Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

ONTARIO REGULATION 363/20

formerly under Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

STAGES OF REOPENING

Historical version for the period March 12, 2021 to March 14, 2021.

Last amendment: 190/21.

Legislative History: 420/20, 426/20, 444/20, 573/20, 577/20, 640/20 (but see 647/20), 646/20, 647/20, 657/20, 684/20, 706/20, 737/20, 774/20, 780/20, 99/21, 116/21, 128/21, 145/21, 161/21, 176/21, 190/21.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Stages

1. (1) The areas listed in Schedule 1 are in Stage 1 of reopening.

(2) The areas listed in Schedule 2 are in Stage 2 of reopening.

(3) The areas listed in Schedule 3 are in Stage 3 of reopening.

2. Revoked: O. Reg. 426/20, s. 1.

Interpretation

3. In this Order,

“health unit” means a health unit as defined in the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

SCHEDULE 1
STAGE 1 AREAS

Shutdown Zone of Stage 1

1. No areas are in the Shutdown Zone of Stage 1.

Grey Zone of Stage 1

2. The following areas are in the Grey Zone of Stage 1:

1.  City of Toronto Health Unit.

Note: On March 15, 2021, section 2 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: (See: O. Reg. 190/21, s. 1)

1.1  Lambton Health Unit.

2.  Peel Regional Health Unit.

2.1  Sudbury and District Health Unit.

3.  Thunder Bay District Health Unit.

O. Reg. 161/21, s. 1; O. Reg. 176/21, s. 1.

SCHEDULE 2
STAGE 2 AREAS

Red Zone of Stage 2

1. The following areas are in the Red Zone of Stage 2:

1.  City of Hamilton Health Unit.

2.  Durham Regional Health Unit.

3.  Halton Regional Health Unit.

4.  Lambton Health Unit.

Note: On March 15, 2021, paragraph 4 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is revoked. (See: O. Reg. 190/21, s. 2 (1))

5.  Niagara Regional Area Health Unit.

6.  North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.

Note: On March 15, 2021, section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: (See: O. Reg. 190/21, s. 2 (2))

6.1  Northwestern Health Unit.

7.  Peterborough County — City Health Unit.

8.  Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.

9.  Revoked: O. Reg. 176/21, s. 2.

10.  Waterloo Health Unit.

11.  Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit.

12.  Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.

13.  York Regional Health Unit.

O. Reg. 161/21, s. 1; O. Reg. 176/21, s. 2.

SCHEDULE 3
STAGE 3 AREAS

Green Zone of Stage 3

1. The following areas are in the Green Zone of Stage 3:

1.  Grey Bruce Health Unit.

2.  Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit.

3.  Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit.

4.  Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.

Note: On March 15, 2021, paragraph 4 of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is revoked. (See: O. Reg. 190/21, s. 3 (1))

Yellow Zone of Stage 3

2. The following areas are in the Yellow Zone of Stage 3:

1.  The District of Algoma Health Unit.

2.  Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.

3.  Huron Perth Health Unit.

4.  Northwestern Health Unit.

Note: On March 15, 2021, paragraph 4 of section 2 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 190/21, s. 3 (2))

4.  Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.

5.  Renfrew County and District Health Unit.

Orange Zone of Stage 3

3. The following areas are in the Orange Zone of Stage 3:

1.  Brant County Health Unit.

2.  Chatham-Kent Health Unit.

3.  City of Ottawa Health Unit.

4.  The Eastern Ontario Health Unit.

5.  Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit.

6.  Middlesex-London Health Unit.

7.  Oxford Elgin St. Thomas Health Unit.

8.  Porcupine Health Unit.

9.  Timiskaming Health Unit.

O. Reg. 161/21, s. 1.