FREE HPV Immunization Programs by province / territory

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6 and 9.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals up to and including 26 years of age.
  2. You may be able to get this vaccine for free if you are age 9 to 45 years and:
  3. You have had or are going to have an organ transplant.
  4. You have had a stem cell transplant or CAR T-cell therapy (a type of cancer treatment).

See these recommendations from Alberta Health Services

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British Columbia  | HPV VACCINE LOCATOR NEAR ME

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. 9 to 26 years of age
  2. 27 to 45 years of age who self-identify as belonging to the gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men community, including Two-Spirit, transgender and non-binary people (including those who are not yet sexually active and/or are questioning their sexual orientation)
  3. 27 to 45 years of age living with HIV
  4. Who were treated for abnormal changes to the cervix after a colposcopy on or after July 31, 2025.

See these recommendations from Health Link BC

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Healthy females born on or after January 1, 1997 and healthy males born on or after January 1, 2002 are eligible to receive the HPV vaccine, routinely provided as part of the grade 6 school-based immunization program.
  2. For healthy females and males 11 to less than15 years of age, 2 doses are recommended. For those who are 15 years of age and older, a 3-dose schedule is recommended, unless the first dose of vaccine was administered before the age of 15.
  3. Individuals with at least one of the following high-risk criteria are eligible to receive up to 3 doses:
    -Immunocompetent HIV-infected males 9-26 years of age and females 9-45 years of age.
    -Males 9-26 years of age and females 9-45 years of age who have congenital immune deficiencies (B cell deficient, T cell mixed defects, phagocytic and neutrophil disorders, complement deficiency) or acquired immune deficiencies (pre-solid organ transplant or post-solid organ transplants, hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, (as per CancerCare Manitoba Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Immunization Schedule) or CAR T-cell therapy recipients (as per CancerCare Manitoba CAR-T Immunization Schedule).
    Males ≤ 18 years of age who are, or who have ever been, incarcerated.
    Individuals who are currently, or who have previously been, diagnosed with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
    Males 9-26 years of age who identify as gay or bisexual
    Transgender males and transgender females 9-26 years of age.
    Females 9-45 years of age who have a newly diagnosed high-grade cervical histopathology result.
    Males 9-26 years of age and females 9-45 years of age who are victims of sexual assault.
  4. Patients currently under the care of a haematologist or oncologist from CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB) who have the following conditions and have been provided a CCMB directed Immunization Schedule:-Malignant neoplasms (solid tissue and haematological) including leukemia and lymphoma, or clonal blood disorder, and who will receive or have completed immunosuppressive therapy including chemotherapy or radiation therapy, or
    -Hypo- or asplenic (Sickle Cell Disease, etc.)

See these recommendations from the Ministry of Health

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New Brunswick  | HPV VACCINE LOCATOR NEAR ME

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 7.
Free vaccines also available to:

Individuals 9 – 26 years of age (females must be born in/after 1995 and males must be born in/after 2005).

See these recommendations from the Ministry of Health

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Newfoundland and Labrador  | HPV VACCINE LOCATOR NEAR ME

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals who missed the vaccine in grade school (females since 2007 and males since 2017).

See these recommendation from Ministry of Health

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Northwest Territories  | HPV VACCINE LOCATOR NEAR ME

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grades 4, 5, or 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals 9 – 26 years of age.

See these recommendations from Health and Social Services

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 7.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals 9 – 18 years of age.
  2. Males who have sex with males (MSM) until they turn 46
  3. HIV-positive individuals.

See these recommendations from the Department of Health and Wellness 

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals 9 – 26 years of age.

See these recommendations from the Ministry of Health

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 7.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals in grade school, up until the end of Grade 12.
  2. Males who have sex with Males (MSM) and transgender individuals up to and including age 26

See these recommendations from the Ministry of Health

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Prince Edward Island  | HPV VACCINE LOCATOR NEAR ME

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals who missed the vaccine in grade school (females since 2007 and males since 2012).

See these recommendations from the provincial government

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 4
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals 9 – 20 years of age
  2. Individuals aged 21 – 45:
    a. with a weakened immune system;
    b. who are infected with HIV.
  3. Males 26 years of age or younger who have or plan to have sex with males

See these recommendations from the Ministry of Health

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Saskatchewan  | HPV VACCINE LOCATOR NEAR ME

School-based free vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. All residents can receive the HPV vaccine through their Public Health Office until age 27.

See these recommendations from the Saskatchewan Health Authority

School-based vaccination program: For all students in Grade 6.
Free vaccines also available to:

  1. Individuals 9 – 26 years of age.
  2. Certain high risk populations can also access this vaccine for free. Please talk to your health care provider for more information.

Additional Information:

  1. Vaccines do not need a prescription and can be administered free of charge at a local pharmacy.
  2. Yukoners with no access to a pharmacy will need to go to Whitehorse to receive the vaccine.