Vaccines for 18+ Open in Hot Spots
As of Monday, May 3, 2021, at 8:00 a.m., individuals who are 18 and over in 2021 and live in one of the 114 hot spot communities will be eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at a mass immunization clinic through the provincial online booking system or directly through public health units that use their own booking system. This expansion of eligibility will support the government’s strategy of allocating 50 per cent of vaccine allocations to hot spots the weeks of May 3rd and 10th.
In Ottawa South, the 2 designated provincial hot spots are postal codes that begin with:
K1T and K1V
LATEST: Beginning Thursday, May 6 at 8 am, adults 50 years of age and older city-wide will be able to register on the provincial booking site.
Call the Provincial Vaccine Booking Line number at 1-833-943-3900. For general inquiries, individuals can call the Provincial Vaccine Information Line number at 1-888-999-6488. The Provincial Vaccine Booking Line and Information Line are open Monday to Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is capable of providing assistance in more than 300 languages.
Other groups opening up
High risk
starting week of May 3
- Obesity (BMI over 40)
- Other treatments causing immunosuppression (for example, chemotherapy, immunity-weakening medications)
- Intellectual or developmental disabilities (for example, Down Syndrome)
- One essential caregiver for individuals with the conditions in this category who require regular and sustained assistance with personal care or activities of daily living
Where to get vaccinated, once eligible
- Mobile clinics
- Where you receive your regular treatment, if possible
- Mass vaccination clinics
People who cannot work from home
starting week of May 3
Group 1
- Remaining elementary and secondary school workers (including educators, custodial, school bus drivers, administrative staff)
- Workers responding to critical events (including police, fire, special constables, children’s aid society workers, emergency management, critical infrastructure restoration workers)
- Enforcement, inspection and compliance roles (including by-law enforcement, building inspectors, food inspectors, animal welfare inspectors, border inspection officers, labour inspectors, WSIB field workers)
- Remaining individuals working in licensed childcare settings (including all licensees, employees and students on educational placements who interact directly with children in licensed childcare centres and in authorized recreation and skill building programs, licensed home child care and in-home service providers, employees of home child care agencies)
- Foster care agenda workers (including customary care providers)
- Food manufacturing and distribution workers
- Agriculture and farm workers
- Funeral, crematorium and cemetery workers
Where to get vaccinated, once eligible
- Mass vaccination clinics
- Hospital clinics
- Mobile clinics
- Primary care settings (such as your doctor’s office)
All timelines are subject to change depending on vaccine supply.
Ontarians who are now eligible to book their vaccine appointment are asked to be patient, as it could take time to receive their vaccination. Public health units are responsible for managing and overseeing the distribution and administration of vaccines for their entire region, and public health units may have different vaccine administration rates based on local context.