Environmental public health professionals are integral to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic through a range of activities including:
- Enforcing public health acts and other regulations
- Enforcing public health orders, such as isolation and physical distancing
- Conducting consultations and inspections focused on COVID-19 mitigation requirements for workplaces and public spaces
- Upholding sanitization and disinfection standards in workplaces and public spaces across Canada
- Reviewing COVID-19 response plans within facilities to ensure mitigation measures are in place
- Supporting partners in public health to continue to manage the COVID-19 response
Learn more about what environmental health professionals do.
- Printable resources
- Global, national, and provincial level resources
- Disinfection and sanitization resources
Printable resources
The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
BC Centre for Disease Control
First Nations Health Authority
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
Public Health Agency of Canada
Global, national, and provincial level resources
Global resources
COVID-19 case tracker
Johns Hopkins University
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
World Health Organization
National resources
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Awareness resources
Public Health Agency of Canada
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Indigenous communities
Public Health Agency of Canada
Provincial resources
Alberta
Information for Albertans
Alberta Health Services
British Columbia
COVID-19 information
BC Centre for Disease Control
Coronavirus
First Nations Health Authority
B.C.’s response to COVID-19
Government of British Columbia
Manitoba
COVID-19 information for Manitobans
Government of Manitoba
New Brunswick
Living with COVID-19
Government of New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Life with COVID-19
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
GNWT’s Response to COVID-19
Government of Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Government of Nova Scotia
Nunavut
COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)
Government of Nunavut
Ontario
COVID-19 in Ontario
Government of Ontario
COVID-19 contact tracing initiative
Public Health Ontario
Prince Edward Island
COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Prince Edward Island
Government of Prince Edward Island
Québec
Data on COVID-19 in Québec
Government of Québec
Saskatchewan
COVID-19
Government of Saskatchewan
Yukon
COVID-19 information
Government of Yukon
Disinfection and sanitization resources
Cleaning and disinfecting public spaces during COVID-19
Public Health Agency of Canada
Hard surface disinfectants and hand sanitizers (COVID-19)
Public Health Agency of Canada
Hard-surface disinfectants and hand sanitizers (COVID-19): list of disinfectants
Public Health Agency of Canada
Hard-surface disinfectants and hand sanitizers (COVID-19): List of hand sanitizers authorized by Health Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada
Cleaning and disinfecting
BC Centre for Disease Control
Raising Awareness
We want to acknowledge and thank environmental public health professionals for your service during this pandemic.
We’re looking to showcase the work that you are doing, through pictures, video, and your stories. We also encourage you to share best practices for sanitization and disinfection information within the communities that you serve. Click here to submit a photo or video and to see guidelines on what photos and videos are needed for the campaign. Should you encounter media inquiries, please direct them to CIPHI leadership at office@ciphi.ca.