Adult Vaccination in Canada - Cross-Country Report Card 2022

Two years ago, no one could have predicted we’d be facing a global health crisis the likes of which hasn’t been witnessed in nearly a century. 

When the first edition of this report card was released in Winter 2021 it was to create, for the first time, a clear and easily comparable snapshot of adult vaccinations in Canada–provincial and territorial governments needed to see a clear picture of the problems plaguing adult vaccination in Canada, and they needed to see it now. Adult Canadians are under-vaccinated against preventable diseases like seasonal influenza, shingles and pneumonia (all of which can cause life-threatening and longstanding outcomes). The writing is on the wall: improve the way we immunize older Canadians or they will continue to pay with their lives.

Read the report here.