COVID-19 cancellations, closures and restrictions: a Wellington County listing

WELLINGTON COUNTY - The Advertiser is compiling a list of cancellations within Wellington County due to concerns about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

The cancellations list below - organized be region, with ongoing cancellations listed first, followed by one-time events - will be updated regularly, with the most recent cancellations listed first.

If your group/organization/municipality has a cancellation not included below, please email details to news@wellingtonadvertiser.com.

For the latest health information regarding COVID-19, visit the public health website.

Ongoing restrictions, closures, cancellations, postponements

County-wide, Guelph and beyond

• Guelph Police Service station closed for non-emergencies
• Guelph Arts Council: office closed and programs postponed in March, April
• Credit Valley Conservation (CVC): all administration offices and buildings closed to the public
• Community Living Guelph Wellington day programs and events
• Wellington County administration centre, social services offices, garages, waste facilities, re-use centres
• Skills Ontario competitions on April 4 and May 4-6
• Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington offices
• All restaurants/bars (with the exception of takeout/drive-thrus), theatres, cinemas, indoor recreation centres, church services, daycares, due to provincial order and state of emergency declaration by Premier Doug Ford
• all gatherings of more than 50 people, due provincial order and state of emergency declaration by Premier Doug Ford on March 17 (until at least March 31)
• Guelph Humane Society
• All provincial offences and superior court matters postponed
• St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Guelph: all programs and outpatient therapy
• All City of Guelph facilities
• No visitors at Guelph General Hospital (with few exceptions)
• Guelph Little Theatre
• All weekday Catholic masses. All in-person Sunday masses (Diocese of Hamilton decision, March 16)
• Community Resource Centre transportation program
• Guelph General Hospital: visitors restricted, many elective services (tests, procedures and surgeries) cancelled for at least two weeks (announced March 16)
• Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Waterloo Wellington: all groups cancelled, all appointments and walk-ins moved to online/phone (Fergus, Guelph and Mount Forest sites remain open for those in crisis)
• Wellington County Child Care and Learning Centres closed to the public indefinitely
• All KidsAbility face-to-face client visits
• All Seniors Centre for Excellence programs cancelled in north Wellington
• Guelph Wellington Business Centre closed to the public and workshops cancelled
• Guelph Wellington Seniors Association: all face-to-face programs suspended
• Ontario Superior Court operations suspended
• City of Guelph arenas, pools, recreation centres, libraries, and museums
• All libraries in Wellington County
• Wellington County Museum and Archives in Aboyne
• All Hospice Wellington programs (and visitors limited)
• Programs at all libraries in Wellington County
• March Break programming at the Wellington County Museum and Archives in Aboyne
• Non-essential visits at long-term care homes
• Minor lacrosse in-person events (try-outs, training sessions, scrimmages, practices, games, etc.) until April 5 (Ontario Lacrosse Association decision, March 13)
• Special Olympics programs, competitions, fundraisers and activities, until March 31 (Special Olympics Ontario decision, March 13)
• Grand River Conservation Authority nature centres, March Break Camps and any previously scheduled events, from March 16 to April 5
• Volunteer shifts at the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington
• Skills Ontario qualifying competitions (April 4), Skills Ontario Competition (May 4-6) and all corresponding events
• Victim Services in-person visits
• Community Resource Centre child care facilities closed until April 3
• University of Guelph: all activities, events (including College Royal, March 21-22) and in-person classes cancelled for remainder of semester. Courses resume online March 23
• Minor ringette (Ringette Ontario decision, March 13)
• All publicly funded schools closed
• Before- and after-school programs and community use of schools
• Volunteer shifts/events/meetings in local hospitals (Fergus, Mount Forest and Palmerston)
• EarlyON child and family centres in Wellington County and Guelph (at least as long as schools remain closed)
• Minor hockey (Hockey Canada, OMHA decision, March 12)
• Minor soccer (Soccer Ontario decision, March 12)
• Junior and Senior hockey (Mount Forest Patriots, Minto 81's)
• Drayton Entertainment performances until at least May 3
• Jury panels for criminal and civil trials, Superior Court of Justice

