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By Canadian Press

Alberta now requires vaccine record with QR code for its passport program

Nov 15, 2021 | 9:03 AM

EDMONTON – Alberta residents will now need more than a paper record from a COVID-19 vaccine clinic if they want to sit down at a restaurant, work out at a gym or enter indoor venues like arenas or movie theatres.

Starting today, previous Alberta immunization records without a scannable QR code, including ones from vaccine providers and those saved from the province’s MyHealth Records, will no longer be accepted as proof of vaccination under the Restrictions Exemption Program.

Patrons 12 and older entering businesses and venues taking part in the program will now be required to show an Alberta vaccine record with a QR code, a Canadian Armed Forces vaccine record or a First Nations immunization record.

Vaccine records issued by other provinces and territories will also be accepted, as well as the ArriveCan app for international travellers.

People without any of those will need a negative, privately paid COVID-19 test from within the previous 72 hours, or valid proof of a medical exemption.

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Vaccine records with the QR code can be downloaded through a provincial government website or obtained through a registry agent at no cost, and can be printed or displayed on a phone.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 15, 2021.

The Canadian Press