The Ontario government has increased the number of people who are permitted to attend weddings and funerals.
When originally announcing Ontario’s stage two reopening plan on Monday (June 8), the government had increased the limit on weddings and funeral attendees from five to 10 people.
Now that limit has been further increased to 30 per cent of the capacity of the venue where the wedding or funeral is behind held or, in the case of outdoor ceremonies, to 50 people.
The changes came into effect on Friday, June 12th at 12:01 a.m.
“With recent progress to reduce the spread of COVID-19, we are able to ease restrictions on these special ceremonies,” says health minister Christine Elliott. “We have taken deliberate steps to increase testing and increase our ability to track and contain this virus. As we loosen these measures, I strongly urge everyone to remain careful and cautious as we are all still at risk.”
The 30 per cent capacity limit for indoor ceremonies is now the same as the new limit for attendees at places of worship in Ontario, which the government also announced on Monday.
For both indoor and outdoor ceremonies, attendees must practice physical distancing by remaining two metres away from people who are not from the same household or in their established 10-person social circle.
It should be noted that the loosened restriction applies only to wedding and funeral ceremonies, not to receptions.
The maximum number of people allowed to attend indoor or outdoor wedding and funeral receptions remains at 10 people.
