The federal government announced on Monday the removal of various COVID-19 restrictions, which includes the requirement of the ArriveCAN app upon entry into Canada.
Confirming last week’s reports, Health Canada says as of October 1, 2022, all travellers, regardless of citizenship, will no longer have to:
Transport Canada says on October 1, travellers will no longer need to undergo health checks for travel on air and rail; or
wear masks on planes and trains. But travellers are still “strongly recommended” to wear masks during journeys, says the government.
Airlines will also no longer need to check that travellers have entered in ArriveCAN app before boarding a plane. The optional Advance Declaration feature in ArriveCAN app will still be available to use.
As the pandemic has evolved, so has our response. Thanks to the great work of Canadians, we can take the next step.
Today we announced that all COVID-19 health measures at the border are ending and that travellers will no longer have to use the ArriveCan app. pic.twitter.com/5wwV3Wn9lR
— Marco Mendicino (@marcomendicino) September 26, 2022
“Canadians can continue do their part to protect themselves and others, and reduce the spread of COVID-19, by getting vaccinated and boosted, using high quality and well-fitted masks where appropriate, self-isolating if they have symptoms and self-testing if they can,” said the government in a press release.
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The PTSD crowd is going to be gutted over this. How can the continue to clutch their pearls and finger wag at others if even the Trudeau government can no longer justify this stuff?
How will they ever feel safe if the world doesn’t stay shut down?
So long useless app! We hardly knew ye…