Ontario To Host School Vaccination Clinics Without Parental Consent
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It is legal. We have something called "Mature Minor Consent".
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthlinkbc-files/infants-act-mature-minor-consent-and-immunization
It's not different in Ontario. The "attaining 16 years of age" you read in the Health Care Consent act is in regard to people being admitted to a care facility and not in regard to people receiving treatment.
For just treatment there is no legal minimum age for consent in Ontario.
https://jcb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bioethics-Table-Brief-Vaccinating-Ontarians-Aged-12-17-Legal-and-Ethical-Requirements.pdf