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{{about|the pandemic in the province of Quebec as a whole|the pandemic in Montreal specifically|COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal}}
{{short description|COVID-19 viral pandemic in Quebec, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2020}}
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{{Infobox pandemic
| name            = COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
| image           = {{multiple image|border=infobox|perrow=2/2/2|total_width=300
| image2          = Clinique de dépistage mobile Montréal 04.jpg
| alt2            = A healthcare worker speaking to a patient at a mobile testing clinic in Montreal
| image3          = Affiche de fermeture des installation du Stade IGA (COVID-19).jpg
| alt3            = A sign announcing the closure of the IGA Stadium
| image4          = Sample VaxiCode vaccination passport in Quebec.png
| alt4            = A sample of a valid vaccination passport in Quebec using the VaxiCode app
| image5          = 2021 Montréal - Couvre-feu Curfew.jpg
| alt5            = An empty Jacques-Cartier bridge during curfew
| image6          = Convoi de la liberté à Québec 03.jpg
| alt6            = Freedom Convoy protesters in front of the National Assembly
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| footer          = (clockwise from top){{flatlist|
* A healthcare worker speaking to a patient at a mobile testing clinic in [[Montreal]]
* A sign announcing the closure of a [[Stade IGA|major tennis stadium]]
* A sample of a valid vaccination passport using the VaxiCode app
* An empty [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] during curfew
* [[Freedom Convoy]] protesters in front of the [[National Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly]]
}}
}}
| disease         = [[COVID-19]]
| virus_strain    = [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]]
| first_case      = [[Montreal]]
| origin          = [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China
| date            = April 11, 2023
| confirmed_cases = 1,165,052{{efn|This figure may not represent the current epidemiological situation — the Quebec government restricted PCR COVID-19 tests to certain vulnerable groups on January 4, 2022.}}<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inspq.qc.ca/covid-19/donnees|title=Données COVID-19 au Québec|website=INSPQ}}</ref>
| deaths          = 17,696<ref name="auto6"/>
| fatality_rate   = {{Percentage|17696|1165052|2}}
| hospitalized_cases = 1,141
| vaccinations    = 
*'''84.8%'''   vaccinated with at least one dose <ref name="inspqVacc">{{cite web |title=Données de vaccination contre la COVID-19 au Québec |url=https://www.inspq.qc.ca/covid-19/donnees/vaccination |website=INSPQ |publisher=Gouvernement |access-date=2021-03-19|language=fr}}</ref>
| arrival_date    = February 27, 2020<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|title=Ligne du temps COVID-19 au Québec|url=https://www.inspq.qc.ca/covid-19/donnees/ligne-du-temps|work=INSPQ|date=October 5, 2022 |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec}}</ref><br />
| location        = [[Quebec]], Canada
| website         = [https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/ Quebec Government]<br>[https://www.inspq.qc.ca/covid-19/donnees COVID-19 data in Quebec (French only)]

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The '''COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec''' was part of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|global pandemic]] of coronavirus disease 2019 ([[COVID-19]]), a novel infectious disease caused by [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]] (SARS-CoV-2).</noinclude>

Until 2021, Quebec had reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|Canada]], eventually overtaken by the neighbouring province of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario|Ontario]]. However, Quebec still reports both the highest number and the highest rate of deaths in the country, largely due to poor conditions in [[Nursing home|long-term care homes]], with around 80% of deaths in the first wave occurring in {{lang|fr-ca|centres d'hébergement de soins de longue durée}} (CHSLDs) and {{lang|fr-ca|résidences privée pour aînés}} (RPAs).<ref name="auto6"/>

Over the course of the first two years of the pandemic, Quebec underwent four [[lockdowns]], corresponding to the four major waves of the virus. COVID-19 propagation tended to follow a seasonal pattern of intensification in the colder months (September to March), resulting in the tightening of measures, and reduction in the warmer months (April to August), resulting in the relaxation of measures. The purported goal of the lockdowns was to lessen the burden on the already overloaded healthcare system by reducing severe COVID-19 cases, also known more colloquially as the [[flattening the curve|flatten the curve]] ({{lang|fr-ca|aplatir la courbe}}) strategy. In total, the largest population centres of the province were under significant restrictions, which generally comprised the closure of non-essential businesses and the banning of most indoor gatherings, for 15 months. Many major events were cancelled for both 2020 and 2021, including the [[Formula One]] [[Canadian Grand Prix]] in [[Montreal]]. Controversially, a curfew was put in place province-wide from January to June 2021 and for the first two weeks of January 2022, despite concerns about the effectiveness of curfews to reduce cases.<ref name="curfew-1"/><ref name="curfew-2"/> All measures were dropped in the second quarter of 2022, with the provincial state of emergency ending on June 1. Though Quebec took a comparatively harsh approach to public health restrictions, the provincial government, led by Premier [[François Legault]], emphasized keeping schools open for as long as possible, despite initial pushback citing [[superspreader]] events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Le gouvernement Legault divisé sur la réouverture des écoles {{!}} Coronavirus|trans-title=The Legault government divided on the reopening of schools|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1694498/ecoles-reouverture-legault-quebec-travaux|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Politique-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 16, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Meagher |first1=John |title=Quebec English school boards say they will decide when to reopen |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-english-school-boards-say-they-will-decide-when-to-reopen |work=Montreal Gazette |date=2020-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fahmy |first1=Gabrielle |title=The exam conundrum: Two Montreal schools plan finals in person, but students protest |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/the-exam-conundrum-two-montreal-schools-plan-finals-in-person-but-students-protest-1.5198903 |work=CTV News |date=2020-11-20}}</ref> As a result, schools were fully remote for a total of only about 145 days, compared to 220 days in Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Han |first1=Ji Yoon |last2=Breton |first2=Charles |title=Have provinces put schools first during COVID? |url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/february-2022/have-provinces-put-schools-first-during-covid/ |website=Policy Options |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512223539/https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/february-2022/have-provinces-put-schools-first-during-covid/ |archive-date=2023-05-12 |date=2022-02-01}}</ref> 

The [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccination]] campaign started in December 2020 and was rolled out over the next few months in descending order from the most vulnerable groups to the least vulnerable. In May 2021, vaccination against COVID-19 was extended to all adults in Quebec. By the end of that year, Quebec had a vaccination rate among the highest in the developed world, with over 80% of the population having at least one dose. Nonetheless, in September 2021 the province was the first in Canada to institute a [[Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic|vaccine passport]] for places considered to be high-risk, including restaurants, theatres, gyms, and bars. The vaccine passport was retired in March 2022.

From the start of the pandemic to January 2022, announcements about the current epidemiological situation and related public health measures took place every weekday in a press conference hosted by Premier Legault, the Minister of Health, and the National Public Health Director. The latter, [[Horacio Arruda]], became the well-known and well-liked figurehead of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fauteux |first1=Nicolas |title=Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur le docteur Horacio Arruda |url=https://www.7jours.ca/2020/04/28/tout-ce-que-vous-devez-savoir-sur-le-docteur-horacio-arruda |access-date=2023-06-25 |work=7 Jours |date=2020-04-28 |language=fr-ca}}</ref> until his resignation in January 2022. Financial aid programs, most of which ended in 2022, were also announced early in the pandemic for sectors that were not already covered by [[Federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|federal financial aid programs]] and that were particularly affected by pandemic closures, such as public transportation, restaurants, hotels, and theatres.

== Timeline ==
{{Main|Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec}}
The pandemic first spread to [[Quebec]] in late February 2020, with the first confirmed case being a 41-year-old woman from Montreal who had returned from Iran on a flight from [[Doha]], [[Qatar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus : un premier cas est officiellement confirmé au Québec|date=February 28, 2020 |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1641897/coronavirus-cas-quebec-montreal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308111359/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1641897/coronavirus-cas-quebec-montreal|archive-date=March 8, 2020|access-date=March 9, 2020|publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada |language=fr-ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=February 27, 2020|title=Un premier cas de COVID-19 au Québec|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/202002/27/01-5262657-un-premier-cas-de-covid-19-au-quebec.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228002149/https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/202002/27/01-5262657-un-premier-cas-de-covid-19-au-quebec.php |archive-date=February 28, 2020|access-date=February 28, 2020 |website=La Presse |language=fr|last1=Gosselin |first1=Janie }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schwartz|first=Susan|date=March 5, 2020|title=Montreal woman with COVID-19 is back at home after medical evaluation|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-montreal-woman-who-tested-positive-is-back-at-home-after-medical-evaluation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305162841/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-montreal-woman-who-tested-positive-is-back-at-home-after-medical-evaluation|archive-date=March 5, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2020|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal}}</ref> Quebec declared its first ''Public Health Emergency'' in its history on March 14, 2020,<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec declares 10-day public health emergency, bans hospital visits, calls on seniors to stay home |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-march14-1.5497961|publisher=CBC News|date=2020-03-14}}</ref> and it was renewed every 10 days<ref>{{cite web|title=Measures adopted by Orders in Council and Ministerial Orders in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/measures-orders-in-council-ministerial-orders/|publisher=Gouvernement du Québec|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211104654/https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/measures-orders-in-council-ministerial-orders|archive-date=2022-12-11}}</ref> until June 1, 2022, when it was officially ended.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Laframboise |first1=Kalina |title=Quebec ends state of emergency for COVID-19 pandemic |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8884923/quebec-covid19-june-1-2022/ |work=Global News |date=2022-06-01}}</ref>

On March 15, 2020, the government enforced the closure of various entertainment and recreational venues, and on March 23, all non-essential businesses were ordered to close. By the end of March, over four and a half thousand cases had been confirmed in all regions of the province. Most deaths occurred in long-term care homes, where the situation became so critical that reinforcements from the [[Canadian Army]] were deployed in May.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jusqu'à 1350 militaires au Québec d'ici la mi-mai {{!}} Coronavirus|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1700815/forces-armees-canadiennes-fac-defense-foyers-coronavirus-covid-19|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Politique-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=May 7, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-05-07 |trans-title=Up to 1,350 soldiers in Quebec by mid-May}}</ref> In May and June, the number of daily cases saw a steep decline, leading to the relaxation of some health restrictions.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rowe|first1=Daniel J.|title=These are the businesses that can reopen in Quebec |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/these-are-the-businesses-that-can-reopen-in-quebec-1.4922697|work=CTV News|date=2020-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Boshra|first1=Bosem |title=Monday marks another new phase of Quebec's deconfinement. Here's what can reopen and resume|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/monday-marks-another-new-phase-of-quebec-s-deconfinement-here-s-what-can-reopen-and-resume-1.4993253 |work=CTV News |date=2020-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Luft |first1=Amy |title=Quebec to reopen restaurants in some regions as of June 15, everywhere by June 22 |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-to-reopen-restaurants-in-some-regions-as-of-june-15-everywhere-by-june-22-1.4974800 |work=CTV News |date=2020-06-08}}</ref> However, beginning in the third quarter of 2020, a second wave of the virus began to emerge in Quebec and throughout Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lampert |first1=Allison |last2=Arale |first2=Mahad |title=Quebec imposes new curbs, Ontario warns of 'more complex' second wave as COVID-19 cases spike |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-idUSKBN26J2RW |work=[[Reuters]] |date=2020-09-20}}</ref> In September 2020, certain restrictions, including the prohibition of private gatherings and the closure of indoor dining rooms, were reinstated in the greater areas of Montreal and Quebec City.<ref name="montreal.ctvnews.ca">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-27|title=Red alert: Private gatherings banned as bars, eat-in dining close in three Quebec regions|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/red-alert-private-gatherings-banned-as-bars-eat-in-dining-close-in-three-quebec-regions-1.5122144|access-date=2020-09-29|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en}}</ref> As the end of the year approached, cases continued to rise, with daily case counts periodically breaking provincial records, prompting the Quebec government to tighten restrictions further and expand them to more regions. By early December, Quebec had reached a total of 100,000 cases of COVID-19.<ref name="timeline"/>

