Covid-19 Ontario- Mini Honeymoon & Beaches?

Just a fair warning, Ste Anne's is PRICEY but if you have health insurance, a portion of it could be claimed. There are also tons of other similar resort style spas all across the province.

Spas have been given the okay to open by their respective association as long as they follow certain protocols. Ste Anne's is reopening mid-June.

Cobourg is taking preemptive action against GTA tourists by closing beaches for the whole summer. I wouldn't be surprised if more towns follow suit.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7013149/coronavirus-cobourg-victoria-beach/

We are getting married in July as well and we are having a small intimate wedding and then going to Whispering Springs. It's not a beach but it could be another alternative. We originally wanted to go to a spa when we were trying to think of local options but we can't even count on them being open.

Both. Beaches in Toronto are considered parks and we still can't use a lot of the amenities like splash pads and playgrounds or the parks for any high level of physical activity (no team sports for example). People are allowed to walk or bike through the park, or sit and chill on green space but they have to maintain physical distancing with those not living in their house. Our beaches, along with certain parks, have been problematic with people physical distancing during the warm weather (look up Trinity Bellwoods). That being said, bylaw officers have been picky on who they're fining, often only going for easy low hanging fruit.

Beaches that are part of provincial parks, like those in Muskoka, are still closed and emergency orders enforced by OPP. But if you find a private property not within a campground, resort, or provincial park (ie a cottage with it's own private beach next to a pond), I think you'll be okay.

NO CLUE. but i know in toronto people have been going to beaches and keeping distance. so maybe since youll be going up north you might be ok!! but just keeping checking the news daily thats what im doing

So it appears everything I said is now starting to not be a thing.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-now-considering-regional-approach-to-reopening-the-province-1.4960136

Beaches are still closed but they are considering opening provincial parks if that's something to consider.

We've had a little change of heart. Rather than going somewhere so far and new to us during Covid, we're now looking at a little close to home - Thousand Islands National Park. We can make use of the outdoors like we love to and also visit some little tourist spots along the St. Lawrence.

We're doing the same thing as you! I really hope they give us a concrete update soon. I really can't imagine not being able to go to the beach at all this summer. We haven't set any honeymoon plans but maybe we can still find a cottage on a lake or river that we could swim in. That's always an idea?

I hear ya! I would even settle for not feeling uneasy when I'm window shopping or getting some food outside.

Good luck with honeymoon planning. Maybe instead of a beach, you can go to some kind of local all-inclusive resort like Ste Anne's.

It's what the smaller municipalities, like Kingston, want but our Premier has said over and over that he won't allow it because that just means Toronto hordes would rush out to these places. And I can't blame him. If the crowd at Trinity Bellwoods this past weekend is any indication, there are certain people here who just refuse to abide by the rules (inevitable, being the country's most populated city).

And just as I predicted, the province extended State of Emergency.

https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/5/ontario-extending-emergency-orders-during-covid-19-outbreak.html

Private beaches, ie. resorts and campgrounds, can open only to prepare for the season, but not for people to use at the moment. As long as the state of emergency is in effect, beaches will remain closed. Their reopening is is not associated with any particular stage. Basically if Doug Ford keeps extending his State of Emergency (and he likely will as it gives him certain powers that he otherwise wouldn't be able to enact), beaches must remain closed. Not to mention he has stated over and over that he won't entertain the idea of tiered/partial reopenings so if Toronto keeps spiking, the whole province will have to stay put.

Sorry. Probably not the answer you're looking for.