Everyone In Ontario Could Get A COVID-19 Booster Dose Soon & Here's The Timeline

COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are on their way for everyone in Ontario, and you could get yours by early next year.

The Ontario government announced in an update on Wednesday that they are expanding who can get a COVID-19 booster dose and that eventually, they plan "to expand eligibility for a booster dose to all Ontarians over time."

On November 6, booster dose appointments will be available to book for health care workers, people 70 years of age or older, Indigenous peoples and their "non-Indigenous household members aged 18+", and anyone who received two doses of AstraZeneca or one dose of the Janssen vaccine.

Pending clinical recommendations, the government also expects to "gradually expand" eligibility to all Ontarians.

The eligible population 12 years old and up will be able to receive a booster dose six to eight months after their second dose starting in January 2022, according to the Ontario government.

However, there are no set dates for children five to 12, who are looking to get their first and second doses starting mid-November, pending Health Canada approval.

Transplant recipients, seniors in assisted living centres like long-term care home residents, retirement homes, First Nation eldercare lodges, and individuals with certain illnesses and diseases and others are already eligible for booster doses.