Provincial & Federal Announcements: COVID-19
Provincial Announcements
November 25 – Celebrate the Holiday Season Safely | Ontario Newsroom
November 24 – Ontario Deploys Rapid Testing to Support COVID-19 Response
November 20 – Ontario has extended COVID-10 Orders
November 19 – Ontario Launches Workplace Education and Enforcement Campaigns
November 19 – Ontario Supporting Small Businesses with Financial Advice and Training
November 19 – Get COVID relief funding for your business
November 13 – Ontario Updating COVID-19 Response Framework to Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19
November 3 – Ontario Releases COVID-19 Response Framework to Help Keep the Province Safe and Open
November 2, 2020 – Ontario releases report on COVID- 19 Emergency Measures
October 28 – Ontario Launching COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream
October 27 – Ontario Adding Over 760 Hospital Beds Across the Province
October 23 – Ontario Takes Steps to Ensure Surplus Food Does Not Go to Waste
October 20 – Ontario Extends COVID-19 Orders to Protect the Public
October 20 – Ontario Invests $550 Million to Build and Upgrade Schools
October 20 – Ontario Protects Workers, Volunteers and Organizations Who Make Honest Efforts to Follow COVID-19 Guidelines and Laws
October 19 – Ontario Making Government Services More Convenient, Reliable, and Accessible
October 17 – York Region Added to List of Areas of Higher Community Spread
October 16 – Ontario Moving Additional Region to Modified Stage 2
October 16 – Ontario Supports the Production of Critical Supplies to Fight the Spread of COVID-19
October 15 – Millions Across Canada Now Using Made-in-Ontario COVID Alert App
October 15 – Ontario Adding Over 200 More Transitional Care Beds Across the Province
October 14 – Outings on Hold for Long-Term Care Homes in Areas of Higher Community Spread
October 14 – Ontario Hiring Hundreds More Contact Tracers and Case Managers
October 13 – Ontario Increases Production of COVID-19 Testing Supplies
October 13 – Ontario Helps Keep Energy Costs Low for Families, Small Businesses and Farmers
October 13 – Ontario Continues to Support Restaurants During COVID-19 Pandemic
October 13 – Governments Investing $26.6 Million to Further Protect Ontario Agri-Food Workers During COVID-19
October 9 – Increased COVID-19 Precautions for Congregate Care Settings
October 9 – Ontario Implementing Additional Public Health Measures in Toronto, Ottawa and Peel Region
October 8 – Ontario Supporting Local Festivals and Events
October 7 – Ontario Building a Modern, Connected and Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions System
October 7 – Ontario Supports Small Main Street Businesses with $60 Million in Funding through PPE Grant
October 6 – Making Ontario Better for People and Smarter for Business
October 6 – Ontario Surpasses Four Million COVID-19 Tests
October 5 – Ontario Releases $35 Million to Hire More Staff, Improve Remote Learning in Targeted Communities
October 5 – New COVID-19 Precautions at Long-Term Care Homes
October 2 – Ontario Implementing Additional Public Health and Testing Measures to Keep People Safe
October 1 – Ontario Provides $461 Million to Temporarily Enhance Wages For Personal Support Workers
October 1 – Ontario Revises COVID-19 Screening Guidance for Schools and Child Care
September 30 – Ontario Delivers $2.8 Billion COVID-19 Fall Preparedness Plan
September 30 – Ontario Releases Updated COVID-19 Modelling for Second Wave
September 29 – Ontario Providing over Half a Billion Dollars to Protect Vulnerable Seniors against Second Wave of COVID-19
September 28 – Ontario Investing $52.5 Million to Recruit, Retain and Support More Health Care Workers
September 25 – Ontario Investing $741 Million to Reduce Surgeries Backlog and Expand Access to Care
September 25 – New Public Health Measures Implemented Provincewide to Keep Ontarians Safe
September 24 – Ontario Investing More Than $1 Billion to Expand COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing
September 23 – Ontario Expands COVID-19 Testing to Pharmacies
September 22 – Ontario Set to Launch Largest Flu Immunization Campaign in Province’s History
September 21 – Ontario Presses Ottawa to Increase Share of Health Funding
September 19 – Ontario Limits the Size of Unmonitored and Private Social Gatherings across Entire Province
September 17 – Ontario Introduces Legislation to Freeze Residential Rent in 2021
September 17 – Lower Limits for Unmonitored and Private Social Gatherings in Ottawa, Peel and Toronto Regions
September 16 – Ontario Launches New COVID-19 Screening Tool to Help Protect Students and Staff
September 15 – Province Ramps Up Production of Ontario-Made Ventilators
September 11 – Ontario Launches COVID-19 School and Licensed Child Care-specific Web Page
September 10 – New Research Projects Aim to Improve Ontario’s Response to COVID-19
September 7 – Keeping Students and Staff Safe as They Return to School
September 4 – Province Supports Ontario-Made Face Masks in the Fight Against COVID-19
September 4 – Ontario Welcomes Postsecondary Students Back to School
September 3 – Ontario Extends Support for Employers and Employees Impacted by COVID-19
August 28 – Safe Outings Now Possible for Long-Term Care Home Residents
August 26 – Ontario Releases COVID-19 Management Plan for Schools
August 21 – Ontario expands indoor capacity for meeting and event facilities
August 21 – Ontario Partners with federal government and 3M Canada on New N95 respirator manufacturing facility
August 20 – Ontario extends orders under the reopening Ontario Act, 2020
