Nova Scotia to Lift All COVID-19 Restrictions in March

Vaccine passport will be removed on Feb. 28

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston fields a question at a COVID-19 briefing in Halifax on Sept. 29, 2021. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

Nova Scotia is set to remove the vaccine passport system by the end of February, while all other COVID-19 restrictions will end on March 21, Premier Tim Houston said.

“Assuming everything stays on course, effective March 21 all remaining COVID restrictions in Nova Scotia will be gone,” he said on Feb. 23 during a press conference, adding that this is an announcement for “a return to normalcy.”