Less than half of B.C. kids had their first shot

Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccines for kids aged 5-11 at the end of 2021. So far, parents in some parts of B.C. have been slow to vaccinate their kids. Scroll for more...

In parts of northern B.C., where communities are spread across large distances, vaccination rates for kids are less than 20 per cent.

In B.C.’s interior, many communities outside urban centres also have relatively low vaccination rates.

In Metro Vacouver, health authorities have opened additional vaccination sites to address low vaccination rates in parts of Surrey and the Fraser Valley.

Pan around and explore to find vaccination rates for children aged 5 to 11 in your neighbourhood.