COVID-19 PREVENTION
The City of Beaconsfield is working closely with the Centre de sécurité civile of Montreal and provincial health authorities regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Following the measures announced by the Prime Minister in mid-March, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Beaconsfield is putting in place various preventive measures to slow down the COVID-19 spread.
The walk-in COVID-19 Testing Clinic in Beaconsfield has moved to Kirkland. The opening hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Monday to Sunday.
Click here for more details.
Kirkland Testing Clinic
3212 Jean-Yves St., Kirkland H9J 2R6
Tel.: 514 644-4545
COVID-19
If you have questions:
- Or you think you have symptoms of COVID-19, such as a cough, a fever, difficulty breathing: 1 877 644-4545
- Concerning the care available at Montréal West Island IUHSSC facilities during the pandemic: 514-630-2123 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 7 days/week)
- For information regarding COVID-19: 8-1-1
COVID-19 Pandemic - Government Establishes Regional Alert and Intervention System
The City of Beaconsfield is at the Red Alert Level until February 8, 2021.
The regional alert system with progressive intervention criteria defines additional measures to be taken as needed to ensure public safety in each of Québec’s socio-health regions.
To find out the alert level in your region, consult the Map of COVID-19 alert levels by region.
Government action in the coming months will be focussed on three priorities:
- Limiting the health, social and economic impact of COVID‑19
- Protecting the most vulnerable members of society
- Avoiding healthcare system overload
New health measures to control the second wave, coupled with an overnight curfew
Until Monday, February 8, 2021
To learn more about the list of restrictions imposed by the Québec Government, visit quebec.ca
COVID-19 Health Instructions
We all have a role to play to fight against the spread of the virus.
Prevention continues to be the key to success!
WORD FROM THE MAYOR
Dear residents,
Mobilizing everyone is essential to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In this time of uncertainty, we want you to know that the City of Beaconsfield is monitoring the situation closely and that it is working with its various partners to ensure that it continues to provide essential services to citizens.
Municipal services will be provided, with adaptations made necessary, to preserve the health and safety of residents and City employees. At this point, all events and activities scheduled in the coming weeks are cancelled or postponed. The frequency of cleaning has been increased in our public buildings, including the installation of hand sanitization stations.
The Direction de la santé publique du Québec is in charge of coordinating actions and therefore the City is responsible to follow the decisions and recommendations of public health.
We have updated our emergency preparedness plan, which includes the measures to take in the event of a pandemic. It provides, for example, how we protect our own employees so that they can continue to do their work, continue to provide priority municipal services, etc. We can also support the operations of the Québec Government and public health authorities in different ways.
Special attention should be paid to the elderly, especially individuals 70 years and over, since they are at higher risk of complications. It is important to respect physical distancing measures.
The situation is evolving every day. The City will continue to share regular updates via communication tools (website, online newsletter, bciti) to keep residents up to date on any changes to municipal programs and services.
Thank you for your collaboration,
Georges Bourelle
Mayor of Beaconsfield
Recreation Centre
The Recreation Centre is closed to the public until February 8, 2021.
The Beaconsfield Library
As part of the measures announced by Public Health, the Beaconsfield Library must revise their operations as follows:
- The book drop will remain open for returns at all times
- Due dates and fines are maintained
Contactless Loans:
The Library offers contactless loans, by reservation only.
Opening hours:
- Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Wednesday and Thursday, from 1 to 7:30 p.m.
Procedure to follow:
- Reservation of documents you would like to borrow is mandatory (maximum of 25 reservations per user)
Online at beaconsfieldbiblio.ca or by phone at 514 428-4400, ext. 4470 - Only pick-up documents you have reserved once you have received a notice by email or phone from the Library. Do not show up at the Library if you have not reserved any documents.
- Pick-up service of reserved documents only
- No access to book stacks, computers, or furniture. Access only to the circulation counter
- One person per household
Remote services:
- Online activities: Mandatory registration at 514 428-4400, ext. 4470
- Reference and reader’s advisory. Contact bibliotheque@beaconsfield.ca or 514 428-4400, ext. 4470
For the calendar of all the online activities offered, click here.
Individual workspaces for students available at the library
As of January 14, the Library will be offering four individual workspaces to students with a valid library membership.
