Ontario Public Health Restrictions Set to Gradually Lift
The Province has announced its approach to exiting modified Step 2 of the Roadmap to Reopen. They cautioned that a reopening is subject to an overall risk assessment, including key indicators remaining stable or improving.
Key indicators include a declining per cent positivity, declining number of outbreaks in higher risk settings (e.g., long-term care homes) and plateauing or decreasing hospital and ICU admissions.
The following approach will include 21 days between each group of changes.
NO EARLIER THAN JANUARY 31, 2022
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(e.g. , retail, restaurants, casinos, cinemas) with proof of vaccination required in select settings.
50% capacity for most indoor public settings
- 50% capacity or 500 people, whichever is les, for spectator capacity in areas of facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities (e.g., sporting events), concert venues, an theatres.
- No restriction on hours of operation for restaurants, bars, or other food or drink establishments or sale /service of liquor
- Social gatherings limited to 10 indoor/25 outdoor.
- 50% capacity for indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies. Outdoor limited to the # of people that can maintain 2m physical distance.
- Additional protective measures.
NO EARLIER THAN FEBRUARY 21, 2022 (Family Day)
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(e.g., restaurants, casinos, cinemas)
100% capacity for indoor public settingswhere proof of vaccination is required.
- Capacity in other indoor public settings is the # of people that can maintain 2m physical distance.
- 50% spectator capacity in areas of facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities (e.g., sporting events), concert venues, and theatres.
- 25% capacity for higher risk settings such as food or drink establishments with dance facilities (including wedding receptions in meeting or event spaces where there is dancing), bathhouses, and sex clubs.
- Social gatherings limited to 25 indoor / 100 outdoor.
- Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies limited to the # that can maintain 2m physical distance (no limit if proof of vaccination required).
- Additional protective measures.
NO EARLIER THAN MARCH 14, 2022
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100% capacity for indoor public settings. Proof of vaccination continues to be required in existing setting
- Social gatherings limited to 50 indoor (no limit for outdoor).
- No limit on religious services, rites, or ceremonies.
- Additional Protective measures.
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