COVID-19 Update Regarding Provincial Restrictions

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Outdoor patios are permitted to re-open.  

• Patrons must remain seated at all times in any outdoor dining area except: 

                 - While entering and moving to their table or exiting the area

                 - While placing or picking up an order 

                 -  While paying for an order  

                 - While going to or returning from a washroom 

                 -  Line-ups associated with any of the above

                 -  Where necessary for health and safety purposes  

Hours of Operation: 

The previous operating hour restrictions have been revoked. Establishments are now permitted to operate under regular (pre-covid) hours following the Liquor Act Regulations.    

 Number of People: 

• At this time, no more than four people may be seated together at an outdoor table. These four people do not need to be from the same household.   
• Effective June 30, 2021: Six people permitted to be seated together at an outdoor table. These six people do not need to be from the same household. 
• Accommodations will be made for more people if all individuals in the party live in the same household, a member of up to one other household lives alone, or they are a caregiver for any member of either household.

Restrictions: 

•  Indoor dining is not permitted in Step-One
• Buffet-style service is not permitted in Step-One  
•  Night-Clubs are permitted to open if operating solely as a food and beverage establishment.  
•  Establishments must post a sign in a conspicuous location visible to the public that states the capacity limits. 

•  Outdoor event spaces can open at 25% capacity. 

• A maximum of six people may be seated together. 

• Patrons must be seated at all times with these exceptions: 

i. while entering the area and while moving to their table,

ii. while exiting the area,

iii. while going to or returning from a washroom,

iv. while singing or performing music,

v. while lining up to do anything described above

vi. where necessary for the purposes of health and safety.

• Establishments must post a sign in a conspicuous location visible to the public that states the capacity limits.  No dancing is permitted. 

• Patrons are only permitted indoors for health / safety purposes or use of washrooms. 

• Patrons are permitted indoors for the purpose of viewing the space for prospective future bookings.

• The dining area must allow six-feet or two-metres between patrons seated at different tables unless they are separated by plexiglass or some other impermeable barrier. 

• The outdoor dining area must be configured so that patrons seated at different tables are separated by a distance of at least two metres, or a plexiglass or some other impermeable barrier. 
• The total number of patrons permitted to be seated outdoors at the establishment must be limited to the number that can maintain a physical distance of at least two metres from every other person at the establishment.
• Any individual who is lining up or congregating outside of the establishment must be maintaining a physical distance of at least two metres from other groups of people.
•  Any individual who is lining up inside of the establishment must be maintaining a physical distance of at least two metres from other groups of people, must be wearing a face mask or face covering which covers their mouth, nose and chin, unless they are entitled to any exceptions. 

• If an outdoor dining area at the establishment is covered by a roof, canopy, tent, awning or other element, at least two full sides of the entire outdoor dining area must be open to the outdoors and must not be substantially blocked by any walls or other impermeable physical barriers.
• If an outdoor dining area at the establishment is equipped with a retractable roof and the roof is retracted, at least one full side of the outdoor dining area must be open to the outdoors and must not be substantially blocked by any walls or other impermeable physical barriers. 

The person responsible for the establishment must, record the name and contact information of every patron that enters an area of the establishment, unless the patron temporarily enters the area to place, pick up or pay for a takeout order, maintain the records for a period of at least one month, and  only disclose the records to a medical officer of health or an inspector under the Health Protection and Promotion Act on request for a purpose specified in section 2 of that Act or as otherwise required by law.

The establishment must actively screen any dine-in patrons in accordance with the advice, recommendations and instructions of the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health before they enter the premises of the establishment.

The person responsible for the establishment must post a sign in a conspicuous location visible to the public that states the maximum capacity they are permitted to operate under. 

• Music must not be played at a decibel level that exceeds the level at which normal conversation is possible. 

• No person shall dance, sing or perform music at the establishment.

•  Live music is permitted at an establishment. The performer must maintain a physical distance of 3 metres from the audience unless separated by a plexiglass or some other impermeable barrier.  

NOTE: Indoor dining is permitted if the establishment is on hospital premises, in airports or located within a business or place where the only patrons permitted at the establishment are persons who perform work for that business. 

Pools:

Any business providing short term rental accommodation (hotels, motels, lodges, cabins, cottages and other shared rental accommodation) are open. 

Any indoor pools, communal steam rooms, saunas or indoor whirlpools, indoor fitness centres or other indoor recreational facilities that are part of the operation will remain CLOSED for the time being. 

Any outdoor recreational amenity, including an outdoor pool, splash pad, spray pad, whirlpool, wading pool or water slide can be open so long as these conditions are met:  

• Clubhouses on the premises must be closed, except to the extent that they, are used in conjunction with an outdoor pool, splash pad, spray pad, whirlpool, wading pool or water slide, or provide access to equipment storage, a washroom or a portion of the amenity that is used to provide first aid.
•  Any person who enters or uses the amenity must maintain a physical distance of at least two metres from any other person who is using the amenity. 
• Any person who engages in physical exercise in the amenity, including by engaging in a training session, sport or game, must maintain a physical distance of at least three metres from any other person who is using the amenity.