Businesses listed as essential services are allowed to remain open whereas all non-essential businesses will be required, by the provincial government to close from April 1 and April 14.

Read more: Non-Essential Businesses To Close April 1

As stated in Section 67 of the Public Health Act: “A business listed in the Schedule may remain open. However, if the business allows members of the public to attend at the place of business, the operator of the business must implement measures to ensure that persons attending the place of business are reasonably able to maintain a separation of at least two metres from other persons who are attending the business.”

The following businesses have been deemed essential services by the Manitoba Government...

Supply chains

1. A business
(a) that provides another business listed in this Schedule with goods or services necessary
for the business to operate, including transportation and logistics management relating
to those goods or services; or
(b) that supports or facilitates the two-way movement of essential goods within integrated
North American and global supply chains.

Retail and wholesale

2. A business that provides, either by wholesale or by retail sale, food or household consumer
goods necessary for the safety, sanitation or operation of residences and businesses. Such a
business includes a grocery store, supermarket, convenience store, butcher shop, bakery,
market, hardware store and any other similar wholesale or retail business.

3. A business that provides personal protective equipment or protective clothing for use in the
workplace.

4. A business that provides essential goods and services for the health and well-being of animals,
including animal feed, pet food, and animal supplies such as bedding.

5. A gas station or other business that provides diesel, aviation, propane, heating fuel or other
fuel used to power a motor vehicle, aircraft or watercraft.

6. A business that provides office supplies and services. The supplies and services include
computer products and related repair and maintenance services for businesses and for
individuals working from home.

7. A business that holds a retail liquor licence, a manufacturer's licence, including a
manufacturer's licence with a retail endorsement, or a retail cannabis licence or that is
authorized by the Government of Canada to produce cannabis.

Accommodations

8. A hotel or motel or a business that provides rental units or similar living accommodations,
including student residences.
Institutional, residential, commercial and industrial maintenance

9. A business that provides support and maintenance services, including urgent repair, to
maintain the safety, security, sanitation and essential operation of institutional, commercial,
industrial and residential properties, and includes
(a) property management services, including residential snow clearing;
(b) services provided by skilled trades, such as plumbers, electricians and HVAC
technicians;
(c) custodial or janitorial services and cleaning services;
(d) fire safety and sprinkler systems installation and monitoring; and
(e) similar services provided by other service providers.

Telecommunications and information technology

10. A business that provides telecommunications services, such as phones and cell phones,
internet services and radio, as well as support facilities necessary for support and service
delivery, such as a call centre.

11. A business that provides information technology, and includes online services, software
products and related support services, as well as technical facilities such as data centres and
other network facilities.

Communications industries

12. A business that provides information through radio or television broadcasting,
telecommunication services or newspaper publications.

Transportation

13. A business that provides transportation services necessary for the activities of daily living.

14. A business that provides transportation services to other businesses or individuals by road,
rail, air or water, including a business that provides logistical support, distribution services or
warehousing and storage, or truck stops.

15. A business that services or repairs vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, bicycles and includes car,
truck and farm equipment dealerships and related facilities and auto supply stores and other
similar retail businesses.

16. A business that provides towing services or roadside repair assistance.

17. A business that provides goods and services for the operation, maintenance and safety of the
road, rail, air and water transportation systems.

18. A business that provides maintenance services such as clearing snow and completing
necessary repairs to the transportation system.

Manufacturing and production

19. A business that manufactures or processes goods or materials, including a component
manufacturer or a business that produces inputs used by another manufacturer.
Agriculture and food production

20. A business that is engaged in farming, harvesting, processing, manufacturing, producing or
distributing food or farm products such as crops, animal products and by-products or
beverages.

21. A business that is engaged in fishing, hunting or aquaculture.

22. A business that supports the food supply chain, including assembly yards, livestock auctions,
food distribution hubs, feed mills, farm equipment suppliers, feed suppliers, food terminals
and warehouses, animal processing plants and grain elevators.

23. A business that supplies agricultural producers with necessary products or services, such as
seed, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, agricultural equipment, custom application of
herbicides and pesticides and the repair of agricultural equipment.

24. A business that supports the safety of food, including animal and plant health and animal
well-being.

25. A business that provides veterinary services or that supplies veterinary or animal control
medications and related supplies and testing kits.

26. A business involved in ensuring the safe and effective management of animal waste, and
includes a business responsible for the disposal of dead animals, rendering, nutrient
management and biohazardous materials treatment or disposal.

Construction

27. A business engaged in construction work or services in the industrial, commercial,
institutional and residential sectors, including demolition services and expanding, renovating,
converting or repurposing existing spaces.

