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You can ask for an interpreter if you don’t speak or read English well or use sign language. They can help you:

  • understand which vaccines you or your child can get
  • book an appointment for a vaccine
  • understand other health information you get

For interpreter services, call Health Link at 811 and press 1. Tell them the language you need.

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Routine immunization schedule at a glance

Vaccines Protects against
hepatitis B (2 doses, 6 months apart if not already given in childhood) hepatitis B
HPV  (2 or 3† doses over 6 months) human papillomavirus
Vaccines Protects against
Tdap (1 dose for adults who are not immunized for pertussis and 1 booster dose every 10 years), if pregnant see below tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough)
hepatitis B (3 doses for unprotected adults born in 1981 or later) hepatitis B
HPV (2 or 3† doses for adults up to and including age 26 years who did not get HPV vaccine in school) human papillomavirus
MMR for adults born in 1970 or later and no record of vaccine (1 or 2 doses) measles, mumps, rubella
varicella (chickenpox) for unprotected adults (2 doses) varicella (chickenpox)
polio (3 doses for people who are not immunized) polio
pneumococcal conjugate at 65 years of age or older pneumococcal disease
RSV (for adults age 70 and older, and adults age 60 and older who live in continuing care or supportive living facilities or are Indigenous) respiratory syncytial virus
Vaccines Protects against
Tdap with every pregnancy tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough)
Vaccines Protects against
Annual influenza (2 doses for children under age 9 years if getting this vaccine for the first time) influenza
COVID-19 for children and adults who are eligible‡ COVID-19

* DTaP-IPV-Hib-HB – for children born on or after March 1, 2018. Children born before March 1, 2018, are offered DTaP-IPV-Hib at ages 2, 4 and 6 months and Hepatitis B vaccine in school.

† Children and adults get 2 doses of HPV vaccine if they have a healthy immune system and 3 doses if they have a weakened immune system.

‡ Visit COVID-19 info for Albertans | Alberta.ca to find out if you are eligible and for more information about COVID-19 vaccine.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
More vaccines may be needed because of health conditions, work, school, living arrangements, household contacts, lifestyle risks, travel, or because a person was not fully immunized in childhood. Check with your healthcare provider, a public health nurse, your workplace health and safety department, or a travel health clinic to find out if you need any other vaccines and if they are free for you.

Current as of: August 28, 2025
Author: Communicable Disease Control, Primary Care Alberta

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