In the Maritime provinces you need to quarantine again if you arrived and quarantined in another province. When it comes to international students they won't necessarily have health coverage if they remain in another province. If you decided to come to Canada as an international student but don't plan on living close to the school you'll need to justify your plans. Provinces don't want the burden of receiving all the international students from other provinces. It creates demands on their services, creates extra demand when it comes to access to part-time work, etc. Assume you have a separate area to quarantine in you uncle's home like a basement with a bathroom. There have also been some updates to the quarantine instructions. Unfortunately the previous guidelines did not make sense based on basic public health principles.
A suitable place of quarantine is one where you:
- Have access to the necessities of life without leaving your place of quarantine
- Have a separate bedroom if the space is shared with family/friends who didn't travel with you
- Can limit interactions with others in the household. If spaces, such as a kitchen, are shared:
- wear a mask or face covering if a 2m distance cannot be maintained;
- thoroughly and regularly clean common areas after use
- Are not living with those at risk of more severe disease
- Are not in close contact with others who did not travel with you. For example, do not quarantine in:
- a group or communal living setting, including camps or students dorms unless the location is pre-authorized;
- a household with a large family or many people
- a shared small apartment or similar setting