The Ontario government is providing businesses and organizations with easy-to-use marketing materials to help encourage colleagues, staff and customers to download the COVID Alert app – an important tool in our fight to protect ourselves and our communities from the pandemic.
COVID Alert’s impact so far
From July 31, 2020 to September 12, 2021
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Total app downloads6.6M
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Ontarians who alerted others24,777
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Provinces and territories on board9
Provinces that have made the app available:
- Ontario
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
With the COVID Alert app, users get a phone alert if they may have been exposed to COVID-19 and can let others know if they’ve tested positive, without sharing any personal information. The app is:
- free
- easy to use
- private and secure
- made in Ontario
- another tool to help protect yourself and your community
How you can help
We are now asking the private sector to help spread the word about COVID Alert. Use these social media sharables, fact sheets, posters and more to help promote the app.
Tell us how you’ve joined the fight
Whether your business has already been promoting COVID Alert with your own materials or you’ve used the ones we’ve made for you, we want to hear about it!