Backgrounder: New measures to protect foreign workers and prevent the spread of COVID-19 for the 2021 season

The Government of Canada will be moving forward with a two-pronged approach to quarantine requirements for TFWs after March 21, 2021. This will apply to TFWs with work visas in agriculture, agri-food, fish and seafood sectors based on their final destination:
• Asymptomatic TFWs will be able to travel directly to their place of quarantine after getting a COVID-19 test at the airport provided they travel by private transportation and are accompanied only by others who travelled with them to Canada.
• TFWs who will need to travel by public means of transportation to a secondary location upon arrival in Canada will be required to stay in a GAA and await the results of their COVID-19 test.
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