Following [[Health Canada]]'s approval of the [[Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine]] and the [[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine]], the [[COVID-19 vaccination in Quebec|vaccination campaign]] began in Quebec on December 14, 2020, with the first vaccine in Canada given to a [[Quebec City]] long-term care home resident.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aiello |first1=Rachel |last2=Forani |first2=Jonathan |title='V-Day': First COVID-19 vaccines administered in Canada |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/v-day-first-covid-19-vaccines-administered-in-canada-1.5230184 |date=2020-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911031557/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/v-day-first-covid-19-vaccines-administered-in-canada-1.5230184 |archive-date=2021-09-11}}</ref>

Quebec entered a province-wide [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdown]] on December 25, 2020 ([[Christmas Day]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kovac |first1=Adam |last2=Ross |first2=Selena |title=Quebec heads into 18-day lockdown; non-essential businesses to close from Dec. 25 to Jan. 11 |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-heads-into-18-day-lockdown-non-essential-businesses-to-close-from-dec-25-to-jan-11-1.5231341 |work=CTV News |date=2020-12-14}}</ref> and implemented a [[curfew]] on January 9, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Olivier |first1=Annabelle |title=Quebec imposes curfew, tightens lockdown restrictions as coronavirus health crisis deepens |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7558944/quebec-curfew-coronavirus-lockdown-measures/ |website=Global News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107160719/https://globalnews.ca/news/7558944/quebec-curfew-coronavirus-lockdown-measures/ |archive-date=2021-01-07}}</ref> In February 2021, as a result of a decline in cases, Quebec began to reopen the economy regionally, allowing for non-essential businesses to reopen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olivier |first1=Annabelle |title=Coronavirus: Quebec reopens non-essential businesses but curfew maintained |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7614925/coronavirus-quebec-reopens-non-essential-businesses/ |work=Global News |date=2021-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202225658/https://globalnews.ca/news/7614925/coronavirus-quebec-reopens-non-essential-businesses/ |archive-date=2021-02-02}}</ref> Schools, which had briefly moved to fully remote instruction, also reopened for in-person classes. The respite proved to be short-lived; soon after, in April, the reopening was reversed due to a third wave driven by new [[Variants of SARS-CoV-2|variants]] of the virus, especially the [[SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant|Alpha variant]]. Notably, gyms were forced to close again, capacity limits for places of worship were lowered, and a mixed model of in-person and remote instruction was enacted in high schools.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olivier |first1=Annabelle |title=Quebec imposes lockdown for 3 cities as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of Easter long weekend |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7731357/quebec-imposes-lockdown-for-3-cities-as-covid-19-cases-rise-ahead-of-easter-long-weekend/ |access-date=2021-04-02 |agency=Global News |date=2021-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Labbé |first1=Jérôme |title=Québec adopte des mesures " préventives " pour braver " le mois de tous les dangers " |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1782675/regles-sanitaires-covid-19-variants-quebec-zone-rouge-orange-jaune |access-date=2021-04-07 |agency=Radio-Canada |date=2021-04-06 |language=fr}}</ref>

As cases began to fall in tandem with the acceleration of the vaccination campaign in May,<ref name="CBC News">{{cite news |last1=Olson |first1=Isaac |title=Quebec to lift curfew, allow outdoor dining as of May 28 in first steps of reopening plan |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-announcing-lifting-of-covid-measures-1.6030812 |access-date=2021-05-19 |publisher=CBC News |date=2021-05-18}}</ref> restrictions started to loosen, with the curfew ending on May 28 in the entire province.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pringle |first1=Josh |last2=Cherron |first2=Jeremie |title=Police checkpoints will continue to limit non-essential travel as curfew ends, patios reopen in Gatineau |url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/police-checkpoints-will-continue-to-limit-non-essential-travel-as-curfew-ends-patios-reopen-in-gatineau-1.5446563 |access-date=2021-05-29 |publisher=CTV News |date=2021-05-28}}</ref> Restrictions were expected to continue to gradually lift over the summer, with the mask mandate meant to end at the end of August, but a fourth wave halted these plans.<ref name="CBC News"/> In order to avoid another lockdown as a result of the fourth wave, the province instituted a [[COVID-19 Vaccine Passport|vaccine passport]] system on September 1, 2021, becoming one of the first provinces in Canada to do so.<ref name="vaccPassports">{{cite news |last1=Cabrera |first1=Holly |last2=Olson |first2=Isaac |title=Facing onset of 4th wave of COVID-19 infections, Quebec to implement vaccine passport system |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-vaccine-passport-1.6130699 |access-date=2021-08-29 |work=CBC News |date=2021-08-05}}</ref> Despite this measure, a partial lockdown began on December 20, 2021, as the highly contagious [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant|Omicron variant]] generated record numbers of new cases.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stevenson |first1=Verity |title=Quebec shuts down schools, bars, gyms and more as COVID-19 case counts soar |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/new-closures-covid-19-quebec-1.6292622 |access-date=2021-12-21 |work=CBC News |date=2021-12-20}}</ref> The lockdown was tightened on [[New Year's Eve]], with restaurants being forced to close for indoor dining, private gatherings prohibited, and a curfew reinstated,<ref>
{{cite news |title=COVID-19: Quebec brings back nightly curfew, private gatherings prohibited, as cases soar
 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8480611/covid-19-quebec-brings-back-nightly-curfew-private-gatherings-prohibited-as-cases-soar/ |access-date=2021-12-31 |work=Global News |date=2021-12-30}}</ref> despite continuing concerns about the effectiveness of curfews to reduce cases.<ref name="curfew-1">{{cite news |last1=Lowrie |first1=Morgan |title=Montreal public health opposed December COVID-19 curfew, documents show |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8659566/montreal-public-health-december-covid-19-curfew/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |work=Global News |date=2022-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819203825/https://globalnews.ca/news/8659566/montreal-public-health-december-covid-19-curfew/ |archive-date=2022-08-19}}</ref><ref name="curfew-2">{{Cite web |title=Couvre-feu : aucun effet sur le nombre de cas {{!}} Montreal Economic Institute |url=https://www.iedm.org/couvre-feu-aucun-effet-sur-le-nombre-de-cas/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.iedm.org |date=January 5, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> 

[[Canada convoy protest|Protests]] against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions swept across Canada in January and February 2022 as the Omicron wave was dying down. Shortly after, several provinces began announcing the end of all measures, including mask mandates and the vaccine passport. Quebec, which had implemented some of the strictest measures in North America during the Omicron wave, took the least permissive approach among the provinces; in February 2022, with an estimated three million Quebecers having had contracted COVID-19,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Labbé |first1=Jérôme |title=Trois millions de Québécois auraient contracté la COVID-19 jusqu'ici |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1864310/pandemie-immunite-collective-cas-infections-totales-quebec |work=Radio-Canada |date=2022-02-23 |language=fr}}</ref> they announced a reopening plan that would include the gradual suspension of the vaccine passport by March 12 while maintaining the mask mandate, which had been in effect since July 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marchand |first1=Laura |title=Quebec plans to lift most pandemic restrictions by mid-March |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/legault-restrictions-feb8-1.6343661 |work=CBC News |date=2022-02-08}}</ref> Finally, on May 14, 2022, the mask mandate for most indoor spaces was lifted, making Quebec the last province to do so.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marchand |first1=Laura |title=Quebec's mask mandate is over. Here's what you need to know |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/qc-mask-mandate-1.6450650 |work=CBC News |date=2022-05-14}}</ref> However, masks remained mandatory in healthcare facilities, including hospitals and medical clinics,<ref>{{cite web |title=Wearing a mask or a face covering |url=https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/accidents-injuries-and-diseases-prevention/mask-or-face-covering/wearing-mask-or-face-covering |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218201141/https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/accidents-injuries-and-diseases-prevention/mask-or-face-covering/wearing-mask-or-face-covering |archive-date=2023-02-18}}</ref> until April 7, 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec relaxes mask requirements in health-care facilities |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-relaxes-mask-requirements-in-health-care-facilities-1.6346943 |work=CTV News |date=2023-04-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230415141836/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-relaxes-mask-requirements-in-health-care-facilities-1.6346943 |archive-date=2023-04-15}}</ref> The province also stopped recommending that everyone get a booster COVID-19 vaccine dose.<ref>{{Cite web |title=COVID-19: Quebec drops recommendation that all should get booster vaccine |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-covid-vaccine-recommendation-hybrid-immunity |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=montrealgazette |language=en-CA}}</ref>

== Vaccination ==
{{main|COVID-19 vaccination in Quebec}}
{{see also|COVID-19 vaccination in Canada}}

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[[File:COVID-19 Regional Alert Level System in Quebec Timeline.gif|thumb|right|Timeline of the COVID-19 regional alert level system in Quebec
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== Progressive regional alert and intervention system ==
On September 8, 2020, the province unveiled a four-tier, colour-coded system of regional health restrictions based on caseload and healthcare capacity. Tiers ranged from green to red, with each tier imposing progressively more severe restrictions than the last. Initially, only the most populated areas of Montreal and Quebec City were in the ''red zone''. However, by the time the winter wave hit its peak a few months later, all 18 regions of the province were either in the orange zone or the red zone. Over the remainder of the winter and the spring, Quebec slowly downgraded the alert level in each region. By June 28, 2021, all regions had entered the green zone, bringing an end to the regional alert system.

Throughout its entire duration, all tiers were subject to physical distancing, mandatory masking, and basic hygiene practices.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kassam|first=Iman |date=2020-09-08|title=Quebec unveils regional alert system to measure state of COVID-19 throughout province|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-unveils-regional-alert-system-to-measure-state-of-covid-19-throughout-province-1.5096307|access-date=2020-09-24|website=CTV News Montreal}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite web|title=Progressive regional alert and intervention system (COVID-19) |url=https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/progressive-regional-alert-and-intervention-system/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=quebec.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630084509/https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/progressive-regional-alert-and-intervention-system/map-of-covid-19-alert-levels-by-region/ |archive-date=2021-06-30}}</ref><ref name=":19">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-20|title=Montreal, two other Quebec regions to face stiffer restrictions under orange alert level |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-two-other-quebec-regions-to-face-stiffer-restrictions-under-orange-alert-level-1.5112432|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Montreal}}</ref>

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|+ class="nowrap" | Quebec progressive regional alert and intervention system as of June 28, 2021<ref name=":18" /><ref name="montreal.ctvnews.ca"/>
!Level
!Description
|-
|style="background:#2BFF00; color:black; text-align:center;"|1 - Vigilance
|Residents urged to remain vigilant and practise all basic health guidance.
* Private gatherings limited to 10 people from different households if held indoors, or 20 people if held outdoors. Social distancing and masks strongly recommended for people who are not fully vaccinated but not required.
* Weddings, funerals, and religious gatherings limited to 250 people.
* Restaurants open with a maximum of 10 people per table if indoors, or 20 people if outdoors.
* Indoor venues, such as stadiums and cinemas, limited to 500 people per section for a total of 7,500 people. Masks can be taken off once seated, as long as social distancing is maintained.
* Outdoor venues limited to 15,000 people.
* Bars, [[brasserie]]s, casinos, and taverns open with a maximum of 10 people per table if indoors, or 20 people if outdoors. Must end alcohol sales by 1:00&nbsp;a.m. and close by 2:00&nbsp;a.m.
* Sports competitions allowed with a maximum of 25 spectators if held indoors, or 50 spectators if held outdoors.
|-
|style="background:#FFF000; color:black; text-align:center;"|2 - Early Warning
|Actions may be taken to strengthen enforcement and compliance with existing basic measures:
* Private indoor gatherings limited to the residents of two households.
* Private outdoor gatherings limited to 8 people from different households or the residents of two households.
* Religious gatherings limited to 250 people.
* Weddings and funerals limited to 50 people.
* Restaurants open with a maximum of two households per table.
* Bars, brasseries, casinos, and taverns open with a maximum of two households per table. Must end food and drink sales by midnight and close by 2:00&nbsp;a.m. Must maintain log of customers' information for contact tracing purposes.
* Venues, such as stadiums and cinemas, limited to 250 people per section. Masks can be taken off once seated, as long as social distancing is maintained.
|-
|style="background:#FFAA00; color:black; text-align:center;"|3 - Alert
|Stronger restrictions and compliance measures are enforced to mitigate a heightened risk of infection:
* Private indoor gatherings prohibited with exceptions made for certain groups.
* Private outdoor gatherings of either a maximum of 8 people from different households or the residents of two households allowed.
* Religious gatherings limited to 100 people.
* Weddings and funerals limited to 25 people.
* Bars, brasseries, casinos, and taverns closed.
* Museums, zoos, aquariums, libraries, and cinemas open.
* Restaurants open with a maximum of either 2 adults from different households, accompanied by their minor children, or residents of the same household permitted per table.
* Indoor visits in long-term care homes restricted to 1 verified informal caregiver per day.
* Outdoor visits in long-term care homes restricted to 5 people per day.
* Stadiums open but limited to a total of 2,500 people, with a limit of 250 people per section.
* Gyms open and indoor sports permitted. Group activities limited to pairs and members of the same household when indoors and to eight people when outdoors.
* In-person [[extracurricular activities]] and [[field trips]] in schools permitted.
|-
|style="background:#FF0000; color:white; text-align:center;"|4 - Maximum Alert
|Targeted measures are employed against high-risk activities to mitigate a strong risk of infection, while aiming to avoid a "generalized" [[Stay-at-home order|lockdown]]:
* Private indoor gatherings prohibited with exceptions made for certain groups.
* Private outdoor gatherings of either a maximum of 8 people from different households or the residents of two households allowed.
* Religious gatherings limited to 25 people.
* Funerals limited to 25 people.
* Dine-in restaurants, bars, taverns, casinos closed. Restaurant patios open with a maximum of either 2 adults from different households, accompanied by their minor children, or residents of the same household permitted per table.
* Museums, zoos, aquariums, libraries, and cinemas open.
* Indoor visits in long-term care homes restricted to 1 verified informal caregiver per day.
* Outdoor visits in long-term care homes restricted to 3 people per day.
* Stadiums open but limited to a total of 2,500 people, with a limit of 250 people per section.
* Gyms closed. Indoor sports permitted in certain facilities if done individually, in pairs, or by members of the same household.
* In-person extracurricular activities prohibited, but field trips permitted.
|}

