Lockdown Regions Designation Order (COVID-19)
SOR/2021-275
CANADA WORKER LOCKDOWN BENEFIT ACT
Registration 2021-12-24
Lockdown Regions Designation Order (COVID-19)
P.C. 2021-1061 2021-12-23
Whereas “lockdown orders”, as defined in section 2 of the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit ActFootnote a, have been made with respect to COVID-19 outbreaks in regions set out in the annexed Order, imposing measures referred to in subparagraphs (a)(i) and (ii) of that definition that apply to those regions for at least 14 consecutive days;
Return to footnote aS.C. 2021, c. 26, s. 5
And whereas the Minister of Employment and Social Development is of the opinion that it is in the public interest that an order designating those regions as lockdown regions be made for the benefit periods set out in the annexed Order;
Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Employment and Social Development, pursuant to section 3 of the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit ActFootnote a, makes the annexed Lockdown Regions Designation Order (COVID-19).
Marginal note:Lockdown regions and benefit periods
1 Each region of Canada set out in column 1 of the schedule is designated as a lockdown region for the benefit period set out in column 2.
Marginal note:Coming into force
2 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
SCHEDULE(Section 1)Lockdown Regions and Benefit Periods
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Lockdown region | Benefit period |
| 1 | The region within the community boundaries of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories | Beginning on November 7, 2021 and ending on December 11, 2021 |
| 2 | The region within the community boundaries of Behchoko, Northwest Territories | Beginning on October 24, 2021 and ending on November 13, 2021 |
| 3 | The region within the boundaries of the K’atl’odeeche First Nation Reserve Lands, (Hay River Reserve) Northwest Territories | Beginning on October 24, 2021 and ending on November 20, 2021 |
| 4 | Kuujjuaq, Quebec | Beginning on October 24, 2021 and ending on December 18, 2021 |
| 5 | Aupaluk, Quebec | Beginning on November 7, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the last week in which Red and Orange Plus alert level measures imposed by the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services cease to apply in the region |
| 6 | Kangirsuk, Quebec | Beginning on October 24, 2021 and ending on December 11, 2021 |
| 7 | Salluit, Quebec | Beginning on October 24, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the last week in which Red and Orange Plus alert level measures imposed by the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services cease to apply in the region |
| 8 | Akulivik, Quebec | Beginning on October 31, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the last week in which Red and Orange Plus alert level measures imposed by the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services cease to apply in the region |
| 9 | Tasiujaq, Quebec | Beginning on November 14, 2021 and ending on December 11, 2021 |
| 10 | Puvirnituq, Quebec | Beginning on November 28, 2021 and ending on December 18, 2021 |
| 11 | Ontario | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Ontario cease to apply in the region |
| 12 | Quebec | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Quebec cease to apply in the region |
| 13 | Nova Scotia | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Nova Scotia cease to apply in the region |
| 14 | New Brunswick | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of New Brunswick cease to apply in the region |
| 15 | Manitoba | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Manitoba cease to apply in the region |
| 16 | British Columbia | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of British Columbia cease to apply in the region |
| 17 | Prince Edward Island | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Prince Edward Island cease to apply in the region |
| 18 | Alberta | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Alberta cease to apply in the region |
| 19 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Newfoundland and Labrador cease to apply in the region |
| 20 | Nunavut | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Nunavut cease to apply in the region |
| 21 | Yukon | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Yukon cease to apply in the region |
| 22 | Northwest Territories | Beginning on December 19, 2021 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of the Northwest Territories cease to apply in the region |
| 23 | The region within the community boundaries of Igloolik, Nunavut | Beginning on March 13, 2022 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Nunavut cease to apply in the region |
| 24 | The region within the community boundaries of Taloyoak, Nunavut | Beginning on March 13, 2022 and ending on the Saturday of the week in which the lockdown measures imposed by the government of Nunavut cease to apply in the region |
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