These are the "essential workplaces" allowed to stay open in Quebec

Quebec Premier François Legault has announced that as of Wednesday, March 25, at 12:01 am, all non-essential stores and services will be closed until at least April 13.

Legault says the measures are being put in place throughout the province because public health officials determined the virus is spreading quicker than before.

The Premier said that Quebec will be “on pause” for the next three weeks and said that although difficult, the stricter measures are necessary to combat the virus from spreading even further.

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Quebec officials noted that “all businesses can always engage in teleworking and e-commerce.”

Here is the full list of “essential workplaces” as defined by the provincial government.

Priority health care services

All professions in the health and social services network
Emergency pre-hospitalization services (ambulance attendants and dispatchers)
Private professional resource offices (health network)
Drugstores
Dentists (emergency consultations only)
Optometry (emergency services)
Intermediate resources and private seniors’ homes
Homecare services for seniors, people with disabilities and vulnerable individuals
Specialized shelter services (conjugal violence, homelessness, drug addiction, and so on)
Community-based family organizations
811 and 911 call centre staff
Héma-Québec
Transplant Québec
The Red Cross
The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)
The Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ)
The production, procurement and distribution of medications, vaccines and pharmaceutical goods and medical equipment, including laboratories and research centres
Veterinaries
Animal shelters

Public security services

Police services, including municipal and Sûreté du Québec emergency call dispatching
Fire departments
Correctional services
Special constables
Security agencies
The Ministère de la Sécurité publique (civil protection and coroners)
Forest firefighters and all professionals who support civil protection operations
Communications services
Enterprises associated with environmental emergencies

Priority government services

Gouvernement du Québec departments and bodies
Childcare workers and emergency childcare service support staff
Online higher education
Suppliers of goods and services for disadvantage people
Food inspection and safety
Garbage collection and residual materials management
Government air services
Suicide prevention centres
Assistance services for the victims of conjugal violence
Staff that the municipalities deem essential (administration, public works, and so on)
Food banks
Courts of law and administrative tribunals in cases that they deem urgent
Legal services

Maintenance and operation of strategic infrastructure

The production, procurement, transmission and distribution of energy (hydroelectricity, fossil energies, wind power, wood pellets)
The maintenance in good operating condition of essential public infrastructure such as bridges, municipal buildings, and so on
Construction, maintenance and the maintenance of essential activities related to public and private infrastructure that may pose a threat to public health and safety (private dams, the management of hazardous and radioactive materials, and so on)
Health services and supply chain, for example, a water treatment plant
Computer resources (security, maintenance, urgent needs related to the situation)
Data centres

Priority manufacturing activities

Food production, such as farming enterprises, food processing, beverages, slaughterhouses, market garden production
The production of inputs necessary for priority sectors
The pulp and paper sector
The manufacture of medical instruments
The manufacture of chemical products
The manufacture of health products
The manufacture of microelectronics components
Industrial complexes, especially the aluminum sector, and mining complexes must reduce to a minimum their activities
Manufacture and maintenance for the defence sector

Priority stores

Grocery stores and other food stores
Drugstores
Convenience stores
Megastores outside shopping centres that offer grocery, drugstore or hardware services
Products for farms such as mechanical equipment, fertilizer and so on
The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) and the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC)
Funeral homes, crematoria and cemeteries
Restaurants (takeout counters or delivery only)
Hotels
Drycleaners and laundromats
Medical and orthopaedic supply stores
Pet food and supplies stores
Movers
Work equipment (safety and protection)

Media and telecommunications

Telecommunications (network and equipment)
Cable operators
Printers (solely for printing newspapers)
National media
Local media

Banking and financial services

financial services (financial institutions, ATMs and other payment methods)
insurance services (telephone service)
payroll services
accounting services
services related to financial markets
services related to financial markets and stock markets

Construction sector

construction firms for emergency dispatching or security purposes
electricians, plumbers and other trades for emergency services
rental equipment

Building maintenance services

janitorial work
building-maintenance firms (elevators, ventilation, alarms, and so on)

Priority transportation and logistics services

mass transit and passenger transportation
ports and airports
locomotive and aircraft maintenance services and essential aeronautical services (air transport)
procurement and distribution of foodstuffs, grocery stores and convenience stores
transportation, warehousing and distribution of essential goods
snow removal and maintenance of functional road links
service stations and mechanical repair of motor vehicles, trucks and specialized equipment for industries deemed essential, and roadside assistance
taxis, paratransit
postal services, message handling and parcel delivery