Health Professionals Update – Vol. 18, No. 31

December 2, 2025

From:
Hetal Patel, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
Associate Medical Officer of Health

In this issue

Holiday schedule for Peel Public Health clinics and services (December 2025 to January 2026)

Key messages

Essential public health services will continue to operate during the holiday period to ensure ongoing support for our community.
Some public health services will have adjusted holiday hours. Refer to the following schedule.

Essential public health services

The general holiday office hours for Peel Public Health are:

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on December 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31.
Closed December 25, 26, and January 1, 2026.

A public health nurse, public health inspector and Associate Medical Officer of Health are available on-call outside of regular business hours (after hours, on holidays, and weekends). Over the holidays, please continue to report all Diseases of Public Health Significance (DOPHS) and submit requests for post-exposure prophylaxis as required.

For urgent matters, contact Peel Public Health at 905-799-7700.

Adjusted holiday hours

Immunization services

Immunization clinics - Closed December 23, 2025 to January 4, 2026. Services will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.

Phone support for reporting immunizations will be unavailable from December 25 to January 1. Services will resume on Friday, January 2, 2026. Parents can continue to report their children's immunizations online. Encourage families to use the online reporting tool. A video was developed to help guide them through the process.

Vaccine ordering

The vaccine order desk will be closed from December 25, 2025, to January 1, 2026 (inclusive). To ensure your vaccine orders are processed and ready before the closure, submit your order by December 12.

Orders submitted on or before December 12 will be ready for pick-up prior to December 25.
Orders submitted after December 12 will be available for pick-up starting the first week of January.

Orders can only be picked up on days when the pick-up location is open (see below). Please wait for confirmation of your pick-up details.

Hurontario (7120 Hurontario Street, Mississauga) is closed from December 25 to January 1.
Brampton (10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton) is closed on December 25, 26, and January 1.
Fairview (325 Central Parkway West, Unit 21, Mississauga) is closed on December 25, 26, and January 1.

If you have any questions about vaccine ordering or pick-up, contact the vaccine management team.

Cold chain failure reminders

If your fridge temperatures (current, max/min) goes below +2.0 C or above +8.0 C:

Do not administer any vaccines and place a sign on the vaccine fridge “Do Not Use”. All staff should be informed to not use any vaccines until a Public Health Nurse has provided direction.
Keep your vaccine refrigerator door closed.
Leave the vaccines in the fridge. Do not move the vaccines to another fridge that is not approved for storing publicly funded vaccines.
Continue to document the fridge temperatures in the temperature logbook.
Report the cold chain failure immediately by leaving a voicemail on 905-799-7700, ext. 2840 or email vmphn@peelregion.ca. Include the following in your message: date, facility name, RMP_MS_XXXXX code, contact name, and phone number/email address. A Public Health Nurse will contact you to complete a cold chain failure investigation on the next business day.

Family Health

Phone support for infant feeding, parenting, prenatal, referrals to Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC), and referrals to infant feeding services are open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on December 22, 23, 26, 29, 30, and January 2, 2026. This call centre is closed on December 24, 25, 31, and January 1, 2026.

Baby Feeding Support

Home visit support (Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon)

Available December 22, 23, 26, 29, 30, and January 2, 2026
Not available December 24, 31, and January 1, 2026

Meadowvale Clinic (6975 Meadowvale Town Centre Circle, Unit No. 3, Mississauga)

Open from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on December 22, 23, 26, 29, 30, and January 2, 2026
Closed December 24, 25, 31, and January 1, 2026

Brampton Clinic (10 Peel Centre Drive, Suite A, Suite 101, Brampton)

Open from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Dec 22, 23, 29, 30, and January 2, 2026
Closed December 24, 25, 26, 31, and January 1, 2026

Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC)

HBHC will be providing home visits in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon on: December 24, 29, 30, 31, January 2.
HBHC home visits will not be available on: December 25,26, 27, 28, January 1.
HBHC Hospital Liaison support will be available at Brampton Civic Hospital and Trillium Health Partners locations on: December 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, January 2.

Oral Health phone support

Oral health phone support for the Healthy Smiles Ontario program and the Ontario Seniors Dental Care program will be closed from December 25 to January 1 (inclusive). Phone support will resume regular business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on January 2, 2026.

Healthy Sexuality clinic hours

Fairview Clinic (325 Central Parkway West, Unit 21, Mississauga)

Monday December 22 and 29 - open 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday December 23 and 30 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday December 24 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (pill sales only)
December 25 and 26 - CLOSED
Wednesday December 31 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (no clinical services)
Thursday January 1 - CLOSED
Friday January 2 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (pill sales only)

Meadowvale Clinic (6975 Meadowvale Town Centre Circle, Unit N03, Mississauga)

Monday December 22 and 29 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday December 23 and 30 - open 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
December 24, 25, 26, and 31 - CLOSED
Thursday January 1 - CLOSED
Friday January 2 - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Malton Healthy Sexuality Clinic (7205 Goreway Drive, Mississauga, L4T 2T9)

CLOSED - December 18 to January 6 (reopens January 7)

Brampton Clinic (10 Peel Centre Drive, Suite A, Suite 101, Brampton)

Monday December 22 and 29 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday December 23 and 30 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday December 24 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (pill sales only)
December 25 and 26 - CLOSED
Wednesday December 31 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (no clinical services)
Thursday January 1 - CLOSED
Friday January 2 - open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (pill sales only)

Harm Reduction Program

Mobile van services holiday schedule:

December 22, 23: regular hours 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
December 24, 29, 30, 31: adjusted hours 12 to 8 p.m.
December 27: regular hours 3:30 to 11:30 p.m.
December 25, 26, and January 1, 2026 – no mobile van service.
January 2, 2026 return to regular hours 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

For harm reduction supplies and services, or naloxone, clients can call or text 647-225-1623.

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