Groups that will get the vaccine first
Stage 1
Stage 1 priority for early COVID-19 vaccination should be offered to groups who are:
at higher risk of severe outcomes of COVID-19
most likely to transmit to those at higher risk for severe illness or death
These groups include:
residents and staff of shared living settings who provide care for seniors
adults 70 years of age and older, with order of priority:
beginning with adults 80 years of age and older
decreasing the age limit by 5-year increments to age 70 as supply becomes available
frontline health care workers who have direct contact with patients, including:
personal support workers
those who work in health care settings
adults in Indigenous communities
Stage 1
Stage 1 priority for early COVID-19 vaccination should be offered to groups who are:
at higher risk of severe outcomes of COVID-19
most likely to transmit to those at higher risk for severe illness or death
These groups include:
residents and staff of shared living settings who provide care for seniors
adults 70 years of age and older, with order of priority:
beginning with adults 80 years of age and older
decreasing the age limit by 5-year increments to age 70 as supply becomes available
frontline health care workers who have direct contact with patients, including:
personal support workers
those who work in health care settings
adults in Indigenous communities