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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, enhanced border measures authorized by the Quarantine Act were introduced. These measures ensure appropriate actions are taken to reduce the spread of the virus. To verify and improve compliance with the Emergency Orders under the Quarantine Act, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) launched the COVID-19 Quarantine Compliance Call Campaign.

People with COVID-19 do not always recognize their early symptoms. Even if you do not have symptoms now, it is possible to transmit COVID-19 before you start showing symptoms or without ever developing symptoms. You need to quarantine (self-isolate) for 14 days at home when you may have been exposed to COVID-19 and have no symptoms. Quarantine and isolation can help to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to others.

Certain persons are exempt from the mandatory quarantine requirement of the Order when entering Canada for the purposes of performing an essential job or function as identified in the Order.

The Government of Canada has put in place emergency measures to slow the introduction and spread of COVID-19 in Canada. You must isolate for 14 days, provide contact information and monitor yourself for symptoms subject to any Order made under the Quarantine Act imposing isolation or quarantine requirements upon entry.

Travellers entering Canada must follow the rules set out by the Emergency Orders under the Quarantine Act to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and its variants.

Travellers entering Canada must follow the rules set out by the Emergency Orders under the Quarantine Act to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Travellers entering Canada must follow the rules set out by the Emergency Orders under the Quarantine Act to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

How to quarantine or isolate at home. Quarantine or isolation can reduce the spread of COVID-19, including its variants, in your household and community. That's why it's important to follow the advice of your local public health authority about when and how to quarantine or isolate.

The Government of Canada has put in place emergency measures under the Quarantine Act to slow the introduction and spread of COVID-19 and variants in Canada. Even if you have been fully vaccinated, there is still a risk that you can be infected with COVID-19 and transmit the virus to others. To help keep others safe, you are required to meet the requirements under the Minimizing the Risk of Exposure of COVID-19 in Canada Order (Quarantine, Isolation and Other Obligations). Fully vaccinated travellers who are asymptomatic are not required to quarantine upon entering Canada if they comply with the measures as outlined below.

What you, and what communities can do to lower the spread of COVID-19 in settings including social services, workplaces, outdoors, community, religious, transport and remote and Indigenous communities.