Immunizations for Daycare
Under the Child Care and Early Years Act (CCEYA), the HKPR District Health Unit helps ensure children in daycare are fully immunized.
How it works:
- Parents give immunization records to daycare staff during registration.
- Daycare staff send copies of immunization records to the Health Unit.
- Every year the immunization records are reviewed for all children in daycare.
- Letters are sent home to parents if immunizations are missing from records.
- Parents inform daycare staff know when their child gets a new vaccine.
Required Immunizations for Daycare
The following vaccines are required if your child attends daycare.
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, and Hib Given at 2, 4, 6 and 18 months
Vaccine Brand: Pediacel® or Pentacel®
Pneumonia (pneumococcal) Given at 2, 4 and 12 months
Vaccine Brand: Prevnar 13® or Vaxneuvance®
Meningitis C (meningococcal) Given at 12 months
Vaccine Brand: Menjugate® or Neisvac-C®
Measles, Mumps and Rubella Given at 12 months
Vaccine Brand: MMR II® or Priorix®
Chickenpox (varicella) Given at 15 months
Vaccine Brand: Varivax® or Varilrix®
Strongly Recommended Immunizations for Daycare
The following vaccines are strongly recommend if your child attends daycare.
COVID-19 as Recommended by the Ministry of Health
For more information, visit COVID-19 Vaccine
Influenza Offered Annually in the Fall
For more information, visit Flu Vaccine
Rotavirus Given at 2 and 4 months
Vaccine Brand: Rotarix® or Rotateq® (additional dose given at 6 months of age).
