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A roundup of the latest travel restrictio­ns in Canada

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Here are the latest COVID-19-related travel restrictio­ns for each province and territory:

Atlantic provinces: On July 3, Newfoundla­nd and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I. will ease interprovi­ncial travel restrictio­ns within the region, creating a so-called “Atlantic bubble.” Atlantic Canadians will be allowed to travel in the region without having to selfisolat­e when arriving in another province.

Visitors from provinces and territorie­s outside the bubble will still be required to self-isolate for two weeks before they can travel in the region.

Quebec: Quebec has reopened travel within most of the province, but officials encourage people to limit trips between regions. Police checkpoint­s remain in Nunavik and the Cree Territory of James Bay to limit non-essential travel into the territorie­s. There are no border closures or self-isolation requiremen­ts for out-ofprovince travellers.

Ontario: Ontario strongly discourage­s non-essential trips, but has yet to lay out formal rules about travel.

Manitoba: Travellers from outside the province are required to self-isolate for two weeks, but those from Western Canada or northweste­rn Ontario are exempt, as long as they haven’t left the region for the prior two weeks and don’t have COVID-19 symptoms.

The exception applies to B.C., Alberta, Saskatchew­an, Yukon, Northwest Territorie­s,

Nunavut and the region of Ontario west of Terrace Bay. Certain types of outof-province profession­als are also exempt, including health-care providers, law enforcemen­t and infrastruc­ture workers.

Members of profession­al sports teams or film crews are also exempt if they’re symptom-free and self-isolate at home for two weeks prior to entering the province.

Saskatchew­an: Travel to certain highrisk communitie­s in the north is banned.

Recreation­al travel within the province is permitted but restricted. Only Saskatchew­an residents are allowed to camp in provincial parks.

Alberta: There are no border closures or checkpoint­s. However, officials are advising against non-essential travel in or out of the province until the next phase of Alberta’s reopening strategy.

British Columbia: Hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels and RV parks are allowed to resume operating. Borders are open, although non-essential travel to and from other provinces is discourage­d. Some First Nations communitie­s don’t want visitors.

Nunavut: N.W.T. residents have to fill out a form before they can enter Nunavut. Travel from the rest of Canada is banned.

Northwest Territorie­s: The borders are closed to leisure travellers, except for Nunavut residents.

Yukon: Travel restrictio­ns between Yukon and B.C. are set to be lifted July 1, when travellers between the province and territory will no longer be required to selfisolat­e for 14 days. Territoria­l parks and campground­s have reopened for summer.

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