A number of emergency orders set to expire this week have been extended, including the ban on recreational camping and provincial border restrictions.
Last week, Ontario extended nine orders that were slated to end June 2, when the provincial stay-at-home order lifts. The orders affected are now in place until at least June 16.
The orders that are in place longer are:
- Enforcement of COVID-19 measures
- Compliance orders for retirement homes
- Work redeployment for Local Health Integration Networks and Ontario Health
- Transfer of hospital patients that allows patients to be transferred whether or not the transfer has been consented to by the patient of substitute decision-maker. To qualify for this, the transfer must be in response to a major surge, allow the hospital to optimize the availability of critical care and acute care resources or help another hospital optimize the availability of these resources, or reduce a foreseeable risk of serious bodily harm to a person.
- Closure of public lands for recreational camping
- Restrictions on who can travel into Ontario from Manitoba or Quebec. The list of permitted reasons to enter the province from these points is available here.
- Word redeployment for independent health facilities
- Regulated health professionals
- Agreements between health service providers and retirement homes
When the stay-at-home order ends June 2, the provincial emergency brake will remain in effect until Ontario enters the first stage of the Roadmap to Reopen. That is expected to go into effect June 14. The gradual reopening of the province will be based on provincial vaccination rates and key public health and healthcare indicators.
Some restrictions for outdoor recreation were lifted May 22.
Outdoor amenities such as golf courses, tennis courts, soccer and other sports fields, basketball courts and skate parks are now open. The limit for outdoor gatherings has also been increased to five people.
Outdoor dining and non-essential retail will remain closed until the new phased-in plan starts.
Schools remain closed with remote learning. An announcement on schools is expected this week.
The full list of orders that have been extended is available here.
