As of Friday, July 16th at 12.01pm, the province enters Step Three of its re-opening plan. This part of the plan centres on additional indoor services with larger numbers of people and restrictions in place.
Here is a list of what that includes:
- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 100 people with limited exceptions
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 25 people
- Indoor religious services, rites or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted with physical distancing
- Indoor dining permitted with no limits on the number of patrons per table with physical distancing and other restrictions still in effect
- Indoor sports and recreational fitness facilities can open and are subject to a maximum 50 per cent capacity of the indoor space
- Capacity for indoor spectators is 50 per cent of the usual seating capacity or 1,000 people (whichever is less)
- Capacity for outdoor spectators is 75 per cent of the usual seating capacity or 15,000 people (whichever is less)
- Indoor meeting and event spaces permitted to operate with physical distancing and other restrictions still in effect and capacity limited to not exceed 50 per cent capacity or 1,000 people (whichever is less)
- Essential and non-essential retail with capacity limited to the number of people that can maintain a safe distance of 2 metres or 6 feet
- Personal care services, including services requiring the removal of a face covering, with capacity limited to the number of people that can maintain a safe distance of 2 metres or 6 feet
- Museums, galleries, historic sites, aquariums, zoos, landmarks, botanical gardens, science centres, casinos, bingo halls, amusement parks, fairs and rural exhibitions and festivals can open with capacity limited to not exceed 50 per cent capacity indoors and 75 per cent capacity outdoors
- Concert venues, cinemas and theatres can open and are permitted to operate at:
- Up to 50 per cent capacity indoors or a maximum limit of 1,000 people for seated events (whichever is less)
- Up to 75 per cent capacity outdoors or a maximum limit of 5,000 people for unseated events (whichever is less)
- Up to 75 per cent capacity outdoors or a maximum of 15,000 people for events with fixed seating (whichever is less)
- Real estate open houses with capacity limited to the number of people that can maintain a safe distance of 2 metres or 6 feet
- Indoor food or drink establishments where dance facilities are provided, including nightclubs and restobars, permitted up to 25 per cent capacity or up to a maximum limit of 250 people (whichever is less)
It finally feels like things are getting a little more back to normal, but please stay safe folks and continue to use your masks!