Flu Shot

You can get your flu shot at a primary health care provider's office, pharmacy, or COVID-19 vaccine clinic.

No. However, getting the flu shot will help protect you and those around you from getting the flu. By getting your flu shot you reduce the chance of spreading infection.

Yes. Everyone who is six months and older should get a flu shot each year.

The most common side effects are mild and can include soreness, redness, tenderness or swelling where the shot was given. Low-grade fever, fatigue, headache, loss of appetite and muscle aches may also occur. If they do, they usually begin 6 to 12 hours after getting your flu shot, and last one to two days.

It takes about two weeks to develop protection.

In Ontario, anyone aged six months and older is eligible to get the flu shot.

All individuals nine years of age and older require one dose of the flu vaccine annually.

Children six months to eight years old, who have not received the flu shot previously, require two doses at least four weeks apart.

Children six months to eight years old who have had the flu shot in previous years, require one dose.

No. The flu shot is available free of charge to individuals who live, work or attend school in Ontario.