CCUA has compiled a list of resources below to help navigate re-opening offices and branches in the wake of COVID-19. Feel free to share these resources with your staff and members. We appreciate your support in keeping the credit union system united and well-informed during this challenging time.
We will be updating the page on a regular basis. Please check back frequently for additional resources.
British Columbia is currently in Phase 3 of their re-opening plan as of June 24, 2020.
Phase 2 guidelines include:
- The guidelines and extra safety precautions for sectors in Phase 2 are still in place.
- People can take part in smart, safe and respectful travel within B.C. (International travellers returning to B.C. are required by law to self-isolate for 14 days and complete a self-isolation plan.)
- Try to limit the number of people inside your social interactions bubble.
- Outside of your bubble: only get together in small groups of 2 to 6 people; keep 2 m of physical distance from those who are outside your bubble and limit your time together.
For additional information on Phase 3 click here.
For additional information British Columbia’s Restart Plan click here.
Alberta is currently in Stage 2 of their re-opening plan as of June 12, 2020.
Stage 2 guidelines include:
- Additional businesses and services to reopen and resume operations starting June 12 with physical distancing requirements and other public health guidelines in place.
- What can open with restrictions
- K-12 schools, for requested diploma exams and summer school, following guidance;
- libraries;
- more surgeries;
- wellness services such as massage, acupuncture and reflexology;
- personal services (esthetics, cosmetics skin and body treatments, manicures, pedicures, waxing, facial treatments, artificial tanning);
- movie theatres and theatres;
- community halls;
- team sports;
- indoor recreation, fitness and sports, including gyms and arenas;
- pools for leisure swimming;
- VLTs in restaurants and bars;
- bingo halls and casinos (but not table games);
- instrumental concerts;
- provincial campgrounds at full capacity;
- 50 people maximum for indoor gatherings, including wedding and funeral receptions, and birthday parties.
- 100 people maximum: outdoor events and indoor seated/audience events, including wedding and funeral ceremonies.
For additional information on Stage 2 click here.
For additional information Alberta’s Re-launch Strategy click here.
Saskatchewan is currently in Phase 3 of their re-opening plan, as of June 8, 2020.
Phase 3 guidelines include:
- Re-opening restaurants and licensed establishments, gyms and fitness centres, and child care facilities;
- re-opening remaining personal care services;
- re-opening places of worship;
- increasing indoor public and private gatherings to 15 people and outdoor gatherings to 30 people.
For additional information on Phase 3 click here.
For additional information on Saskatchewan’s Re-open plan click here.
Manitoba is currently in Phase 3 of their re-opening plan, as of June 21, 2020.
Phase 3 guidelines include:
- Indoor gathering limits are increased to up to 50 and outdoor gathering limits are increased to up to 100 people.
- Retail businesses: occupancy limits of 50 per cent of normal business levels or one person per 10 square metres are removed for retail businesses. These businesses may continue to operate if they implement measures to ensure that members of the public are reasonably able to maintain a separation of at least two metres from others, except for brief exchanges.
- Residents of Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario do not need to self-isolate for 14 days when entering Manitoba.
- Child care services can return to their regular licensed capacity, provided that measures can be taken to comply with guidelines that are being revised to address the increased group sizes through consultation with public health officials and key providers.
- Day camps may continue to operate. The maximum number of children per group is 50.
For additional information on Phase 3 click here.
For additional information on Manitoba’s Re-open plan click here.
All of Ontario is currently in Stage 2 of the re-opening plan as of June 12, 2020. (Note: As of July 7th, in Toronto it is required to wear a mask anywhere indoors).
Majority of Ontario is about to enter Stage 3.
Stage 2 guidelines include:
- Taking a regional approach to opening more businesses and services, as well as community, recreational and outdoor spaces, while emphasizing public health advice and personal responsibility.
- Social gatherings are expanded to 10 people. (People must still practice physical distancing, by keeping at least two metres away
from others outside of their direct household.) - Keeping workplaces safe: The government and its health and safety association partners have released more than 100 health
and safety guidance documents for multiple sectors, as well as a guidance document for essential workplaces. These documents, available at Ontario.ca/covidsafety, will cover businesses able to open in Stage 2. More guidance will be available as Ontario continues to move through the next stages of reopening and recovery.) - Child care centres across the province will shift away from providing only emergency child care to enabling the gradual reopening of regular child care, with strict public health measures in place, including to limit operational capacity.
For additional information on Stage 2 click here.
For additional information on Ontario’s Framework for Reopening the Province click here.
PEI is currently in Phase 4 of their re-opening as of June 1, 2020.
Phase 4 guidelines include;
- An operational plan is required;
- Physical distancing must be maintained with individuals who are not part of one’s household;
- Wear a non-medical mask or face covering indoors when physical distance is not possible;
- Limited sharing of equipment among individuals from different households with precautions;
- For facilities (indoor or outdoor) with separate rooms or large spaces that can accommodate more than one gathering at a time, multiple gatherings up to a maximum of 100 people may be held, provided:
Learn more about Phase 4 here, and more about PEI’s re-open plan here.
All of New Brunswick is currently in Yellow level.
Yellow level guidelines include:
- Family and friends bubble
- Non-regulated health professionals/businesses
- Personal services businesses
- Outdoor gatherings in uncontrolled venues with physical distancing of 50 or fewer
- Religious services, weddings and funerals with physical distancing
- Outdoor and indoor visitation with physical distancing and controls in long-term care facilities
- Increase in elective surgeries and other non-emergency health care services
- Swimming pools, saunas and waterparks
- Gyms, yoga and dance studios
- Rinks and indoor recreational facilities subject to the gathering
- Pool halls and bowling alleys
- Organized sports
- Overnight camps
- Canadian residents owning property in New Brunswick will be permitted to enter the province provided they self-isolate for 14 days, or the duration of the visit if shorter than 14 days.
- Canadian residents can visit family members in New Brunswick provided they self-isolate for 14 days, or the duration of the visit if shorter than 14 days.
For additional information Yellow level and New Brunswick re-opening plan click here.
Newfoundland and Labrador is currently in Alert Level 4 of their re-opening plan as of May 11, 2020.
Alert Level 4 guidelines include:
- You can expand your household bubble to include one other household (effective April 30, 2020).
- Gatherings at funerals, burials and weddings are restricted to no more than 10 people, as long as physical distancing can be maintained. Visitations and wakes remain prohibited.
- Recreational angling and hunting are permitted.
- Golf courses can open with restrictions in place.
- Municipal parks are open.
- Playground equipment in municipal parks is not to be used.
- Campsites remain closed.
- Gym and fitness facilities, yoga studios, tennis and squash facilities, arenas, dance studios and performance spaces remain closed.
- Outdoor activities, including walking, hiking, or riding your bike, are encouraged as long as physical distancing can be maintained and you are not required to self-isolate for any reason.
For additional information on Alert Level 4 click here, and for additional information on NL’s re-opening plan click here.
Nova Scotia is currently under a Health Protection Act Order.
Guidelines under this order include:
- Practicing social distancing – stay 2 metres (6 feet) apart from other people.
- Immediately self-isolate for 14 days if you’ve returned from outside Nova Scotia.
- Certain businesses and organizations need to close or reduce their operations.
- Sector-Specific plans: find sector-specific plans to help protect workers and customers from COVID-19 in the workplace here.
For additional information on the Health Protection Act order click here.