Vax The Holidays continues to bring flu and COVID-19 vaccination close to home for Toronto residents

Earlier this month, the City of Toronto kicked off its Vax The Holidays campaign, encouraging all residents to get their influenza (flu) and next dose of COVID-19 vaccines before gathering for the holiday season. The holiday vaccination campaign has now administered more than 3,779 COVID-19 and flu vaccine doses through mobile clinics and 14,587 doses at City-run immunization clinics.

Vax The Holidays is continuing throughout December. The campaign brings COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics across the city, setting up in Toronto malls and popular community hubs. Today, Vax The Holiday teams will be at Toronto Public Library’s Weston Branch, Rexdale Community Hub, Yorkgate Mall and Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre.

Toronto Public Health (TPH) strongly encourages people to receive vaccinations during the month-long campaign to guard against serious illness at a time when hospital emergency departments are filled with people struggling with respiratory illness.

Eligible residents age five and older can choose from 46mobile clinics set up in malls and community locations across the city to get their flu shot and bivalent COVID-19 booster:

Toronto Public Library Weston Branch

2 King St. (Weston Road and King Street)

• Monday, December 19, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Rexdale Community Hub

21 Panorama Ct.

• Monday, December 19, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 20, 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Yorkgate Mall

1 York Gate Blvd.

• Monday, December 19, 2 to 8 p.m. (only flu vaccine available)

Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre

627 Queens Quay W.

• Monday, December 19, 4 to 8 p.m.

Scarborough Town Centre

300 Borough Dr.

• Tuesday, December 20 to Friday, December 23, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Saturday, December 24, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 28 to Friday, December 30, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Saturday, December 31, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Stockyards Village

1980 St. Clair Ave. W.

• Thursday, December 22 and Friday, December 23, 1 to 8 p.m.
• Saturday, December 24, 11 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• Thursday, December 29 and Friday, December 30, 1 to 8 p.m.
• Saturday, December 31, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Yonge Sheppard Centre

2 Sheppard Ave. E.

• Thursday, December 22 and Friday, December 23, 1 to 8 p.m.
• Saturday, December 24, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Thursday, December 29 and Friday, December 30, 1 to 8 p.m.
• Saturday, December 31, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

North York Sheridan Mall

2202 Jane St., Unit 5

• Wednesday, December 21, 5 to 8:30 p.m. (only COVID-19 vaccines available)

Broadlands Community Centre

19 Castlegrove Blvd.

• Tuesday, December 20 and Thursday, December 22, 4 to 8 p.m.

Cecil Community Centre

58 Cecil St.

• Wednesday, December 21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Oriole Community Centre

2975 Don Mills Rd. W.,

• Thursday, December 22 and Thursday, December 29, 4 to 7:30 p.m.

Parkway Forest Community Centre

55 Forest Manor Rd.

• Wednesday, December 21, 4 to 7 p.m.

Malvern Community Recreation Centre

30 Sewells Rd.

• Tuesday, December 20, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Agincourt Recreation Centre

31 Glen Watford Dr.

• Wednesday, December 21 and Wednesday, December 28 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Scadding Court Community Centre

707 Dundas St. W.

• Wednesday, December 21, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 28, 2 to 5 p.m.

San Romanoway Apartments

15 San Romanoway

• Saturday, December 24 and Saturday, December 31, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

BGC St. Alban’s Club

843 Palmerston Ave.

• Friday, December 23, 2 to 6 p.m.

Toronto Public Library Richview Branch

1806 Islington Ave.

• Friday, December 23 and Friday, December 30, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Branch

295 Alton Towers Cir.

• Thursday, December 22 and Thursday, December 29, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Toronto Public Library Parkdale Branch

1303 Queen St. W.

• Friday, December 23 and Friday, December 30, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

COVID-19 and flu vaccination appointments also continue to be available at all six City fixed-site immunization clinics to people six months of age and older. People five years of age and older attending a City-run clinic or a participating Team Toronto pharmacy can be vaccinated for the flu and COVID-19 in the same visit. Appointments for City-run clinics can be booked on the Province’s COVID-19 vaccine appointment webpage  and are strongly recommended during the busy holiday season.

City-run vaccination clinics hours of operation are:

Metro Hall

214 Wellington St. W.

• Monday to Thursday, noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Crossroads Plaza

2625 Weston Rd.

• Monday to Thursday, noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thorncliffe Park Community Hub

45 Overlea Blvd.

• Monday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

1 Eglinton Square

• Tuesday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cloverdale Mall

250 The East Mall

• Tuesday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mitchell Field Community Centre

89 Church Ave.

• Tuesday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

City-run clinics will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 24 and Saturday, December 31. City-run clinics will be closed on December 25, 26 and 27 and January 1 and 2.