COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
Older versions of this report are available on the archived reports page .
Vaccination coverage
This page provides information on the number and percentage of people that have received a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada by province or territory, vaccination status, sex, age group, and vaccine series.
We update this information every 4 weeks on Fridays at noon ET with data up to and including the previous Sunday.
This report was last updated on with data up to and including MMM DD, YYYY .
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About COVID-19 vaccination and approved vaccines
About COVID-19 vaccination and approved vaccines
Vaccination programs
- COVID-19 vaccination began in Canada on December 14, 2020.
- You’re currently eligible for COVID-19 vaccination if you’re 6 months of age or older and you don’t have contraindications to the vaccine.
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The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) issues
statements with recommendations on the use of COVID-19 vaccines
. Briefly, NACI recommends:
- a complete primary vaccine series to provide protection against COVID-19
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booster doses after completing the primary series to restore or improve protection against COVID-19. Please refer to the
COVID-19 vaccine chapter
of the
Canadian Immunization Guide
for more details on:
- booster eligibility
- timing of a booster dose
- recommended products
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As part of the
fall 2022 COVID-19 booster program
, NACI recommends a COVID-19 vaccine booster 6 months after your last COVID-19 vaccine dose or SARS-CoV-2 infection.
- A booster dose should be offered to people at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19, no matter how many booster doses they’ve already had.
- A booster may be offered to all others aged 12 to 64, no matter how many booster doses they’ve already had.
Approved vaccines
Vaccines authorized for use for primary vaccine series in Canada currently include:
2-dose vaccines
- Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty® (3 formulations: ages 6 months to under 5 years, ages 5 to 11 years, and ages 12 and older)
- Moderna Spikevax® (3 formulations: ages 6 months to 5 years, ages 6 to 11 years, and ages 12 and older)
- AstraZeneca Vaxzevria® (ages 18 and older)
- Novavax Nuvaxovid® (ages 18 and older)
- Medicago Covifenz® (ages 18 to 64)
1-dose vaccine
- Janssen Jcovden® (ages 18 and older)
Vaccines currently authorized for use as booster doses in Canada include:
- Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty® (2 formulations, ages 5 to 11 years, and ages 12 and older)
- Moderna Spikevax® (Moderna Spikevax and Moderna Spikevax Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, both for ages 18 and older)
How vaccination status is defined
Primary series
In this report, people have ‘ completed the primary series ’ (referred as ‘fully vaccinated’ in previous reports) once they’ve received all vaccine doses in the series. The number of doses depends on the specific vaccine product. Booster doses are not part of the primary series.
For all 2-dose vaccines:
- People who have had only 1 dose are partially vaccinated.
- People who have had both doses have completed their primary vaccine series (referred to as ‘fully vaccinated’ in previous reports).
- Moderately to severely immunocompromised people who have had both doses plus additional dose of an mRNA vaccine have completed their primary vaccine series.
For 1-dose vaccines:
- People who have had only 1 dose have completed their primary vaccine series.
- Moderately to severely immunocompromised people who have had 1 dose plus additional dose of an mRNA vaccine have completed their primary vaccine series.
Booster doses
Doses after the primary series is completed are defined as ‘ additional doses ’ in this report. Additional doses may have been given:
- as a booster dose
- to complete a primary series (for moderately to severely immunocompromised people)
- for travel purposes
- to complete a series where the recipient only received vaccines not approved by Health Canada
Local information
For local information on doses administered, please see your province’s or territory’s COVID-19 vaccination website .
National vaccination coverage Access and download the national vaccination coverage data over time in .csv format
Vaccination coverage is high in Canada, with [prop_atleast1dose] of the population vaccinated with at least one dose. In the last 4 weeks, many people received vaccines:
- [numweekdelta_atleast1dose] received their first dose
- [numweekdelta_fully] completed their primary series
- [numweekdelta_additional] people 12 and older received 1 additional dose
- [num12plusweekdelta_2nd_additional_txt] people 12 and older received a second additional dose
Figure 1. of who have received of a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada by jurisdiction, MMM DD, YYYY
Hover over or select a portion of the map to see the cumulative number or percent of people vaccinated in Canada and each jurisdiction over time.
For local vaccination coverage data, please see your province’s or territory’s COVID-19 vaccination website .
Cumulative number and percent of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada by vaccination status and jurisdiction, MMM DD, YYYY
Figure 1: Text description
Week ending | Jurisdiction | Age group | Cumulative number of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses | Cumulative number of people who, in the last 6 months, have completed the primary series or received an additional dose | Cumulative percent of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses | Cumulative percent of people who, in the last months, have completed the primary series or received an additional dose |
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Figure 2. of who have received a COVID-19 vaccine in by vaccination status and report week, MMM DD, YYYY
Hover over or select a portion of the line graph to see the cumulative number or percentages of people vaccinated by vaccination status and report week.
