Your HealthImmunizations
Vaccine Records
You must update your immunization record with Public Health.
If you aren’t sure if you have all your vaccines, call your healthcare provider or contact us. We can check your vaccine record and help you get any missing vaccines.
Your Record
It’s important to have a record of your vaccinations. You may need it to travel, work, or volunteer. Kids need vaccine records to sign up for school, daycare, and other programs.
In Ontario, most vaccine records are written on a yellow card by your doctor. Doctors, schools, and daycare centers don’t send these records to public health. In Chatham-Kent, families need to update their vaccine records with CK Public Health, after every vaccination.
Ontario Vaccine Schedule
In Ontario, Public Health and healthcare providers follow the Ontario Immunization Schedule. Some vaccines are required for school and childcare. Others are optional, but are highly recommended and publicly funded. Call us to learn more information or to talk about Immunization Through the Lifespan.
How Do I Know What Vaccines I Need?
It is important to stay on schedule for your vaccines. If you aren’t sure if you have all your vaccines, call your healthcare provider or contact us. We can check your vaccine record and help you get any missing vaccines.
Do Vaccines Work?
Yes! Vaccines work so well that most of the diseases they protect against are now very rare. Did you know that Canada was one of the first countries to get rid of polio by vaccinating people? The more people are vaccinated in a community, the harder it is for that disease to spread between people, lessening the prevalence of that disease within the community. Vaccines help the body develop protection against infectious disease without having to get the disease.