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UPDATE: Looser Restrictions Coming January 31st

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Ontario will be implementing a gradual and phased in re-opening plan later this month.

As of Monday January 31st at 12:01 a.m. social gatherings will be limited to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors and indoor public settings will be capped at 50 per cent capacity at the following settings:

  • Restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments without dance facilities
  • Retailers (including grocery stores and pharmacies)
  • Shopping malls
  • Non-spectator areas of sports and recreational fitness facilities, including gyms
  • Cinemas
  • Meeting and event spaces
  • Recreational amenities and amusement parks, including water parks
  • Museums, galleries, aquariums, zoos and similar attractions
  • Casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments
  • Religious services, rites, or ceremonies

The province will enact more re-opening measures on the subsequent dates:

February 21, 2022

  • Social gathering limits to 25 people indoors and 100 people outdoors
  • Removing capacity limits in indoor public settings where proof of vaccination is required, including but not limited to restaurants, indoor sports and recreational facilities, cinemas, as well as other settings that choose to opt-in to proof of vaccination requirements
  • Permitting spectator capacity at sporting events, concert venues, and theatres at 50 per cent capacity
  • Limiting capacity in most remaining indoor public settings where proof of vaccination is not required to the number of people that can maintain two metres of physical distance
  • Indoor religious services, rites or ceremonies limited to the number that can maintain two metres of physical distance, with no limit if proof of vaccination is required
  • Increasing indoor capacity limits to 25 per cent in the remaining higher-risk settings where proof of vaccination is required, including nightclubs, wedding receptions in meeting or event spaces where there is dancing, as well as bathhouses and sex clubs

March 14, 2022

  • Lifting capacity limits in all indoor public settings (proof of vaccination will be maintained in existing settings in addition to other regular measures)
  • Lifting remaining capacity limits on religious services, rites, or ceremonies
  • Increase social gathering limits to 50 people indoors with no limits for outdoor gatherings
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Students Set To Go Back In Class

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Virtual learning is set to conclude this week.

Multiple reports emerged Monday night that the province will announce this week the return to in-class instruction on January 17th.

Premier Doug Ford’s office confirming those reports to some outlets, but did not explain why they were making the decision.

Ontario unveiled the shift to online learning on January 3rd citing the rapid spread of COVID-19 cases.

In the meantime, the province has come to an agreement with the Ontario Teachers Federation to allow retired teachers
almost double the number of days they are allowed to teach.

The agreement means a retired teacher can be in the classroom 95 instead of the current 50 days.

The deal was reached because of the teacher shortage across the province and the high rate of absenteeism.

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Province Changes Gathering Sizes, Capacity Limits

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The provincial government is enacting further measures in the fight against the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Alongside Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore Friday, Premier Doug Ford enacted the following measures will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, December 19th:

  • Indoor settings, except religious facilities, will be limited to 50 per cent capacity
  • The number of patrons permitted to sit at a table will be limited to 10 people and patrons will be required to remain seated in restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments, meeting and event spaces and strip clubs
  • Bars and restaurants, meeting and event spaces and strip clubs will be required to close by 11:00 p.m. with take out and delivery will be permitted
  • Food and/or drink services will be prohibited at sporting events; concert venues, theatres and cinemas; casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments; and horse racing tracks, car racing tracks and other similar venues
  • The sale of alcohol will be restricted after 10:00 p.m. and consumption of alcohol in businesses or settings after 11:00 p.m.
  • Maximum allowable size of indoor social gatherings will be 10 while 25 people can gather outdoors