of vaccine 
    • those 65 to 79 years of age may receive an additional dose of vaccine
  • adult residents of long-term care homes and other congregate living settings for seniors
  • individuals 6 months of age and older with underlying medical conditions, including children with complex health needs; a list of these complex needs is available from the Government of Canada website
  • individuals 55 years and older who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis and their non-Indigenous household members who are 55 years and older
  • individuals 6 months of age and older who are moderately to severely immunocompromised (due to an underlying condition or treatment); see the list below
    • solid tumour or hematologic malignancies or treatments for these conditions
    • solid-organ transplant and taking immunosuppressive therapy
    • hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) (within 2 years of transplantation or taking immunosuppression therapy)
    • immunocompromised due to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy targeting lymphocytes
    • moderate to severe primary immunodeficiency with associated humoral and/or cell-mediated immunodeficiency or immune dysregulation
    • HIV with AIDS-defining illness or TB diagnosis in last 12 months before starting vaccine series, or severe immune compromise with CD4 ‹ 200 cells/µL or CD4<15%, or without HIV viral suppression
    • recent treatment with the following categories of immunosuppressive therapies:
      • anti-B cell therapies (monoclonal antibodies targeting CD19, CD20 and CD22)
      • high-dose systemic corticosteroids
      • alkylating agents
      • antimetabolites
      • tumor-necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors
      • other biologic agents that are significantly immunosuppressive
    • chronic kidney disease on dialysis

Contact your health-care provider if you have received any of the following since your most recent COVID-19 vaccination(s) as you may be recommended to be re-vaccinated due to loss of immunity following transplant or therapy:

  • a hematopoietic stem cell transplant
  • hematopoietic cell transplant (autologous or allogeneic)
  • a (CAR)-T-cell therapy

COVID-19 vaccination timing

  • Those who have completed their initial series are recommended to receive their fall dose if it has been at least 3 months (84 days) since their last dose.
  • Those who belong to the two groups listed below should read the recommendations in the links provided:

Pharmacies

  • Find a pharmacy that is offering COVID-19 vaccines by using the Ontario locator website OR call ahead to confirm. Anyone 6 month and older can receive a COVID-19 vaccine from a pharmacist.

Health Care Providers

  • Contact your provider to ask if they are offering COVID-19 and flu vaccines.

Indigenous Led Clinics

  • ONWA Mindimooyenh Health Clinic is open for vaccine appointments; primary care is not available at this time. 
    • Call 807-697-1753 to book an appointment
    • ONWA Mindimooyenh Health Clinic is open to everyone who is Indigenous, lives in an Indigenous household, or works in an Indigenous community.

For more information about Ontario's other respiratory season campaigns:

 

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