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COVID-19 public health measures and advice.

4/2/2021

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​Ontario Emergency Brake restrictions are posted on this website.
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/zones-and-restrictions
https://covid-19.ontario.ca/zones-and-restrictions

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Provincewide shutdown
As COVID-19covid 19 cases continue to rise at an alarming rate, a provincewide shutdown is in effect as of Saturday, April 3, at 12:01 a.m.
This will help:
  • save lives
  • prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed
  • protect in-person learning and keep children in schools
  • allow for more time to vaccinate Ontarians
  • stop the spread of COVID-19covid 19 in communities
This decision was made in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts.
What this means Starting April 3, the COVID-19covid 19 Response Framework (colour-coded zones) is paused.
We must all follow temporary restrictions and public health and workplace safety measures.
The impacts of these measures will be evaluated after one month to determine if it is safe to lift the restrictions or if they need to be extended.
You should:
  • stay home as much as possible
  • limit close contact to your household (the people you live with) and stay at least 2 metres apart from everyone else
  • limit trips outside your home to necessities, such as:
    • getting food or medication
    • going to medical appointments
    • supporting vulnerable community members
    • child care
    • getting exercise or walking pets
Always:
  • stay home if you have symptoms, even if they are mild
  • stay two metres apart from people you don’t live with
  • wear a mask or face covering in indoor public spaces or any time physical distancing is not possible
COVID-19covid 19 measures Besides the provincial health measures listed on this page, there may also be additional local restrictions or requirements. Find these restrictions on your local municipality or public health unit’s website, which is linked from the map and the table.


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How to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment

3/29/2021

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​Enter some information below to find out how you can schedule your vaccine appointments.
You can also do this for someone else, if you manage their medical care and appointments.

https://covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/?fbclid=IwAR1lsILYbnSOaG4vnx8iZJAeAWzixNWNtYxElExJbJYvpwQnaKmFTyVxyL4

You might be able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments through the City of Toronto Health Unit general phone lineYou can also contact your employer, care home, or community group to find out if they have their own vaccination plans (if applicable).
If you are 18 years old or older and identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis, contact your local First Nations, Inuit and Métis health organization supporting local vaccination clinics.
Your public health unit general phone line:
1-888-385-1910



Additional resources
Visit City of Toronto Health Unit for more information.



Residents who are eligible can book an appointment at immunization clinics in Toronto using the Province’s vaccination registration system (note browser requirements) or by calling the Provincial Vaccine Information Line at 1-888-999-6488 (TTY 1-866-797-0007). Find a clinic location.

Book a Vaccine Toronto is in the Grey-Lockdown Zone . Residents aged 70+ or born in 1951 or earlier can book appointments at City’s mass immunization clinics. Eligible residents can also be vaccinated at hospital immunization clinics or pharmacies .



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New requirements for travel to Canada

2/22/2021

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As of February 21, 2021 at 11:59 pm ET, you must meet the new testing and quarantine requirements when coming to Canada.
Use the checklist that applies to you:

Flying to Canada requirements checklist
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Alternative: Driving to Canada checklist
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we strongly advise Canadians to cancel or postpone non-essential travel plans outside of Canada. Now is not the time to travel.
People who travel by air, regardless of citizenship, will need to follow testing and quarantine requirements to keep Canadians safe, particularly given the new COVID-19 variants in Canada and around the world.
International travellers flying through Canada may not need to follow this checklist. See transit to another country by air.
Please visit :  https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/flying-canada-checklist


Driving to Canada requirements checklist

Alternative: Flying to Canada checklist
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we strongly advise Canadians to cancel or postpone non-essential travel plans outside of Canada. Now is not the time to travel.
People who travel, regardless of citizenship, will need to follow testing and quarantine requirements to keep Canadians safe, particularly given the new COVID-19 variants in Canada and around the world.

