Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has approved the vaccine for swine flu.
The minister is scheduled to hold a news conference later today to announce the approval, her office confirmed to The Canadian Press.
The move means the provinces and territories will be allowed to proceed with H1N1 flu vaccinations as early as next week.
Two million doses of the swine-flu vaccine have already been shipped to the provinces and territories to await final sign-off from Ottawa.
The vaccine needed regulatory approval before the federal government could give the provinces and territories the green light to start the H1N1 flu shots.
Canadian clinical trials are still underway, but federal health authorities are relying on data from clinical trials done in Europe.
