The Ontario government has announced a
province-wide "shutdown" to curb the spread of
COVID-19 effective Saturday, December 26, at 12:01 am.
During the shutdown, all areas of the province will operate
under an amended form of the regulation (O. Reg.
80/20) currently governing provincial “grey
zones”. The shutdown will continue for two weeks for the 7
public health units in northern Ontario (i.e., until January 9,
2021); and four weeks for the 27 public health units in southern
Ontario (i.e., until January 23, 2021).
The Shutdown Measures Will Apply Province-Wide
Under the shutdown measures, unless a business (or part of a
business) is of a type listed in the regulation,
the business' workplace must be closed. Further guidance on
the list of workplaces permitted to open has also been published by
the government.
