PHAC says creating national vaccination registry would be ‘difficult’ as Canada contends with high measles count, loss of measles-free status

The Canadian Medical Association wants to see a national registry while the Canadian Public Health Association says the feds should provide funds to provinces and territories specifically to improve the availability of interoperable data.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it's focusing on working with provinces and territories in improving the sharing of their vaccination data. ’Canada’s federated system includes 13 health systems governed by provinces and territories, making a single, national immunization registry model difficult,’ the agency says. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY TESSIE SANCI

January 19, 2026

With a surge in cases last year impacting Canada’s international status as a measles-free jurisdiction, the Canadian Medical Association is calling on the federal government to develop a national registry of vaccination rates in order to understand transmission patterns. B...

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