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Immunization

Immunization for All Ages

Starting school or daycare? We need your child’s immunization records. We do not receive them automatically from your health care provider.

Parents can send the information to the Health Unit:

Online submission tool

  • Health Card not required, but is very helpful information

Mail or drop off immunization records

Grade 7 immunization program is happening again this fall.

Find out more about the vaccines given and how to provide consent.

Do you need your immunization records for college or university?

School Immunization

The Grade 7 immunization program is still in catch up mode.

Grade 7 students for this coming school year will be given a consent form to bring home during the first week of school.

Students must bring a signed consent form back to school to receive the vaccines. We ask that you send the signed form back to the school as soon as possible in early September.

We will be starting school based clinics in October and providing the grade 7 immunizations to students in Grades 7, 8 and 9 who have provided a signed consent form.

For students in Grades 10–12 who may still need additional doses of the grade 7 immunizations, we will be holding clinics in October to December at each of our Health Unit offices. It is important to note that

  • These vaccines are not available at your family health care provider.
  • There is a minimal interval required between vaccine doses (6 months). If an appointment is booked too soon, we will not be able to immunize your student that day.
  • For students who are now over 16 years of age, and who did not receive all their doses previously, they will require a third dose of Hepatitis B and/or HPV to be fully immunized. The spacing of these doses is slightly different than the 2 dose series.
  • Tdap booster (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) will also available at these catch up clinics for those students over 14 years who have not received it already.

Your student was provided with a small notice of immunization card at their last immunization. The nurse will have indicated how long to wait until the next dose on the back of this card.

To confirm when if student needs another dose of Hepatitis B and/or HPV, log into our online portal with their Ontario Health Card and under the Yellow Card of immunizations there is a section indicating which vaccines are due/overdue.

Which Immunizations are given in the Grade 7 School program?

The Importance of Immunizing

Immunizations, also known as vaccinations, are a safe and effective way to protect against many serious diseases. Vaccines work with your body’s immune system to prevent serious illness and possible long-term consequences from the disease.

In Ontario, required and recommended vaccines are provided free of charge. Ontario’s routine immunization schedule outlines the expectations for which vaccines and how often they should be given.

Immunization Records

In partnership with our area schools and daycares, the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit collects and maintains children’s immunization records.

This meets legal requirements under provincial legislation. It supports a quick response if a child or staff member in a licenced daycare or school does contract a communicable disease. We can quickly identify who is at risk and take steps to prevent the further spread of the disease.

You are able to view your child’s immunization records stored by public health through Immunization Connect Ontario (ICON).

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