October 28, 2021
As of October 31, all City of Edmonton employees are required to have received their final dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as per the City’s vaccination policy, and in keeping with the City’s strong commitment to health and safety.
“From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City’s top priority has and continues to be the safety of our employees and Edmontonians. As one of Alberta’s largest employers and as a municipal government, we have a responsibility to model the behaviour we are asking of our community,” said Cyndil Taylor, Branch Manager, Workforce Safety and Employee Health. “We are pleased to report that 92 per cent of City staff are now at least partially or fully vaccinated, and the number is rising. We will continue to support employees in complying with our vaccination policy.”
Employees who have not provided proof they are fully vaccinated must comply with rapid testing effective November 1.
As of October 27, across the organization, 88 per cent of City staff are fully vaccinated and four per cent are partially vaccinated, which is about 92 per cent of the workforce.
The City is taking the steps necessary to keep Edmontonians safe and the services they rely on running as smoothly and safely as possible during the implementation of this policy. Most services across the City are not seeing changes to service levels, including Fire Rescue Services. As of November 1, bus service frequency will be reduced on some routes temporarily and work is underway to prepare transit riders for these temporary adjustments. More than 97 per cent of bus service will be unaffected and no changes will be made to LRT, paratransit, regional or on-demand service.
“We are grateful for the support we continue to receive from transit riders and your ongoing role in keeping yourselves and others safe while in the transit system. We want to assure you these changes are temporary and transit is safe and reliable, as it has been since before COVID-19 began, throughout the past year and a half, and as it will continue to be in the future,” said Carrie Hotton-MacDonald, Branch Manager, Edmonton Transit Service.
Starting November 1, transit riders are strongly encouraged to plan their trip ahead of time using trip planning tools. A full schedule of adjusted routes will be available at
edmonton.ca/TransitAlerts.
The COVID-19 vaccination policy, in addition to other workplace control measures, such as physical distancing, capacity limits and the mask bylaw, are in place to do our part in reducing the spread of COVID-19 during this critical time in our efforts to end the pandemic.
