What is allowed on Friday as Ontario enters Step 1 of reopening?

TORONTO -

Ontario will start to reopen its doors on Friday, allowing patios to resume operation and non-essential retail to accept in-person customers again.

On June 11, the province will enter Step 1 of Ontario’s economic reopening plan. This stage focuses primarily on allowing outdoor activities to resume and small businesses to open.

Here’s a list of what will be allowed:

• Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 10 people.
• Outdoor religious services and ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services, capped at the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres.
• Indoor religious services and ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at up to 15 per cent capacity of the particular room.
• Non-essential retail permitted at 15 per cent capacity, with no restrictions on the goods that can be sold.
• Essential and other select retail permitted at 25 per cent capacity, with no restrictions on the goods that can be sold.
• Outdoor dining with up to four people per table, with exceptions for larger households.
• Outdoor fitness classes, outdoor groups in personal training and outdoor individual/team sport training to be permitted with up to 10 people.
• Day camps for children permitted to operate in a manner consistent with the safety guidelines for COVID-19 produced by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health.
• Overnight camping at campgrounds and campsites, including Ontario Parks, and short-term rentals.
• Concert venues, theatres and cinemas may open outdoors for the purpose of rehearsing or performing a recorded or broadcasted concert, artistic event, theatrical performance or other performance with no more than 10 performers, among other restrictions.
• Outdoor horse racing tracks and motor speedways permitted to operate without spectators.
• Outdoor attractions such as zoos, landmarks, historic sites, botanical gardens with capacity and other restrictions.

In a news release announcing the move to Step 1, the government said the above list is not comprehensive and could be expanded.

Ontario will remain in Step 1 for at least 21 days before moving on to Step 2 of the reopening plan.