This interactive map shows first dose vaccination rates in every Ontario region
Ontario’s vaccine rollout has significantly accelerated in the past month, with first dose vaccination rates increasing across the province.
However, not all regions of Ontario are acquiring their first doses at equal rates.
A new interactive map,created by retired mathematical statistician Bill Comeau, shows exactly which regions in Ontario have the highest vaccination rates.
Comeau, a retired mathematical statistician in Ontario, has been collecting data provided by various federal, provincial, municipal, and third party organizations and put it into visual representations for the general public to digest over the course of the pandemic.
The latest vaccination rate map, put together with data from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), allows users to hover over each region in Ontario to uncover that area’s vaccination rate.
ICES updates their first dose percentage data weekly, says Comeau, and that data is in turn used to update the map. It is worth noting that the percentages are calculated using the total regional population, not the adult-only population. Because of this, percentages may be lower than expected, as children 12 and under are not currently permitted to receive a vaccination. Additionally, ICES does not include long-term care residents in their vaccination data.
In addition to the interactive map, Comeau has also arranged the data to be viewed as rankings.
According to the most recent data, ending the week of May 24, these are the Ontario regions with the highest first dose vaccination rates as of May 24:
- N7W, Sarnia - 68.4 per cent
- M8X, Toronto - 67.7 per cent
- M4G, Toronto - 65.7 per cent
- M5M, Toronto - 64.7 per cent
- M1C, Toronto - 64.7 per cent
Conversely, according to the most recent data, these are the Ontario regions with the lowest first dose vaccination rates:
- P0V, Northwestern Ontario - 19.7 per cent
- K8H, Petawawa - 29.5 per cent
- N6L, London - 33.5 per cent
- N4W, Listowel - 35.0 per cent
- N0K, Southwestern Ontario - 35.1 per cent
Four of the five regions with the highest first dose vaccination rate are in Toronto, with only one provincially designated hot spot postal code making the list — M1C.
The vaccine rollout in Toronto and the other cities hosting hot spots, accelerated in the spring when vaccines began to be reallocated to the areas.
In April, the Ontario government decided to begin allocating 25 per cent of all incoming vaccines to provincial hot spots. For the weeks of May 3 and 10, hot spot vaccine reallocation was increased to 50 per cent at the request of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.
On May 28, the Ford government announced it would accelerate its second dose strategy after reaching 75 per cent of eligible Ontarians having received their first dose.
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