Please visit :  https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/driving-canada-checklist

Official Global Travel Advisories

  • Avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice
  • Avoid all cruise ship travel outside Canada until further notice


Mandatory COVID-19 testingTo be allowed to board a flight to Canada, all air passengers 5 years of age or older, including Canadians, are required to show a negative COVID-19 molecular test result taken within 72 hours of their scheduled time of departure to Canada. If the traveller has a connecting flight to Canada, the pre-departure test must be conducted within 72 hours of the last direct flight to Canada. This means they may need to schedule a COVID-19 test at their transit city within 72 hours of their direct flight to Canada.
All travellers 5 years of age or older, including Canadians, arriving to Canada by land are required to show a negative COVID-19 molecular test result taken in the United States within 72 hours prior to crossing the border into Canada.
Alternatively, travellers can present a positive COVID-19 molecular test taken between 14 and 90 days prior to departure.
More information on measures in place to enter Canada – Government of Canada

please visit :  https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories



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TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

12/1/2020

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​Updates on Immigration Matters Impacted by COVID-19

Travel from the US (OIC 16): Prohibits all “non-discretionary travel” from the United States. Does not exclude entry for those including:
  • Refugee claimants;
  • Immediate family members (spouse/CL partner, dependent child, (step)-parent,guardian of Canadians/permanent residents seeking admission for 15 days or more;
  • Registered Indians;
  • Travel from countries other than the US (OIC 17): All travel from countries other than the U.S. is prohibited unless one of the listed exemptions applies. These exemptions include:
    • They are the immediate family member of a Canadian/permanent resident (per the above);
    • They hold a valid work or study permit;
    • They have received a work or study permit APPROVAL, but don’t yet have the physical permit;
    • Regardless of the above – no admission for symptomatic persons;
    • Mandatory quarantine (OIC 18): 14 days mandatory quarantine.

​BIOMETRICS RESTRICTIONS

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  • Biometrics collection centres in Canada remain closed without further notice. This has caused processing delays with PR and TR applications.
  • Applicants in Canada recently exempted from biometrics for certain types of applications – but NOT PR applications.
  • If you have already applied and paid for biometrics, you will get a refund at the end of processing; if you haven’t yet applied, there is no need to pay the fee.
If you are in process for PR, complete of PR processing cannot occur without biometrics (even if you have valid biometrics from a recent TR application). That said, your application will not be refused because you missed a biometrics deadline.

JOB CHANGES

  • In May 2020, IRCC introduced a policy that allows workers to change employers even without/before they have obtained a new LMIA approval or PNP nomination.
  • Applicants applying under this policy make clear that they are seeking to engage the exemption, and will receive a letter from IRCC within ~10 days allowing them to switch employers while their underlying LMIA, PNP or employer compliance approval is pending. That underlying approval is then forwarded to the department before the work permit itself is issued.

DELAYED PROCESSING

  • Citizenship tests and ceremonies have been cancelled since March 2010—some are being scheduled online, but in a very ad hoc way.
  • In person landings are no longer happening, though some are being landed by email. Again, this is happening in a very ad hoc way.
  • Spousal applications and open work permits are processing much slower than usual.
  • Hearings at all levels of the IRB and Federal court have been either cancelled or slower to schedule.
  • LMIAs (except for essential workers and caregivers) have slowed to a crawl, or stopped processing entirely.
  • Many visa office applications are extremely slow to process, and those in closed visa offices and visa application centres are not processing at all.
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COVID-19 benefits and services

10/26/2020

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Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)

The Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) gives income support to employed and self-employed individuals who are directly affected by COVID-19 and are not entitled to Employment Insurance (EI) benefits. The CRB is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
If you are eligible for the CRB, you can receive $1,000 ($900 after taxes withheld) for a 2-week period.
If your situation continues past 2 weeks, you will need to apply again. You may apply up to a total of 13 eligibility periods (26 weeks) between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021.
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COVID-19 benefits and services

10/19/2020

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Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB)

The Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) gives income support to employed and self-employed individuals who are unable to work because they must care for their child under 12 years old or a family member who needs supervised care. This applies if their school, regular program or facility is closed or unavailable to them due to COVID-19, or because they are sick, self-isolating, or at risk of serious health complications due to COVID-19. The CRCB is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
If you are eligible for the CRCB, your household can receive $500 ($450 after taxes withheld) for each 1-week period.
If your situation continues past 1 week, you will need to apply again. You may apply up to a total of 26 weeks between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021.
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COVID-19 benefits and services

10/12/2020

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Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB)

The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) gives income support to employed and self-employed individuals who are unable to work because they are sick or need to self-isolate due to COVID-19, or have an underlying health condition that puts them at greater risk of getting COVID-19. The CRSB is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
If you are eligible for the CRSB, you can receive $500 ($450 after taxes withheld) for a 1-week period.
If your situation continues past 1 week, you will need to apply again. You may apply up to a total of 2 weeks between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021.
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Updates on Immigration Matters Impacted by COVID-19

