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Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding during Painful Procedures – Vaccinated Babies
TBDHU recommends breastfeeding/chestfeeding your baby during vaccinations. Research shows that breastfeeding/chestfeeding during painful procedures reduces the baby’s pain and distress. For optimal benefits, the baby…
UPDATES:
The information below has been updated for 2025-2026.
Products: Switch from quadrivalent inactivated vaccines (QIV) to trivalent inactivatedvaccines (TIV) for influenza vaccines.
COVID-19 VACCINES – For more information, please visit the dedicated health care provider COVID-19…
Suspected cases must be reported immediately by phone to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit at 625-5930 or toll-free 1-888-294-6630, ext. 5930 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm). After hours and on weekends/holidays call Thunder Bay Answering Service at (807) 624-1280.
NEWS
September 2024 Update…
Reporting Obligations
Individuals with suspect or confirmed cases must be reported to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit by the next working day by fax, phone or mail.
Fax: (807) 625-4822
Phone: 625-8318 or toll-free at 1-888-294—6630, ext. 8318
Mail: 999 Balmoral Street, Thunder Bay, ON…
Reporting Obligations
Suspected cases of BACTERIAL MENINGITIS must be reported immediately by phone to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit at 625-8318 or toll-free 1-888-294-6630, ext. 8318 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm). After hours and on weekends/holidays call Thunder Bay Answering Service…
Reporting Obligations
Individuals with suspect or confirmed cases must be reported to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit by the next working day by fax, phone or mail.
Fax: (807) 625-4822
Phone: 625-8318 or toll-free at 1-888-294—6630, ext. 8318
Mail: 999 Balmoral Street, Thunder Bay,…
Students in various programs such as health care, social work, child and youth, and education are often required to submit documentation as part of their program. This can include proof of immunization, bloodwork and lab reports, and certifications. This page outlines how you can gather the…
Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) are NO LONGER PROVIDED to the public due to changes in the program implemented by the Ontario Ministry of Health.
FREE testing is only available to those who have symptoms and are eligible for treatment to determine if treatment is needed.…
Reporting Obligations
Suspected cases must be reported immediately by phone to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit at 625-5930 or toll-free 1-888-294-6630, ext. 5930 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm). After hours and on weekends/holidays call Thunder Bay Answering Service at (807) 624-…
One clinics: TBDHU hosts one school-based vaccine clinic at every high school each school year.
Easy and convenient option: These clinics provide an easy and convenient option for students to be immunized for the vaccines required under the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA).…
Updated Ontario Ministry of Health Guidance: Recommendations for Outbreak Prevention and Control in Institutions and Congregate Living Settings (February 2025).
This information is intended for Congregate Living Settings (CLS) including but not limited to shelters, group homes and…
Canadians head to the polls on Monday, April 28, 2025. Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) encourages community members across the Thunder Bay District to get informed, vote, and consider public health when they vote.
Vote
Any Canadian citizen, 18 or older can vote. Voting is a right and…
2025-2026 RSV Program
UPDATES
Older Adults
The 2024-2025 program has expanded to now include:
all individuals aged 75 and older
patients 60+ with glomerulonephritis (GN) who are moderately to severely immunocompromised
Health care providers can begin to administer as soon as they receive…
UPDATES
Measles Immunization Schedules - Routine and Outbreak - NEW May 2025
See the new resource, Routine and Outbreak-related Measles Immunization Schedules from Public Health Ontario which includes the routine and outbreak-related measles immunization schedules in Ontario
The resource will…
Two clinics: TBDHU hosts two school-based vaccine clinics for children in Grade 7 each school year. See the tabs below for the clinic schedule, based on where the school is located (Thunder Bay versus District).
Grade 8 students: Students in Grade 8 who are missing Grade 7 vaccines will be…