INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

The website for the Government of Ontario includes Ontario’s Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules which links to the following pdf document: Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario – December 2016 [1]

This is an example just from one Canadian province as of 2016, but other jurisdictions probably have their own schedules posted.

This schedule directly affects you and your children, so it is worth being aware of the details for each vaccine.

This chart lists the different types of vaccines to be administered at different stages of life and in special situations.

Referring to one of the charts, the “Routine Schedule: Children Starting Immunization in Infancy,” the Ages across the top are: 2 Months, 4 Months, 6 Months, 12 Months, 15 Months, 18 Months, 4-6 Years, Grade 7, 14-16 Years, 24-26 Years, ≥34 Years, 65 Years [1].

And the “Vaccines” down the side are:

• DTaP-IPV-Hib = Diphtheria(D), Tetanus(T), Pertussis(aP), Polio(IPV), Haemophilus influenzae type b(Hib)
• Pneu-C-13 = Pneumococcal Conjugate 13
• Rot-1 = Rotavirus
• Men-C-C = Meningococcal Conjugate C
• MMR = Measles, Mumps, Rubella
• Var = Varicella
• MMRV = Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella
• Tdap-IPV = Tetanus(T), diphtheria(d), pertussis(aP), Polio(IPV)
• HB = Hepatitis B
• Men-C-ACYW = Meningococcal Conjugate ACYW-135
• HPV-4 = Human Papillomavirus
• Tdap = Tetanus(T), diphtheria(d), pertussis(ap)
• Td (booster) = Tetanus, diphtheria
• HZ = Herpes Zoster
• Pneu-P-23 = Pneumococcal Polysaccharide 23
• Inf = Influenza

[1]

But what about the actual products being used locally? You can get closer to the answer by going to the Canadian federal government website.

Canadian Immunization Guide Canadian Immunization Guide: Part 1 – Key Immunization Information Page 13: Canadian Immunization Guide: Part 1 – Key Immunization Information – Recommended Immunization Schedules. Updated: July 2016. Table 1 to Table 7 list the types of vaccines to be administered at different stages of life. This is similar to the Ontario schedules.

The actual vaccine products approved for use in Canada are listed on the following page in Table 1 and Table 2:

Page 15: Canadian Immunization Guide: Part 1 – Key Immunization Information – Contents of Immunizing Agents Available for Use in Canada. Updated: February 2016
[3]

To obtain detailed information–a product monograph–for each product, use the Government of Canada Drug Product Database [4] [as of August 1, 2022, this link isn’t working, but higher level page is working: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-product-database.html – “Search the Drug Product Database” is broken, guess it is temporary. A related page is: https://open.canada.ca/en/apps/drug-product-database-dpd]

From the chart, the following is a list of the products available in Canada. In some cases, I’ve added some notes about the database search results. In most cases, I could locate a product monograph pdf:

• ACT-HIB
• ADACEL
• ADACEL-POLIO
• AGRIFLU
• AVAXIM
• AVAXIM Pediatric
• BEXSERO
• BOOSTRIX
• BOOSTRIX-POLIO
• CERVARIX
• DUKORAL
• ENGERIX-B
• ENGERIX-B Pediatric dose
• FLUAD
• Flulaval Tetra
• FLUMIST
• FLUVIRAL
• FLUZONE
• FLUZONE Quadrivalent
• GARDASIL
• HAVRIX
• HAVRIX 720 JUNIOR
• HIBERIX
• IMOVAX Polio
• IMOVAX Rabies
• INFANRIX hexa
• INFANRIX-IPV
• INFANRIX-IPV/Hib
• INFLUVAC
• IXIARO
• Menactra
• Menjugate
• MENOMUNE A/C/Y/W-135
• Menveo
• M-M-R II
• NeisVac-C
• NIMENRIX
• PEDIACEL
• PNEUMOVAX 23
• Prevnar 13
• PRIORIX
• PRIORIX-TETRA
• PROQUAD
• QUADRACEL
• RabAvert
• RECOMBIVAX HB
• ROTARIX
• RotaTeq
• Smallpox (dried) (“cancelled post market”. Chart footnote: ” . . . not available for general use”)
• Smallpox (frozen) (“cancelled post market”. Chart footnote: “. . . not a Health Canada authorized product but will be released under Health Canada’s Special Access Program if required”)
• SYNFLORIX
• Td ADSORBED
• Td POLIO ADSORBED
• TWINRIX
• TWINRIX Junior
• TYPHERIX
• TYPHIM Vi
• VAQTA
• VARILRIX
• VARIVAX III
• VAXIGRIP
• ViVAXIM
• Vivotif
• YF-VAX
• ZOSTAVAX (“cancelled post market”, Zostavax II is marketed (see below)

“The following vaccines are authorized for marketing in Canada but are not generally available:”

• Epaxal (no monograph)
• Liquid Pedvax HIB (“cancelled post market”)
• Pentacel
• Prevnar
• Vivotif L (“cancelled post market”)
• Zostavax II

“Passive Immunizing Agents:”

• ANTIDIPHTHERIA SERUM (can’t identify using drug database?)
• Cytogam
• GamaSTAN S/D
• HepaGam B
• HyperHEP B S/D
• HYPERRAB S/D
• HYPERTET S/D
• IMOGAM Rabies Pasteurized
• SYNAGIS (palivizumab)
• CNJ-016 (can’t identify using drug database?)
• VariZIG

[3][4]

Continued: Part 2

REFERENCES

Note: Websites and documents accessed March 11, 2017 unless otherwise indicated

[1] http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/immunization/schedule.aspx
Document: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/immunization/docs/immunization_schedule.pdf

[2] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/canadian-immunization-guide-part-1-key-immunization-information/page-13-recommended-immunization-schedules.html

[3] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/canadian-immunization-guide-part-1-key-immunization-information/page-15-contents-immunizing-agents-available-use-canada.html

[4] https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-eng.jsp
[as of August 1, 2022, this link isn’t working, but higher level page is working: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-product-database.html – “Search the Drug Product Database” is broken, guess it is temporary. A related page is: https://open.canada.ca/en/apps/drug-product-database-dpd]

RELATED
1) Earlier articles:

• https://canadianliberty.com/?p=20287 – Vaccines, Canada and Law – Part 1 – Background Information
• https://canadianliberty.com/?p=20661 – Vaccines, Canada and Law – Part 2 – Information on the “required” and “offered” school vaccinations for Ontario children and adolescents
• https://canadianliberty.com/?p=4684 – Vaccines

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