Spaces will have to be reserved in advance and students will have to bring their personal laptop. One public computer will also be available by appointment only.
The library Wi-Fi network and an electrical outlet will be available. A printer will be available for a fee.
It will not be possible to move freely around the library. Study spaces and the public computer will be disinfected between each session.
Visit beaconsfieldbiblio.ca for the terms of use, the schedule for the study spaces and for more details.
City Hall is open without appointment
Given the situation surrounding COVID-19, some precautions need to be taken, therefore, additional measures have been put in place, such as: stations with hand sanitizer and signage to follow. Physical distancing still needs to be maintained at all times. Face coverings are mandatory to enter public buildings. Anyone coming to City Hall refusing to wear a mask will, unfortunately, be denied access.
In addition, our customer service counters can only accommodate one person at a time. Therefore, we advise you to make an appointment to avoid waiting in line outside the building: 514 428-4400.
The Urban Planning Department is closed to the public. Appointments for emergencies are available only by phone at 514 428-4400, ext. 4430 or by e-mail at permis@beaconsfield.ca
The Public Works building will remain open by appointment only. The Drop-off site will be open during regular opening hours.
Until further notice, the following municipal facilities offering activities to the public are closed:
Centennial Hall
All activities offered by third parties (community associations) on City premises are also cancelled until further notice.
Herb Linder Annex
All activities offered by third parties (community associations) on City premises are also cancelled until further notice.
Park Chalets
All activities offered by third parties (community associations) on City premises are also cancelled until further notice.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN FORCE
ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE MAINTAINED
Our teams continue to ensure essential municipal services, such as the collection of garbage and recycling, roadwork and access to drinking water. Details about collection services: beaconsfield.ca/en/collection-calendar
The Public Works building is open by appointment only - 514 428-4500
Need a permit? 
Beaconsfield’s Urban Planning department has all the urban planning info you need!
Contact our urban planners and building inspectors to verify whether you need a permit before building an extension, installing a pool, fence or shed as part of your construction or renovation project.
Our team is at your service to advise or inform you and to take your permit application or building inspection request. We invite you to contact us by phone at 514 428-4400 ext. 4430 or by email at permis@beaconsfield.ca for appointment and advice.
NEW – Some permits are available on our website as well as explanatory leaflets related to renovation permits and certificate.
Retail stores
For more details, visit quebec.ca
Poster for businesses
The City of Beaconsfield is providing a downloadable poster to remind customers who enter your establishment of the main health guidelines they need to follow. We invite you to display it on your main entrance.
Download the 8.5 x 11 format (PDF)
PHYSICAL DISTANCING
Wearing a face covering in public settings
The public (people over the age of 12) is prohibited from accessing and circulating in the following places without wearing a face covering:
- Retail businesses
- Service companies (e.g. pharmacies)
- Private practices of professionals
- Locations where municipal or government services are offered
- Personal care businesses (e.g. hairdressers, beauty care)
- Shopping malls
- Places of worship
- Cinemas, concert halls, etc.
- Venues used to host events, such as conventions and conferences
- All common areas in facilities, including those in office buildings (e.g., lobbies, elevators and hallways)
- Schools (except primary and secondary schools), colleges and universities
- Public transit
For more details, visit quebec.ca.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING FOR THE ENTIRE POPULATION
At the present time, everyone is asked to make an effort to physically distance themselves from others. It means avoiding all means of socialization with other people.
Those who can work from home are encouraged to do so, and if you must take public transit, try to do so outside of rush hours. If you have to go outside, make sure to follow the proper hygiene measures (frequent hand washes, avoid touching your face, coughing in your elbow) and maintain a distance of at least two meters (6 feet) with other individuals to minimize the chances of catching or spreading a virus.
Please note that in the context of COVID-19, people refusing to comply with the rules of distancing and not gathering in public spaces, such as parks, could be fined between $1,000 and $6,000 by the SPVM.
Beaconsfield implements a Physical Distancing Squad
To support the public health self-isolation and physical distancing guidelines, the City has set up a mobile squad which will patrol the streets in areas known to be popular gathering locations. Equipped with loudspeakers, the vehicles will broadcast reminders of the 2-meter distance rule to walkers, joggers and cyclists.