== Impact ==
{{Update|type=|date=December 2020|talksection=Needs updates|reason=Has not been updated since early 2020}}
{{Missing information|section|the role of national public health director [[Horacio Arruda]]|date=June 2020}}

=== Economic and financial ===

A month after the pandemic arrived in Quebec, the Minister of Finance, Éric Girard, predicted a budget deficit of between $10 and $15 billion for the year 2020. These figures were based on the assumption that 40% of the Quebec economy would be put on pause for a period of eight weeks while health spending increased.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1666185/debrouillage-signal-rdi-direct|title=EN DIRECT – Débrouillage du signal de la chaîne RDI pour suivre l'évolution du coronavirus {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Société-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052835/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1666185/debrouillage-signal-rdi-direct|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the Quebec economy proved more resilient than expected; after revisions,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Macdonald |first1=David |title=Disappearing Act: The state of provincial deficits in Canada |url=https://policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2022/03/Disappearing%20Act.pdf |website=Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027191439/https://policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2022/03/Disappearing%20Act.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-27}}</ref> the 2020 year saw a deficit of $4.2 billion,<ref>{{cite web |author1=Department of Finance Canada |title=Fiscal Reference Tables |url=https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/fin/publications/frt-trf/2021/frt-trf-21-eng.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126100415/https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/fin/publications/frt-trf/2021/frt-trf-21-eng.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Budget by the numbers – Autumn 2022&nbsp; Budget by the numbers – Autumn 2022 |url=http://www.budget.finances.gouv.qc.ca/budget-en-chiffres/external_assets/Quebec_Budgetary_Statistics_Fall_2022_f3035a5406.xlsx |website=Ministère des Finances |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bendali |first1=Nahila |title=La Vérif : les finances publiques sont-elles aussi sombres que le prétend le PCQ? |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1909293/finances-publiques-deficit-dette-pib |work=Radio-Canada |date=2022-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901000651/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1909293/finances-publiques-deficit-dette-pib |archive-date=2022-09-01 |language=fr}}</ref> representing about 1% of GDP, and a real GDP contraction of 5.3%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Real gross domestic product growth, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210503/g-a001-eng.htm |website=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211075919/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210503/g-a001-eng.htm |archive-date=2022-12-11 |date=2021-05-05}}</ref> In comparison to other Canadian provinces, this puts Quebec's economic performance at an above average level for the first year of the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Net operating balance as a percentage of gross domestic product, 2016 to 2020 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/211122/t002a-eng.htm |website=Statistics Canada |date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929003419/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/211122/t002a-eng.htm |archive-date=2022-09-29}}</ref> The next year witnessed myriad other improvements, including further easing of the deficit and real GDP growth by 6%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Provincial and territorial economic accounts, 2021 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221108/dq221108a-eng.htm |website=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108142210/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221108/dq221108a-eng.htm |archive-date=2022-11-08 |date=2022-11-08}}</ref>

In the months leading up to the pandemic, Quebec had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, hovering around 5%.<ref>{{cite web |title=In 2019, employment in Québec continued to grow and the unemployment rate was at its lowest since 1976 |url=https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/communique/in-2019-employment-in-quebec-continued-to-grow |website=Institut de la statistique du Québec |date=February 19, 2020 |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211083707/https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/communique/in-2019-employment-in-quebec-continued-to-grow |archive-date=2022-12-11}}</ref> During the initial period of uncertainty in spring 2020, with the economy effectively shut down, the rate jumped to 17%, the highest it had ever been since records began in 1976.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shingler |first1=Benjamin |title=Quebec unemployment rate soars to 17%, highest ever recorded |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-record-job-losses-april-1.5561165 |access-date=2022-12-11 |work=CBC News |date=2020-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051325/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-record-job-losses-april-1.5561165 |archive-date=2022-11-19}}</ref> While jobs began to return over the rest of the year, the average unemployment rate for the 2020 year remained well above normal, at 8.9%. Despite additional waves of the virus, the downward trend continued, falling to 6.1% in 2021 and hitting a record low of 3.8% unemployment in November 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monthly indicators: Employment and unemployment rates by administrative region |url=https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/produit/tableau/monthly-indicators-employment-and-unemployment-rates-by-administrative-region |website=Institut de la statistique du Québec |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211084103/https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/produit/tableau/monthly-indicators-employment-and-unemployment-rates-by-administrative-region |archive-date=2022-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Labour Force Survey, November 2022 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221202/dq221202a-eng.htm |website=Statistics Canada |date=December 2, 2022 |publisher=Government of Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209025440/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221202/dq221202a-eng.htm |archive-date=2022-12-09}}</ref>

The extent of the economic impact of the pandemic quickly sparked initiatives to promote [[local purchasing]], including the ''#OnSeSerreLesCoudes'' ("We stick together") social media campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/04/01/il-faut-se-serrer-les-coudes|title=COVID-19: une vingtaine d'entreprises d'ici font front commun pour encourager l'achat local|last=Gagnon|first=Jean-Michel Genois|website=Le Journal de Québec|date=April 2020 |access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406160917/https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/04/01/il-faut-se-serrer-les-coudes|url-status=live}}</ref> The Quebec government launched its own initiative, the ''[https://www.lepanierbleu.ca/ Panier Bleu]'', which is a website that lists Quebecois retailers offering online sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-urging-consumers-to-buy-local-online-as-businesses-remain-closed-due-to-covid-19-1.4884106|title=Quebec urging consumers to buy local online as businesses remain closed due to COVID-19|last=Thomas|first=Katelyn|date=2020-04-06|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411180235/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-urging-consumers-to-buy-local-online-as-businesses-remain-closed-due-to-covid-19-1.4884106|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2022, Panier Bleu became transactional, allowing users to make purchases on the site itself.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec's Panier bleu launches its transactional website |url=https://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/retail/quebecs-panier-bleu-launches-its-transactional-website |work=Montreal Gazette |date=2022-10-06}}</ref>

[[Hydro-Québec]], a provincial [[Crown corporations of Canada|Crown Corporation]], announced that its executives would be renouncing their salary increase for 2020 and that the bonuses for 2019 would be paid later in the year. In addition, Hydro-Quebec donated 125,000 protective masks to the Quebec government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/202004/03/01-5267891-les-dirigeants-dhydro-quebec-renoncent-a-leurs-augmentations.php|title=Les dirigeants d'Hydro-Québec renoncent à leurs augmentations|date=2020-04-03|newspaper=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406043136/https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/202004/03/01-5267891-les-dirigeants-dhydro-quebec-renoncent-a-leurs-augmentations.php|url-status=live |last1=Baril |first1=Hélène }}</ref>

==== Government aid ====
On March 16, 2020, the government of Quebec announced financial compensation to workers who had to quarantine after having travelled abroad. The program, named ''Programme d'aide temporaire aux travailleurs touchés par le coronavirus'' (PATT), paid $573 per week for two weeks to eligible workers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/202003/16/01-5264925-isolement-quebec-cree-une-aide-pour-des-travailleurs.php|title=Isolement: Québec crée une aide pour des travailleurs|date=2020-03-16|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=March 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317150236/https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/202003/16/01-5264925-isolement-quebec-cree-une-aide-pour-des-travailleurs.php|url-status=live |last1=Chouinard |first1=Tommy }}</ref>

On March 19, the ''Temporary Concerted Action Program for Businesses'' (PACTE) was introduced.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions |title=COVID-19: $50 Million for Montréal's Small Businesses |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/covid-19-50-million-for-montreal-s-small-businesses-807579990.html |website=Cision |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030164702/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/covid-19-50-million-for-montreal-s-small-businesses-807579990.html |archive-date=2020-10-30 |date=2020-06-08}}</ref> The program, worth $2.5 billion, offered loans starting at $50,000 to businesses experiencing supply or delivery issues.<ref>{{cite web |title=Programme d'action concertée temporaire pour les entreprises (PACTE) |url=https://www.investquebec.com/quebec/fr/produits-financiers/toutes-nos-solutions/programme-daction-concertee-temporaire-pour-les-entreprises-pacte.html |website=Investissement Québec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321101900/https://www.investquebec.com/quebec/fr/produits-financiers/toutes-nos-solutions/programme-daction-concertee-temporaire-pour-les-entreprises-pacte.html|archive-date=2020-03-21|language=fr}}</ref> Two weeks later, the Minister of the Economy, [[Pierre Fitzgibbon]], announced $150 million in expenditure for an ''Emergency aid for small and medium-sized businesses'' program that aimed to fill the gap left by PACTE and make sure that smaller businesses, who needed loans of less than the minimum of $50,000, did not fall through the cracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690731/quebec-pme-aide-economique-coronavirus|title=Aide aux entreprises : Québec débloque 150 millions de dollars {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Économie-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 3, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406080650/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690731/quebec-pme-aide-economique-coronavirus|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=LeBlanc-LaPointe |first1=Brigitte |last2=de Fazekas |first2=Anthony |title=COVID-19: Funding and financial relief programs for startups and small businesses |url=https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/826bb10c/quebec-covid-19-funding-and-financial-relief-programs-for-startups-and-small-businesses |website=Norton Rose Fulbright |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127141959/https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/826bb10c/quebec-covid-19-funding-and-financial-relief-programs-for-startups-and-small-businesses |archive-date=2020-11-27}}</ref> Both aid programs ended in June 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aide aux entreprises : Québec annonce la fin de certains programmes de soutien |trans-title=Assistance for businesses: Quebec announces the end of certain aid measures|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1889698/covid-pandemie-aide-entreprise-quebec-paupme-pacte |work=Radio-Canada |date=2022-06-09 |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615195447/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1889698/covid-pandemie-aide-entreprise-quebec-paupme-pacte|archive-date=2022-06-15}}</ref>