10/7/2020

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​​COVID-19 Updates: Travel Restrictions

Travel from the US (OIC 16): Prohibits all “non-discretionary travel” from the United States. Does not exclude entry for those including:
  • Refugee claimants;
  • Immediate family members (spouse/CL partner, dependent child, (step)-parent,guardian of Canadians/permanent residents seeking admission for 15 days or more;
  • Registered Indians.
Travel from countries other than the US (OIC 17): All travel from countries other than the U.S. is prohibited unless one of the listed exemptions applies. These exemptions include:
  • They are the immediate family member of a Canadian/permanent resident (per the above);
  • They hold a valid work or study permit;
  • They have received a work or study permit APPROVAL, but don’t yet have the physical permit.
  • Regardless of the above – no admission for symptomatic persons
  • Mandatory quarantine (OIC 18): 14 days mandatory quarantine.

​COVID-19 Updates: Biometrics Exemptions

 Biometrics collections centres in Canada remain closed without further notice. This has caused processing delays with
PR and TR applications.
 Applicants in Canada recently exempted from biometrics for certain types of applications – but NOT PR applications.
 If you have already applied and paid for biometrics, you will get a refund at the end of processing; if you haven’t yet applied,
there is no need to pay the fee.
 If you are in process for PR, complete of PR processing cannot occur without biometrics (even if you have valid biometrics
from a recent TR application). That said, your application will not be refused because you missed a biometrics deadline.

​COVID-19 Updates: Job Changes

In May 2020, IRCC introduced a policy that allows workers to change employers even without/before they have obtained a new LMIA approval or PNP nomination. Details are found here:
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 Applicants applying under this policy make clear that they are seeking to engage the exemption, and will receive a letter from IRCC within ~10 days allowing them to switch employers while their underlying LMIA, PNP or employer compliance approval is pending. That underlying approval is then forwarded to the department before the work permit itself is issued.

​COVID-19 Updates: Delayed Processing

Citizenship tests and ceremonies have been cancelled since March 2010 -some are being scheduled online, but in a very ad hoc way.
 In person landings are no longer happening, though some are being landed by email. Again, this is happening in a very ad hoc way.
 Spousal applications and open work permits are processing much slower than usual.
 Hearings at all levels of the IRB and Federal court have been either cancelled or slower to schedule.
 LMIAs (except for essential workers and caregivers) have slowed to a crawl, or stopped processing entirely.
 Many visa office applications are extremely slow to process, and those in closed visa offices and visa application centres are not processing at all.
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The Government of Canada launches applications for the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit -CRA

10/5/2020

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Many people are still being impacted by COVID-19 and require temporary income support.  To ensure that Canadians continue to have the help they need the Government of Canada has introduced three new benefits, delivered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB), and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB). 
Today, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, opened the application process for the 
CRSB and the CRCB.  Applications for the CRB will be accepted as of October 12, 2020. 
Quick facts
  • The CRSB provides $500 per week for up to two weeks, for workers who are sick or must self-isolate for reasons related to COVID-19, or have underlying conditionsthat would make them more susceptibleto COVID-19.
  • The CRCB provides $500 per week for up to 26 weeks per household, for eligible people unable to work because they must care for a child under 12 years old or other family member requiring supervised care, who is unable to attend their school or regular care facility, due to COVID-19.
  • The CRB provides $500 per week for up to 26 weeks, to workers who are self-employed or are not eligible for EI and who still require income support. This benefit supports people who have stopped working due to COVID-19 or whose income has dropped by at least 50% or more. These workers must be available and looking for work, and must accept work when it is reasonable to do so.
  • People may earn income of up to $38,000 for the calendar year while receiving the CRB.  People will have to reimburse $0.50 of the CRB for every dollar of net income earned above $38,000, up to the maximum benefit they received. This will be calculated and repaid as part of their income tax return filing when they do their taxes for the year.
  • To be eligible for any of the recovery benefits, people must have earned at least $5000 (before deductions) in 2019, 2020, or in the 12 months prior to applying.
  • People cannot apply for or receive, for the same period, more than one recovery benefit, Employment Insurance benefits, workers’ compensation benefits, or Québec Parental Insurance Plan benefits. 
Details here:
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