Province declared a State of Emergency – a Stay-at-home order is in efect as of Thursday January 14, 2021 for 28 days. Only leave home for essential purposes such as food, healthcare, exercise or work. Learn more ontario.ca/covidresponse
The provincewide shutdown continue and is in effect as of Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. This includes Halton Region and its municipalities, Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville. Stopping the spread of COVID-19 is a community effort and our individual actions do make a difference. Learn more about the provincewide shutdown. As the situation continues to evolve, residents are asked to check the Provincial website regularly for updates: ontario.ca/covid19
COVID-19 Vaccination Program in Halton
Status of COVID-19 cases in Halton
Halton’s COVID-19 interactive dashboard provides a summary of the current local situation and information on COVID-19 activity in Halton to date. You can use the dashboard to easily explore Halton’s COVID-19 data on overall case counts, demographics, institutional outbreaks and lab testing.
Halton Stats Report – Dr. Meghani’s report, an update on COVID-19 from Halton Region’s Medical Officer of Health | December 16, 2020
Watch the full council meeting, including Dr. Meghani’s report below. For more information about COVID-19, public health measures, and the mandatory mask by-law, please visit halton.ca/covid19.
Community Resources
COVID-19 Resources and Information
Resources for Nonprofits
- Ontario Nonprofit Network – https://theonn.ca/resources-covid-19/
- Imagine Canada – https://www.imaginecanada.ca/en/covid19
- TechSoup Canada has put together a resource on COVID-19: How Nonprofits Can Establish Effective Telecommuting Practices – https://www.techsoupcanada.ca/en/community/blog/covid-19-working-remotely
- Federal Government supports – Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan
- Ontario Government supports – Ontario’s Action Plan: Responding to COVID‑19
- Plain language guide to Federal and provincial financial support in Canada due to #COVID19 (Updated March 27, 2020) – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lOJn7XS6ETIkbLRodYk681M_2dxkkQsc/view
Halton Region Public Health
Twitter: @Region of Halton
Links to updates from Halton Region Public Health. Also lists affected Region services, offers travel and health advice (including a link to the Ontario Ministry of Health’s self-assessment tool), and provides information on organizations and events and on economic support and recovery.
311 Halton – Contact if you have questions about Region services and closures.
Online: https://www.halton.ca/COVID19
Telephone: 311 (If you are outside Halton, you can contact a 311 customer service representative by calling 905-825-6000 or 1-866-442-5866.)
TTY: 905-827-9833
Email: accesshalton@halton.ca
Additional Halton Resources
Local Municipal Information
- Burlington – https://www.burlington.ca/en/your-city/corona-virus.asp
- Halton Hills – https://www.haltonhills.ca/covid19/
- Milton – https://www.milton.ca/en/living-in-milton/covid-19-coronavirus.aspx
- Oakville – https://www.oakville.ca/townhall/covid-19.html
Province of Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Health
COVID-19 Resource Hub
Updated every day, seven days a week, at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET.
Resources including an information sheet available in multiple languages. Visit for news of cases and affected areas in Ontario, information on coronaviruses and COVID-19 specifically, information on how to protect yourself and on symptoms and treatment, and guidelines for travellers returning from affected areas.
Public Health Ontario
COVID-19 Resource Hub
Most resources are targeted to health care providers, but a collection of fact sheets on self-monitoring and self-isolation in multiple languages (English, Simplified Chines, Farsi, Italian, and Korean) may be of use to community organizations.
Telehealth Ontario
A free, confidential service you can call to get health advice or information.
Toll-free: 1-866-797-0000 | Toll-free TTY: 1-866-797-0007
ontario.ca/page/get-medical-advice-telehealth-ontario
Government of Canada/Public Health Agency of Canada
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam on Twitter: English
Français
COVID-19 Resource Hub
Visit for updates, travel advice, preparation advice, information on symptoms and treatment and prevention and risk, FAQ, guidance for communities, and fact sheets and infographics.
International:
US Centers of Disease Control
Twitter English
COVID-19 Resource Hub
Learn how to protect yourself and prepare your family, and find updates, resources for businesses and employers and schools and child care, and sign up for email updates.
World Health Organization (United Nations’ health agency)
Twitter English (although they retweet resources in multiple languages)
COVID-19 Resource Hub
Find rolling updates and situation reports, travel advice, information on how to protect yourself, and FAQ. You can even donate to a COVID-19 “Solidarity Response Fund.”