Overview

• Alberta confirmed health‑care workers will receive provincially funded COVID‑19 vaccines this fall after initially being excluded.
• Most Albertans will have to pay for shots, making Alberta the only province planning to charge the majority of residents.
• Public funding remains limited to seniors in care or home care, immunocompromised people, those on social programs, and now all health‑care workers in Phase 1.
• Vaccines will be delivered only through public health clinics in a phased program, with appointments starting in October and pharmacies excluded.
• Pre‑ordering is open until Sept. 30, the province has ordered 485,000 doses, immunization remains voluntary, and officials cite $135 million in past wastage as the rationale.