Return to Play Guidelines - Updated April 7th, 2021

• Youth and Collegiate Sports and Recreation Activities 

  Mandatory restrictions - Provincewide - Revised April 7

  Eligible participants include:

  • youth 18 years old and under
  • members of a collegiate or university athletic program
  • coaches or trainers

  Limited group physical activities allowed

  • Lessons, practices and physical conditioning activities are allowed for indoor and outdoor minor sports/activities and school athletics (for example, school sport activities that are outside of a physical education class or related part of the school curriculum).
  • Games are not allowed.
  • Only one youth group can occupy an indoor playing surface at a time (for example, arenas, fields, courts or pools)

  Safety requirements

  • Maximum of 10 total individuals, including all coaches, trainers, and participants. 
    • An outdoor playing surface (for example, arena, field, court or swimming pool) may be occupied by more than one youth group, as long as 3-metres of physical distancing can be maintained between groups of 10 and the groups do not intermingle.
  • Physical distancing must be maintained between participants at all times:
    • 3 metres physical distance for indoor activities
    • 2 metres physical distance for outdoor activities
    • coaches or trainers may enter physical distancing space for brief interactions with participants (for example, to correct form or technique)
  • Participants must be masked at all times, except during high intensity physical activity. Coaches and trainers must remain masked at all times.
  • Access to change rooms must be limited, including accelerated arrival and departure, emergencies (for example, first aid) and washroom use.

  Off-site facilities

  K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions are allowed to use off-site facilities to support curriculum-related educational activities.