Creative Spaces and Step 2 of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopening 

Creative Spaces and Step 2 of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopening

Creative Spaces and Step 2 of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopening 

At midnight on June 30, 2021, the province will move into Step 2 of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopening. This is hopeful news as arts organizations can look forward to increased audience size for outdoor offerings and a gradual reopening of indoor arts spaces. While most of the province moves ahead to Step 2, Waterloo Region and Porcupine Health Unit will remain in Step 1.

The earliest Ontario can move to Step 3 would be on July 20, twenty-one days following Step 2. Organizations can start planning for this next phase of reopening by reviewing the Reopening Ontario webpage.

Step 2 Highlights for Creative Spaces

Outdoor 

  • Maximum 25 people for outdoor gatherings
  • Outdoor events at 25% capacity
  • Outdoor cinemas, performing arts, live music events and attractions at 25% capacity

Indoor

  • Maximum 5 people for indoor gatherings
  • Space Rentals: Indoor meeting and event spaces closed, with exceptions for certain purposes, including viewings for a potential booking of a future event.

Commercial Film and TV Production

  • Open with no audience, and other restrictions

Performing Arts 

  • Indoor closed, permitted only for the purpose of rehearsing or performing a recorded or broadcasted event – spectators not permitted
  • Outdoor open, including live music, with spectator capacity at 25% and other restrictions

Cinemas

  • Indoor closed
  • Outdoor open with spectator capacity at 25% and other restrictions

Museums and attractions

  • Outdoor waterparks open with 25% capacity and other restrictions
  • Outdoor amusement parks open with 25% capacity and other restrictions, including on rides

Photography studios and services

  • Outdoor and limited indoor open with restrictions

Drive-in and drive through events

  • Open with restrictions

Construction

  • All construction open

Read the full Provincial Order for Step 2 Regulations for more details.

ArtsBuild Ontario supports #SupportVisualArtsON and #FairnessForTheArtsON. We continue to advocate for a more equitable recovery pathway for Ontario’s extraordinary arts sector. We call for regulatory fairness for the live performing arts, galleries and museums whose future planning has been impacted by Step 2 in this roadmap. Learn more here.