Sector-Specific Business Guidelines

As the province reopens, Niagara’s Section 22 order remains in place. These measures help to keep our community safe and ensure Niagara can move through Ontario's reopening steps.

As part of Ontario's reopening plan:

• Bars and restaurants can remain open longer than 9 p.m.
• Find details about the number of people allowed
• Learn about the requirements for recording information of all patrons
• The restriction on dining with household members only has being lifted for parties dining outdoors as of Thursday, June 24, 2021. Local restaurants, bars, wineries, breweries, and other food and beverage service operators will still be required to follow other restrictions in the Section 22 Order.

Research shows that in-person dining is risky as it involves close interaction over a long time without masks. This risk is inherent in the activity and of no fault of owners or operators. In 2020, after Niagara put this measure in place, we saw a sharp reduction in infections related to public dining.

Sectors

Businesses permitted to be open must follow Ontario’s sector specific public health and workplace safety measures. Learn about additional restrictions for shopping malls, retail stores, and food and drink premises in Niagara. Additional guidance is provided below.

• Child care facilities
  • Niagara Region - Child care centres during COVID-19

  • Public Services Health and Safety Association guidance
  • Ministry of Health COVID-19 guidance for the health sector
  • COVID-19 cases in schools and child care centres

  For more information, call the Info-Line at 905-688-8248, press 7 or toll-free at 1-888-505-6074.

• Churches and other places of worship
  • General public health measures for essential businesses
  • Ministry of Health COVID-19 Advice: Religious Services, Rites or Ceremonies
  • Niagara Region COVID-19: Guidance for special events (indoor and outdoor)
• Cinemas

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Conservation reserves and provincial parks
  • Conservation and fisheries workers
  • Ontario Parks
  • Parks Canada

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Construction
  • Infrastructure Health and Safety Association
• Dental offices
  • Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
  • Public Health Ontario
  • Province of Ontario Guidance to Prevent COVID-19 In the Workplace
• Facilities for sports and recreational fitness activities (gyms, fitness studios and community centres)
  • Government of Ontario: Guidance for facilities for sports and recreational fitness activities during COVID-19

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Funeral homes
  • Ministry of Health COVID-19 guidance for the health sector
  • Province of Ontario resources to prevent COVID-19 in the workplace
  • Bereavement Authority of Ontario
  • Government of Ontario: Guidance for professional meeting and event facilities during COVID-19
  • Niagara Region COVID-19: Guidance for special events (indoor and outdoor)

  For more information, call the Info-Line at 905-688-8248 press 7 or toll-free at 1-888-505-6074.

• Hotels
  • General public health measures for essential businesses
  • Province of Ontario Guidance to Prevent COVID-19 In the Workplace
  • Government of Ontario: Guidance for professional meeting and event facilities during COVID-19
  • Niagara Region COVID-19: Guidance for special events (indoor and outdoor)
• Indoor recreation (casinos, bingo halls and charitable gaming establishments)

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Medical services (physiotherapy, optometry, podiatry, occupational therapy and chiropractic treatment, etc.)

  Contact your affiliated college / board / association for specific COVID-19 guidelines, and infection prevention and control requirements.

• Office settings
  • Province of Ontario Guidance to Prevent COVID-19 In the Workplace
  • General public health measures for essential businesses
  • Government of Ontario: Guidance for professional meeting and event facilities during COVID-19
  • Niagara Region COVID-19: Guidance for special events (indoor and outdoor)

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Outdoor recreation facilities (municipal parks, playgrounds, etc.)

  Outdoor playgrounds and play structures are open. Physical distancing of at least two metres must be in place at all indoor playgrounds and play structures, except between individuals from the same household.

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Performing arts facilities

  For more information, contact your local municipality.
• Personal service settings (hairdressing, salons, tattooing, etc.)
  • Niagara Region COVID-19 Guidelines for Personal Service Settings

  For more information, call the Info-Line at 905-688-8248 press 7 or toll-free at 1-888-505-6074.

• Professional meeting and event facilities
  • Government of Ontario: Guidance for professional meeting and event facilities during COVID-19
  • Niagara Region COVID-19: Guidance for special events (indoor and outdoor)
• Recreational water facilities (swimming pools, wading pools, etc.)

  For more information, call the Info-Line at 905-688-8248 press 7 or toll-free at 1-888-505-6074.

• Restaurants, bars and food or drink establishments
  • Notice for food premises
  • Province of Ontario Guidance to Prevent COVID-19 In the Workplace
  • Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development
  • Government of Ontario: Guidance for professional meeting and event facilities during COVID-19
  • Niagara Region COVID-19: Guidance for special events (indoor and outdoor)

  For more information, call the Info-Line at 905-688-8248 press 7 or toll-free at 1-888-505-6074

• Retail (clothing, furniture, bookstores, pet groomers, sport stores, music stores)
  • Province of Ontario Guidance to Prevent COVID-19 In the Workplace
  • General public health measures for essential businesses

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Seasonal campgrounds
  • Ontario Parks
  • Parks Canada

  For more information, contact your local municipality.

• Schools, colleges and universities
  • Government of Ontario - Guide to reopening Ontario's schools
  • Government of Ontario - Operational guidance: COVID-19 management in schools
  • Ministry of Health: Guidance Document for School Outbreak Management

  For Niagara-specific information or questions, visit schools during COVID-19.

  Post-secondary institutions

  • Brock University
  • Niagara College
• Zoos and animal exhibits

  For more information, call the Info-Line at 905-688-8248 press 7 or toll-free at 1-888-505-6074.

COVID-19

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