Adult Immunizations

About and who qualifies?

Many Canadian adults are not up to date with their vaccines. Your need for immunizations does not end when you reach adulthood. Vaccines are safe and protect you and those around you from vaccine preventable diseases.

The vaccines in adulthood depend on a number of different factors—your age, lifestyle, overall health, pregnancy status, travel plans, who you have been in close contact with and what vaccines you had as a child. Adults can protect the most vulnerable in our communities by ensuring they are up to date with immunizations.

As we get older, protection we received from previous vaccinations can decrease for some diseases. Getting another dose (called a booster) can increase our immunity to provide the best protection. Some adults may have missed one or more of their vaccines when they were a child. They will need to get these vaccines now.

Talk to your health professional about what vaccines you will need.