Ontario Government Releases Plan For Province's Safe Reopening

The Ontario Government plans to lift all COVID-19 public health measures including mask mandates by the end of March announced at a press conference in Queen’s Park in Toronto on Friday.

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Due to Ontario’s cautious and careful approach with COVID-19, the province is poised to gradually lift all restrictions over the coming months according to Doug Ford, Ontario Premier.

Roughly 88 per cent of eligible Ontarians have at least one vaccine dose.

Beginning Monday, the Ontario Government will increase capacity limits and distancing requirements for restaurants, bars, gyms, casinos, indoor meeting and event spaces.

Other settings are permitted to lift capacity limits if they opt-in to require proof of vaccination such as barbershops; salons; indoor areas of amusement parks, galleries and museums.

Passports will not be required for places of medical care, grocery stores or basic medical supplies.

If COVID-19 levels no longer become a concern, vaccination passports could be lifted early next year.

To see the government's long-term plan click here.

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