Common travel area re-opened with Churchill
Public Service Announcement
Common travel area re-opened with Churchill
Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer has re-opened the Common Travel Area with Churchill, Manitoba.
Unvaccinated travellers who are in a COVID-free community and have been in the common travel area for at least 14 days will be able to travel to and from Churchill.
- Unvaccinated travellers from Churchill must complete a Common Area Traveller’s Declaration form and send it to @email. They also must wear masks in public spaces and observe physical distancing for the duration of their return trip.
- Unvaccinated Nunavummiut who enter Churchill on exemption to live, work, study or for compassionate reasons and wish to return to Nunavut must also complete a Common Area Traveller’s Declaration form and send it to @email.
- Nunavummiut travelling to Churchill will be subject to the region’s public health measures and will have to get tested prior to travel or after arrival in Churchill.
- Travellers who are unvaccinated will be subject to new federal travel rules.
- Note, the Government of Nunavut is not providing testing for travel purposes.
Vaccinated travellers with a vaccinated traveller exemption are not required to obtain a common travel declaration but may need to provide a Proof of Vaccine Certificate at the airport to comply with new federal rules.
For more information on common travel areas and current travel requirements, go to https://gov.nu.ca/health/information/travel-and-isolation.
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Media Contact:
Danarae Sommerville
Communications Specialist
Department of Health
867-975-5712
@email