I’m a Canadian Citizen and a US permanent resident. I live in Ohio and I’m fully vaccinated. I’m currently in Canada visiting my family and it is so different from how things are in Ohio. Everything in Ohio is open and even the mask mandate has been lifted. Ontario is just coming out of a lockdown and most things are still closed. It honestly feels like Ohio felt in April 2020. I went to the grocery store and they still have the arrows on the ground and they were disinfecting the belt between customers. The restaurants are only open for takeout or outside on the patio and all the stores at the mall are closed. I’m not saying that’s a good thing or a bad thing, I’m just noting how different my experience here has been.
I should warn you that they are taking the 14 day quarantine period VERY seriously here. I actually had someone from the health department come and knock on the door and check to make sure I was there on day 8. Also, if you can get a Covid test at the border, do it there and don’t take it to the place you are doing your quarantine. I had to wait 90 minutes for a nurse to do the test online. Much quicker at the border.
