Mandatory ArriveCAN Vaccine Disclosure for Essential Services
Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix
Policy effect
Exempt essential service providers entering Canada, including truck drivers and certain temporary foreign workers, must submit vaccine status and proof of vaccination via the ArriveCAN portal.
Conditions and exceptions
Validated condition or limit: Exempt essential service providers entering Canada, including truck drivers and certain temporary foreign workers, must submit vaccine status and proof of vaccination via the ArriveCAN portal.
Official source excerpt
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… or arrival at the land border, or a previous positive COVID-19 molecular test taken within 10 and 180 days before arrival; - complete arrival (day 1) and post-arrival (day 8) testing; - quarantine for 14 days in a suitable place; and - submit all of the information above in ArriveCAN via the free mobile app or website. ## ArriveCAN: New requirements for essential travellers As of November 30, 2021, all exempt essential service providers will be required to identify their vaccination status in [ArriveCAN](https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/arrivecan.html), regardless of whether or not they are allowed to enter as unvaccinated. ArriveCAN will prompt them to provide details on their vaccine(s), including manufacturer, country received and date received, and to upload their proof of vaccination. Exempt essential travellers include those travelling as/for: - most essential service providers (including most temporary foreign workers, emergency service providers and marine researchers); - cross-border work (e.g., you regularly cross the border to work); - medical and health care support (e.g., health care practitioner, to receive medical … care, or to transport medical equipment or supplies); - trade and transport (e.g., truck driver or crew member on any aircraft, shipping vessel, or train); and - people who live in integrated trans-border communities. If an exempt essential traveller previously created a reusable ArriveCAN receipt, they will be required to either download the latest version of the free ArriveCAN mobile app or sign in to the web version after November 30, 2021, and re-submit all of their information, including the newly required information on proof of vaccinations, to get a new exempt reusable ArriveCAN receipt …
Government of Canadacanada.ca. Mandatory ArriveCAN Vaccine Disclosure for Essential Services. Effective 2021-11-30.Open official source
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