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That day, the Government of Canada estimated that there were approximately 19,000 employers and 1,235,000 employees (8% of all workers in Canada) subject to the vaccine mandate. Since October 29, proof of vaccination has been mandatory for employees of federal public services and federally regulated industries, including banking.
The government will also "expect" the vaccination of all employees in industries regulated by the Canada Labour Code. At the time of the announcement, the Government of Canada estimated that there are approximately 19,000 employers and 1,235,000 employees (8% of all workers in Canada) subject to the vaccine mandate.
The purpose of the ArriveCAN app evolved with changes to federal public health orders. In July 2021, the app was repurposed for enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate; all travellers were required to submit proof of vaccination for COVID-19 via ArriveCAN, or be required to self-isolate on arrival.
On December 9, 2020, Health Canada approved the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines were distributed amongst the provinces by the Federal government. Ontario received an initial delivery of 6,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine of a total of 90,000 doses to be received before the end of 2020.
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By the end of July 2021, Canada had received a cumulative total of more than 66.4 million vaccines. By August 2021, Canada had attained the highest vaccination rate in the world. Anand also worked to finalize Canada's agreements with vaccine producers regarding the procurement and delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses for children.
On July 29, President Biden similarly announced that unvaccinated federal employees and on-site contractors will be subject to mandatory social distancing, masks, weekly or bi-weekly COVID-19 testing, and limitations on work travel. Biden cited Delta variant and a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" as justification for the measures.
Federal mandates. In September 2021, Biden announced the Biden administration COVID-19 action plan, a six-point plan of new measures to help control the pandemic, which included new executive orders and regulatory actions to effectively mandate vaccination for COVID-19 among a large swath of the American workforce.