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Ex. FOR-047 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Public Safety Canada, 'Border Measures' (Parliamentary Committee binder, June 25, 2021): pre-departure molecular testing, ArriveCAN, on-arrival testing, 3-night government-authorized hotel stopover for air arrivals, land-border testing from Feb. 22, 2021, 14-day quarantine

Border Measures (Quarantine Act Emergency Order summary)

Public Safety Canada (parliamentary binder, June 25, 2021) describing the Quarantine Act Emergency Orders in Council then in force · Canada (federal) (Foreign government)

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Jurisdiction
Canada (federal)
Level
Foreign government
Authority
Quarantine Act, s. 58 (Orders in Council P.C. 2021-0011 (Jan. 6, 2021), P.C. 2021-0075 (Feb. 14, 2021) and successors)
Issued
2021-06-25 June 25, 2021
Effective
Measures in force from Jan. 7, 2021 (pre-departure test, air), Feb. 15, 2021 (land test), Feb. 22, 2021 (hotel stopover; land on-arrival testing) (read as 2021-01-07)
End
Hotel stopover ended Aug. 9, 2021; testing and quarantine rules continued for unvaccinated travelers through 2021 (read as 2021-08-09)
In force
Jan. 7, 2021 to Aug. 9, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all travellers entering Canada
Functions reached
  • TR
  • CB
  • SC personnel
Collection
Foreign governments' orders (context) FOR

Operative words

'Under the Quarantine Act Emergency Order, all international travellers, with limited exceptions, arriving in Canada must undergo a COVID-19 molecular testing pre- and post-arrival and must...'; air travellers 'for 3 nights at a government authorized accommodation (hotel) near the first airport of entry'; 'As of February 22, 2021, 5 land ports of entry will offer onsite testing to test travellers on arrival, and an additional 11 ports of entry will offer onsite testing as of March 4, 2021.'

Enforcement

Quarantine Act penalties

Notes

Describes the 2021 Canadian entry regime that made U.S. business travel to Canada a two-test, hotel-stopover, 14-day-quarantine undertaking through Aug. 9, 2021.

Retrieval note

Government of Canada document describing its own orders.