28. A business engaged in construction work or services that are required to ensure safe and
reliable operations of provincial and municipal infrastructure.

29. A business engaged in construction work or services that supports environmental
rehabilitation projects.

Finance
30. A business engaged in the capital markets.

31. A bank, credit union or caisse populaire.

32. A business that is a payday lender or a cheque-cashing service.

33. A business that provides insurance services, and includes the adjustment of insurance claims.

34. A business that provides pension services and employee benefits services.

35. A business that provides financial services, including any of the following:
(a) payment processing;
(b) the payroll division of any employer or an entity whose operation is the administration
of payroll.

36. A business that deals in securities or manages financial portfolios.

Natural resources

37. A business engaged in the extraction or processing of natural resources, such as minerals,
forest products, oil and gas, or aggregates, including a business engaged in the production or
sale of biofuels.

38. A business engaged in natural resource exploration and development.

39. A business that provides supplies or materials used in the natural resource sector.

40. A business that supplies or ensures the supply of natural resources, such as petroleum and
petroleum by-products or aggregate, to other businesses.

41. A business that supports the health and safety of natural resource extraction or processing
operations.

Environmental services

42. A business that supports environmental management or monitoring services or that provides
environmental clean-up and response services or services in respect of industrial sewage or
effluent, and includes environmental consulting firms, septic haulers, portable toilet suppliers,
well drillers, pesticide applicators and exterminators.

43. A business that provides laboratory services in respect of water or wastewater.

44. A business engaged in waste collection or recycling, waste and sewage treatment and disposal,
the operation of a landfill or hazardous waste disposal.
Utilities and public works

45. A business that operates a utility, and includes a business that provides goods, materials and
services needed for the delivery of utilities, such as potable drinking water, electricity and
natural gas.

46. A business engaged in or supporting the operation, maintenance or repair of provincial or
municipal infrastructure, such as railways, dams, bridges, highways, erosion control structures
and water control works.

Research

47. A business that maintains research facilities and engages in research, including medical
research and other research and development activities.

48. A business that provides goods and services that support research activities.
Health care, seniors care and social services

49. A business that provides land medical emergency response services, air medical response
services or stretcher transportation services.

50. A business that provides home care services.

51. A child and family services authority and a child and family services agency.

52. A business that operates a personal care home, supportive housing or an assisted living
facility.

53. A business that provides personal support services in home or provides residential services
for children or for individuals with physical or mental disabilities, including developmental
disabilities.

54. A business that provides or supports the provision of food, shelter, safety or protection, or
social services and other necessities of life to economically disadvantaged and other
vulnerable individuals, including food banks, family violence and abuse shelters, homeless
shelters, community housing, supportive housing, services that promote or protect the welfare
of children, services to newcomers, and custody and detention programs for persons in
conflict with the law.

55. A business, including a pharmacy or other business, engaged in the manufacturing,
wholesaling, distribution or retail sale of pharmaceutical goods and medical supplies, such as
medications, medical isotopes, vaccines and antivirals, medical devices and medical supplies.

56. A business engaged in providing logistic services or manufacturing or distributing goods or
services that support the delivery of health care, and includes a business that provides
laboratory services.

57. A business that provides mental health or addictions supports or services, such as counselling.

58. A business that provides goods or services that support the health sector including the sale,
rental or repair of assistive devices, mobility devices or medical devices, and other similar
devices or supplies.

Justice sector

59. A business that provides professional or social services supports in the justice system.
Professional services

60. A lawyer, paralegal, accountant, translator, veterinarian, engineer or geoscientist.

61. A regulatory body of a profession.

Other businesses

62. A business that provides rental and leasing services, including renting or leasing automobiles
and commercial and light industrial machinery and equipment.

63. A business that provides mailing, shipping, courier or delivery services, including post office
boxes.

64. A business that operates a laundromat or provides dry cleaning or laundry services.

65. A business that provides funeral, mortician, cremation, transfer or burial services, or any
related goods and products such as coffins and embalming fluid.

66. A business that operates a land registration service, provides real estate services or moving
services.

67. A business that provides security services, including private security guards, or provides
monitoring or surveillance equipment and services.

68. A business that provides staffing services, including temporary help.

69. A business that provides tax preparation services.

70. A business that provides travel consulting services.

71. A business that supports the safe operations of residences and critical businesses.

72. A business that provides arboriculture or lawn care services.

73. A business that provides for the health and well-being of animals, including farms, boarding
kennels, stables, animal shelters, zoos, aquariums, research facilities and other service
providers.

74. A business that provides child care services for essential workers, and home child care
services provided for eight or fewer children.