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Ontario removes their mask mandate for most settings with the exception of public transportation, long-term care and retirement homes, congregate care and living facilities, homes for individuals with developmental disabilities, other healthcare settings, shelters, and jails.
2022-03-21

Ontario reports 8,825 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases since March 2020 to 715,405.
2021-12-28

Ontario will become the fourth Canadian province to require proofs of vaccinations in restaurants, theatres, gyms and other indoor public venues. The vaccination certificate program will begin on September 22.
2021-09-1

Ontario reports that over 8 million people in the province has been fully vaccinated.
2021-07-20

Ontario reports 36 cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India.
2021-04-23

Ontario reports three new cases of the new Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the United Kingdom.
2021-01-4

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that Toronto and the Peel Region will be placed in a "lockdown" tier, meaning that most non-essential businesses will be closed and non-essential retail stores and food establishments will be limited to takeout and curbside pick-up or delivery. These new measures will begin on November 23.
2020-11-20

Ontario reports a new single-day record of 1,581 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 92,761.
2020-11-14

Ontario reports 1,132 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 82,825. It is the largest single-day increase in cases since the pandemic began.
2020-11-7

Premier Doug Ford announces that non-essential businesses in Ontario are to be shut down for at least two weeks.
2020-03-23