Quick guide: What the COVID-19 colour-coded framework means for your region

With Ontario’s COVID-19 state of emergency expiring Tuesday, the province will transition back to the colour-coded reopening plan that eases restrictions based on COVID-19 case counts in respective regions starting Wednesday.

That system has now been modified to allow some degree of in-person shopping at non-essential stores at all levels, including the grey-lockdown level.

Almost all public health units will enter into the framework on February 16 as the stay-at-home order expires for them while COVID-19 hotspots Toronto, Peel, and York regions along with North Bay-Parry Sound will be the last to re-enter the framework about a week later, on Feb. 22.

Here is a look at the changes in the framework for stores, organized events, restaurants and bars, personal care services and gyms and other recreational facilities (click image to expand):

Source: Ontario.ca

Here is where all the regions will be in the framework on Feb. 16, apart from the four regions remaining in lockdown:

Grey-Lockdown:

• Niagara Region Public Health

Red-Control:

• Chatham-Kent Public Health;
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services;
• Durham Region Health Department;
• Halton Region Public Health;
• Middlesex-London Health Unit;
• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services;
• Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit;
• Southwestern Public Health;
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit;
• Wellington-Dufferin Guelph Public Health; and
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.

Orange-Restrict

• Brant County Health Unit;
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit;
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit;
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit;
• Huron Perth Public Health;
• Lambton Public Health;
• Ottawa Public Health;
• Porcupine Health Unit; and
• Public Health Sudbury and Districts.

Yellow-Protect:

• Algoma Public Health;
• Grey Bruce Health Unit;
• Northwestern Health Unit; and
• Peterborough Public Health.

Green-Prevent:

• Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit;
• Timiskaming Health Unit.
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health;
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health; and
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit