• Workers in dependent care services, in support of workers in other essential products and services. • Workers supporting the distribution of food, pharmaceuticals (including materials used in radioactive drugs) and other medical materials, fuels, chemicals needed for water or water treatment and energy. • Pharmacy employees necessary to maintain uninterrupted prescription filling. • Workers at hotels, motels, inns, and other lodgings providing overnight accommodation, but only to the degree those lodgings are offered or provided to accommodate the COVID-19 Essential Workforce, other workers responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and vulnerable populations. • Workers at generation, transmission, and electric black start facilities. • Warehouse operators, including vendors and support personnel critical for business continuity (including HVAC & electrical engineers; security personnel; and janitorial staff) and customer service for essential functions. Food and Agriculture. cloud computing services), business infrastructure, web-based services, and critical manufacturing, Workers supporting communications systems and information technology used by critical infrastructure stakeholders, Workers who maintain, ensure, or restore the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power, including call centres, utility workers, reliability engineers and fleet maintenance technicians, Workers required to carry out construction and restoration projects and services associated with the electricity sector, including for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity power, Workers needed for safe and secure operations at nuclear generation, Workers at generation, transmission, and electric black start facilities, Workers at needed for operations at independent system operators, regional transmission organizations, and balancing authorities, IT and OT technology staff – for EMS (Energy Management Systems) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and utility data centres; cybersecurity engineers; cybersecurity risk management, Vegetation management crews and traffic workers who support, Environmental remediation/monitoring technicians, Instrumentation, protection, and control technicians, Workers needed to support electric vehicle charging stations and electricity distribution systems that support them. LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. • Workers in hardware and building materials stores, consumer electronics, technology and appliances retail, and related merchant wholesalers and distributors - with reduced staff to ensure continued operations. • Engineers, technicians and associated personnel responsible for infrastructure construction and restoration, including contractors for construction and engineering of fiber optic cables, buried conduit, small cells, other wireless facilities, and other communications sector-related infrastructure. • Workers needed for safe and secure operations at nuclear generation to include but not limited to, the broader nuclear supply chain, parts to maintain nuclear equipment, fuel manufacturers and fuel components used in the manufacturing of fuel. For information and inquiries regarding the new salary top-up for low-income essential workers under the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit, and information and inquiries regarding the Canadian Emergency Student Benefit , please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan.html#individuals, for the most up-to-date information. • Workers at coal mines, production facilities, and those involved in manufacturing, transportation, permitting, operation/maintenance and monitoring at coal sites which is critical to ensuring the reliability of the electrical system. essential workers are unable to work from home and may be unable to control social distancing, those front line workers with high level of interaction with the public or frequent interaction with others in their work place are at a higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19. Yi SH, See I, Kent AG, et al. • Workers who support command centers, including, but not limited to Network Operations Command Centers, Broadcast Operations Control Centers and Security Operations Command Centers. • Critical government workers, as defined by the employer and consistent with Continuity of Operations Plans, • Workers that provide services for or determine eligibility for public benefits such as subsidized health care, food and feeding programs, residential and congregate care programs, shelter, inhome supportive services, child welfare, juvenile justice programs, adult protective services and social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (including family members), • Professional services (such as legal, accounting and tax preparation) and payroll and employee benefit services when necessary to assist in compliance with legally mandated activities and critical sector services or where failure to provide such services during the time of the order would result in significant prejudice, • Commercial retail stores that supply essential sectors, including convenience stores, pet supply stores, auto supplies and repair, hardware and home improvement, and home appliance retailers, • Workers and instructors supporting academies or training facilities and courses or assessments for the purpose of graduating or certifying, during the duration of the state of emergency, healthcare personnel, cadets, and other workers who are critical to the ongoing response to COVID-19. • Food manufacturer employees and their supplier employees—to include those employed in food ingredient production and processing facilities; livestock, poultry, seafood slaughter facilities; pet and animal feed processing facilities; human food facilities producing by-products for animal food; beverage production facilities; and the production of food packaging. • Licensed site clean-up professionals and other workers addressing hazardous spills, waste sites, and remediation. Some examples of essential businesses and workers are obvious, like hospitals, pharmacies, police and firefighters. For specific questions and guidance on essential services and functions, please contact the appropriate authorities in your respective jurisdiction. • Workers who support the inspection and maintenance of aids to navigation, and other government provided services that ensure continued maritime commerce. • Postal, parcel, courier, last-mile delivery, and shipping and related workers, to include private companies. Workers performing duties in an essential service or function identified in this document may not be equally exempted from the “Minimizing the Risk of COVID-19 in Canada Orders” which prohibit entry of foreign nationals into Canada or from the 14-day mandatory isolation requirements issued pursuant to the Quarantine Act. bank branches, ATMs, customer call centres, facilities management, and to move currency and payments (e.g., armored cash carriers), Workers who are needed to provide pension services and employee benefits services, Workers who support financial operations, such as those staffing processing data and security operations centres and other control functions, Workers and suppliers of information and communication technology, legal services, and other services, enabling the delivery of essential financial services named above, Personnel in emergency management, law enforcement, Emergency Management Systems, fire, and corrections, including front line, management and essential support staff, Workers who ensure the provision of Search and Rescue services, including those needed to coordinate and conduct search and rescue missions and communicate with those in distress, Hazardous material responders from government and the private sector, Workers who maintain digital systems infrastructure supporting law enforcement and emergency service operations, Workers managing waste from pharmaceuticals and medical material production, Workers at laboratories processing test kits, Workers who support hazardous materials response and cleanup, Workers who maintain digital systems infrastructure supporting hazardous materials management operations, Any service or activity whose disruption would result in a high or very high degree of injury to the health, safety, security, or economic well-being of Canadians or to the effective functioning of the government of Canada, Workers involved in the creation, translation and publication of public notices, regulation, legislation, public service announcements or advertisement to ensure the dissemination of essential public information or to ensure the continuity of government, Workers supporting ePassport, permanent residency, facial recognition, visas, Vital Statistics, Provincial or Territorial Identity card programs (e.g., drivers’ licenses), Workers who support the operation, inspection, and maintenance of essential public works facilities and operations, including dams, bridges, heating and cooling plants, water and sewer main breaks, fleet maintenance personnel, construction of critical or strategic infrastructure, structural engineering, geomatics, custodial health and safety requirements, environmental compliance, integrity of underground infrastructure, management of non-hazardous solid waste, traffic signal maintenance, emergency location services for buried utilities, maintenance of digital systems infrastructure supporting public works operations, and other emergent issues, Workers who are critical to protect the health and well-being of individuals who participate in transportation; promote safety and efficiency in transportation; protect the environment from transportation-related pollution events, Workers who support necessary functions to manage critical marine transportation and activity, including fishing activities and aquaculture operations required to maintain food supply, Support workers for road and line clearing, and to ensure the availability of needed facilities, transportation, energy and communications networks, Workers to ensure continuity of government property and building management, Workers who provide temporary emergency government accommodations, Security staff to maintain building access control and physical security measures, Federal, provincial, territorial and municipal employees who support essential functions, support systems and services, and communications networks, Federal, provincial, territorial and municipal employees who support the policy, program and operational systems and services needed to ensure the business continuity of government and the economic security of Canadians, Trade Officials (FTA negotiators; international data flow administrators), Workers that maintain digital systems infrastructure supporting other critical government operations, Workers at operations centres necessary to maintain other essential functions, such as income support, Workers who support necessary credentialing, vetting and licensing operations for transportation workers, Border and customs workers who are critical to facilitating trade in support of critical supply chain, Workers that regulate and inspect products and businesses, Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and employees of the Department of National Defence who are supporting operations or conducting critical activities, Individuals employed in the Canadian Defence Industrial Base who support the essential services required to meet national security commitments to include but are not limited to, aerospace; mechanical and software engineers, manufacturing/production workers; IT support; security staff; security personnel, intelligence support, aircraft and weapon system engineers, mechanics and maintainers, Personnel working for companies and their subcontractors, who perform under contract to Canada for the provision of materials and services for the Department of National Defence, Personnel who support the development, production, testing, fielding or sustaining of our military weapon systems/software systems, or the infrastructure to support those activities, Workers such as plumbers, electricians, exterminators, escalator and elevator mechanics, home appliance service providers, and others  necessary for maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences and buildings, Workers who support the supply chain of building materials from production through application/installation, including cabinetry, fixtures, doors, cement, hardware, plumbing, electrical, heating/cooling, refrigeration, appliances, paint/coatings, and employees who provide services that enable repair materials and equipment for essential functions, Workers supporting ecommerce through distribution, warehouse, call centre facilities, and other essential operational support functions, Workers distributing, servicing, repairing, installing residential and commercial HVAC systems, boilers, furnaces and other heating, cooling, refrigeration, and ventilation equipment, Workers who support the appliances supply chain, including manufacturing, wholesale distribution, retail, and repair, Educators supporting public and private K-12 schools, colleges, and universities for purposes of facilitating distance learning or performing other essential functions, if operating under guidelines for social distancing, Hotel Workers where hotels are used for COVID-19 mitigation and containment measure, Care and maintenance of contaminated sites, Waste and Garbage collectors and processors (compost, garbage and recycling), Child care services for essential workers, and home child care services of less than six children, Mental Health services, including for Indigenous and isolated communities (e.g. • Workers who support sawmills and the manufacture and distribution of fiber and forest products, including, but not limited to timber, paper, and other wood and fiber products. • Workers necessary for the manufacturing of materials and products needed to manufacture medical equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE). Workers who maintain, ensure, or restore the compression, storage, transmission, and distribution of natural gas, including call centres, utility workers, reliability engineers and fleet maintenance technicians, etc. These essential services and functions are advisory in nature. • Natural gas processing plants workers, and those that deal with natural gas liquids. Those remaining essential workers include transportation and logistics workers, food service workers, construction workers, finance workers, IT and … • Providing services related to energy sector fuels (including, but not limited, petroleum (crude oil), natural gas, propane, natural gas liquids, other liquid fuels, nuclear, and coal), supporting the mining, processing, manufacturing, construction, logistics, transportation, permitting, operation/maintenance, security, waste disposal and storage, and monitoring of support for resources. Preclearance in Canada and the United States, Child Sexual Exploitation on the Internet, Firearms Legislation For Safer Communities, Memorial Grant Program for First Responders, Service Standards for Transfer Payment Programs, Guidance on Essential Services and Functions in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic, https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/corporate/mandate/about-agency/acts-regulations/list-acts-regulations.html, National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure, https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan.html#individuals, Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence, Information Sharing for National Security, Strategic Coordination Centre on Information Sharing, Canada-United States Cooperation on Critical Infrastructure, Information and Communication Technologies, Workers that perform critical clinical research needed for COVID-19 response, Caregivers (e.g., physicians, dentists, psychologists, mid-level practitioners, nurses and assistants, infection control and quality assurance personnel, pharmacists, physical and occupational therapists and assistants, social workers, counsellors, speech pathologists and diagnostic and therapeutic technicians and technologists), Hospital and laboratory personnel (including accounting, administrative, admitting and discharge, engineering, epidemiological, source organs, plasma and blood donation, food service, housekeeping, medical records, information technology and operational technology, nutritionists, sanitarians, respiratory therapists, etc. • Chemical and equipment suppliers to water and wastewater systems and personnel protection. • Security staff to maintain building access control and physical security measures. • Public agency workers responding to abuse and neglect of children, elders, and dependent adults. • Employees of firms providing services, supplies, and equipment that enable warehouse and operations, including cooling, storing, packaging, and distributing products for wholesale or retail sale or use. • Workers repairing water and wastewater conveyances and performing required sampling or monitoring, including field staff. Businesses and organizations not on the list of essential services are encouraged to continue operations through remote means that do not require workers, customers, or the public to enter or appear at the brick-and-mortar premises closed by the order. • Workers performing services in support of the elderly and disabled populations who coordinate a variety of services, including health care appointments and activities of daily living. • Workers providing personal and household goods repair and maintenance. • Workers who coordinate with other organizations to ensure the proper recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains and personal effects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental/behavioral health services to the family members, responders, and survivors of an incident. Should it not sufficiently reflect the services and functions of critical infrastructure workers / employees, please send an email to CI-IE-COVID-19@canada.ca to request that a service or function be added to one of the categories above. Below are a few examples. • Air transportation employees, including air traffic controllers and maintenance personnel, ramp workers, aviation and aerospace safety, security, and operations personnel and accident investigations. • Workers performing security, incident management, and emergency operations functions at or on behalf of healthcare entities including healthcare coalitions, who cannot practically work remotely. • Workers who manage health plans, billing, and health information, who cannot practically work remotely. • Workers providing electronic point of sale support personnel for essential businesses and workers. • Healthcare providers and Caregivers including physicians, dentists, psychologists, mid-level practitioners, nurses and assistants, infection control and quality assurance Got shorter and marine transport, fuel supply and transmission provide “ essential services ” are permitted to operate employees. 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