Effective January 14, 2021 at 12:01 a.m., the following new orders are in effect:
Stay-at-home Order
The stay-at-home order requires that every individual shall remain in their place of residence at all times unless leaving is necessary for one or more of the following purposes:
- Work, school and child care
o Working or volunteering where the nature of the work or volunteering requires the individual to leave their residence.
o Attending school or a post-secondary institution.
o Attending, obtaining or providing child care.
o Receiving or providing training or educational services.
- Obtaining goods and services
o Obtaining food, beverages and personal care items.
o Obtaining goods or services that are necessary for the health or safety of an individual, including health care services and medications.
o Obtaining goods or services, or performing activities, that are necessary for the safe operation, maintenance and sanitation of households, businesses, means of transportation or other places.
o Purchasing or picking up goods through an alternative method of sale, such as curbside pickup, from a business or place that is permitted to provide curbside pickup under the Stage 1 Order.
o Attending an appointment at a business or place that is permitted to be open by appointment under the Stage 1 Order.
o Obtaining services from a financial institution or cheque cashing service.
o Obtaining government services, social services and supports, mental health support services or addictions support services.
o Delivering goods or providing care or other support or assistance to an individual who requires support or assistance, or receiving such support or assistance, including, § providing care for an individual in a congregate care setting, and
- accompanying an individual who requires assistance leaving their residence for any purpose permitted under this Order.
o Taking a child to the child’s parent or guardian or to the parent or guardian’s residence.
o Taking a member of the individual’s household to any place the member of the household is permitted to go under this Order.
- Health, safety and legal purposes
o Doing anything that is necessary to respond to or avoid an imminent risk to the health or safety of an individual, including, § protecting oneself or others from domestic violence,
- leaving or assisting someone in leaving unsafe living conditions, and
- seeking emergency assistance.
o Exercising, including, § walking or moving around outdoors using an assistive mobility device, or
- using an outdoor recreational amenity that is permitted to be open under the Stage 1 Order.
o Attending a place as required by law or in relation to the administration of justice.
o Exercising an Aboriginal or treaty right as recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
- Multiple residences and moving
o Travelling to another residence of the individual if, § the individual intends to be at the residence for less than 24 hours and is attending for one of the purposes set out in this order; or
- the individual intends to reside at the residence for at least 14 days.
o Travelling between the homes of parents, guardians or caregivers, if the individual is under their care.
o Making arrangements to purchase or sell a residence or to begin or end a residential lease.
o Moving residences.
o Travelling to an airport, bus station or train station for the purpose of travelling to a destination that is outside of the Province.
o Attending a gathering for the purpose of a wedding, a funeral or a religious service, rite or ceremony that is permitted under the Stage 1 Order or making necessary arrangements for the purpose of such a gathering.
o If the individual lives alone, gathering with the members of a single household.
o Obtaining goods or services that are necessary for the health or safety of an animal, including obtaining veterinary services.
o Obtaining animal food or supplies.
o Doing anything that is necessary to respond to or avoid an imminent risk to the health or safety of an animal, including protecting an animal from abuse.
o Walking or otherwise exercising an animal.
Despite the provisions set out above, no person shall attend a business or place that is required to be closed under the Stage 1 Order, except to the extent that temporary access to the closed business or place is permitted under the Stage 1 Order.
Further, this Order:
- Does not apply to individuals who are homeless.
- Authorizes an individual to return to their residence from a place, if it allows them to leave their residence to go to that place.
- Does not prevent an individual from accessing outdoor parts of their place of residence, such as a backyard, or accessing indoor or outdoor common areas of the communal residences in which they reside that are open, including lobbies.
For greater certainty:
- This order does not permit a business or place to be open if it is required to be closed under the Stage 1 Order.
- This order does not permit an individual to gather with other individuals if the gathering is not permitted under the Stage 1 Order.
- Individuals can only attend an outdoor public event or social gathering that is permitted under the Stage 1 Order if they are attending for one of the purposes set out above.