People waited in line for an hour and a half at Metro Hall on Sunday afternoon to receive their H1N1 and seasonal flu shots. (Pras Rajagopalan/CBC)

Throngs of people crowded Toronto's Metro Hall H1N1 vaccination clinic Sunday afternoon in a last-minute attempt to get their shots before all five of the city's clinics closed for the rest of the year.

Clinics at East York Civic Centre, North York Civic Centre, Etobicoke Civic Centre and Scarborough Civic Centre closed Sunday at 4 p.m. All were providing both the H1N1 shot and the seasonal flu vaccine.

The clinic at Metro Hall, however, stayed open for two hours beyond its scheduled 4 p.m. closing time to accommodate the swell of people who had left their vaccinations to the last minute.

"I think there's over 200 here right now," said Metro Hall clinic manager Lorraine Telford at 3:30 p.m.

"The people who are in line at the end of line are probably looking at an hour and a half [wait]."

Those who haven't received their H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccinations at a clinic can still get them at other venues.

"Both are available through a lot of doctor's offices. Walk-in clinics often have them. Just call ahead," said Telford.

Some employers are also offering the shots at workplaces.

More clinics in new year

Telford also said Toronto Public Health will open some clinics in January. The dates, times and locations of those clinics will be announced next week.

But some still weren't happy with how Toronto Public Health ran its vaccination rollout.

"I don't understand why it was never indicated anywhere on the website that they were doing seasonal at the same one as H1N1," said Teri Marcus, who was near the end of the line at 3:30 p.m. and wasn't happy about the wait time.

"So now the people who just want [the H1N1shot] are stuck in a lineup that could be twice as long."

Others, like Dan Richards, expected a wait on the last day.

"I haven't been paying that much attention but for the longest time it was only available for at-risk individuals. But I saw today was the last day for the clinics," he said.

Around 200,000 city residents have been vaccinated since Toronto Public Health opened the vaccination clinics six weeks ago. Another million doses have been sent to local doctor's offices and hospitals.

Nineteen people in Toronto have died of H1N1, according to associate medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe.

But the number of confirmed cases has dropped dramatically since mid-November.