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Letter of Instruction for Sports Facilities

Dr. Karim Kurji, York Region’s Medical Officer of Health, issued Instructions to owners/operators of facilities where organized sports are played and/or practiced.

Effective 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, the Instructions to persons responsible for facilities where organized sports are played and/or practiced:

• Require each person, age 12 years and older, at the point of entry, who attends the indoor area of the facility for the purpose of (a) actively participating in organized sports, (b) coaching, officiating at organized sports or volunteering or (c) spectating at organized sports to provide identification and proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or a valid medical exemption
• Comply with all other requirements under the Reopening Ontario Act and its regulations that apply to the facility
• Read more on York Region's website

• Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to 100 people
• Indoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to 25 people
• Indoor dining with capacity limited to ensure physical distancing, without limits to the number of patrons per table
• Retail with capacity limited to ensure physical distancing
• Indoor religious services, rites or ceremony gatherings with capacity limited to ensure physical distancing
• Indoor sports and recreational fitness facilities with capacity limits
• Personal care services with capacity limited to ensure physical distancing
• Museums, casinos and bingo halls with capacity limits
• Cinemas, concerts, theatres and other performing arts venues with capacity limits
• Read more about the current restrictions  

Physical distancing
Everyone must maintain a physical distance of at least two metres from others (except for caregivers or other members of their household) in a place of business or facility that is open to the public.

• Maximum 100 people for outdoor gatherings
• Indoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to 25 people

• Indoor and outdoor permitted with capacity limited to permit physical distancing of two metres

• Indoor open at 50 per cent capacity, with spectators permitted at a maximum capacity of 50 per cent or 1,000 people (whichever is less) and other restrictions
• Outdoor open. For unseated events, spectators permitted at a maximum capacity of 75 per cent or 5,000 people (whichever is less) and other restrictions. For events with fixed seating, spectators permitted at a maximum capacity of 75 per cent or 15,000 people (whichever is less) and other restrictions

• Indoor fitness classes and personal training permitted, with maximum capacity of 50 per cent and other restrictions

• Essential and non-essential retail open with capacity limited to permit physical distancing of two metres 

• Indoor open at 50 per cent capacity or 1,000 people (whichever is less) and other restrictions
• Outdoor open at 75 per cent capacity or 5,000 people (whichever is less) and other restrictions