Effective Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 12:01 a.m., the Provincial government is issuing a province-wide Stay-at-Home order requiring everyone to remain at home except for essential purposes, such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care services (including getting vaccinated), for outdoor exercise, or for work that cannot be done remotely.

The Ontario Government has announced a 4-week Provincewide Shutdown effective April 3, 2021.

Spreading tax payments over seven months from June to December is a new option available to residents and businesses who can demonstrate financial hardship due to COVID-19.

On March 20, 2021, the Province announced adjustments to dining capacity limits at restaurants, bars, and other food and drink establishments for regions in the Grey/Lockdown, Red/Control, Orange/Restrict and Yellow/Protect levels of the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open. For Halton Hills in the Red/Control level, changes include allowing up to 50 per cent capacity of the indoor dining area, to a maximum of 50 patrons, so long as physical distancing requirements are met.

The Town of Halton Hills is now accepting applications for its "Al Fresco in the Hills" program, the outdoor dining initiative designed to support local restaurants, bars, and other food and drink establishments in expanding dining capacity while adhering to public health regulations and COVID-19 safety guidelines.  

If you are an employee of Amazon impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak at the Brampton facility and you live or are otherwise present in Halton Region, you must follow the requirements for self-isolation under Halton Region’s Medical Officer of Health Section 22 Class Order. Details of Halton’s Class Order including requirements for self-isolation and other legal obligations can be found at halton.ca/COVID19.

The Government of Ontario has announced that, based on a general improvement in trends of key indicators, including lower transmission of COVID-19, improving hospital capacity, and available public health capacity to conduct rapid case and contact management, Halton Region will be moving to the Red Level (Control) of the Provincial COVID-19 Response Framework on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. and will no longer be subject to the Stay-at-Home order.

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the province is moving to a regional approach and maintaining the shutdown in the majority of the public health regions in Ontario, including the Stay-at-Home order and all existing public health and workplace safety measures. When it is safe to do so, the province will gradually transition each region from the shutdown measures to a revised and strengthened COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open (the "Framework"). 

Join the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce and Erin Kaiser, Senior Economic Development Officer on Wednesday, February 10 from 8:30am to 9:30am for a roundtable discussion on Economic Development's 2021 projects and local business community supports, followed by a live Q&A.