Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccination Plan - COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Ontario

6/21/2021 Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination plan | COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Ontario
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Ontario's three-phase plan prioritizes vaccines for those at greatest risk of severe illness
and those who care for them. As vaccine supply is delivered across the province, public
health units may have different vaccine administration rates based on local context.
Ontario is using different channels to administer the vaccines and reach most of the
population. Implementation will vary as each channel, priority population and vaccine has
specific criteria that require flexibility.
Phase 1
High-risk populations
(approximately 1.8 million people)
December 2020 – March 2021
Congregate living for seniors
Health care workers
Adults in First Nations, Métis and Inuit populations
Adult chronic home care recipients
Adults ages 80 and older
Distribution through:
hospital site clinics, mobile teams, site-specific clinics, mass immunization clinics,
pharmacies
Phase 2
Mass deliveries of vaccines
(approximately 9 million people)
April 2021 – June 2021
Adults aged 55 and older, in decreasing increments
High-risk congregate settings (such as shelters, group homes)
Individuals with certain health conditions
Certain essential caregivers
People who live in hot spot communities
Those who cannot work from home
mass immunization clinics, pharmacies, primary care, site-specific clinics, mobile
teams, pop-up clinics, workplace clinics, public health units
Phase 3
Steady state
July 2021 onwards
All remaining eligible Ontarians
mass immunization clinics, pharmacies, primary care, site-specific clinics, mobile
teams, pop-up clinics, public health units
All timelines are subject to change depending on vaccine supply.
Learn how the priorities are determined.
Check with your public health unit

Each public health unit has a vaccine plan tailored to their own community’s needs. Local
plans align with Ontario’s vaccine distribution plan and ethical framework. Find your public
health unit and check their website for details about vaccination in your area.
Find your public health unit
Our three-phased vaccination plan
Phase 1: High-risk populations

December 2020 to March 2021
Who is eligible
Staff, essential caregivers and any residents that have not yet received a first dose in:
long-term care homes
high-risk retirement homes
First Nations elder care homes
Alternative level of care patients in hospitals who have a confirmed admission to a long-term
care home, retirement home or other congregate care home for seniors
Indigenous adults in northern remote and higher risk communities (on-reserve and urban)
Adults ages 80 and older
Staff, residents and caregivers in retirement homes and other congregate care settings for
seniors (for example, assisted living)
Health care workers identified in the Ministry of Health’s guidance on Health Care Worker
Prioritization (PDF)
Indigenous adults
Adult recipients of chronic home care
Phase 2: Mass deliveries of vaccines

April to June 2021, depending on vaccine supply
Phase 2 schedule for COVID-19 vaccine booking eligibility

The following schedule includes the anticipated start dates to expand eligibility for booking, based
on the current understanding of deliveries for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Public health units can continue to target people 18 and older in hot spots through other channels
(for example, hospitals and pop-up clinics).
All timelines are subject to change depending on vaccine supply.
Eligibility Week of April 26 Week of May 3 Week of May Week of

group 10 May 17
Provincial age April 30:

May 6:
May 13:
May 18:
band 55 and older 50 and older 40 and older 18 and

older
May 23:
12 and
older
Hotspot age April 27:

May 4:
- -
band 45 and older 18 and older
Health Highest-risk health May 6:

May 11:
-
conditions conditions continues High-risk At-risk health
health conditions
conditions
Cannot work April 29:

May 6:
May 11:
-
from home Licensed childcare Group 1 Group 2
workers
Who is eligible
Older adults
Timing: continuing throughout May
All adults, in decreasing increments
Public health units determine age-based eligibility for their own community’s needs. This
means eligible age groups may differ between regions.
Where to get vaccinated
Mass immunization clinics — visit Ontario.ca/bookvaccine to find out how to book
Participating pharmacies
Adults living or working in COVID-19 hot spot communities
People in hot spot communities, including:
people ages 12 and older
Black and other racialized communities
Age 18 or older:
Mobile, pop-up and workplace clinics, promoted locally in your community
Employer-hosted workplace clinics
Learn about the criteria for hosting an onsite vaccination clinic, if you are an employer in a
hot spot community.
People who live and work in high-risk congregate settings
Supportive housing
Developmental services or intervenor and supported independent living
Emergency shelters for people experiencing homelessness
People experiencing homelessness not in shelters
Mental health and addictions congregate settings (for example, supportive housing, hospital
psychiatric patients)
Homes for special care
Employer-provided living accommodations for temporary foreign agricultural workers
Adult correctional facilities
Violence against women (VAW) shelters and anti-human trafficking (AHT) residents
Children’s residential facilities
Youth justice facilities
Indigenous healing and wellness facilities
Bail beds and Indigenous bail beds
Provincial and demonstration schools
Mobile or pop-up clinics, promoted locally in your community
Caregivers in select congregate care settings
Developmental services
Mental health and addictions congregate settings
Homes for special care
Children’s residential facilities
Indigenous healing and wellness facilities
Mobile or pop-up clinics, promoted locally in your community
Individuals with health conditions and essential caregivers
Highest risk
Timing: continuing throughout April
Organ transplant recipients
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (bone marrow transplant)
Neurological diseases that impact breathing (for example, motor neuron disease, myasthenia
gravis, multiple sclerosis)
Haematological malignancy diagnosed within the last year
Kidney disease with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) under 30
Pregnancy
One essential caregiver for individuals with the conditions in this category who require
regular and sustained assistance with personal care or activities of daily living
Hospital clinics
Where you receive your regular treatment, if possible
High risk
Timing: starting May 6
Obesity (BMI over 40)
Other treatments causing immunosuppression (for example, chemotherapy, immunity-