On March 20, the government of Quebec announced that interest on student loans would be suspended for the next six months starting on April 1, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1679446/pret-etudiant-dette-coronavirus|title=COVID-19 : un répit de six mois pour le remboursement des dettes d'études {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Économie-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 21, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321040817/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1679446/pret-etudiant-dette-coronavirus|url-status=live |trans-title=COVID-19: a six-month respite for the repayment of student debt}}</ref> This relief measure was later extended until March 31, 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec budget 2022: Province will cover student loan interest for another year |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-budget-2022-province-will-cover-student-loan-interest-for-another-year |work=Montreal Gazette |date=2022-03-22|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221216064842/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-budget-2022-province-will-cover-student-loan-interest-for-another-year|archive-date=2022-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Suspension of interest for student debt (COVID-19) |url=https://www.quebec.ca/en/education/student-financial-assistance/suspension-interest |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829230849/https://www.quebec.ca/en/education/student-financial-assistance/suspension-interest |archive-date=2022-08-29}}</ref>

==== Layoffs ====
On March 15, 2020, the Antonopoulos group — owner of many hotels and restaurants in Old Montreal — announced to its employees that several layoffs were expected.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2429748/des-mises-a-pied-a-prevoir-dans-plusieurs-secteurs-en-lien-avec-le-coronavirus/|title=Des mises à pied à prévoir en lien avec le coronavirus à Montréal |last=Vézina|first=Henri Ouellette|date=2020-03-16|newspaper=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406192447/https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2429748/des-mises-a-pied-a-prevoir-dans-plusieurs-secteurs-en-lien-avec-le-coronavirus/|url-status=live |trans-title=Layoffs to be expected in connection with the coronavirus in Montreal}}</ref> Groupe Sportscene (owner of [[sports bar]] chain La Cage) laid off 2,200 of its 2,500 employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/18/des-mises-a-pied-par-milliers|title=Crise du coronavirus: des mises à pied par milliers|last=Larocque|first=Sylvain|newspaper=Le Journal de Montréal|date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406192446/https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/18/des-mises-a-pied-par-milliers|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cirque du Soleil]] announced the temporary layoff of 4,679 employees, representing almost 95% of its workforce.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1675972/le-cirque-du-soleil-met-a-pied-95-de-son-personnel|title=Le Cirque du Soleil met à pied 95% de son personnel {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Arts-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 19, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410162237/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1675972/le-cirque-du-soleil-met-a-pied-95-de-son-personnel|url-status=live |trans-title=Cirque du Soleil lays off 95% of its staff}}</ref> On March 26, [[Cogeco|Cogeco Media]] announced that it would lay off 130 employees, representing a quarter of their workforce.<ref>{{Citation|last=Nouvelles|first=T. V. A.|title=Crise du coronavirus: Cogeco Média procède à la mise à pied de 130 employés, soit 25% de ses effectifs|date=March 26, 2020 |url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/26/crise-du-coronavirus-cogeco-media-procede-a-la-mise-a-pied-de-130-employes-soit-25--de-ses-effectifs|access-date=2020-04-06 |archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406192445/https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/26/crise-du-coronavirus-cogeco-media-procede-a-la-mise-a-pied-de-130-employes-soit-25--de-ses-effectifs|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 6, [[CAE Inc.|CAE]] announced the layoff of approximately 2,600 employees, representing just over a quarter of their workforce.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/202004/06/01-5268177-cae-sabre-pres-du-quart-de-son-effectif-en-raison-de-la-covid-19.php|title=c|date=2020-04-06|newspaper=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406160605/https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/202004/06/01-5268177-cae-sabre-pres-du-quart-de-son-effectif-en-raison-de-la-covid-19.php|url-status=live |last1=Arsenault |first1=Julien }}</ref> Four months into the pandemic, with demand in the aerospace sector still well below normal, [[Bombardier Inc.|Bombardier]] announced a layoff of 2,500 workers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mignacca |first1=Franca G. |title=Bombardier to lay off 2,500 workers as demand for business jets drops amid pandemic |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bombardier-layoff-quebec-1.5599665 |work=CBC News |date=2020-06-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200606013035/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bombardier-layoff-quebec-1.5599665 |archive-date=2020-06-06}}</ref>

Though most layoffs occurred in the private sector,<ref name="labour2020">{{cite web |title=Review of the labour market in 2020: Québec lost nearly 210,000 jobs due to the pandemic |url=https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/communique/review-of-the-labour-market-in-2020-quebec-lost-nearly-210000-jobs-due-to-the-pandemic |website=Institut de la statistique du Québec |date=February 22, 2021 |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718175052/https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/communique/review-of-the-labour-market-in-2020-quebec-lost-nearly-210000-jobs-due-to-the-pandemic |archive-date=2022-07-18}}</ref> on March 24, the City of Quebec laid off nearly 2,000 employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1684554/emploi-coronavirus-ville-quebec-pertes|title=2000 employés mis à pied à la Ville de Québec {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Politique-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 24, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406192456/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1684554/emploi-coronavirus-ville-quebec-pertes|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 4, more than half of municipal workers in [[Donnacona]] were laid off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1691122/covid-19-donnacona-employes-municipaux-mises-pied-csn|title=Des mises à pied massives qui passent mal à la Ville de Donnacona {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Politique-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 4, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406192522/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1691122/covid-19-donnacona-employes-municipaux-mises-pied-csn|url-status=live}}</ref> In Lévis, the city laid off 353 temporary employees for three weeks. [[Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures]] and [[L'Ancienne-Lorette]] also laid off fifty employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1685582/covid-19-mises-a-pied-villes-municipalites-quebec-crise-economique|title=Mises à pied à Lévis, L'Ancienne-Lorette et Saint-Augustin {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Politique-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 24, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406213944/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1685582/covid-19-mises-a-pied-villes-municipalites-quebec-crise-economique|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In total, about 210,000 jobs were lost in Quebec in 2020.<ref name="labour2020"/>

=== Healthcare system ===
Since March 15, 2020, anyone who has left a health [[professional order]], such as the {{Interlanguage link|Order of Nurses of Quebec|lt=Order of Nurses of Quebec|fr|Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec|WD=Q3355691}}, may begin practicing that profession again, without charge, as long as they have not been out of the order for more than 5 years, and are not over 70 years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/adm/min/sante-services-sociaux/publications-adm/lois-reglements/AM_numero_2020-004.pdf?1584380124|title=Arrêté numéro 2020-004 de la ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux en date du 15 mars, (2020) 152 G.O.Q. II, 1103A|date=2020-03-15|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-02|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407095459/https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/adm/min/sante-services-sociaux/publications-adm/lois-reglements/AM_numero_2020-004.pdf?1584380124|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/covid-19-l-oiiq-facilitera-le-retour-a-la-profession-infirmiere-841833665.html|title=COVID-19 : l'OIIQ facilitera le retour à la profession infirmière|date=2020-03-17|publisher=News Wire|language=fr |access-date=2020-05-02|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502204149/https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/covid-19-l-oiiq-facilitera-le-retour-a-la-profession-infirmiere-841833665.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 31, Premier Legault warned of potential shortages of medical supplies within the next week, including [[personal protective equipment]], and announced that Premier of Ontario [[Doug Ford]] had agreed to divert some of its shipments of medical equipment to the province.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6755471/quebec-coronavirus-march-31/|title=Quebec coronavirus cases soar past 4,000 as medical equipment shortage looms|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172503/https://globalnews.ca/news/6755471/quebec-coronavirus-march-31/|url-status=live}}</ref> The province of [[Alberta]] also announced on April 11 that they would be sending 250,000 [[N95 masks]], 2 million procedural masks, and 15 million gloves to Quebec.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alberta to send personal protective equipment to Ontario, Quebec, B.C.|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-to-send-personal-protective-equipment-to-ontario-quebec-b-c-1.5529989|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419010931/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-to-send-personal-protective-equipment-to-ontario-quebec-b-c-1.5529989|work=CBC News |date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref>

On April 2, a salary bonus of 8% to all healthcare professionals on the front line, including paramedics, and a bonus of 4% to the rest of the network's employees was announced by ministers [[Christian Dubé (politician)|Christian Dubé]] and [[Danielle McCann]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690608/coronavirus-primes-sante-dube-mccann-annonce|title=Des " primes COVID-19 " de 8 % ou 4 % pour des travailleurs de la santé au Québec {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Politique-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 2, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405200639/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690608/coronavirus-primes-sante-dube-mccann-annonce|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/04/05/covid-19-les-paramedics-outres-du-montant-de-leur-prime-1|title=Les ambulanciers auront leur juste prime COVID-19|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=April 5, 2020 |access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406151735/https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/04/05/covid-19-les-paramedics-outres-du-montant-de-leur-prime-1|url-status=live}}</ref> A salary increase of $4.00 per hour was also granted to the 34,000 patient attendants in long-term care homes for a period of 16 weeks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/02/01-5267620-quebec-bonifie-la-remuneration-de-milliers-de-travailleurs-dans-la-sante.php|title=Québec bonifie la rémunération de milliers de travailleurs dans la santé|date=2020-04-02|newspaper=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404195207/https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/02/01-5267620-quebec-bonifie-la-remuneration-de-milliers-de-travailleurs-dans-la-sante.php|url-status=live |last1=Lévesque |first1=Lia }}</ref> A month later, a further bonus of up to $1,000 per month was given to full-time CHSLD workers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Colin |title=Quebec announces new bonuses for front-line health-care workers in fight against COVID-19 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-health-care-bonuses-quebec-1.5560287 |work=CBC News |date=2020-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524185903/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-health-care-bonuses-quebec-1.5560287 |archive-date=2022-05-24}}</ref> In September 2021, with the healthcare system still reeling from staff shortages, the Quebec government offered a lump-sum of $15,000 to new full-time nurses and $12,000 to former nurses who return to the practice. Existing nurses, meanwhile, could receive up to $18,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stevenson |first1=Verity |title=Quebec to offer nurses bonuses of up to $18K to end staffing crisis |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-plan-nursing-staffing-crisis-1.6186971 |work=CBC News |date=2021-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121110347/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-plan-nursing-staffing-crisis-1.6186971 |archive-date=2022-11-21}}</ref>

On April 5, the Quebec government began to centralize the purchase of drugs, and sought to find an alternative drug for [[propofol]], out of fear of a shortage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/04/01-5268066-quebec-centralise-lachat-de-medicaments.php|title=Québec centralise l'achat de médicaments|date=2020-04-05|newspaper=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406174722/https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/04/01-5268066-quebec-centralise-lachat-de-medicaments.php|url-status=live |last1=Chouinard |first1=Tommy |last2=Lévesque |first2=Fanny }}</ref>

On May 5, Premier Legault revealed that 11,200 workers in the healthcare system were absent.<ref name="PressConference">{{Cite web|title=Conférence de presse de M. François Legault, premier ministre et Mme Marguerite Blais, ministre responsable des Aînés et des Proches aidants|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/conferences-points-presse/ConferencePointPresse-60025.html|date=May 5, 2020|website=Assemblée Nationale du Québec|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530020346/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/conferences-points-presse/ConferencePointPresse-60025.html|archive-date=May 30, 2020 |trans-title=Press conference by Mr. François Legault, Premier and Mrs. Marguerite Blais, Minister responsible for Seniors and Caregivers}}</ref> Two days later, that number had increased to 11,600.<ref>{{cite web|title=Conférence de presse de M. François Legault, premier ministre et M. Christian Dubé, président du Conseil du trésor|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/conferences-points-presse/ConferencePointPresse-60119.html|date=May 7, 2020|website=Assemblée Nationale du Québec|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523234819/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/conferences-points-presse/ConferencePointPresse-60119.html|archive-date=May 23, 2020 |trans-title=Press conference by Mr. François Legault, Premier and Mr. Christian Dubé, President of the Treasury Board}}</ref> Of the workers who were present, only 50% were working full-time.<ref name="PressConference"/>

