Eligibility Criteria for Ordering Vaccine from Toronto Public Health
Toronto Public Health provides free hepatitis B, meningococcal and human papillomavirus vaccinations to Grade 7/8 students in schools. For schools with low student enrollment, or at the request of parents, Toronto Public Health can release the vaccines to physicians.
Physicians can order Menactra®/Menveo® vaccine for high school students who missed the vaccine in Grade 7/8. This vaccine is required for school attendance under the Immunization School Pupils Act.
Hepatitis A vaccine
- individuals with chronic liver disease, including hepatitis B and C
- individuals who use injection drugs
- men who have sex with men (MSM)
Hepatitis B vaccine
- infants born to hepatitis B carrier mothers
- children under seven years of age, whose families have emigrated from countries with a high prevalence of hepatitis B or may be exposed to hep B carriers through their extended families
- household and sexual contacts of chronic carriers and acute cases
- individuals with a history of a sexually transmitted infection; multiple sex partners or MSMs
- individuals with chronic liver disease, including hepatitis C
- individuals who use injection drugs
- individuals awaiting liver transplants (Only second and third doses are publicly funded.)
- individuals with a needle-stick injury, in a non-health care setting
- individuals on renal dialysis or persons with diseases requiring frequent receipt of blood products, such as haemophilia. (Only second and third doses are publicly funded.)
Meningococcal Conjugated A, C, Y, W-135 vaccine
Individuals, nine months of age and older with:
- functional or anatomic asplena
- complement, properdin, factor D deficiency or primary antibody deficiencies
- pre/post cochlear implant recipients
- Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) or acquired complement deficiency
Menactra®/Menveo® is licensed up to age 55; its use for ages 56 and older is off label but recommended since the Meningococcal Polysaccharide ACYW-135 (Menomune®) is no longer available.
Multicomponent Meningococcal B (4CMenB) vaccine
Individuals, two months to 17 years with:
- functional or anatomic asplenia
- complement, properdin, factor D or primary antibody deficiencies
- pre/post Cochlear implant recipients
- HIV or acquired complement deficiencies (e.g., receiving eculizumab)
Human papillomavirus vaccine
- individuals, up to 26 years of age who self-identify as MSM (gay, bisexual or transgender).
General Vaccines – Order Via Ontario Government Pharmaceutical and Medical Supply Services (OGPMSS)
For Toronto health care providers, use the Ministry form: Requisition for Biological Supplies to order routine vaccines, immunization cards and other supplies. Then fax directly to OGPMSS.
For questions about your vaccine order, contact:
Email: OGPMSS@moh.gov.on.ca
For more information, see Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule for Ontario.