weakening medications)
Intellectual or developmental disabilities (for example, Down Syndrome)
One essential caregiver for individuals with the conditions in this category who require
regular and sustained assistance with personal care or activities of daily living
Mobile clinics
Where you receive your regular treatment, if possible
At risk
Immune deficiencies and autoimmune disorders
Stroke and cerebrovascular disease
Dementia
Diabetes
Liver disease
All other cancers
Respiratory diseases, such as asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy
Spleen problems, such as asplenia
Heart disease
Hypertension with end organ damage
Diagnosed mental disorder
Substance use disorders
Sickle cell disease
Thalassemia
Immunocompromising health conditions
Other disabilities requiring direct support care in the community
This list is not exhaustive – health care practitioners will use their best medical judgement to
vaccinate patients with health conditions not listed (such as rare diseases) that may put them at
similar or greater risk to the listed conditions.
Hospital clinics
Mobile clinics
Primary care settings (such as your doctor’s office)
People who cannot work from home
High-risk group (equivalent to health care workers)
Education workers who:
provide direct support to students with special education needs across the province
live or work in select hot spot areas
Individuals working in licensed childcare who interact directly with children, including:
licensees, employees and students over age 18 on an educational placement in licensed

childcare centres and authorized recreation and skill building programs
licensed home childcare and in-home service providers, employees of a home childcare
agency and students over age 18 on an educational placement in a licensed home child
care setting
Hospital clinics
Mobile clinics
First group
Remaining elementary and secondary school workers (including educators, custodial, school
bus drivers, administrative staff)
Workers responding to critical events (including police, fire, special constables, children’s aid
society workers, emergency management, critical infrastructure restoration workers)
Enforcement, inspection and compliance roles (including by-law enforcement, building

inspectors, food inspectors, animal welfare inspectors, border inspection officers, labour
inspectors, WSIB field workers)
Remaining individuals working in licensed childcare settings (including all licensees,

employees and students on educational placements who interact directly with children in
licensed childcare centres and in authorized recreation and skill building programs, licensed
home child care and in-home service providers, employees of home child care agencies)
Foster care agenda workers (including customary care providers)
Food manufacturing and distribution workers
Agriculture and farm workers
Funeral, crematorium and cemetery workers
Hospital clinics
Mobile clinics
Second group
Essential and critical retail workers (including grocery, foodbank, pharmacy, ServiceOntario,
postal service, ServiceCanada, Passport Canada, wholesalers and general goods, restaurant,
LCBO workers)
Workers in manufacturing industries directly involved in supporting the COVID-19 response,

construction (including infrastructure) and other essential businesses and services where
facilities are at heightened risk for COVID-19 outbreaks and spread
Independent childcare providers who directly provide care to children who are not related
Social workers and social services staff who provide in-person client services (including youth
justice workers, Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program case workers)
Courts and justice system workers (including probation and parole workers)
Transportation, warehousing and distribution workers (including public transit workers,

airport workers, truck drivers supporting essential services, marine and rail cargo and
maintenance, highway maintenance)
Electricity (including system operations, generation, transmission, distribution and storage

workers)
Communications infrastructure workers (including cellular, satellite, landline, internet, public

safety radio)
Water and wastewater management workers
Financial services workers (bank branch staff)
Veterinarians and veterinary teams
Waste management workers
Oil and petroleum workers (including petroleum refineries, crude oil and petroleum storage,
transmission and distribution, retail sale of fuel)
Natural gas and propane gas workers (including compression, storage, transmission and
distribution of natural gas and propane)
Mine workers (including those needed to ensure the continued operation of active mines)
Uranium processing workers (those working in the refining and conversion of uranium and
fabrication of fuel for nuclear power plants)
Hospital clinics
Mobile clinics
Youth
Youth in Ontario between 12 and 17 years of age and their family members who have not
received a first dose of vaccine
Participating pharmacies carrying the Pfizer vaccine
Dedicated youth and family clinics throughout the weeks of June 14 and 21
Community or school pop-ups
Phase 3: Steady state

