Alberta Government Announces "Open For Summer" Plan

On May 26, 2021, the Alberta Government announced a three-step framework to lift health restrictions based on certain COVID-19 vaccination and hospitalization benchmarks.

As 50% of Albertans age 12 and over have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine (a "vaccine") and COVID-19 hospitalizations are below 800 people and continuing to decline, Alberta will enter Stage 1 of the "Open for summer plan" (the "Open for summer plan") on June 1, 2021. Under Stage 1 the following changes will come into effect:

• The capacity limit for places of worship increases to 15% of fire code occupancy (effective May 28, 2021);
• Outdoor social gatherings, with distancing, increase to ten (10) people; however, indoor social gatherings remain prohibited;