Ontario Enters Step 2 of Roadmap to Reopen Plan

Wednesday, 30 June 2021 06:06

Ontario has officially entered Step 2 of the Roadmap to Reopen Plan which gives the greenlight to hair salons, outdoor fairs, and outdoor public gatherings of up to 25 people.

ONTARIO - Hair salons will be able to reopen in Oxford County and beyond today.

Ontario has officially entered Step 2 of the Roadmap to Reopen Plan, which gives the greenlight to personal care services where a mask can be worn at all times.

Public gatherings are also limited to five people inside and 25 people outside. The province will allow outdoor concert venues, sports facilities, fairs and festivals to open under strict capacity limits.

You can find a list of Step 2 public health measures below;

- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 25 people;
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 5 people;
- Essential and other select retail permitted at 50 per cent capacity;
- Non-essential retail permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Personal care services where face coverings can be worn at all times, and at 25 per cent capacity and other restrictions;
- Outdoor dining with up to 6 people per table, with exceptions for larger households and other restrictions;
- Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at up to 25 per cent capacity of the particular room;
- Outdoor fitness classes limited to the number of people who can maintain 3 metres of physical distance;
- Outdoor sports without contact or modified to avoid contact, with no specified limit on number of people or teams participating, with restrictions;
- Overnight camps for children operating in a manner consistent with the safety guidelines produced by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health;
- Outdoor sport facilities with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor concert venues, theatres and cinemas, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor horse racing and motor speedways, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor fairs, rural exhibitions, festivals, permitted at 25 per cent capacity and with other restrictions.

The Region of Waterloo will remain in Step 1 for now and you can read more about that decision online here.

The province is expected to remain in Step 2 for at least 21 days, but Premier Doug Ford hinted earlier this week that we could enter Step 3 earlier ahead of schedule.