Confirmed: Ontario Moving to Step 2 of Reopening Plan on June 30th.

Thursday, 24 June 2021 10:07

Ontario will enter Step 2 of the province's Roadmap to Reopen Plan on June 30th, giving the green light to hair salons, outdoor fitness classes and outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people.

ONTARIO - It's official, Ontario will enter the next stage of the Ford Government's Roadmap to Reopen Plan two days earlier than expected.

Officials have confirmed that Ontario will officially move into Step 2 as of 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30th. The province was originally scheduled to enter Step 2 on Friday, July 2nd.

According to the Roadmap to Reopen Plan, 70 percent of eligible Ontarians must be vaccinated with one dose and 20 percent must be fully vaccinated with two doses in order to enter Step 2. As yesterday, the province surpassed those numbers with over 76 percent of eligible Ontarians having one dose of the vaccine and over 29 percent being fully vaccinated.

Step Two includes the following Public Health measures;

- 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.

Even though Ontario has already surpassed the vaccination targets to enter into Step 3 of the Roadmap to Reopen plan, the province will remain in Step 2 for about 21 days. This will allow officials to monitor the vaccination and infection numbers during that time before loosening additional restrictions.

You can find more information regarding the Roadmap to Reopen Plan online here.