The ''Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec'', a union representing healthcare workers, suggests that over the first year of the pandemic, 4,000 nurses in Quebec quit the profession.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lévesque |first1=Lia |title=Quebec lost 4,000 nurses over the past year, union leader says |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-lost-4000-nurses-over-the-past-year-union-leader-says |work=Montreal Gazette |date=2021-06-21|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230129002249/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-lost-4000-nurses-over-the-past-year-union-leader-says|archive-date=2023-01-29}}</ref> Despite government initiatives to try to entice new and former workers into the profession, staffing shortages continued to be problematic throughout the pandemic; nearly two years after its onset, an estimated 20,000 healthcare workers were missing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cousineau |first1=Marie-Eve |title=Un raz-de-marée Omicron au Québec, dit le ministre Dubé |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/658464/christian-dube-fait-le-point-sur-la-covid-19 |work=Le Devoir |date=2022-01-07 |language=fr}}</ref> Indeed, a survey by [[Statistics Canada]], conducted from September 2021 to November 2021, revealed that 12.7% of healthcare workers in Quebec wanted to leave their "current job" within the next two years, with nurses being the most likely to report intention to leave.<ref>{{cite web |title=Experiences of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, September to November 2021 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/220603/dq220603a-eng.pdf?st=-S8hEGsN |website=Statistics Canada |date=2022-06-03 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205022524/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/220603/dq220603a-eng.pdf?st=-S8hEGsN|archive-date=2023-02-05}}</ref> Nonetheless, the Quebec government began phasing out many of their ''prime COVID'' initiatives in spring 2022, including pay bonuses.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ouellette-Vezina |first1=Henri |title=Québec abandonnera la « prime COVID » |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/2022-03-11/personnel-de-la-sante/quebec-abandonnera-la-prime-covid.php |work=LaPresse |date=2022-03-11 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Modifications aux mesures incitatives pour le personnel du réseau de la santé et des services sociaux et des milieux privés |url=https://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/ministere/salle-de-presse/communique-3476/ |website=Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230211034252/https://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/ministere/salle-de-presse/communique-3476/ |archive-date=2023-02-11 |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Long-term care facilities ===
{{see also|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term care facilities}}
[[File:Résidence Herron, Dorval.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|CHSLD Herron, where 47 long-term care residents died between March 13 and May 31, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Sidhartha|date=2021-03-31 |title=Long-term care residents at CHSLD Herron reach $5.5-million settlement|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/long-term-care-residents-at-chsld-herron-reach-5-5-million-settlement-1.5369747|access-date=2021-04-07|publisher=CTV News}}</ref>]]

As of April 1, 2020, 519 [[Nursing home care|long-term care facilities]] in Quebec, including both lodging centres for long-term care ({{lang-fr|centre d'hébergement de soins de longue durée}}, CHSLD) and private seniors' residences ({{lang-fr|résidence privée pour aînés}}, RPA),<ref>{{cite web|title=Private seniors' residences|url=https://www.quebec.ca/en/homes-and-housing/renting/private-seniors-residences/ |website=quebec.ca|access-date=2020-05-25|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728231115/https://www.quebec.ca/en/homes-and-housing/renting/private-seniors-residences/|url-status=live}}</ref> had at least one confirmed case of COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-april-1-1.5517164|title=COVID-19 in Quebec: Staying away from seniors' homes a matter of 'life or death', Legault says|last=Shingler|first=Benjamin|date=2020-04-01|publisher=CBC News|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413020022/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-april-1-1.5517164|url-status=live}}</ref> As of April 30, a total of 6603 residents in CHSLDs and RPAs had been infected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Situation dans les milieux de vie pour personnes aînées et vulnérables|url=https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-19/Tableau-milieux-de-vie-COVID-19.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418170444/https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/covid-19/Tableau-milieux-de-vie-COVID-19.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2020|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> Nearly half of Quebec's deaths from the pandemic have occurred in long-term care facilities.<ref name=":15"/>

CHSLD Sainte-Dorothee in [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]] has had one of the largest outbreaks; on April 8, it was reported that at least 115 of its 250 residents had been infected, and that there had been at least 13 deaths.<ref name=":12">{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/workers-speak-out-at-nursing-home-where-nearly-half-of-residents-have-covid-19-1.4889311|title=Workers speak out at nursing home where nearly half of residents have COVID-19|date=2020-04-08|website=CTV News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413112022/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/workers-speak-out-at-nursing-home-where-nearly-half-of-residents-have-covid-19-1.4889311|url-status=live}}</ref> The same day, Premier Legault announced that the province would deploy 500 nurses, 450 doctors, and more equipment to long-term care facilities in order to help reduce their burden.<ref name=":12"/>

At least 150 cases have been connected to [[CHSLD Herron]], located in the Montreal suburb of [[Dorval]].<ref name=":10">{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-takes-charge-of-seniors-home-after-reports-of-death-unhygienic-conditions-1.4891741|title=Quebec takes charge of seniors' home after reports of death, unhygienic conditions|last=Kovac|first=Adam|date=2020-04-10|website=CTV News Montreal|access-date=2020-04-12|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411230859/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-takes-charge-of-seniors-home-after-reports-of-death-unhygienic-conditions-1.4891741|url-status=live}}</ref> There were also reports of neglect and poor living conditions at the facility, with staff having deserted the facility since March 29, and health care workers describing it as being akin to a horror movie or a [[concentration camp]], due to discovering unhygienic living conditions, and residents neglected for nourishment and personal hygiene.<ref name=":10"/><ref name=":11">{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/public-health-police-find-bodies-feces-at-dorval-seniors-residence-sources|title=Public health, police find bodies, feces at Dorval seniors' residence: sources|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411090246/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/public-health-police-find-bodies-feces-at-dorval-seniors-residence-sources/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/11/01-5268926-film-dhorreur-dans-un-chsld.php|title="Film d'horreur" dans un CHSLD |trans-title="Horror film" in a CHSLD|date=2020-04-11|newspaper=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411140316/https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/11/01-5268926-film-dhorreur-dans-un-chsld.php|url-status=live |last1=Larouche |first1=Vincent |last2=Duchaine |first2=Gabrielle |last3=Chouinard |first3=Tommy }}</ref> On April 10, Health Minister McCann announced that an investigation would be launched into the facility, which had been placed under provincial trusteeship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6807585/coronavirus-dorval-residence/|title=Coronavirus: 31 dead, elderly covered in feces at Dorval long-term care facility |publisher=Global News|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412002224/https://globalnews.ca/news/6807585/coronavirus-dorval-residence/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":10"/><ref name=":11"/>

On April 11, the province reported that there had been 31 deaths at CHSLD Herron over the last month, with at least five attributed to COVID-19. CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSSOIM) president Lynne McVey stated that the facility's owner was uncooperative, preventing authorities from obtaining the health records of its residents until April 8.<ref name=":13">{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-premier-legault-confirms-31-dead-at-dorval-care-residence/|title=COVID-19: Quebec to inspect 40 private nursing homes after 31 deaths in Dorval residence|date=2020-03-12|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924012526/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-premier-legault-confirms-31-dead-at-dorval-care-residence/|url-status=live}}</ref> Quebec's coroner's office and the [[Service de police de la Ville de Montréal|Montreal police]] are also investigating.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/as-investigations-into-deaths-begin-families-describe-history-of-neglect-at-maison-herron-1.4893298|title=As investigations into deaths begin, families describe history of neglect at Maison Herron|last=Kovac|first=Matt Grillo, Amanda Kline and Adam|date=2020-04-12|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=April 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413124202/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/as-investigations-into-deaths-begin-families-describe-history-of-neglect-at-maison-herron-1.4893298|url-status=live}}</ref>

That weekend, teams were sent to all 41 private CHSLDs in the province to evaluate their response to the pandemic.<ref name=":14">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-april-12-1.5530217|title=Quebec's private nursing homes under scrutiny as COVID-19 death toll rises to 328|date=2020-04-12|publisher=CBC News|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413203652/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-april-12-1.5530217|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 12, AELDPQ (an association representing Quebec's private CHSLDs) sent a letter to Minister McCann, accusing the province of breaking promises to increase funding for private CHSLDs, not displaying equal scrutiny towards public facilities, cutting off private facilities' procurement of [[personal protective equipment]] via provincial suppliers, and not providing promised emergency funding for them to purchase PPE (requiring them to cover their own costs).<ref name=":14" />

On April 13, Premier Legault presented findings from the evaluations, reporting that the "vast majority" of private CHSLDs were "very well managed," but that there were several that required further monitoring and that the province would now be inspecting all 2,600 CHSLDs. He admitted that pre-existing issues with under-staffing at the facilities due to low wages may have been exacerbated by the pandemic, and announced plans to give temporary bonuses to attendants and [[Orderly|orderlies]], pending negotiations with unions to raise wages outright.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6811472/coronavirus-quebec-april-13/|title=Coronavirus: Pre-existing staff shortages exacerbating situation in Quebec long-term care homes|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416151015/https://globalnews.ca/news/6811472/coronavirus-quebec-april-13/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-all-2-600-seniors-residences-in-quebec-will-be-inspected-premier-legault-says-1.4893917|title=COVID-19: All 2,600 seniors' residences in Quebec will be inspected, Premier Legault says|last=Boshra|first=Basem|date=2020-04-13 |publisher=CTV News Montreal|access-date=2020-04-14|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414065041/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-all-2-600-seniors-residences-in-quebec-will-be-inspected-premier-legault-says-1.4893917|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 14, Premier Legault announced that Quebec would allow residents of CHSLDs to receive visits from a pre-existing primary caregiver beginning April 16.<ref name=":15">{{cite web |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-quebec-to-ease-restrictions-on-visiting-seniors-residences-premier-legault-says-1.4895261|title=COVID-19: Quebec to ease restrictions on visiting seniors' residences, premier Legault says|last=Boshra|first=Basem|date=2020-04-14|publisher=CTV News Montreal|access-date=2020-04-15|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415113254/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-quebec-to-ease-restrictions-on-visiting-seniors-residences-premier-legault-says-1.4895261|url-status=live}}</ref> The same day, the owners of CHSLD Herron sent a letter to Legault accusing CIUSSSOIM of engaging in a [[cover-up]], claiming that 28 of the deaths reported had actually occurred after the facility was placed under trusteeship on March 29, disputing that they had not allowed them access to health records until April 8, and that "no communication was made to the families of the residents by the representatives of the CIUSSSOIM, despite numerous requests made to that effect by the employees as well as members of the management of the CHLSD Herron."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/maison-herron-owners-take-complaints-to-premier-s-office-1.4896252|title=Maison Herron owners take complaints to premier's office|last=Rowe|first=Daniel J.|date=2020-04-14|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-15|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415140238/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/maison-herron-owners-take-complaints-to-premier-s-office-1.4896252|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 16, the Montreal Regional Director of Public Health, Mylène Drouin, stated that outbreaks of COVID-19 had affected at least 75% of long-term care facilities in the city.<ref name="radio-canadaici">{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1694495/chsld-bilan-deces-chiffres-ciusss-transparence-quebec-coronavirus-covid|title=55 morts dans un CHSLD : dégradation fulgurante dans le Grand Montréal {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Santé-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 16, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061047/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1694495/chsld-bilan-deces-chiffres-ciusss-transparence-quebec-coronavirus-covid|url-status=live}}</ref> Two days later, the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] began to deploy 125 workers — including nurses and other support staff — to assist CHSLDs in managing the outbreak and augmenting staff.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/military-deployed-to-care-homes-in-quebec-to-help-curb-spread-of-covid-19-1.4904742|title=Military deployed to care homes in Quebec to help curb spread of COVID-19|date=2020-04-20|publisher=CTV News Montreal|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=April 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427135929/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/military-deployed-to-care-homes-in-quebec-to-help-curb-spread-of-covid-19-1.4904742|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6838112/coronavirus-canadian-armed-forces-montreal-seniors-residences/|title=Canadian Forces arrive at Montreal seniors' residences, health authorities rushing to train volunteers|publisher=Global News|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426013749/https://globalnews.ca/news/6838112/coronavirus-canadian-armed-forces-montreal-seniors-residences/|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 22, Premier Legault announced that the province had requested an additional 1,000 workers to "give us more resources to help us with non-medical tasks".<ref name=":16">{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-requests-1-000-armed-forces-members-to-help-out-in-embattled-seniors-homes-1.4906875|title=Quebec requests 1,000 Armed Forces members to help out in embattled seniors' homes|date=2020-04-22|publisher=CTV News Montreal|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426144411/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-requests-1-000-armed-forces-members-to-help-out-in-embattled-seniors-homes-1.4906875|url-status=live}}</ref>

On May 5, 2020, Premier Legault announced that some restrictions in uninfected RPAs would be lifted, allowing residents to go for walks unaccompanied and to meet with family outdoors, as long as social distancing measures were being respected.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quebec relaxing COVID-19 restrictions on some seniors' homes|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-may-5-1.5555549|access-date=11 May 2020|publisher=CBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511075659/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-may-5-1.5555549|archive-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>

