Attending Licensed Child Care
All children attending Licensed Child Care in Ontario must be immunized according to Ontario’s Publicly Funded Immunization schedule. Being immunized protects children against many diseases that are easily spread in child care facilities.
Under the Child Care and Early Years Act (CCEYA), children are required to be immunized against:
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus
- Polio
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib)
- Pneumococcal
- Measles
- Mumps
- Rubella
- Varicella (chickenpox)
- Meningococcal disease
Exemption Process for Immunization Record Submission for Licensed Childcare
Child Care Registration
At child care registration, parents or guardians must submit their child’s immunization record.
Some Licensed Child Care centers send this information to the Health Unit; others ask parents to submit these documents to the Health Unit.
Parents can send the information to the Health Unit:
- Health Card not required, but is very helpful information
Mail or drop off immunization records
- You can send to the Health Unit by mail, or drop it off at any Health Unit office location.
Related Resources
- Ontario’s Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule
- Vaccines for Babies and Toddlers
- Immunization Fact Sheets and Patient Tools
- Scarborough Health Network’s VaxFacts Clinic is the first of its kind in Canada, supporting community members across the country to get the most accurate information about vaccines