Influenza Vaccine (Flu Shot)
From late October as long as supplies last, we’ll be offering free flu shots to everyone who qualifies and flu shots for $20 to those who don’t qualify.
Who qualifies for a free flu shot?
The seasonal flu vaccine is provided free of charge to the following groups:
- People 65 years of age and over and their caregivers
- Children and adults with chronic health conditions and their household contacts
- Health care workers
- Emergency responders
- Healthy children aged 6-23 months
- Household contacts and caregivers of infants aged 0 – 23 months
- Pregnant women who will be in their 3rd trimester during the influenza season
- Residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities
- Owners and operators of poultry farms
- Aboriginal peoples
- People who are very obese (those with a body mass index of 40 or greater)
- Corrections officers and inmates in provincial correctional institutions
- Those who provide care or service in potential outbreak settings housing high risk persons (e.g. crew on ships)
If you do not meet the above criteria for a free flu shot, Uptown Medical Clinic can give you one for $20
