The Government Has Made Changes To Its Montreal Quarantine Hotels
Canada has updated its list of government-authorized quarantine hotels where non-essential international air travellers must spend up to three nights as they await COVID-19 test results, adding ten hotels in Montreal and removing one.
As of February 21, the federal government had listed four designated hotels near the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. As of March 2, the list totalled 13 hotels.
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The revised list of hotels is as follows:
Embassy Suites by Hilton Montreal Airport (online booking available)
Holiday Inn Express and Suites Montreal Airport
Marriott Courtyard Airport Montreal (online booking available)
Marriott Residence Inn Airport Montreal (online booking available)
Aloft Montreal Airport was removed from the Government of Canada's hotel list.
While three of the 13 hotels offer online booking, non-essential travellers can also book their mandatory three-day stay by calling 1-800-294-8253 in North America or 1-613-830-2992 outside of North America.
The line is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET.
In order to book a hotel, travellers need to have the following information on-hand:
Name(s)
Date(s) of birth
Gender(s) (male, female, or undisclosed)
The arrival city and date
Payment information
Any special requests and accessibility concerns
Pet information
Email address
The cost of the hotel stopover varies, but travellers can expect to pay upwards of $2,000 for everything from food to security to transportation and infection prevention measures.
Travellers who fail to provide proof of their hotel booking prior to boarding a flight coming to Canada could be fined $3,000.
Those who can't pay for the mandatory hotel stay will be considered "a person who is unable to quarantine."
They must follow the directions of a virus screening officer or quarantine officer upon entering Canada to go to a federally designated quarantine facility.
You can find more information on the Government of Canada's webpage.