August 20 – Ontario supporting agricultural and rural fall fairs and exhibitions
August 7 – Historic agreement delivers over $230 million for child care
July 30 – Ontario building a safer and stronger long-term care system
July 30 – Ontario releases plan for safe reopening of schools in September
July 30 – Ontario continues to gradually and safely reopen child care for working parents
July 20 – Ontario Moving more regions into Stage 3
July 16 – Ontario Extends Emergency Orders until July 29th
July 13 – Nearly all businesses and public spaces to reopen in Stage 3
July 10 – Update from the Ontario Health System Response
July 9 – Ontario extends emergency orders
June 27 – Ontario extends emergency orders to July 10th
June 24 – Ontario extends declaration of emergency to July 15th
June 17 – Ontario extends emergency orders to June 30th
June 13 – Ontario eases restrictions on wedding and funeral ceremonies
June 12 – Ontarians encouraged to establish social circles
June 11 – Ontario lifting 30-day supply limit on prescriptions
June 11 – Ontario and Canada helping small businesses go digital
June 10 – Beaches and campsites to open at Ontario parks
June 8 – Ontario permits more businesses and services to reopen in the coming days
June 6 – Ontario extends emergency orders to support its reopening efforts
June 2 – Ontario extends declaration of emergency until June 30
May 29 – Ontario opens up COVID-19 testing across the province
May 29 – Support for small business tenants and landlords now available
May 27 – Ontario extending emergency orders during COVID-19 Outbreak
May 20 – Face coverings now recommended when physical distancing is a challenge
May 19 – Schools to remain closed for the rest of this school year
May 19 – Ontario Extends Emergency Orders to May 29th
May 14 – Ontario announces additional workplaces that can reopen
May 12 – Ontario extends Declaration of Emergency to June 2
May 11 – Ontario opening provincial parks and conservation reserves
May 6 – Ontario further eases restrictions on retail stores and essential construction
May 5 – Free internet-based programs help people cope with unprecedented situation
May 4 – Ontario continues to support mental health needs during COVID-19
May 1 – Emergency orders issued to help better manage health care resources
May 1 – Certain businesses allowed to reopen May 4th under strict safety guidelines
April 29 – More frontline workers eligible for emergency child care
April 27 – Ontario unveils guiding principles to reopen the province
April 26 – Publicly-funded schools to remain closed until May 31st
April 25 – Community gardens allowed to operate
April 25 – Ontario parks to remain closed until May 31
April 25 – Ontario allows the redeployment of staff to better care for vulnerable people
April 24 – News Release – Local measures to ensure students maintain safe accessibility to healthy food during the current school closures
April 24 – Ontario provides urgent relief for small businesses and landlords
April 18 – Ontario Investing $20 Million to Advance Medical Research
April 17 – Ontario offers emergency child care to more frontline staff
April 17 – Province makes it easier to reassign staff where they are needed most
April 17 – Expansion Will Assist Essential Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak
April 17 – iPad Devices with Free Rogers Wireless Data Will Support Learning at Home
April 17 – $1 million in new funding to support efforts that match employers with job-seekers
April 16 – Regulatory Changes Open the Door for Auto Insurance Rebates
April 16 – Province adds more than 2,000 acute care and critical care beds and enacts pandemic staffing plans
April 15 – Robust action plan and new emergency order to protect the most vulnerable in long-term care homes
April 14 – Sustained Measures Necessary to Stop the Spread and Protect Public Health
April 13 – Same-Day Deliveries Made to Protect Patients and Frontline Workers from COVID-19
April 12 – New platform will allow researchers to better detect, plan and respond to the outbreak
April 11 – Over 14,000 submissions received through Ontario Together Portal, but more are needed
April 11 – Province Extends Emergency Orders until April 23
April 10 – Province Prevents Operators from Charging Fees while Child Cares are Closed
April 9 – Premier Ford Appoints Team to Develop Plan for Post-Pandemic Growth and Prosperity
April 9 – Minister of Education Statement on Ratification of OECTA Central Agreement
April 6 – Ontario takes additional measures to protect first responders during the COVID-19 outbreak
April 3 – Emergency measures introduced to provide more flexibility in staffing Ontario health units and an on-line portal was launched for Ontario residents to check their own COVID-19 test results
April 3 – Joint Ministers Letter_HOC_Campgrounds English 20200404 – Ontario extends business closures to stop the spread of COVID-19, adds new restrictions and amends the list of essential businesses
March 31 – Ontario Extends School and Child Care Closures
March 30 – Chief Medical Officer of Health – Our obligations to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19
March 28 – Ontario government prohibits gatherings of more than five people with strict exceptions
March 26 – New financial measure will allow WSIB premium payment deferrals for six months.
March 23 – Ontario is closing at-risk workplaces to protect health & safety. List of Essential Workplaces
March 17 – Ontario Announces State of Emergency
Federal Announcements
March 18 – Prime Minister announces Canada’s Economic Response Plan to COVID-19