COVID-19 in Ottawa: Weekly roundup

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What’s new​

Here’s the City’s weekly roundup of information in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can also get daily City updates on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram:

• The City implemented new guidelines under the Health Protection and Promotion Act for the safer use of outdoor rinks, toboggan hills and skiing trailheads, including a 25-person limit while on the rink, and at the tops and bottoms of toboggan hills.
• The City’s new Virtual Arts and Recreation classes help support everyone’s COVID-19 prevention efforts. Stay active and occupied with live-streamed, interactive classes that promote physical and mental well-being.
• The City launched an anti-Asian racism campaign, spearheaded by Councillor Rawlson King, the City’s Council Liaison for Anti-Racism and Ethnocultural Relations.
• Transitioning to a revamped community funding program, the City is now accepting applications for sustainability funding for 2022.
• Visit our updated Provincial and City Rules page for the latest information.

The latest from Ottawa Public Health​

• Enjoy the great outdoors safely! Be Social Wise, even when outdoors. Practice physical distancing, wear a mask and avoid areas like rinks, hills, and trails when crowded to protect each other against COVID-19.
• ICYMI: Initial rollout of the Pfizer vaccine to Ottawa long-term care residents started this week. Ottawa Public Health is working with The Ottawa Hospital and the City of Ottawa to vaccinate all eligible residents of Ottawa’s 28 long-term care home as soon as possible, helping protect those in the community who need it most.
• Be sure to check out Ottawa Public Health's COVID-19 Dashboard for up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Ottawa.

In case you missed it​

• Watch the City’s media availability on January 5, 2021 for details on the various tactics that will be used to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines across our city.
• Paula Edwards remembers the day she found out she had COVID-19. She, and others who have received the vaccine, feel that they are helping give the community “a fighting chance” against COVID-19.
• Ponds at stormwater facilities are designed to capture stormwater and prevent flooding – they are not safe for recreational use, such as skating.
  Stay off the ice in the winter as water levels and flows change rapidly making skating or other activities extremely dangerous.
• On December 21, 2020 Ontario announced a provincewide shutdown to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Contact us​

For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1(TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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