WEVax - Vaccine Appointment Booking and Eligibility

New appointment times are added daily. If you are having difficulty securing an appointment, please check back every morning for available timeslots.

For those unable to book online, help is available by contacting the booking hotline at 226-773-2200, available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Due to high call volumes, it may take multiple attempts to speak with a representative.

Adults 18+ living in one of the following “Hot Spot” Postal Codes: N8X, N8Y, N9A, N9B, N9C, N8H, N9Y.

• Adults 18+ living in a “Hot Spot” Community MUST bring proof of address to their vaccine appointment (i.e. driver’s license, recent utility bill).
• Windsor and Essex County residents living in “Hot Spot” areas who have been scheduled for a vaccine can contact Vets Cab at (519) 256-2621 or Sun Parlor Taxi at (519) 326-9063 to take advantage of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce program and arrange free transportation. Residents who require wheelchair accessible taxi services can contact Checker Cab at (519) 254-7777.

New appointment times are added daily. If you are having difficulty securing an appointment, please check back every morning for available timeslots.

For those unable to book online, help is available by contacting the booking hotline at 226-773-2200, available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Due to high call volumes, it may take multiple attempts to speak with a representative.

Residents 18 years of age and older with Highest Risk, High Risk, or At-Risk Health Conditions in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s guidance.

New appointment times are added daily. If you are having difficulty securing an appointment, please check back every morning for available timeslots.

For those unable to book online, help is available by contacting the booking hotline at 226-773-2200, available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Due to high call volumes, it may take multiple attempts to speak with a representative.

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Second Dose Appointments

There are a limited number of exceptions to the 16-week extended interval between the first and second vaccine dose. The following patients should receive their second dose at the product monograph recommended interval:

1. on stable, active treatment for malignant hematologic disorders;
2. nonhematologic malignant solid tumors;
3. transplant recipients (including solid organ transplants and hematopoietic stem cell transplants), given evidence of reduced immune response to vaccination in these individuals; and,
4. Individuals undergoing hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.

If you meet the above criteria, you can book a second dose appointment by calling 226-773-2200 and indicate you are eligible for a shortened dose interval. You will require a letter from the hospital clinic/specialist to confirm that you are eligible to get a second dose appointment at the monograph interval, identifying the reason for the exception. You are required to bring the letter to your first dose and second dose appointments.

Please note that caregivers are not be eligible for the shortened second dose interval. For additional information, view Vaccine Clinical Advisory Group Recommendations on Exceptions to Extended Dose Intervals for COVID-19 vaccines.

Health Care Workers 18 years of age and older in the Highest, Very High, or High priority categories in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s guidance.

New appointment times are added daily. If you are having difficulty securing an appointment, please check back every morning for available timeslots.

For those unable to book online, help is available by contacting the booking hotline at 226-773-2200, available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Due to high call volumes, it may take multiple attempts to speak with a representative.

Residents 18 years of age and older in the first and second group of essential workers who cannot work from home in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s guidance.

Group 1

• Education staff who provide direct supports to students with complex special needs are defined as those who support students who meet one or more of the following criteria:
  • Who require support with activities of daily living, including health and safety measures
  • Are unable to wear masks for medical reasons
  • Have complex medical needs
  • Cannot be accommodated through remote learning
• Elementary/secondary school workers (including educators, custodial, school bus drivers, and administrative staff)
• Workers responding to critical events (including police, fire, special constables, children’s aid society workers, emergency management, critical infrastructure restoration workers)
• Enforcement, inspection and compliance roles (including by-law enforcement, building inspectors, food inspectors, animal welfare inspectors, border inspection officers, labour inspectors / WSIB field workers)
• Individuals working in childcare as follows:
  • All licensees, employees and students over age 18 on an educational placement who interact daily with children in licensed childcare centres and in authorized recreation and skill building programs.
  • Licensed home child care and in-home service providers, employees of a home child care agency and students over age 18 on an educational placement.
• Foster care agency workers (including customary care providers)
• Food manufacturing and distribution workers
• Agriculture and farm workers
• Funeral, crematorium and cemetery workers

Group 2

• Essential and critical retail workers (including grocery, foodbank and non-clinical pharmacy workers, ServiceOntario workers, ServiceCanada and Passport Canada workers, wholesalers and general goods, restaurant workers, LCBO)
• Workers in manufacturing industries directly involved in supporting the COVID19 response, construction including infrastructure, and other essential businesses and services where facilities are at heightened risk for COVID-19 outbreaks and spread
• Social workers and other social services staff providing in-person client services (including youth justice workers, OW and ODSP case workers)
• Courts and justice system workers (including probation and parole workers)
• Transportation, warehousing and distribution workers (including public transit workers, truck drivers supporting essential services, marine and rail cargo and maintenance, highway maintenance)
• Electricity (including workers employed in system operations, generation, transmission, distribution and storage)
• Communications infrastructure workers (including cellular, satellite, landline, internet, public safety radio)
• Water and wastewater management workers
• Financial services workers (bank branch staff)
• Veterinarians and veterinary teams
• Waste management workers
• Oil and petroleum workers (including those working in petroleum refineries; those involved in the storage, transmission and distribution of crude oil and petroleum products and those needed for the retail sale of fuel)
• Natural gas and propane gas workers (including those working in the compression, storage, transmission and distribution of natural gas and propane)
• Mine workers (including those needed to ensure the continued operation of active mines)
• Uranium processing workers (those working in the refining and conversion of uranium, and fabrication of fuel for nuclear power plants)

New appointment times are added daily. If you are having difficulty securing an appointment, please check back every morning for available timeslots.

For those unable to book online, help is available by contacting the booking hotline at 226-773-2200, available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Due to high call volumes, it may take multiple attempts to speak with a representative.

Additional Information

Essential workers are required to provide Proof of Employment upon arrival at the vaccination clinic. If you arrive without Proof of Identification and Employment you will be turned away at the clinic. Examples of proof of employment:

• An employee ID badge stating your name.
• A copy of your regulated college number (electronic or printed).
• A paystub (electronic or printed).
• A letter from your employer stating you are employed by them.

Contact the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre to book an appointment.

Eligible residents will be contacted by a partnering agency.

Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccination Frequently Asked Questions.

Additional Information

If you have symptoms of COVID-19, you should not attend your appointment. Please contact the pharmacy to cancel your appointment. Visit the Government of Ontario website for additional information.

Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccination Frequently Asked Questions.