Public Health Measures Guidance
Campgrounds are permitted to re-open for PEI residents only in Phase #3 of Renew PEI Together
Potential Start June 1, 2020
Campground operators on Prince Edward Island are required to implement the measures noted below to protect the health and safety...
This guideline applies to any scenario in which two or more persons who do not live in the same household travel together in the same vehicle for work and/or essential transport purposes, including personal vehicles, taxis and ride shares, and fleet...
The Workers Compensation Board urges the Captain and crew to follow directives of the PEI Chief Public Health Office during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, all people on board must place an increased focus on the COVID-19 Safe Work Protocols to...
This guideline applies to any activity that may be broadly considered under the construction and landscaping banner, including but not limited to: outdoor construction, indoor construction, landscaping and garden maintenance, pool maintenance and...
Day camps (also called summer camps and/or kids’ camps) are permitted to open during Phase 4 of Renew PEI Together. Day camp operators should not re-open until they are able to meet the requirements in this guideline document.
June 1, 2020
While day...
Fitness facilities are permitted to re-open in Phase #3 of Renew PEI Together
This guideline applies to gyms, fitness studios, yoga studios, climbing walls, swimming pools, spas, and similar indoor recreational facilities.
Core operational measures...
1. Overview
Fixed roof tourism establishments on Prince Edward Island are required to implement the measures noted below to protect the health and safety of employees and guests.
Additional workplace guidelines and public health measures required to be...
In-room dining at food premises is permitted to re-open for PEI residents only in Phase #3 of Renew PEI Together
Start June 1, 2020
The maximum indoor seating capacity for all food premises is up to 50 patrons. Having the maximum capacity set at 50...
Public Health measures (e.g. physical distancing) have been put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to mitigate the societal and health care system impact of the disease. These restrictions affect funerals and burials as well as cemetery and...
This guideline applies to any informal sale of household goods by private individuals held outdoors near a private dwelling, apartment building, or condominium complex, and/or through an online marketplace.
When setting up a garage or yard sale:
Host a...
Phase 4 and beyond will be a new way of life, a new “normal” for Prince Edward Island.
Phase #4 began June 26, 2020
Larger organized gatherings (e.g. worship services, organized sports and recreation, day camps, events including weddings, funerals,...
Golf course operators on Prince Edward Island are required to implement the measures noted below to protect the health and safety of employees and players on Island courses.
Additional workplace guidelines and public health measures required to be...
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
The tip sheets cover a range of occupations and industries from construction and trucking to healthcare and first responders.
COVID-19 Tip Sheets for higher-risk and essential occuations and...
Licensed child care centres can operate under the directive of the Chief Public Health Officer.
Phase 4 - June 26
Child care centres within close proximity to a vulnerable population (e.g. community care facilities) will be permitted to operate,...
All Islanders are encouraged to keep a log of social interactions as public health measures are gradually relaxed.
A log will assist you to monitor the number of interactions you are having. In addition, should a case of COVID-19 be detected, a log will...
Many tasks performed by workers should not require personal protective equipment (PPE) for protection against COVID-19 unless they are in situations similar to healthcare workers. Non-PPE controls should be put into place before masks are considered....
This guideline applies to owners and operators of businesses, services or organizations that operate in facilities (indoor or outdoor) with separate rooms or large spaces that can accommodate more than one gathering at a time.
Larger organized...
Until New Normal begins, existing guidance remains in place
Tentative start date: October 1, 2020
This guideline applies to owners and operators of businesses, services or organizations and organizers of events that operate in facilities (indoor or...
Until New Normal begins, existing guidance remains in place
Tentative start date: October 1, 2020
This guideline applies to businesses, services or organizations operating organized recreational activities or team sports, both outdoors or indoors,...
This guideline applies to any organized recreational activity or team sport held outside or indoors, including, but not limited to, baseball, basketball, dance, gymnastics, hockey, and soccer, and day camp activities.
With any organized recreational...
This guideline applies to businesses, services, and organizations that maintain and operate outdoor recreation spaces for public use, including trails, parks, playgrounds, beaches, outdoor gyms, and any other outdoor recreation space.
Core measures...
Personal services establishments are permitted to open during Phase #3 of Renew PEI Together
June 1, 2020
A business should not re-open until management and staff are able to meet these requirements. Any personal services facility must also follow the...
Guidance issued by the Chief Public Health Office on the Infection Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Outpatient Office Environments.
This guideline applies to all retail businesses, including but not limited to clothing retailers, big-box retailers, food, alcohol, and cannabis retailers, shopping malls, book stores, convenience stores, bargain retailers, and electronics retailers....
This guideline applies to any indoor or outdoor facility with a publicly-accessible swimming pool or swimming pools, including hotels, campgrounds, municipal pools, and fitness facilities.
If you are contemplating having more than one gathering at a...
Temporary foreign workers play an important role in various industries of the Island economy. These essential workers are required to self-isolate for 14 days and must adhere to strict public health measures.
For Employers
Protecting PEI Seafood...
Tour buses and passenger buses are permitted to operate with the following measures in place:
Fifty percent capacity, with seating staggered to try to maintain 6 feet distance as much as possible.
Strong recommendation to wear non-medical masks where...
Travellers arriving in PEI that are required to self-isolate for 14 days are to go directly to their self-isolation location. There are some circumstances where a PEI resident must provide transportation for someone meeting self-isolation requirements...
U-Pick operations are permitted to open safely as part of Phase 3 of Renew PEI Together
Core measures for all businesses, services and organizations
Develop and follow an operational plan detailing methods to mitigate transmission of disease.
Take...
Unlicensed child care centres can operate under the directive of the Chief Public Health Officer.
The centre will be required to close if either a child or the child care provider tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), or any other imminent health...
The PEI Chief Public Health Officer recommends that individuals, who can wear a non-medical mask, should do so, especially indoors when physical distancing cannot always be maintained.
Wearing a facial covering/non-medical mask in the community is not a...
This guideline applies to workplaces that are primarily office settings, including enclosed offices, cubicle environments, open office environments, and any combination thereof. This guideline includes shared kitchen space and meeting space.
Core...
Gatherings of people to worship are permitted as part of Phase 3 of Renew PEI Together
June 1
Core measures for all worship services
All organizations providing worship services develop an operational plan detailing how risk of transmission of disease...
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