Gatherings and close contact

It is illegal to gather indoors with anyone you do not live with.

You must limit contact to your household (the people you live with) and stay at least 2 metres apart from everyone else.

Do not visit any other household or allow visitors in your home.

If you live alone, you can have close contact with only one other household.

All events and social gatherings:

• Indoors: not allowed, except with members of your household (or one other household if you live alone)
• Outside: 10 people

Religious, wedding and funeral services:

• Indoors: 10 capacity
• Outside: 10 people

Only go out for essential reasons, such as:

• work
• school
• groceries
• pharmacy
• health care
• helping vulnerable people
• exercise and physical activity

Work remotely, where possible.

Rules for all businesses

All open businesses must:

• screen employees (for example, using the COVID-19covid 19 Screening Tool for Workplaces – PDF)
• limit capacity so guests can stay at least 2 metres apart
• make sure anyone indoors wears a mask or face covering, including workers who have to come within 2 metres of anyone else
• make sure workers use personal protective equipment (PPE) that protects their eyes, nose and mouth when they have to come within 2 metres of anyone who is not wearing a mask or face covering or separated by plexiglass
• clean and disinfect often-touched surfaces, such as equipment, washrooms, locker rooms, change rooms and showers frequently
• create a safety plan and have it available upon request (for example, to inspectors or law enforcement officers)

Restaurants, bars and other food and drink establishments

Services available:

• Take-out
• Drive-through
• Delivery service

Closed:

• All indoor and outdoor service

Sports and recreational fitness facilities

Closed (limited exceptions, for example, day camps and child care).

Meeting and event spaces

Closed for meetings and events (limited exceptions, for example child care, mental health and addiction support services).

Stores

Services available:

• Online ordering
• Curbside pick-up
• Delivery

In-person shopping available for:

• Supermarkets
• Grocery stores
• Convenience stores
• Hardware stores
• Other retailers selling groceries
• Beer, wine and liquor stores
• Pharmacies
• Safety supply stores
• Outdoor markets, including farmer’s markets and holiday markets
• Garden centres, plant nurseries, by appointment only
• Motor and recreational vehicle, by appointment only

Malls open only for:

• pick-up or delivery
• access to businesses that are allowed to have in-person services (for example, pharmacies, dentists)
• take-away from food courts

50% capacity limit for all in-person shopping.

Personal care services

Closed

Casinos, bingo halls and gaming establishments

Closed

Cinemas

Only drive-ins allowed.

Performing arts facilities

No audiences allowed.

Rehearsing, recording or broadcasting an event or performance is allowed (for example, streaming a performance to an online audience).

Everyone must stay 2 metres away from each other, except when needed for the performance.

There must be a barrier (for example, plexiglass) between singers and wind- or brass-instrument players and other performers.