On June 4, 2021, the government announced that more restrictions would be lifted in CHSLDs and RPAs. In green zones, residents will be able to receive 9 visitors. In yellow zones, residents will be able to receive visitors from a single "bubble", usually consisting of one household.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ouellette-Vézina|first1=Henri|last2=Pilon-Larose|first2=Hugo|title=Les aînés retrouvent un peu de liberté |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/2021-06-04/allegements-aux-mesures-sanitaires/les-aines-retrouvent-un-peu-de-liberte.php|access-date=2021-06-12|newspaper=La Presse|date=2021-06-04|language=fr}}</ref>

On August 26, 2021, the investigation into CHSLD Herron ended with no criminal charges laid.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lau |first1=Rachel |title=No criminal charges in CHSLD Herron case after investigation into COVID-19 deaths |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/no-criminal-charges-in-chsld-herron-case-after-investigation-into-covid-19-deaths-1.5562053 |access-date=2021-08-27 |publisher=CTV News |date=2021-08-24}}</ref>

In 2021, an analysis conducted by two economists found that if Quebec had had similar rates of death in long-term care homes as in some European countries, up to 6,700 lives could have been saved.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quebec's COVID-19 LTC Disaster: Up to 6,700 Lives Could Have Been Saved|url=https://www.iedm.org/quebecs-covid-19-ltc-disaster-up-to-6700-lives-could-have-been-saved/|publisher=IEDM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223162007/https://www.iedm.org/quebecs-covid-19-ltc-disaster-up-to-6700-lives-could-have-been-saved/|archive-date=2021-12-23|date=2021-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Près de 6700 morts évitables au Québec|date=April 8, 2021 |url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2021/04/08/pres-de-6700-morts-evitables-au-quebec|access-date=2021-12-10|publisher=TVA Nouvelles}}</ref>

=== Travel restrictions ===
[[Image:Quebec COVID-19 border crossing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left|On April 1, 2020, border checkpoints such as this one on the [[Alexandra Bridge]] in [[Gatineau]] were implemented.]]

As of March 16, the [[Montréal–Trudeau International Airport]] is one of only four airports across the country that is accepting international flights to Canada from outside the [[Caribbean]], [[Mexico]], and the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Kathleen|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbsa-border-airports-screening-trudeau-covid19-coronavirus-1.5498866|title=Canada to bar entry to travellers who are not citizens, permanent residents or Americans|date=March 16, 2020|access-date=March 16, 2020|publisher=CBC News|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719210119/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbsa-border-airports-screening-trudeau-covid19-coronavirus-1.5498866|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Quebec government has advised against non-essential interprovincial travel. On March 28, regional access to the regions of [[Bas-Saint-Laurent]], [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]], [[Côte-Nord]], [[Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean]], [[Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine]], [[Nord-du-Québec]], [[Nunavik]] and [[Eeyou Istchee (territory)|Eeyou Istchee]] have been restricted by police roadblocks and airport controls.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1689260/coronavirus-quebec-bilan-morts-montreal-etat-urgence|title=Des barrages routiers limitent l'accès à huit régions du Québec|website=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415081152/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1689260/coronavirus-quebec-bilan-morts-montreal-etat-urgence|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/conferences-points-presse/ConferencePointPresse-58603.html|title=Conférence de presse de Mme Geneviève Guilbault, vice-première ministre et Mme Danielle McCann, ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux|date=March 28, 2020|website=Assemblée nationale du Québec|language=fr|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330150759/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/conferences-points-presse/ConferencePointPresse-58603.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 1, security checkpoints were implemented in several municipalities in the [[Lanaudiere]] region, the [[Laurentian Mountains|Laurentians]], [[La Tuque, Quebec|La Tuque]], and the [[Outaouais]] region (including the [[Ontario]] border), to restrict non-essential travel into the regions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/security-checkpoints-added-in-several-quebec-regions-to-limit-the-spread-of-covid-19-1.4877441|title=Security checkpoints added in several Quebec regions to limit the spread of COVID-19|last=Thomas|first=Katelyn|date=2020-04-01|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411174012/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/security-checkpoints-added-in-several-quebec-regions-to-limit-the-spread-of-covid-19-1.4877441|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/10-of-motorists-turned-around-at-ottawa-gatineau-border-this-weekend-gatineau-police-1.4884527|title=10% of motorists turned around at Ottawa-Gatineau border this weekend: Gatineau Police|last=Pringle|first=Josh|date=2020-04-06|website=Ottawa|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411174010/https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/10-of-motorists-turned-around-at-ottawa-gatineau-border-this-weekend-gatineau-police-1.4884527|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Justice ===
Since March 15, 2020, all hearings before a judicial administrative court must be held behind closed doors, and all visits (except those of lawyers) to a detention facility in Quebec were suspended.<ref>Arrêté numéro 2020-004 de la ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux en date du 15 mars 2020.</ref> All decisions of the [[Régie du logement|Tribunal administratif du logement]] authorizing the resumption of housing or the eviction of the tenant were suspended.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barreau.qc.ca/fr/actualites/avis-aux-membres/covid19/|title=COVID-19|last=Québec|first=Le Barreau du|website=Le Barreau du Québec|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323092036/https://www.barreau.qc.ca/fr/actualites/avis-aux-membres/covid19/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since March 16, all appeals to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada in March, April and May 2020 have been postponed to June 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news/fr/item/6833/index.do|title=Cour suprême du Canada - Renseignements sur les dossiers de la Cour - Recherche|last=Canada|first=Cour suprême du|date=2001-01-01|website=decisions.scc-csc.ca|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=April 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423160824/https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news/fr/item/6833/index.do|url-status=live}}</ref> just as the hearings convened from March 16 to April 30, 2020, before the Quebec Access to Information Commission were cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cai.gouv.qc.ca/covid-19-avis-important-mise-a-jour-31-03-2020/|title=COVID-19 : Avis important – Mise à jour {{!}} Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec|website=www.cai.gouv.qc.ca|date=March 31, 2020 |access-date=2020-04-21|archive-date=May 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506070310/https://www.cai.gouv.qc.ca/covid-19-avis-important-mise-a-jour-31-03-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since March 19, orders made by the Court of Quebec that allowed children of the DPJ to maintain physical contact with their biological parents were suspended.<ref>Arrêté numéro 2020-006 de la ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux en date du 19 mars 2020.</ref>

Since March 20, individuals who served an intermittent sentence were on medical leave, and all deadline to introduce a case in front of the Tribunal administratif du Québec, the Tribunal administratif du travail, the Tribunal administratif des marchés financiers, or the Commission d'accès à l'information were suspended during the pandemic.<ref>Décret en conseil 222-2020 du 20 mars 2020.</ref>

From March 23 to April 24, 2020, all deadlines for civil procedures were suspended, and only urgent cases were heard before the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Quebec and the Court of Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://courdappelduquebec.ca/actualites/detail/declaration-detat-durgence-sanitaire-prolongee-jusquau-24-avril-prochain/|title=Déclaration d'état d'urgence sanitaire prolongée jusqu'au 24 avril prochain|website=courdappelduquebec.ca|date=April 16, 2020 |language=fr|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=May 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526101047/https://courdappelduquebec.ca/actualites/detail/declaration-detat-durgence-sanitaire-prolongee-jusquau-24-avril-prochain/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 1, the bar school of the province of Quebec postponed the final evaluation to May 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecoledubarreau.qc.ca/fr/ecole-du-barreau/covid-19/|title=COVID-19 - L'École du Barreau|website=www.ecoledubarreau.qc.ca|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323140022/http://www.ecoledubarreau.qc.ca/fr/ecole-du-barreau/covid-19/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The curfew that lasted from January 9, 2021, to May 28, resulted in more than 20,000 fines, amounting to about $30 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lavoie |first1=Jonathan |title=Le non-respect du couvre-feu aura coûté plus de 30 M$ aux récalcitrants |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1796665/couvre-feu-amendes-contraventions-bilan-quebec |access-date=2021-06-06 |publisher=Radio-Canada |date=2021-05-28 |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Schools ===
On March 11, 2020, Premier Legault recommended that a voluntary 14-day quarantine be imposed on all students and faculty returning from [[Field trip|school trip]]s to countries strongly affected by the pandemic (such as [[China]] and [[Italy]]), even if there are no signs of symptoms. He also cancelled upcoming trips to such locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-quebec-premier-asks-province-s-health-workers-to-halt-all-travel-1.4848644|title=COVID-19: Quebec premier asks province's health workers to halt all travel|last=Staff|date=2020-03-11|publisher=CTV News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312174242/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-quebec-premier-asks-province-s-health-workers-to-halt-all-travel-1.4848644|archive-date=March 12, 2020|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> The same day, students and staff members from several schools who had recently travelled to Italy were told to stay home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6659748/coronavirus-quebec-march-11/|title=Quebec confirms 9th case of COVID-19 as WHO declares pandemic|publisher=Global News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312190000/https://globalnews.ca/news/6659748/coronavirus-quebec-march-11/|archive-date=March 12, 2020|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-high-school-south-of-montreal-sends-home-18-students-2-staff-who-were-in-italy-1.4848484|title=COVID-19: High school south of Montreal sends home 18 students, 2 staff who were in Italy|last=Boshra|first=Basem|date=2020-03-11|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312173700/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-high-school-south-of-montreal-sends-home-18-students-2-staff-who-were-in-italy-1.4848484|archive-date=March 12, 2020|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1660490/la-crainte-du-coronavirus-force-lisolement-de-trois-personnes-decoles-de-jonquiere|title=La crainte du coronavirus force l'isolement de trois personnes d'écoles de Jonquière|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Santé-|date=March 11, 2020 |publisher=Radio-Canada.ca|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-03-12|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330150736/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1660490/la-crainte-du-coronavirus-force-lisolement-de-trois-personnes-decoles-de-jonquiere|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Collège International Marie de France]] suspended classes, pending the testing of a student who was suspected to have been infected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-montreal-school-suspends-classes-because-a-student-is-being-tested-1.4847760|title=COVID-19: Montreal school suspends classes because a student is being tested|last=Lapierre|first=Matthew|date=2020-03-10|publisher=CTV News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312163117/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-montreal-school-suspends-classes-because-a-student-is-being-tested-1.4847760|archive-date=March 12, 2020|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> On March 13, the [[Université de Montréal]] cancelled all international teaching and research activities until the next school year.<ref name="affairesuniversitaires1">{{cite web|url=https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/covid-19-mises-a-jour-des-universites-canadiennes/|title=COVID-19: nouvelles des universités canadiennes|website=Affaires universitaires|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=March 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331170948/https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/covid-19-mises-a-jour-des-universites-canadiennes/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 13, Quebec ordered the closure of all schools, [[CEGEP]]s, and post-secondary institutions until at least March 27. Daycares were also ordered closed, unless serving the children of health care professionals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6671227/quebec-coronavirus-march-13/|title=Quebec to shutter daycares, schools, post-secondary institutions for 2 weeks due to coronavirus|publisher=Global News|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924012526/https://globalnews.ca/news/6671227/quebec-coronavirus-march-13/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On March 15, the government announced that it would offer free emergency childcare services for people working in essential services, with up to 60,000 spots available, using the up to 400 schools that the government had closed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202003/15/01-5264764-des-garderies-pour-les-employes-des-services-essentiels.php|title=Des garderies pour les employés des services essentiels|last=Chouinard|first=Tommy|date=2020-03-15|newspaper=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-15|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330150748/https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202003/15/01-5264764-des-garderies-pour-les-employes-des-services-essentiels.php|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 16, the [[Université Laval]], the [[Université de Sherbrooke]], and the [[École de technologie supérieure]] transitioned to online classes.<ref name="affairesuniversitaires1"/> [[Concordia University]] followed suit on March 23,<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty: Preparing to move classes online |url=https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/cco/covid-19/2020/03/14/faculty-moving-classes-online.html?c=/coronavirus/updates |website=Concordia University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905234801/https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/cco/covid-19/2020/03/14/faculty-moving-classes-online.html?c=/coronavirus/updates |archive-date=2020-09-05}}</ref> and [[McGill University]] on March 30.<ref>{{cite web |title=COVID-19 at McGill – March 16 |url=https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2020/03/covid-19-at-mcgill-march-16/ |website=The McGill Daily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625015113/https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2020/03/covid-19-at-mcgill-march-16/ |archive-date=2022-06-25 |date=2020-03-16}}</ref> Université Laval and Université de Sherbrooke established emergency funds for students impacted by the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usherbrooke.ca/actualites/nouvelles/nouvelles-details/article/42629/|title=L'UdeS lance un fonds d'aide d'urgence pour les étudiantes et étudiants en difficultés financières|date=2020-03-24|publisher=Université de Sherbrooke|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403235422/https://www.usherbrooke.ca/actualites/nouvelles/nouvelles-details/article/42629/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1675751/universite-laval-fonds-urgence-aide-etudiants-covid19|title=L'Université Laval prévoit un fonds d'urgence pour aider ses étudiants|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Société-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 19, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=March 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326095422/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1675751/universite-laval-fonds-urgence-aide-etudiants-covid19|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 22, the school closures were extended to May 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/575520/texte-point-de-presse-bilan-coronavirus-quebec-22-mars-2020|title=Les centres commerciaux et les écoles seront fermés jusqu'au 1er mai|newspaper=Le Devoir|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322180858/https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/575520/texte-point-de-presse-bilan-coronavirus-quebec-22-mars-2020|archive-date=March 22, 2020|access-date=March 22, 2020}}</ref> On April 5, Quebec extended all closures relating to the pandemic through at least May 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6780602/quebec-april-5-quebec/|title=Coronavirus: Quebec deaths climb to 94, shutdown of province extends until May|publisher=Global News|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411180536/https://globalnews.ca/news/6780602/quebec-april-5-quebec/|url-status=live}}</ref>

