Ontario released a plan to gradually exit Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen

Public Advisory

Ontario is in Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen. On October 22, the province released a plan to lift remaining public health and workplace safety measures by March 2022. Continue to follow public health measures including masking.

October 22, 2021 Update:

On October 22, 2021, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, released A Plan to Safely Reopen Ontario and Manage COVID-19 for the Long-Term.

This plan outlines Ontario’s cautious and gradual approach to lifting remaining public health and workplace safety measures by March 2022. It will be guided by the ongoing assessment of key public health and health care indicators and supported by local or regional tailored responses to covid 19.

Over the next six months, Ontario will slowly and incrementally lift all remaining public health and workplace safety measures, including:

  • wearing face coverings in indoor public settings
  • removing the provincial requirement for proof of vaccination

To ensure that public health and workplace safety measures are lifted safely, this phased approach will be guided by the ongoing assessment and monitoring of key public health and health care indicators, such as:

  • the identification of any new covid 19 variants
  • increases in hospitalizations
  • ICU occupancy and rapid increases in transmission

In the absence of concerning trends, public health and workplace safety measures will be lifted based on the proposed following milestones (PDF).

 

August 17, 2021 Update:

Pausing the exit from the Roadmap to Reopen

In response to evolving data around the Delta variant and based on the recent experiences of other jurisdictions, the government, in consultation with Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, is pausing the exit from the Roadmap to Reopen.

The Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts will continue to monitor the data to determine when it is safe to exit the Roadmap and lift the majority of public health and workplace safety measures currently in place.

 Find out about the latest public health measures, advice and restrictions in Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen.

The Roadmap to Reopen is is a three-step plan to safely and cautiously reopen the province and gradually lift public health measures. 

The plan is based on:

  • the provincewide vaccination rate
  • improvements in key public health and health care indicators

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