Centre Wellington

• Elora Festival offices
• Fergus Legion Br. 275, until further notice
• All Centre Wellington facilities,
• Fergus Grand Theatre performances
• Elora Fergus Tourism Office
• Centre Wellington Hydro
• Wellington County Museum and Archives in Aboyne
• All libraries
• Elements Casino Grand River in Elora
• Fergus-Elora Rotary Club's Catch the Ace draw
• Victoria Park Senior Centre closed until April 5; events, bus trips, lunches suspended until May 1
• Fergus Curling Club closed for remainder of season
• No visitors or volunteers allowed to enter Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care home in Aboyne
• March Break programs slated at the Fergus sportsplex, public and drop-in skating, public and registered swims at the aquatic centre, pickleball games and fitness classes
• St. Joseph's Parish (Fergus) Confirmation, March 28, postponed until further notice
• Elora Mohawks preseason runs

Erin

• Erin Legion closed and all events cancelled
• All Town of Erin facilities, including town hall and recreational facilities, effective March 17
• All libraries
• East Wellington Family Health Team group activities and classes

Guelph-Eramosa

• Guelph-Eramosa council and committee meetings
• all recreational facilities, including the Royal Distributing Athletic Centre
• Marden Community Centre and the Rockmosa Community Centre
• Municipal office in Brucedale
• Royal Distributing Athletic Performance Centre in Marden
• All libraries
• Rockmosa Older Adult Centre in Rockwood closed and all Older Adult Programs suspended until at least April 6
• East Wellington Family Health Team: non-essential in-person appointments, group activities and classes

Mapleton

• Alma Country Dances cancelled for 2020
• Alma Community Centre closed
• dispensary closed and non-urgent appointments cancelled at the Mapleton Health Centre in Drayton
• All Seniors Centre for Excellence programs
• All libraries
• All public events "until further notice" at township facilities, including rentals at all facilities (PMD Arena in Drayton, Moorefield Community Centre and the Alma Community Centre)

Minto

• Town of Minto municipal office, recreation and culture facilities closed
• Town of Minto committee and council meetings
• All in-person gatherings at Harriston United Church
• All Seniors Centre for Excellence programs
• All libraries
• All Town of Minto recreation and culture facilities closed until further notice (includes arenas, curling clubs, community halls, museums, theatres and town-run facilities).

Puslinch

• Puslinch Township office in Aberfoyle
• All indoor recreational facilities
• County library in Aberfoyle

Wellington North

• Arthur 2nd Look (donations still accepted in drip-off bins)
• Wellington North Power office
• All Wellington North municipal facilities
• All Seniors Centre for Excellence programs
• All libraries
• Non-essential visits to municipal facilities
• Public skating, as of March 16

One-time event cancellations, postponements

County-wide, Guelph and beyond

• Hillside Festival cancelled
• Guelph Horticultural Society’s Garden Showcase Tour, July 12
• Listowel Fair, July 16-19 cancelled
• Guelph Dance: Guelph Dance Festival, May 29-31, and Summer Arts Explosion Camps, June 29 to July 24, cancelled
• Special Olympics School Track and Field in May
• Grand River Conservation Authority: all spring tree planting activities and the annual tree sale in May
• Grand Valley Lions 25th Annual Duck Race, May 23, postponed
• Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington spring mulch sales
• Knox Presbyterian and Trinity United Churches, Grand Valley, Lenten Lunches cancelled March 4 to April 8
• Wellington County Historical Society meetings April 5 and 26
• Wellington County council meeting on March 20 (rescheduled from March 26)
• The Kiwanis Sports Celebrity Dinner in Guelph, May 20
• Cats Anonymous meet and greets
• Wellington County Economic Development; Administration, Finance and Human Resources; and Police Services Board committee meetings cancelled (March 17/18)
• Credit Valley Conservation Foundation gala, May 7, rescheduled to Oct. 1
• College Royal at the University of Guelph, March 21-22
• Friends of the Credit Conservation Awards, March 26, postponed
• Guelph Scouts Spring craft fair, March 28 at Kortright Hills Public School
• Canadian Dairy Xpo in Stratford postponed (not cancelled), April 1-2
• Hosltein Maplefest, April 11-12
• Belmore Maple Syrup Festival, April 9 & 11
• Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, April 4
• Credit Valley Conservation's 2020 Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival, March 14- April 12 at various locations

