Nearly all of Ontario’s major COVID-19 restrictions will lift today bringing the province the closest it’s been to pre-pandemic life. Since a state of emergency was announced back in March of 2020 by Premier Doug Ford, the province has been in and out of lockdown. The latest round of public health measures went into effect just after the Christmas holidays, and the province began reopening just over a month ago, allowing gyms and indoor dining to resume at 50 percent capacity.
The biggest change coming this week will be the lifting of the province’s proof of vaccination requirement for indoor non-essential settings. This means that businesses will no longer be required to ask patrons for proof of at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to allow entry.
Masking will remain in place, however, officials have hinted the policy could be lifted sometime in March.
