• Seniors born in 1946 or earlier (turning 75+), no matter where they live

• Respiratory therapists

• Health-care workers in intensive care units

• Health-care workers in emergency departments

• Health-care workers in COVID-19 units, medical and surgical units, and operating rooms

• Paramedics and emergency medical responders

• Staff in long term care and designated supportive living facilities

• Home care workers

• All residents of long term care and designated supportive living, regardless of age

• First Nations, Inuit and Métis persons born in 1956 or earlier (turning 65+) living in a First Nations community or Metis Settlement

• Albertans born 1947 to 1956 (turning 65 to 74), no matter where they live
• First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) people born 1971 or earlier (turning 50+), no matter where they live
• Staff and residents of licensed seniors supportive living facilities not included in Phase 1

• Albertans born 2009 to 1957 (12 to 64) with eligible high-risk underlying health conditions.

Eligible health conditions

• Asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen (a missing spleen or a spleen that is no longer working)
• Cancer (anyone with a new diagnosis of or treatment for all forms of cancer in the last year, except non-invasive skin cancer)
• Chronic heart disease and vascular disease:
  • Including: congenital heart disease, chronic heart failure, heart or kidney disease from high blood pressure, and a history of a stroke
  • Not including: high blood pressure alone
• Chronic kidney diseases requiring regular medical monitoring or treatment
• Chronic Liver disease due to any cause (for example: cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis, and hemochromatosis)
• Chronic neurological disease (for example: epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, MS, muscular dystrophy and dementia)
• Chronic respiratory (lung) diseases:
  • Including: COPD, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, and severe asthma that required an asthma-related emergency department visit or hospital admission in the past year
  • Not including: mild or well-controlled asthma
• Diabetes requiring insulin or other anti-diabetic medication to control
• Immunosuppression: a weakened immune response due to disease or treatment, including:
  • anyone undergoing chemotherapy or treatment for HIV, genetic disorders of the immune system
  • people receiving long-term medical treatment to control severe inflammation such as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus
• Pregnancy: anyone who is currently pregnant
• Severe mental Illness or substance use disorder requiring a hospital stay during the past year (for example: schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders and others)
• Severe obesity: a Body Mass Index of 40 kg/m2 or more
• Severe or profound learning disabilities or severe developmental delay:
  • Including: individuals with Down syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder and others
  • Not including: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
    Solid organ, bone marrow or stem cell transplant recipients

• Shelter staff and residents
• Correctional facility staff and inmates
• Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists and all other health care professionals and their office or support staff who provide in-person, direct patient care
• Individuals working in patient care facilities or providing services directly to clients in the community for Alberta Health Services, Covenant Health, Alberta Precision Labs, DynaLife, and students undertaking placement practicums in clinical areas
• Healthcare workers on First Nation reserves and Metis Settlements
• Workers at meatpacking plants – abattoirs for chicken, pork and beef only

Starting April 30:

• Residents and support staff at eligible congregate living settings and workplaces at risk for large outbreaks: front-line policing and provincial sheriffs, front-line disability services workers that support clients in a variety of services and living arrangements, mental health and other types of licensed supportive living
• Caregivers of Albertans who are most at risk of severe outcomes:
  • Up to 4 designated family/support people of those individuals in long term care, designated supportive living and licensed supportive living facilities
  • Household contacts and caregivers for children 11 and under (born in 2010 or later) who have an eligible chronic condition in Phase 2B but are unable to receive the vaccine due to age
  • Parents or guardians of eligible profoundly immunocompromised Albertans
  • Firefighters and front-line policing and provincial sheriffs who interact with residents at shelters, correctional facilities and remand centres, and Canadian Border Security Agency staff

• Albertans born 1957 to 1971 (turning 50 to 64).
• First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) persons born 1972 to 1986 (turning 35 to 49), no matter where they live.