Canada poised to lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates for planes, trains: sources

Unvaccinated Canadians can board a plane or passenger train in the country once again. Ottawa announced Tuesday it is suspending its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for air and rail travellers with infections rapidly declining across Canada. It will take effect on June 20. Since Oct. 30, 2021, those over the age of 12 who were not inoculated were barred from boarding a plane or train, and most of them were no longer allowed to show a negative COVID-19 test as a substitute for vaccination. Roughly 81 per cent of the entire population is vaccinated against COVID-19, government data shows.