It's may be April 1, but it's no April Fool's joke that the Ford government will implement the third lockdown of the province in just over a year since the pandemic impacted Ontario. "If the B117 variant behaves as it did in the United Kingdom, cases will start to grow here again in late February or early March." . Ottawa's medical officer of health told Council that Ottawa had the highest rate of COVID-19 in Ontario, at . Ontario recorded a total of 3,451 deaths attributed to COVID-19 . Oct. 14: Pandemic Capital: Ottawa has the highest COVID-19 rate per capita in Ontario. Starting this weekend, Ontario's new COVID-19 restrictions will start and there are updated rules around gatherings, restaurants and other businesses. The restrictions will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, but will lift for Northern Ontario on Jan. 9. When did lockdown start? Includes how to get a fishing licence, Outdoors Card, city fishing, camping on crown land, and eating Ontario fish. An Ontario-wide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 will now take effect on Boxing Day rather than Christmas Eve and will force even more retailers to suspend in-person shopping. News; Canada; Lockdown and release: Ontario's imperfect wall against COVID-19 is about to be severely tested . Nov 24, 2020. Ontario has been in lockdown since Boxing Day, and on Jan. 12, the province declared a second state of emergency over rising cases of COVID-19. CP24 spoke with a number of. There are currently no provincial supports for small businesses and desperately needed grant funding has not been available since April 7, a day before the third lockdown began. The CWLB replaced the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB . TIMELINE: How the coronavirus outbreak unfolded in Toronto The official start date was . The Canadian federal government announced on Oct. 21, 2021 that they would implement a new benefits program, called the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB) to assist individuals affected by ongoing lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The health units not in southern Ontario will remain in lockdown until Jan. 9. PM says lockdown won't start lifting until summer Ontario's COVID-19 ... The lockdown will start 12:01 am EST on Boxing Day, December 26, 2020, and will extend for 28 days in Southern Ontario, and for 14 days in regions of Ontario North and West of Sudbury.