There were calls by the students of the [[Université du Québec]] system for the winter terms to be cancelled outright, with [[Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières|Trois-Rivières]] students circulating a petition also requesting that they receive credits without a grade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/suspension-de-la-session-dhiver-la-petition-envoyee-au-ministre-roberge-792bc19bbda4869bb8ee3051e1aa16fb|title=Suspension de la session d'hiver: la pétition envoyée au ministre Roberge|date=2020-03-26|newspaper=Le Nouvelliste|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172505/https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/suspension-de-la-session-dhiver-la-petition-envoyee-au-ministre-roberge-792bc19bbda4869bb8ee3051e1aa16fb |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-canadas-universities/|title=COVID-19: updates for Canada's universities|website=University Affairs|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924012527/https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-canadas-universities/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The province launched a website known as ''L'École Ouverte'' (Open School), which provides a collection of online education resources and activities in French and English.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/most-quebec-stores-will-be-closed-on-sundays-as-coronavirus-cases-mount/|title=Most Quebec stores will close on Sundays as coronavirus cases mount|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172504/https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/most-quebec-stores-will-be-closed-on-sundays-as-coronavirus-cases-mount/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 20, Minister of Education [[Jean-François Roberge]] announced that the province's [[R score]] system (typically used by universities to help select CEGEP applicants) would be suspended for the winter semester, so that students are not "unfairly penalized" due to a lack of uniformity in responses and approaches by Quebec's CEGEP's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6841056/quebec-cegeps-r-score-suspended-coronavirus/|title=Quebec suspends R score for winter term in CEGEPs amid coronavirus pandemic|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426135330/https://globalnews.ca/news/6841056/quebec-cegeps-r-score-suspended-coronavirus/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 27, Premier Legault announced that elementary schools and daycares would be allowed to reopen outside of the Montreal area on May 11, and within Montreal on May 18, if cases remain stable. Classes will be limited to 15 students each, and parents will be allowed to choose whether their children may return to classes. Secondary and post-secondary schools will not be re-opened until the next school year, to prevent overcrowding of public transit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-elementary-schools-daycares-to-reopen-starting-may-11-high-schools-to-stay-closed-until-fall-1.4913503|title=Quebec elementary schools, daycares to reopen starting May 11; high schools to stay closed until fall|date=2020-04-27|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27|archive-date=April 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427231912/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-elementary-schools-daycares-to-reopen-starting-may-11-high-schools-to-stay-closed-until-fall-1.4913503|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Research ===
On March 21, 2020, the provincial government awarded a $7 million grant to Medicago, a Quebec City-based firm that was developing a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.investquebec.com/quebec/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/quebec-accorde-7m-a-medicago-pour-le-developpement-dun-vaccin-contre-la-covid19.html|title=Québec accorde 7 M$ à Medicago pour le développement d'un vaccin contre la COVID-19|website=investquebec.com|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=May 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520095712/https://www.investquebec.com/quebec/fr/salle-de-presse/communiques/quebec-accorde-7m-a-medicago-pour-le-developpement-dun-vaccin-contre-la-covid19.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-heart-institute-study-colchicine-1.5506930|title=Montreal Heart Institute launches clinical study into potential COVID-19 treatment|last=Loewen|first=Claire|date=2020-03-23|website=CBC News|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410001856/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-heart-institute-study-colchicine-1.5506930|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 23, a team at the [[Montreal Heart Institute]] led by [[Jean-Claude Tardif]] launched a [[clinical trial]] exploring the use of [[colchicine]] to help treat complications of COVID-19.<ref name=":6" /> The first results are expected for the month of June 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/04/18/la-course-aux-remedes-on-saura-des-le-mois-de-juin-si-la-colchicine-est-efficace|title=La course aux remèdes: on saura dès le mois de juin si la colchicine est efficace|last=Lachance|first=Nicolas|website=Le Journal de Québec|date=April 18, 2020 |access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426060451/https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/04/18/la-course-aux-remedes-on-saura-des-le-mois-de-juin-si-la-colchicine-est-efficace|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 26, the Fonds de Recherche du Québec, and the Génome Québec, established a provincial task force to build a [[biobank]] of COVID-19 samples, led by [[McGill University]] chair Vincent Mooser.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/mcgill-researchers-lead-covid-19-biobank|title=McGill researchers to lead COVID-19 biobank|website=Science Business|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11 |archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172504/https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/mcgill-researchers-lead-covid-19-biobank|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mila (research institute)|Mila]], an [[Artificial intelligence in healthcare|artificial intelligence]] institute in Montreal, is developing [[contact tracing]] software for mobile phones.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6766216/contact-tracing-covid-19-patients/|title=Inside officials' struggle to trace the contacts, movements of COVID-19 patients|publisher=Global News|access-date=2020-04-11 |archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172501/https://globalnews.ca/news/6766216/contact-tracing-covid-19-patients/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Event cancellations ===
On March 12, 2020, Montreal and Quebec City cancelled their [[St. Patrick's Day]] parades (the former for the first time in its 196-year history).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-montreal-st-patricks-parade-postponed-events-drawing-250-or-more-cancelled|title=Coronavirus: St. Patrick's parade postponed; events drawing 250 or more banned|last=Magder|first=Jason|date=2020-03-12|work=Montreal Gazette|language=en|access-date=2020-03-12|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330150740/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-montreal-st-patricks-parade-postponed-events-drawing-250-or-more-cancelled|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus--incertitude-pour-le-defile-de-la-saint-patrick|title=Coronavirus: la Ville de Québec confirme l'annulation du défilé de la Saint-Patrick|last=Lavallée|first=Jean-Luc|website=Le Journal de Québec|date=March 12, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-12|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330150743/https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus--incertitude-pour-le-defile-de-la-saint-patrick|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]] cancelled concerts scheduled through May 24 (including a planned performance at New York City's [[Carnegie Hall]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1688606/osm-annule-concerts-24-mai-coronavirus|title=L'OSM annule tous ses concerts jusqu'au 24 mai {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Arts-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 26, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327230456/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1688606/osm-annule-concerts-24-mai-coronavirus|url-status=live}}</ref> All [[Grand Théâtre de Québec]] shows were cancelled through at least March 29.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1662629/coronavirus-annulation-spectacles-concerts-evenements|title=Qu'est-ce qui est annulé à cause du coronavirus?|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Arts-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 12, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-03-12|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330150743/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1662629/coronavirus-annulation-spectacles-concerts-evenements|url-status=live}}</ref> Various festivals have been cancelled, including the [[Festival d'été de Québec]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1692421/festival-quebec-feq-covid-19-coronavirus-annulation|title=Le Festival d'été de Québec annulé {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Arts-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-09|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410090400/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1692421/festival-quebec-feq-covid-19-coronavirus-annulation|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Les Francos de Montréal|Les Francos]],<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690831/festival-juste-pour-rire-report-automne-coronavirus-jazz-francos-annulation|title=Juste pour rire reporté, les Francos et le Festival de jazz annulés {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Arts-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 3, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419031845/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690831/festival-juste-pour-rire-report-automne-coronavirus-jazz-francos-annulation|url-status=live}}</ref> Metro Metro,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690462/festival-metro-metro-covid-19-montreal|title=Le festival Métro Métro annulé à cause du coronavirus {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Arts-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 2, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406153725/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690462/festival-metro-metro-covid-19-montreal|url-status=live}}</ref> Montréal Complètement Cirque,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/576590/le-festival-montreal-completement-cirque-annule|title=Le festival Montréal complètement cirque annulé|website=Le Devoir|date=April 7, 2020 |language=fr|access-date=2020-04-07|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410145953/https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/576590/le-festival-montreal-completement-cirque-annule|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]],<ref name=":7" /> and the Festival Santa Teresa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1688932/festival-santa-teresa-annule-coronavirus|title=Le festival Santa Teresa annulé {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Arts-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 27, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412172034/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1688932/festival-santa-teresa-annule-coronavirus|url-status=live}}</ref> Montreal's [[Just for Laughs]] comedy festival was postponed to late September and early October.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/just-for-laughs-comedy-festival-postponed-coronavirus.html|title=Just for Laughs Comedy Festival Postponed Now, Too|last=Wright|first=Megh|date=2020-04-03|website=Vulture|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172505/https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/just-for-laughs-comedy-festival-postponed-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[L'International des Feux Loto-Québec|Montreal Fireworks Festival]] was also cancelled in 2020,<ref name=":8">{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-calls-for-cancellation-of-all-sports-festivals-and-cultural-events-until-aug-31-1.4891732|title=Quebec calls for cancellation of all sports, festivals and cultural events until Aug. 31|last=Staff|date=2020-04-10|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430203505/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-calls-for-cancellation-of-all-sports-festivals-and-cultural-events-until-aug-31-1.4891732|url-status=live}}</ref> and then returned in a modified, limited capacity format in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=La Ronde is hosting a fireworks festival across Montreal all summer {{!}} Listed|url=https://dailyhive.com/montreal/montreal-fireworks-mini-festival-la-ronde|access-date=2021-08-20|website=dailyhive.com|language=en}}</ref>

On April 7, Montreal ordered the cancellation of all cultural events, festivals, public gatherings, and sporting events through July 2 (resulting in the cancellation of local [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day]] and [[Canada Day]] festivities).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6789982/coronavirus-montreal-cancels-festivals-sports-gatherings-july-2/|title=Coronavirus: Montreal cancels all festivals, sporting events, public gatherings until July 2|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172504/https://globalnews.ca/news/6789982/coronavirus-montreal-cancels-festivals-sports-gatherings-july-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 10, Quebec requested that all cultural events, festivals, and sporting events be cancelled province-wide through at least August 31.<ref name=":8" />

