Here is a look at the group of essential workers the Ontario government plans to prioritize for vaccination at the end of Phase 2, which will run from April until July:
First group of workers unable to work remotely (730K people) :
- Elementary/ secondary school staff
- Workers responding to critical events (eg. police, fire, compliance, funeral, special constables)
- Child-care and licenced foster care workers
- Food manufacturing workers
- Agriculture and farm workers
Remaining workers unable to work remotely (1.4M people)
- High-risk and critical retail workers (grocery and pharmacies)
- Remaining manufacturing labourers
- Social workers (incl. youth justice)
- Courts and justice system workers (incl. probation and parole)
- Lower-risk retail workers (wholesalers, general goods)
- Transportation, warehousing and distribution
- Energy, telecom (data and voice),
- Water and wastewater management
- Financial services
- Waste management
- Mining, oil, and gas workers