Ontario Maintains COVID-19 Restrictions as Stay-at-Home Order ExpireD June 2

Ontario’s Stay-at-Home order expired June 2, 2021; however, all other public health and workplace measures will remain in place provincewide until the province enters Step One of the Roadmap to Reopen, at which point, some restrictions will ease with an initial focus on outdoor settings. 
Restrictions that will remain in effect beyond June 2 include limitations on gatherings, businesses, services and activities. These include:   

• Limiting indoor gatherings to households only and outdoor gatherings to up to five people;  
• Maintaining a cap of 25 per cent capacity for essential retail where only certain goods are permitted to be sold; and 

• Restricting non-essential retail to curbside pickup and delivery only, as well as allowing Ontario Parks and campgrounds on public lands to be used for day-use only, subject to limited exceptions. 
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Short-term rentals will continue to be limited to individuals in need of housing only, not for recreation purposes.  
Individuals will be able to leave home to travel within the province to a secondary residence for any reason; however, they are not permitted to host members of another household indoors except for a person from another household who lives alone or a caregiver. 

A simple, easy-to-understand summary of restrictions can be found on the province’s “Reopening Ontario” webpage, which provides details on what public health measures are in place before the province enters Step One of the Roadmap to Reopen.  

Residential Evictions Moratorium is Lifted 
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With the expiry of the Stay-at-Home order, emergency order O. Reg 266/21 (Residential Evictions)  also expired on June 2, 2021.