In light of increased cross-border travel between Labrador and Quebec during the holiday season, the Department of Health and Community Services is reminding the public of the travel rules in place and the associated self-isolation requirements.

Communities along the Labrador-Quebec border, including the Labrador City-Wabush-Fermont area and the Labrador Straits-Quebec Lower North Shore area, have a high level of social and economic integration.

Asymptomatic individuals, who are permanent residents of one of these two areas and who cross the Newfoundland and Labrador-Quebec border, are exempt from the requirement to self-isolate for 14 days when arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador from Quebec.

The following conditions apply:

• Individuals who are residents of Labrador City or Wabush are exempt from self-isolation if they do not travel beyond Fermont or the Mount Wright Mining Complex turn-off at Rue 389.
• Individuals who are residents of Fermont are exempt from self-isolation if they do not travel beyond Labrador City or Wabush.
• Individuals who are residents of the Labrador Straits are exempt from self-isolation if they do not travel beyond the community boundary of Old Fort along the Quebec Lower North Shore.
• Individuals who are residents of the Quebec Lower North Shore are exempt from self-isolation if they do not travel beyond the Labrador Straits area.

Residents from elsewhere in Labrador are not exempt from the requirement to self-isolate if they travel across the Quebec border upon their return to Labrador.

Residents from the Island of Newfoundland who travel from St. Barbe on the island to Blanc-Sablon, Quebec on their way to Labrador, are asked not to stop while in Quebec, but instead travel straight to Labrador upon disembarking the ferry at Blanc-Sablon.

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Avis public : Clarification sur les restrictions frontalières au Labrador

Media contact
Tina Newhook
Health and Community Services
709-729-1377, 728-2837
tinanewhook@gov.nl.ca