More than 4.6 million people have arrived in Canada since the border closed last March but fewer than one-quarter of them were ordered to quarantine — the rest were deemed "essential" travelers and exempted from the requirement.
Essential travelers are asked to wear masks when they can't physically distance from others, and medical workers are asked not to treat people over the age of 65 for 14 days.
Essential travelers also made up the bulk of arrivals according to data provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada. It said 3.5 million travelers, as of Oct. 20, had been deemed essential, and another 1.1 million were considered non-essential and were asked to quarantine for two weeks.
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