Businesses not closed during COVID-19:
- Retail with street entrance (curbside pickup)
- Restaurants (takeout or delivery)
- Supermarkets
- Bike stores and bike repair
- LCBO and The Beer Store
- Craft distilleries
- Craft beer shops
- Cannabis stores
- Convenience stores
- Pharmacies
- Garden centres and nurseries
- Hardware and safety supply stores
- Lawn care services
- Landscaping
- Gas stations
- Car dealerships
- No-touch car washes
- Golf courses, (clubhouses open only for washrooms, restaurants open only for take-out)
- Marinas, boat clubs and public boat launches for recreational use
- Private parks and campgrounds (for preparation for the season and for trailers and recreational vehicles with a full-season contract)
- Stables and businesses that board animals
Open in Ontario as of May 19:
- Retail services that are not in shopping malls and have separate street-front entrances with measures in place that can enable physical distancing
- Motor vehicle dealerships
- Music recording, including production, distribution, publishing and studios
- Interactive digital media, including programming and development
- Film and television post-production and animation studios
- Newspapers, video games and book publishing
- Research services for physical, engineering and life sciences (biotechnology, agriculture and industrial research and development labs)
- Heavy vehicle emissions testing facilities
- Seasonal businesses and recreational activities for individual or single competitors, including training and sport competitions conducted by a recognized national or provincial sport organization. This includes indoor and outdoor non-team sport competitions that can be played while maintaining physical distancing and without spectators, such as tennis, track and field and horse racing
- Animal and pet care services (grooming, training, regular veterinary appointments)
- Housekeepers, cooks, cleaning and maintenance
- Non-essential construction
- In-person counselling
- Some scheduled surgeries
Open in Toronto as of May 20:
Toronto lifted restrictions on 850 public park amenities and activities, including:
- • Picnic shelters
- • Soccer and multi-use outdoor fields, including running tracks
- • Baseball diamonds and basketball courts
- • Some tennis and pickleball courts
- • Off-leash dog parks
- • BMX and skateboard parks
- • City-run golf courses and disc golf locations
- • Ravine green spaces, beaches, trails and boardwalks for walking, running or biking
- • Fishing with a licence, boating, kayaking and canoeing
Open in Ontario as of May 27:
The following regulated health professions can resume once guidelines are in place:
- Audiologists
- Chiropodists
- Chiropractors
- Dental hygienists
- Dental technologists
- Dentists
- Denturists
- Dietitians
- Homeopaths
- Kinesiologists
- Massage therapists
- Medical laboratory technologists
- Medical radiation technologists and sonographers
- Midwives
- Naturopaths
- Nurses
- Occupational therapists
- Opticians
- Optometrists
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy technicians
- Physicians
- Physiotherapists
- Podiatrists
- Psychologists
- Psychotherapists
- Respiratory therapists
- Speech-language pathologists
- Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists
Open in Toronto beginning May 28:
The city will begin a phased reopening of all park washrooms starting the weekend of May 28, beginning with Trinity Bellwoods Park. Read more here.
Open in Ontario beginning May 31
- Drive-in movie theatres
- Batting cages
Open in Ontario as of June 1
Provincial parks will allow backcountry camping, including access points, paddle and portage routes and hiking trails. Day-use activities are expanded to picnicking and off-leash pet areas.
STAGE 2
Open in Ontario as of June 8 and Toronto as of June 24
Stage 2 has now been announced for all regions of Ontario except Windsor-Essex. Here’s what’s included:
- Outdoor dine-in services at restaurants, bars and other establishments, including patios, curbside, parking lots and adjacent properties
- Select personal and personal care services with the proper health and safety measures in place, including tattoo parlours, barber shops, hair salons and beauty salons
- Shopping malls under existing restrictions, including food services reopening for take-out and outdoor dining only
- Tour and guide services, such as bike and walking, bus and boat tours, as well as tasting and tours for wineries, breweries and distilleries
- Water recreational facilities such as outdoor splash pads and wading pools, and all swimming pools
- Museums, galleries and libraries with physical distancing measures in place
- Beach access and additional camping in provincial parks
- Camping at private campgrounds
- Outdoor-only recreational facilities and training for outdoor team sports, with limits to enable physical distancing
- Drive-in and drive-through venues for theatres, concerts, animal attractions and cultural appreciation, such as art installations
- Film and television production activities, with limits to enable physical distancing
- Weddings and funerals, with limits on social gatherings to 10 people
- Small outdoor events
STAGE 3
Reopening in Ontario as of July 17
The following businesses have been allowed reopen across Ontario, excluding the Toronto area and other regions in southern Ontario. Toronto’s Stage 3 reopening date is still pending.
- Dine-in restaurants and bars
- Gyms and fitness centres
- Concerts
- Theatre shows
- Movie theatres
- Casinos
- Playgrounds
- Team sports and live sporting events
- Tour and guide services
- Personal care services including facials and ear piercings
READ MORE: Nearly all businesses in Ontario can reopen in stage 3
This list will be updated. Visit the government of Ontario website for more information.