Centre Wellington

• The Fergus Agricultural Society's Breakfast on the Farm event, June 20
• Fergus Fall Fair, Sept. 18-20
• Belwood Lions Club's 40th annual Pike and Walleye Derby, May 23/24
• Fergus Medieval Faire, July 25
• Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Aug. 7-9
• Elora Lions Club: March 24 Elimination draw on YourTV postponed; Elora Lions Spring Fireworks, May 23, cancelled
• Contra Dance, March 27, St. James Hall, Fergus
• Belwood Community Hall: Spring Rain - Irish Kitchen Party, May 1, Spring Rain Feis/Competition, May 2
• Walking Wounded" event, March 27, Crand River Community Church
• Spring Bling Thing, March 28, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Fergus
• Grand River Community Church, Walking Wounded event March 27 postponed
• Fergus Lions Club Home and Leisure Show, May 6-8
• Curl for a Cause bonspiel, Fergus Curling Club, March 28
• Neighbourwoods Spring Tree Talk, March 31
• Fergus blood donor clinic March 31.
• Fergus and District Horticultural Society meetings March 18/April 15 and Seedy Saturday March 21
• Tartan Day, Fergus, April 5
• Fergus Legion Thursday Night Bingos
• Elora Cataract Trailway Association AGM postponed (to "later in the year")
• Fergus Girl Guides cookie drive-thru, March 14, Morris Auto parking lot
• Birds of Prey show, March 19, at Wellington County Museum and Archives (part of March Break programming)

Erin

• Erin Roots concert series at the Busholme Inn
• St. John's Community Church in Orton, Easter service and brunch, April12, postponed
• Father Mark Curtis, the Singing Priest, at All Saints Anglican Church, March 22
• Erin Community Dinner, March 27
• Messy Church, March 17, at Erin Campus Life (Highlands Youth for Christ)
• Erin Eco-Fim Fest, various dates from March 25 to April 22
• Erin Roots concert, March 21

Guelph-Eramosa

• Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, Sept. 11-13
• Rockwood Lions Club Pancake Breakfast on March 29 postponed until MAY 24
• Concerned Residents' Coalition (CRC) community meeting on Hidden Quarry in, March 12

Mapleton

• Alma Beef BBQ
• Trees for Mapleton workshop, April 2, PMD Arena in Drayton
• Drayton Legion events: March 20 euchre, March 21 Jamming, March 29 ham and scalloped potatoes supper
• Drayton Farm Show, March 25-26
• Alma Optimist Toy Show, March 15
• Alma Optimist Club Beef Barbecue, March 27

Minto

• All Town of Minto-run events cancelled until July 1
• Minto Retirees Group - all events cancelled until September
• Palmerston blood donation event, April 9
• Farmer's Pre-seeding BBQ in Palmerston, April 17
• Palmerston Legion: Jamboree on March 29, Challenge Euchre, April 6
• Palmerston United Church take-out dinner, March 26
• Clifford Firefighters' Association Spaghetti Supper, April 3

Puslinch

• Arkell Uniter Church events on March 17 and  25
• Senior's lunch (March 17) and Chili Dinner and Hootenanny (March 27) postponed

Wellington North

• Mount Forest Horticultural Society meeting and potluck dinner, April 15
• Special Musical Sermon, April 5, Arthur United Church cancelled
• All Louise Marshall Hospital Auxiliary meetings
• Community Games night at Arthur United Church, March 14