Don’t have a QR code yet, you’re going to need one if you want to do certain activities.
Starting Tuesday Jan. 4, 2022 it will be mandatory across Ontario to provide a QR code as your proof of vaccination when wanting to dine in at a restaurant, go to a casino, use the gym or visit the movie theatre.
Physical vaccine receipts will no longer be accepted, only QR codes.
Those with valid medical exemptions will also need a valid QR code.
Come Jan. 10 2022, written medical exemptions will not be valid.
Where a QR code is needed inside:
- restaurants, bars and other food and drink establishments without dance facilities
- food or drink establishments with dance facilities, including nightclubs, and other similar establishments, and outdoor areas of these establishments
- meeting and event spaces (with limited exceptions)
- facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities and personal physical fitness training (with limited exemptions), including:
- gyms
- fitness, sporting and recreational facilities
- pools
- leagues
- sporting events
- waterparks
- indoor areas of facilities where spectators watch events
- casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments
Where is a QR code needed outdoors:
- any of the following outdoor areas that have a normal capacity of 20,000 or more people:
- outdoor meeting and event spaces (with limited exemptions)
- outdoor facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities, including waterparks and personal physical fitness training (with limited exemptions)
- Includes gyms, fitness/sporting/recreational facilities, pools, leagues, sporting events, waterparks, and indoor areas of facilities where spectators watch events
- outdoor concert venues, theatres and cinemas
- outdoor horse racing tracks, car racing tracks and other similar venues
- outdoor areas of food or drink establishments with dance facilities, including nightclubs, restoclubs and other similar establishments, and indoor areas of these establishments
When do you NOT need to provide proof of vaccination status:
- 12 years of age or younger
- Beginning December 20, 2021, proof of vaccination will be required for anyone 12 years of age and older participating in organized sports at recreational facilities.
- entering a business temporarily to:
- use a washroom
- access an outdoor area that you can only get to by going indoors
- make a retail purchase
- place, pick up or pay for an order
- make a bet or pick up winnings at a racing track
- purchase admission
- entering the business for health and safety purposes
Full details can be read here.
