Vaccination coverage in children:
Report on the percentage of children who have completed their routine immunizations, categorized by vaccination status, sex, and age group.
- Last updated: 2026-05-26
This page shows the percentage of children who have completed their routine immunizations, categorized by vaccination status, sex, and age group as reported by provinces and territories participating in the Standardized Reporting on Vaccination (STARVAX) surveillance system. Currently, estimates in this report only include numbers from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Yukon.
This report includes coverage rates up to and including December 31, 2025.
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Highlights
Vaccination coverage is a combined estimate based on reports from: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Yukon.
About childhood vaccinations
Vaccinations are an important preventative public health measure.
Routine childhood immunizations are vaccines recommended to all children at specific age milestones by provincial and territorial public health authorities to protect them against infectious diseases. To find out what vaccines are recommended in your province or territory, please check its vaccine schedule.
For the latest recommendations on routine immunizations, please refer to the Canadian immunization guide.
The standardized reporting on vaccination (STARVAX) surveillance system is a collaboration between federal, provincial and territorial governments. Currently, nine provinces and territories (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Yukon) are reporting to STARVAX on childhood vaccination.
Use caution while interpreting estimates:
- Provinces and territories typically measure coverage at specific age or school grade milestones based on their own immunization schedules, whereas STARVAX aims at measuring coverage across 13 provinces and territories at ages where all Canadian children should be vaccinated regardless of their province or territory of residence.
- Provinces and territories have different requirements on reporting vaccinations to their registries. As a result not all reporting jurisdictions have provided numbers on all routinely administered vaccinations. The provinces and territories included are listed in the notes section underneath each figure and table.
Vaccination coverage in children as of December 31, 2025
Table 1. Vaccination coverage at age 2, as of December 31, 2025
| Vaccine | Number of doses | Vaccination coverage (percentage %) |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DTaP) | (≥4 doses) | 71.2% |
| Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) | (≥4 doses) | 71.3% |
| Meningococcal (Men-C-C) | (≥1 dose) | 75.9% |
| Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) | (≥1 dose) | 80.4% |
| Pneumococcal | (≥3 doses) | 77.0% |
| Polio | (≥3 doses) | 81.5% |
| Rotavirus | (≥2 doses) | 73.1% |
| Varicella | (≥2 doses) | 80.1% |
Table 1: Notes
Vaccination coverage is a combined estimate based on reports from the provinces and territories that reported for 2025: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Yukon.
aFor DTaP and Hib all provinces and territories administer ≥4 doses by age 2 except Quebec, where it is ≥3 doses of which one must be received at or after 12 months.
b The number of doses required to complete the rotavirus vaccine series varies across provinces and territories, depending on the product administered and on program specifications.
Table 2. Vaccination coverage at age 7, as of December 31, 2025
| Vaccine | Number of doses | Vaccination coverage (percentage %) |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis | (Up to date)* | 69.6% |
| MMR | (≥2 doses) | 74.7% |
| Polioa | (≥4 doses) | 84.8% |
| Rubella | (≥1 dose) | 88.2% |
Table 2: Notes
Vaccination coverage is a combined estimate based on reports from the provinces and territories that reported for 2025: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec and Yukon.
aUp-to-date means having received the number of doses required to be considered as protected at age 7. In most provinces and territories, a child vaccinated on time since birth would have received 5 doses of DTaP by age 7; however, a child starting vaccination late could be considered as protected at age 7 with a smaller number of doses.
Vaccination coverage in adolescents
Table 3. Vaccination coverage in 14-year-old adolescents, by sex and report year
| Vaccine | Date | Number of doses | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPV | (≥1 dose) | 74.4% | 72.6% | 73.5% | December 31, 2024* |
Table 3: Notes
Vaccination coverage is a combined estimate based on reports from the provinces and territories that reported for 2024 and/or 2025: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Yukon.
aOntario is currently only included in estimates as of December 31, 2024.
bQuebec is currently only included in estimates as of December 31, 2025.
Table 4. Vaccination coverage in 17-year-old adolescents, by sex and report year
| Vaccine | Date | Number of doses | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPV | (≥2 doses) | 67.1% | 64.8% | 65.9% | December 31, 2024* |
| Men-C-ACYW | (≥1 dose) | 68.8% | 66.9% | 67.8% | December 31, 2024* |
| TdaPa | (≥1 dose) | 73.4% | 72.1% | 72.8% | December 31, 2024* |
Table 4: Notes
Vaccination coverage is a combined estimate based on reports from the provinces and territories that reported for 2024 and/or 2025: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Yukon
aOntario is currently only included in estimates as of December 31, 2024.
bQuebec is currently only included in estimates as of December 31, 2025.
cNew Brunswick is only included in the Tdap coverage estimate as of December 31, 2025.
dManitoba is only included in the Meningococcal coverage estimate as of December 31, 2025.
Coverage over time for vaccines administered to infants and young children
- For comparability, we show time trends only for provinces and territories that reported for all years since 2019.
- In 2-year-old children: decrease in vaccination coverage from 2019 to 2022, with stabilization/partial recovery after 2022.
- In 7-year-old children: continuous decrease in vaccination from 2019 to 2025 with no apparent recovery.
Figure 1: Notes
- At age 2 and 7 the coverage goal is set at 95%
- Only provinces that reported for all years between 2019 and 2025 are included: vaccine at age old only includes jurisdiction
Coverage over time for vaccines administered to adolescents
- In 17-year-olds: slight decrease in vaccination from 2019 to 2025, though less pronounced than what was observed at age 2 and 7.
Figure 2: Notes
- At age 14 and 17 the coverage goal is set at 90%
- Only provinces that reported for all years between 2019 and 2025 are included: vaccine at age years only includes jurisdiction
In addition to routine reporting, STARVAX enabled responses to public health questions, such as assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood vaccinations:
- Routine vaccination coverage at ages 2 and 7, before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Note the corrected results.
Acknowledgment
STARVAX would not have been possible without the collaboration of provincial and territorial public health partners.
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