==== Sports ====
The [[National Hockey League]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-coronavirus-status/c-316155530|title=NHL statement on coronavirus|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314025848/https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-coronavirus-status/c-316155530|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Major League Soccer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6666175/toronto-fc-mls-coronavirus/|title=Coronavirus: MLS suspends season for 30 days|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424205953/https://globalnews.ca/news/6666175/toronto-fc-mls-coronavirus/|url-status=live}}</ref> suspended their regular seasons, affecting the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Montreal Impact (MLS)|Montreal Impact]]. With [[Major League Baseball]] suspending preseason play, the [[Toronto Blue Jays]]' annual preseason series at [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]] was also cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/1661801/baseball-majeur-coronavirus-saison-retard-deux-semaines|title=Coronavirus : le baseball majeur retarde l'ouverture de sa saison|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Sports-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=March 12, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314160624/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/1661801/baseball-majeur-coronavirus-saison-retard-deux-semaines|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[QMJHL]] and the remainder of the [[Canadian Hockey League]] scrapped the remainder of the 2019–20 season (including all playoffs and the [[Memorial Cup]]) on March 23.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/junior-hockey/covid-19-forces-cancellation-of-chl-playoffs-and-2020-memorial-cup|title=COVID-19 forces cancellation of CHL playoffs and 2020 Memorial Cup|date=23 March 2020|website=The Province|language=en-CA|access-date=23 March 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409013816/https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/junior-hockey/covid-19-forces-cancellation-of-chl-playoffs-and-2020-memorial-cup|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships]], planned to be hosted by Montreal, were cancelled on March 11.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-the-world-figure-skating-championships-in-montreal-have-been-cancelled-1.4848246|title=COVID-19: The World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal have been cancelled|last=Staff|date=2020-03-11|website=Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172508/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-the-world-figure-skating-championships-in-montreal-have-been-cancelled-1.4848246|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 7, [[Formula One]] postponed the [[Canadian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-formula-1-grand-prix-race-has-been-postponed-in-light-of-covid-19-pandemic-1.4886577|title=Montreal's Formula 1 Grand Prix race has been postponed in light of COVID-19 pandemic|last=Boshra|first=Basem|date=2020-04-07|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430194452/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-formula-1-grand-prix-race-has-been-postponed-in-light-of-covid-19-pandemic-1.4886577|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, it was announced that the Grand Prix would be cancelled for a second year in a row.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowe |first1=Daniel J. |title=Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal cancelled for second straight year due to health crisis |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/formula-1-canadian-grand-prix-in-montreal-cancelled-for-second-straight-year-due-to-health-crisis-1.5405263#:~:text=The%202020%20cancelled%20F1%20race,for%20those%20coming%20from%20overseas. |access-date=2021-05-21 |publisher=CTV News |date=2021-04-28}}</ref>

On April 11, [[Tennis Canada]] announced that the women's tournament of the [[2020 Canadian Open (tennis)|2020 Rogers Cup]] would be postponed, pursuant to the request by the provincial government. The men's tournament in Toronto was ultimately postponed in June. Montreal will therefore host the women's tournament (now the [[2021 National Bank Open|National Bank Open]]) in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-17|title=Toronto loses Rogers Cup men's event for 2020 because of COVID-19|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-loses-rogers-cup-men-s-event-for-2020-because-of-covid-19-1.4987910|access-date=2020-07-04|website=CTV News Toronto|language=en|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728231002/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-loses-rogers-cup-men-s-event-for-2020-because-of-covid-19-1.4987910|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/tennis-canada-announces-postponement-of-rogers-cup-which-was-scheduled-for-august-1.4892124|title=Tennis Canada announces postponement of Rogers Cup, which was scheduled for August|date=2020-04-11|website=CTV News Montreal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430213008/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/tennis-canada-announces-postponement-of-rogers-cup-which-was-scheduled-for-august-1.4892124|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-postponed-toronto-event-in-jeopardy-as-tennis-canada-faces-severe-economic-challenge-1.1465297|title=Montreal postponed, Toronto event "in jeopardy" as Tennis Canada faces "severe" economic challenge - TSN.ca|last=Masters|first=Mark|date=2020-04-11|website=TSN|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12|archive-date=April 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423154656/https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-postponed-toronto-event-in-jeopardy-as-tennis-canada-faces-severe-economic-challenge-1.1465297|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other provincial sports bodies also suspended activities, including Basketball Québec,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/basketball/covid-19-basketball-quebec-interrompt-ses-activites-a-compter-du-13-mars-1.7277091|title=COVID-19 : Basketball Québec interrompt ses activités à compter du 13 mars|date=2020-03-13|website=RDS.ca|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502165542/https://www.rds.ca/basketball/covid-19-basketball-quebec-interrompt-ses-activites-a-compter-du-13-mars-1.7277091|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Baseball Québec]] (baseball activity suspended until at least May 1),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballquebec.com/fr/publication/federation/mise_a_jour_covid-19_arret_des_activites_baseball_jusquau_1er_mai.html|title=Mise à jour COVID-19: arrêt des activités baseball jusqu'au 1er mai|website=Baseball Québec|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502165749/https://www.baseballquebec.com/fr/publication/federation/mise_a_jour_covid-19_arret_des_activites_baseball_jusquau_1er_mai.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hockey Québec]] (including the [[Quebec Junior Hockey League]], which called off the remainder of the season),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.qc.ca/fr/publication/nouvelle/hockey_quebec_cesse_ses_activites_de_hockey_mineur.html|title=Hockey Québec cesse ses activités de hockey mineur|website=Hockey Québec|language=fr |access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322071748/https://www.hockey.qc.ca/fr/publication/nouvelle/hockey_quebec_cesse_ses_activites_de_hockey_mineur.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/03/17/pandemie-du-coronavirus-la-lhjmq-annule-le-reste-de-la-saison-reguliere|title=Pandémie du coronavirus: la LHJMQ annule le reste de la saison régulière|last=St-Gelais|first=Roby|newspaper=Le Journal de Québec|date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406180522/https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/03/17/pandemie-du-coronavirus-la-lhjmq-annule-le-reste-de-la-saison-reguliere|url-status=live}}</ref> and Soccer Québec (activity suspended until at least May 1).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/soccer-quebec-postpones-season-until-may-amid-covid-19-pandemic-1.4865350|title=Soccer Quebec postpones season until May amid COVID-19 pandemic|date=2020-03-23|publisher=CTV News|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172502/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/soccer-quebec-postpones-season-until-may-amid-covid-19-pandemic-1.4865350|url-status=live}}</ref> Other local events that have faced cancellations include the Tour de l'Île de Montréal, and various footraces.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690868/coronavirus-covid-tour-ile-montreal-festival-go-velo|title=Le Tour de l'île de Montréal annulé {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Société-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 3, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420222930/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690868/coronavirus-covid-tour-ile-montreal-festival-go-velo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/1690902/courses-pied-evenements-annulations-coronavirus-raid-gaspesia-marathon-ottawa-defi-entreprises|title=Un pas de recul pour les événements de course à pied {{!}} Coronavirus|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|first=Zone Sports-|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=April 3, 2020 |language=fr-ca|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422221356/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/1690902/courses-pied-evenements-annulations-coronavirus-raid-gaspesia-marathon-ottawa-defi-entreprises|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 15, 2020, the organizers of the [[Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal]] and [[Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec]] — the two North American events on the [[UCI World Tour]] — stated that the events were still tentatively scheduled for September, but that they would continue monitoring the situation and working with UCI on the matter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/cyclisme/202004/15/01-5269511-peu-despoir-pour-les-grands-prix-cyclistes-de-montreal-et-de-quebec.php|title=Peu d'espoir pour les Grands Prix cyclistes de Montréal et de Québec|date=2020-04-15|website=La Presse|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-26|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426213534/https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/cyclisme/202004/15/01-5269511-peu-despoir-pour-les-grands-prix-cyclistes-de-montreal-et-de-quebec.php|url-status=live |last1=Drouin |first1=Simon }}</ref>

The [[2020–21 QMJHL season]] was met with multiple disruptions due to fluctuating public health orders in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, although it completed its regular season, and was the only CHL league to crown a champion (the WHL played a limited regular season within its divisions only, and the OHL did not play due to Ontario public health orders).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quebec City to host the rest of the 2021 QMJHL Playoffs presented by Maxi and Videotron|url=https://chl.ca/article/quebec-city-to-host-the-rest-of-the-2021-qmjhl-playoffs-presented-by-maxi-and-videotron|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-23|website=CHL.com|date=April 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510221829/https://chl.ca/article/quebec-city-to-host-the-rest-of-the-2021-qmjhl-playoffs-presented-by-maxi-and-videotron |archive-date=May 10, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-25|title=QMJHL only junior hockey league still going ahead with playoffs|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/qmjhl-playoffs-1.6000596|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-23|website=CBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425111004/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/qmjhl-playoffs-1.6000596 |archive-date=April 25, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WHL cancels 2021 playoffs, citing COVID-19 challenges|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/juniors/whl-cancels-2021-playoffs-citing-covid-19-challenges/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Sportsnet.ca|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Malloy|first=Jason|title=Victoriaville Tigres win QMJHL championship|language=en|website=Saltwire|url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/sports/regional-sports/victoriaville-tigres-win-qmjhl-championship-100596603/|access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-01|title=Pandemic pressures lead N.S. junior hockey league to cancel remainder of season|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-junior-hockey-league-cancels-remainder-of-season-1.5933532|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-23|website=CBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302193238/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-junior-hockey-league-cancels-remainder-of-season-1.5933532 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 }}</ref>  During the [[2020–21 NHL season]], all [[2020–21 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal Canadiens]] regular season games were played [[Behind closed doors (sport)|behind closed doors]] and against [[North Division (NHL)|Canadian opponents]] only.<ref name=":07">{{cite web|date=21 December 2020|title=NHL 2020-21 season FAQ: Answering key questions ahead of unique year|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-2020-21-faq-answering-key-questions-ahead-unique-season/|access-date=23 December 2020|website=Sportsnet}}</ref> During their May 29, 2021 playoff game, the Canadiens became the first Canadian NHL team to admit limited ticketed spectators in the season<ref name=":82">{{Cite web|title=Canadiens approved to host 2,500 fans for games starting May 28|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/canadiens-approved-host-2500-fans-games-starting-may-28/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518233238/https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/canadiens-approved-host-2500-fans-games-starting-may-28/|archive-date=May 18, 2021|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Sportsnet.ca|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":112">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-27|title=Nick Suzuki scores OT winner in Game 5 to keep Montreal Canadiens alive over Toronto Maple Leafs|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nick-suzuki-scores-ot-winner-in-game-5-to-keep-montreal-canadiens-alive-over-toronto-maple-leafs-1.1646311|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528192757/https://www.tsn.ca/nick-suzuki-scores-ot-winner-in-game-5-to-keep-montreal-canadiens-alive-over-toronto-maple-leafs-1.1646311|archive-date=May 28, 2021|access-date=2021-05-28|website=TSN|language=en}}</ref>

From August 2020 to July 2021, the Montreal Impact (renamed CF Montreal prior to the [[2021 Major League Soccer season]]) and all other Canadian MLS teams played all matches behind closed doors at sites in the United States. Beginning July 17, the team returned to [[Saputo Stadium]] with reduced capacity.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 27, 2020|title=Thierry Henry: Montreal Impact heading back home after RBNY match, but they can't train|publisher=Major League Soccer|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/09/27/thierry-henry-montreal-impact-heading-back-home-after-rbny-match-they-cant-train|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=March 8, 2021|title=Inter Miami CF Facilities to Host CF Montreal for the Start of the 2021 MLS Season|url=https://www.intermiamicf.com/en/post/2021/03/08/inter-miami-cf-facilities-host-cf-montreal-start-2021-mls-season|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Inter Miami CF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Montréal|first=C. F.|title=CF Montréal will play at Stade Saputo in August {{!}} FC Montreal|url=https://en.cfmontreal.com/news/cf-montreal-will-play-at-stade-saputo-in-august|access-date=2021-08-11|website=CF Montréal|language=en}}</ref>

[[WWE]] was scheduled to hold a [[house show]] at [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]]'s [[Place Bell (Laval, Quebec)|Place Bell]] on December 30, 2021, which would have been the first time WWE performed a show at the venue in two years. The event was postponed to March 6, 2022, due to the restrictions imposed by Minister Dubé in response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Andrew Ravens|date=2021-12-22|title=WWE has canceled another event in Canada|url=https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/wwe-has-canceled-another-event-in-canada/|access-date=2022-01-12|newspaper=Wrestling News &#124; Wwe and Aew Results, Spoilers, Rumors & Scoops|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Graphs and statistics ==
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== See also ==
* [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]]
* [[COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal]]
* [[2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada]]

== Notes ==
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