The Great Canadian Theatre Company suspended all operations until further notice.

The Canadian Tire Centre postponed all events until further notice. Refunds through Ticketmaster will be automatically refunded to credit cards. Ticketholders who purchased elsewhere should contact their point-of-purchase directly.

Cirque du Soleil temporarily suspended a number of touring shows including Crystal, scheduled for the Canadian Tire Centre on July 1-5. All customers who purchased tickets will be contacted by their point-of-sale.

The Ottawa Fringe Festival is cancelled. Read more here.

The Mayfair Theatre and Bytowne Cinema are closed until further notice.

The ninth annual Ottawa Grassroots Festival, which was to have taken place April 23-26 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, is cancelled. The event’s program featured performances by more than two dozen Indigenous, folk and roots music artists including the popular Ottawa-based duo Twin Flames. CHEO cancelled its April 1 portion of the 2020 For the Kids Gala. However, a silent auction is live online until April 30. “We are encouraging the public to register to bid on a huge selection of experiences, gift cards, product baskets, original artwork and so much more from the safety of their homes,” CHEO said in a release. Schools and child care Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced all publicly funded schools — including secondary and elementary — will remain closed to students until at least May 4. A provincial emergency declaration has closed all private schools and child care centres in Ontario until at least April 13 (though some daycares exempt for the children of front-line workers). All Quebec elementary and secondary schools and daycares are closed through May 1, save for daycare services for the children of health care, social service and essential service workers. Quebec college and university students are finishing their term online. Students at Carleton University will finish their school year online. Summer 2020 courses will be offered through online and other distance learning methods. The university campus remains open, but some buildings and facilities have closed. All in-person university events will be postponed or cancelled until June 30, including June convocation. The University of Ottawa also moved to distance learning for the remainder of the term and its spring and summer semesters. It has cancelled its in-person spring convocation ceremonies. The university remains open, but most employees are working from home. Algonquin College students are finishing the winter term entirely online. Access to the college’s campuses is being restricted to critical staff. All college events have been cancelled through June 30. Politics and public sector

Parliament has been suspended until April 20, and the federal budget was postponed.

Guided tours of the Senate of Canada building have been suspended until further notice, while guided tours of the House of Commons at West Block have been suspended until the week of April 20.

Managers across the federal public service have been asked to consider telework “for all employees, at all work sites” by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. In situations where telework isn’t feasible, it’s up to individual departments and agencies to determine how to proceed.

All brick-and-mortar Service Canada centres are being shut down, while service will be maintained online and over the phone.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada has suspended strike votes until further notice. PSAC will continue to bargain for all units currently in negotiations. PSAC has also postponed its National Capital Region regional convention, planned for April 17-19, as well as other large gatherings.

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada has closed its offices across the country and was allowing most employees to work from home. New negotiation meetings have not been scheduled, and those that were already have been postponed. All PIPSC in-person union activities have been postponed until June 30.