July 2021 and beyond
Who will be vaccinated

Remaining Ontarians ages 16 and older who wish to be vaccinated
Hot spot communities

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted certain neighbourhoods and communities across the
province. These areas may have historical and ongoing high rates of COVID-19 deaths,
hospitalizations and transmission.
To target these areas, the following postal codes are:

designated as hot spots
receiving additional doses of vaccines
Hot spot postal codes
Public health Postal codes starting with

unit

unit
Durham L1S, L1T, L1V, L1X, L1Z

Region
Health
Department
Halton L9E
Region Public
Health
City of L8W, L9C

Hamilton
Public Health
Services
Niagara L2G
Region Public
Health
Ottawa Public K1T, K1V, K2V

Health
Peel Public L4T, L4W, L4X, L4Z, L5A, L5B, L5C, L5K, L5L, L5M, L5N, L5R, L5V, L5W, L6P,
Health L6R, L6S, L6T, L6V, L6W, L6X, L6Y, L6Z, L7A, L7C
Simcoe- L3Z
Muskoka
District
Health Unit

unit
Region of N2C
Waterloo
Public Health
and
Emergency
Services
Wellington- N1K
Dufferin
Guelph Public
Health
Windsor- N8H, N8X, N8Y, N9A, N9B, N9C, N9Y

Essex County
Health Unit
York Region L0J, L3S, L3T, L4B, L4E, L4H, L4J, L4K, L4L, L6A, L6B, L6C, L6E
Public Health
Toronto M1B, M1C, M1E, M1G, M1H, M1J, M1K, M1L, M1M, M1P, M1R, M1S, M1T,
Public Health M1V, M1W, M1X, M2J, M2M, M2R, M3A, M3C, M3H, M3J, M3K, M3L, M3M,
M3N, M4A, M4H, M4X, M5A, M5B, M5N, M5V, M6A, M6B, M6E, M6H, M6K,
M6L, M6M, M6N, M8V, M9A, M9B, M9C, M9L, M9M, M9N, M9P, M9R, M9V,
M9W
Southwestern N5H
Public Health
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6/21/2021 Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination plan | COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Ontario

This page will be updated regularly. Last updated: June 12, 2021

Book a first dose Learn about second doses

Beginning Monday, June 14, 2021 at 8:00 a.m., individuals who

Our three-phased vaccination plan

Hot spot communities

When you can get your first dose

December 2020 – March 2021

Congregate living for seniors

Health care workers

Adults in First Nations, Métis and Inuit populations

Adult chronic home care recipients

Adults ages 80 and older

(approximately 9 million people)

April 2021 – June 2021

Adults aged 55 and older, in decreasing increments

High-risk congregate settings (such as shelters, group homes)

Individuals with certain health conditions

Certain essential caregivers

People who live in hot spot communities

Those who cannot work from home

July 2021 onwards

All remaining eligible Ontarians

All timelines are subject to change depending on vaccine supply.

Learn how the priorities are determined.

Check with your public health unit

Find your public health unit

Our three-phased vaccination plan

Phase 1: High-risk populations

long-term care homes

high-risk retirement homes

First Nations elder care homes

Adults ages 80 and older

Adult recipients of chronic home care

Phase 2: Mass deliveries of vaccines

Phase 2 schedule for COVID-19 vaccine booking eligibility

All timelines are subject to change depending on vaccine supply.

Eligibility Week of April 26 Week of May 3 Week of May Week of

Provincial age April 30:

band 55 and older 50 and older 40 and older 18 and

Hotspot age April 27:

Health Highest-risk health May 6:

Cannot work April 29:

Timing: continuing throughout May

All adults, in decreasing increments

Where to get vaccinated

Mass immunization clinics — visit Ontario.ca/bookvaccine to find out how to book

Adults living or working in COVID-19 hot spot communities

Timing: continuing throughout May

People in hot spot communities, including:

people ages 12 and older

Black and other racialized communities

Where to get vaccinated

Mass immunization clinics — visit Ontario.ca/bookvaccine to find out how to book

Mobile, pop-up and workplace clinics, promoted locally in your community

Employer-hosted workplace clinics

People who live and work in high-risk congregate settings

Timing: continuing throughout May

Developmental services or intervenor and supported independent living

Emergency shelters for people experiencing homelessness

People experiencing homelessness not in shelters

Homes for special care