• Retail businesses
• Service companies (e.g. pharmacies)
• Private practices of professionals
• Locations where municipal or government services are offered
• Personal care businesses (e.g. hairdressers, beauty care)
• Shopping malls
• Places of worship
• Cinemas, concert halls, etc.
• Venues used to host events, such as conventions and conferences
• All common areas in facilities, including those in office buildings (e.g., lobbies, elevators and hallways)
• Schools (except primary and secondary schools), colleges and universities
• Public transit
For more details, visit quebec.ca.
Parks playgrounds and Trekfit sites
We remind everyone to adhere to the principles of physical distancing (2 metres/6 feet) and other public health recommendations. Signs indicating the measures to be respected are installed on site.
Sports and leisure facilities
You can access the dog park!
A minimum distance of two metres must be maintained between those who do not come from the same household. Wearing a mask or face covering is strongly recommended.
ORGANIZED OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
According to the Public Health's recent guidelines in red zone, all organized sports or recreational activities in a public space, including outdoors, are prohibited.
- No organized activity is permitted for any physical, sporting or recreational activity.
- Outdoor activities such as skating, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice fishing, snowmobiling, fat biking and tubing are allowed under certain conditions.
Click here for Public Health's measures concerning organized sports and recreational activities.
Community Resources
VOLUNTEER WEST ISLAND (VWI)
514 457-5445
cabvwi.org
WEST ISLAND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE (CRC)
514 694-6404
crcinfo.ca
211 Information and Referral Centre of the Greater Montréal
211
211qc.ca
You’d like to help your community and get involved during these difficult times, but don’t know where to start? Go to Jebenevole.ca!
There is a great demand for volunteers in community organizations. If you are healthy, under the age of 70 and have no symptoms, this site can help you connect with an organization in your area. Thanks for doing your part!
We invite you to consult this document on good precautions and public health recommendations if you wish to get involved.
ARE YOU OVER THE AGE OF 70?
PROTECT YOURSELF: USE OUR ONLINE SERVICES
beaconsfield.ca is an essential resource for all the information you may need, as well as several forms and online registration services. We invite you to avoid going to City Hall (open by appointment only) and to consult our website.
MUNICIPAL ONLINE, EMAIL AND TELEPHONE SERVICES
Whether or not residents have flu symptoms, they are asked to use online tools as much as possible to:
Submit your request online
- Via our web site or email at info@beaconsfield.ca
- Via bciti: beaconsfield.ca/en/at-your-service/bciti-your-citizen-portal
- Request for a fence, a deck, a pergola or to fell a tree: https://del.accescite.net/demandes/pages/default.aspx?Citycode=66107
- View our Council meeting live or on demand : beaconsfield.ca/en/our-city/council-meetings-and-documents Click on link called Webcast.
Contact City personnel by phone:
City Hall: 514 428-4400
Public Works: 514 428-4500
Urban Planning: 514 428-4430
Municipal Patrol and non-emergency services outside of opening hours: 514 428-5999
Recreation Centre: 514 428-4520
Community support
Community associations
The following associations in Beaconsfield have reached out to offer help to their fellow citizens:
BEACON HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
BEACONSFIELD ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
BEACONSFIELD SCOUTS
LAKESHORE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
FRIENDS OF THE BEACONSFIELD LIBRARY
LES AMIS DU VILLAGE BEAUREPAIRE
BEACONSFIELD LAWN BOWLING CLUB
BEACONSFIELD WOMENS CLUB
BEACONSFIELD QUILTING GUILD
BEACONSFIELD-BEAUREPAIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CARL KNOWS WINE SOMMELIER SERVICES
SANTA TO A SENIOR MTL
Citizen initiative - Caremongers Beaconsfield 
Inspired by a movement seen elsewhere in Canada, a Beaconsfield resident launched a kindness and mutual aid group for our community!
If you would like to help a vulnerable person, keep an eye on your neighbours, if you think that one of them could benefit from your help, we invite you to print the card via the following link and leave it in that person's mailbox.
We are proud to be part of a united community and we thank our citizens very much for launching and participating in this type of initiative.
Click here to download the card
Click here to access the Facebook group