* The reporting frequency changed from every week to every 2 weeks after April 10, 2022 and every 4 weeks after May 22, 2022.
Cumulative number and percent of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada by vaccination status and jurisdiction, MMM DD, YYYY
Figure 2: Text description
Week ending | Jurisdiction | Age group | Cumulative number of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses | Cumulative number of people who, in the last 6 months, have completed the primary series or received an additional dose | Cumulative percent of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses | Cumulative percent of people who, in the last months, have completed the primary series or received an additional dose |
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Vaccination coverage by age, sex, and province or territory
- A greater percentage of females than males have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
- Vaccination coverage is highest in adults aged 60 and older , with more than {{proptotal_fully%}} having completed their primary series. More than {{proptotal_additional%}} have completed their primary series and received at least 1 additional dose.
For more information on the vaccination status listed in Table 1 and 2, please refer to their definitions .
Table 1. Cumulative number and percent of people in Canada who have received a COVID-19 vaccine by sex and vaccination status, MMM DD, YYYY
Sex | At least 1 dose | Primary series completed | Primary series completed and at least 1 additional dose | Primary series completed and 2 additional doses |
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Females | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) |
Males | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) |
Table 2. Cumulative number and percent of people in Canada who have received a COVID-19 vaccine by age group and vaccination status, MMM DD, YYYY
Age group (years) | At least 1 dose | Primary series completed | Primary series completed and at least 1 additional dose | Primary series completed and 2 additional doses |
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Notes
Figure 3. of people who have received of a COVID-19 vaccine in by age group and sex, MMM DD, YYYY Access and download the vaccination coverage by age, sex, and province/territory data over time in .csv format
Hover over or select a bar to see the cumulative number or percent of people vaccinated so far.
Figure 3: Text description
Cumulative number and percent of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada by vaccination status, age group, sex, and jurisdiction, MMM DD, YYYY
Jurisdiction | Sex | Age group | Cumulative number of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses | Cumulative percent of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses |
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Figure 4. of who have received of a COVID-19 vaccine in by age group and report week, MMM DD, YYYY Access and download the vaccination coverage by age, sex, and province/territory data over time in .csv format
Hover over or select a portion of the line graph to see the cumulative number or percent of people vaccinated by age group and report week. Click on a legend element to add or remove the corresponding lines from the graph.
* The reporting frequency changed from every week to every 2 weeks after April 10, 2022 and every 4 weeks after May 22, 2022.
Cumulative number and percent of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada by vaccination status, age group, sex, and jurisdiction, MMM DD, YYYY
Figure 4: Text description
Jurisdiction | Sex | Age group | Cumulative number of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses | Cumulative percent of people who have received at least 1 dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses |
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Vaccination coverage by vaccine series
People in Canada have received a variety of vaccine series, the most common of which is a series containing only the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine.
For more information on the vaccine series listed in Table 3, please refer to their definitions .
Table 3. Cumulative percent and number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine in by vaccine series and vaccination status, MMM DD, YYYY Access and download the vaccination coverage by age, sex, and province/territory data in .csv format
Primary series schedule | Vaccine included in the primary vaccine series | At least 1 dose | Primary series completed |
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Figure 5. of people who have received additional doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in by vaccine product and vaccination status, MMM DD, YYYY Access and download the cumulative number and percent of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine by vaccine product, vaccination status, jurisdiction, and report week data in .csv format
Hover over a portion of the bar graph to see the cumulative number or percent of people vaccinated by vaccine product and vaccination status.
Figure 5: Text description
Cumulative number and percent of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine by vaccine product, vaccination status, jurisdiction, and report week, MMM DD, YYYY
Week ending | Jurisdiction | Vaccine | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative number of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received at least 1 additional dose | Cumulative percent of people who have completed the primary series and received 2 additional doses |
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Acknowledgements
This report would not be possible without the collaboration of provincial and territorial public health partners as well as members of the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network’s Canadian Immunization Registries and Coverage Network (CIRC). We would like to thank everyone taking part in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Canada.
Suggested citation
Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian COVID-19 vaccination coverage report. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada; January 22, 2021 . https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccination-coverage/
Related links
- Vaccines for COVID-19
- COVID-19: Effectiveness and benefits of vaccination
- COVID-19 daily epidemiology update: Cases following vaccination
- COVID-19 vaccine uptake and intent: Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) insight
- COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Survey (CVCS)
- COVID-19 in Canada
- Vaccine distribution
- Reported side effects following COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- The facts about COVID-19 vaccines
- Publications: Vaccines and immunization
- Vaccines for children
- Ask the experts video series: COVID-19 vaccines questions
For health professionals
- COVID-19 information for health professionals
- National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
- COVID-19 daily epidemiology update
Provincial, territorial and other federal COVID-19 vaccination webpages
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Quebec
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Yukon
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Indigenous Services Canada
- Correctional Service Canada
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