Canada’s Immunization of travellers guidance has been partially updated, with a new recommendation on mpox vaccination now included under the chapter’s recommended immunizations section. The change was prompted by shifting global epidemiology, according to the Canadian Immunization Guide.
The chapter says its last partial content update was in June 2026, while its last complete revision dates back to April 2017. It also notes that the chapter has not yet been updated to reflect newer guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization and the Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel, including recent statements on rabies and Ebola.
The guide continues to stress that travel vaccines should be tailored to the traveller’s age, immunization history, destination, activities, duration of travel and legal entry requirements. It says unimmunized or incompletely immunized travellers should receive routine vaccines as appropriate, and that a pre-travel consultation should ideally happen at least four to six weeks before departure.
Even if travel is imminent, the guide still recommends seeking medical advice before leaving. If there is not enough time for an optimal schedule, it directs health professionals to vaccine-specific chapters for rapid or accelerated options.
Canada’s guidance also places travel immunization in a broader prevention framework. It says vaccines are a cornerstone of travel health protection, but they work alongside sanitation, hygiene, food precautions, insect and animal bite prevention, and injury prevention.
The chapter points travellers and health professionals to travel health clinics, public health agencies, the Government of Canada’s travel health resources and the World Health Organization for more information. It also says recommendations relating to travel vaccines are based on CATMAT statements and recommendations.