Trends in Interregional Travel to Shopping Malls and Restaurants Before and After Differential COVID-19 Restrictions in the Greater Toronto Area

Jean-Paul R Soucy; Amir Ghasemi; Shelby L Sturrock; Isha Berry; Sarah A Buchan; Derek R MacFadden; Kevin A Brown

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23139

Trends in Interregional Travel to Shopping Malls and Restaurants Before and After Differential COVID-19 Restrictions in the Greater Toronto Area

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Aug 2;4(8):e2123139. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23139.

Authors

Jean-Paul R Soucy¹, Amir Ghasemi², Shelby L Sturrock¹, Isha Berry¹, Sarah A Buchan³, Derek R MacFadden⁴, Kevin A Brown³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
³ Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

This cohort study examines whether the implementation of differentially timed restrictions in a highly interconnected metropolitan area was associated with increased interregional travel.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / prevention & control
Commerce* / trends
Health Behavior*
Humans
Ontario
Pandemics*
Physical Distancing*
Restaurants* / trends
SARS-CoV-2
Travel* / trends