
allowing indoor spectator areas of facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities (such as sporting events), concert venues, and theatres to operate at 50 per cent of the usual seating capacity or 500 people, whichever is less.casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments.museums, galleries, aquariums, zoos, science centres, landmarks, historic sites, botanical gardens and similar attractions.non-spectator areas of facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities (such as gyms and businesses offering personal fitness training).restaurants, bars, other food or drink establishments without dance facilities and strip clubs.increasing or maintaining capacity limits at 50 per cent in most indoor public settings, including but not limited to:.increasing capacity at organized public events to 25 people indoors.increasing social gathering limits to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, and additional details will be provided as regulations are amended and approved by the government. Local and regional responses by public health units may be deployed based on local context and conditions. In the absence of concerning trends in public health and health care indicators, Ontario will follow a cautious and phased approach to lifting public health measures, with 21 days between each step. Over the coming days and weeks, we expect these trends to continue, allowing us to begin cautiously easing public health measures. As a result of these temporary measures, we are beginning to see signs of stabilization in key public health and health system indicators. On January 5, 2022, additional public health measures were put in place to blunt transmission of the Omicron variant and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. Returning to Our Plan to Safely Reopen Ontario If you have questions about what will be open or impacts to your business or employment, call the Stop the Spread Business Information Line at 1-88. Learn more about how Ontario is planning to safely and gradually reopen. With key public health and health system indicators starting to show improvements, Ontario has released details of steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures, starting on January 31, 2022.
