Canada is once again extending travel restrictions to foreign travellers as cases of coronavirus continue to rise.
A new Canadian government Order in Council states that coronavirus travel restrictions will be extended until Halloween, on October 31.
This means Canada will have two important decisions to make at the end of October. The first is whether to extend its travel restrictions yet again. The second is how many immigrants it should target under its Immigration Levels Plan 2021-2023.
Canada initially closed its borders from March 18 to June 30. Since then travel restrictions have been rolled over on a month-by-month basis.
The border is closed to foreign travellers who are coming to Canada for a non-essential reason such as recreation, tourism, or entertainment.
Some people are exempt from travel restrictions, such as:
Everyone who crosses the Canadian border must still quarantine for 14 days. The only exemptions to the mandatory quarantine requirement are:
Canada has a separate order in place that has also limited cross border travel between it and the U.S. since March. This order was also extended again earlier this month.
The decisions to extend Canada’s travel restrictions come as no surprise in light of the rising COVID-19 cases in Canada and abroad.
Canada was able to successfully flatten the coronavirus curve from late May until August.