Resources For Your Business

There are several resources available that can help you prepare and manage your business during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, we are gathering resources to assist businesses with their plans to re-open. Below you will also find links to other COVID-19 portals for your reference. The information on this page will be updated as new information becomes available.

YOUR BUSINESS

• FAQs for the Ontario Stay At Home Order, Government of Ontario
• Provincewide Shutdown, Government of Ontario
• Chamber Check, GKWCC/Cambridge Chamber/Axonify
• Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework, Government of Ontario
• Support Our Local Economic Recovery (SOLER), City of Waterloo
• CanExport, Government of Canada
• Develop Your COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan, Government of Ontario
• Restaurant and food services health and safety during COVID-19, Government of Ontario
• COVID-19 Health and Safety Resources for Workplaces, Government of Canada
• COVID-19 Screening Tool for Workplaces (Business and Organizations)
• COVID Testing Locations
• Face Covering By-Law for Businesses, Region of Waterloo
• Mask By-law Sign for your Business, Region of Waterloo
• Mask By-Law Reminders Cards, Region of Waterloo
• A Communications Guide and Template Signage for Businesses Amidst Reopening, Canadian Business Resilience Network
• Development Your COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan, Government of Ontario
• Re-opening Personal Service Setting, Region of Waterloo Public Health
• Re-opening Recreational Water, Region of Waterloo Public Health
• Re-opening Restaurants and Food Services, Region of Waterloo Public Health
• Coronavirus Resources for Workplaces, Region of Waterloo Public Health
• Reopening for Business, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• Preventing Stigma, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• COVID-19 Screening Tool, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• COVID-19 Reopening Best Practices, Restaurants Canada
• Healing Workplaces Prevent the Spread and Reopen for Business, Helping Centre for Occupational Health & Safety (Government of Canada
• Recovery and Re-opening Series in Waterloo Region Video Series, Waterloo EDC
• Business Resilience Service, Canadian Business Resilience Network
• Reopening Toolkit, Canada Business Resilience Network
• Poster: Dons and Don’ts of Wearing a Face Mask, Government of Ontario
• Reimaging Recovery, Toronto Region Board of Trade
• Health and Safety Guidance, Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development
• Retail Recovery Playbook and Retail Recovery Checklists, Retail Council of Canada

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

• Supply+Protect
• PPE Supply Hub, Government of Canada
• Gloves, Masks, Thermometers Available (Limited Supply), Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
• Local PPE Suppliers, Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
• Workplace PPE Supplier Directory, Government of Ontario

MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH the PANDEMIC

• Business Support Portal, Government of Canada
• Tackling the Barriers – The Ontario government is offering a way to request a temporary rule or regulation change to help your business respond to COVID-19
• Emergency Status on COVID-19, Ontario Government
• COVID-19: Support for Businesses, Ontario Government

PREPARING YOUR BUSINESS FOR A PANDEMIC

• COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness Toolkit for Ontario Businesses, Ontario Chamber of Commerce
• Getting Your Workplace Ready for COVID-19, the WHO
• Decision-making Guidelines for Mass Gatherings, Government of Canada
• Resources for Canadian Businesses: COVID-19, Government of Canada
• Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers, CDC
• Business Continuity Plan and Templated for Entrepreneurs, BDC

OTHER COVID-19 PORTALS

• The Recovery Activation Program, Toronto Region Board of Trade
• Toronto Region Board of Trade Business Support Portal
• Canada Business Resilience Network
• Ontario Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 Tools and Resources for Business
• Cowan Insurance Group COVID-19 Information
• Waterloo EDC Covid-19 Resources
• Communitech COVID-19 Info Centre
• Canada Digital Media Network – Resources for Startups and Scaleups