The Municipality has closed public access to all its municipal buildings. However, municipal employees continue to work either by telework or at Town Hall.

The essential services maintained are:

• Fire and police department
• Collection of residual materials
• Snow removal operations
• Urgent road works
• Activities at wastewater treatment plants and drinking water filtration plants

The Union des municipalités du Québec recently issued new directives authorizing municipal councils to sit in closed session on an exceptional basis. Read more. 

The next council meeting scheduled for April 7 will be held by teleconference between municipal Council.

Yes. Council will take action on tax payment arrangements to assist residents during this exceptional time.

The form this measure will take is not yet finalized, but a decision will be made shortly. More details to come.

The ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation, Andrée Laforest, is asking all municipalities to cancel or postpone all forms of consultation that they must hold and that require the presence of citizens, such as public consultation meetings, referendums or record keeping.

Municipal committee meetings are therefore cancelled to, once again, limit the risk of spreading the virus. 

Garbage, recycling and compost collections are maintained according to the usual schedules for each sector.

The directive to limit outings also applies to residual materials: citizens must keep their returnable containers at home and postpone travel to ecocentres and other drop-off points.

In order to protect the workers who continue to provide the waste collection service, we ask all residents to respect the following instructions:

• Soiled tissues, masks, wipes and gloves must be placed in closed bags and then in the garbage bin.
• The handles of all bins must be disinfected before and after collections.

The workers in charge of collecting residual materials take the necessary measures to ensure their safety and to maintain this essential service. However, we ask for everyone's cooperation.

These guidelines may evolve and be updated in the coming days.

Public Works remains open to take requests. You can contact them by phone at 819-827-1160 or by e-mail at travauxpublics@chelsea.ca.

It will not be possible to apply for a new permit. Existing applications will follow the normal process. Property owners will be notified by email when their permit is released.

New applications will not be accepted. However, existing applications will follow the normal process. The owners concerned will receive an email when the permit is released to let them know what will happen next.

Yes, the Municipality of Chelsea's drinking water maintains exemplary water quality by complying with the requirements of the provincial standards of the Drinking Water Quality Regulation. Our expert operating firm ensures daily operations at the plants and in the system while performing the necessary microbiological analyses to ensure water quality compliance at all times.

No. The water sample collection service is cancelled until further notice.  

You can make your tax account payment online at your banking institution. You must select the Chelsea taxes supplier and add your registration number.

The other way is to make the payment by sending a cheque to the Municipality of Chelsea by mail or by depositing it in the mailbox at the visitors' entrance of Town Hall.  

You will be able to keep the documents you borrowed until the library reopens. You will not be charge late fees. If you wish, you may use the book chute near the visitors' entrance to return books. The interlibrary loan service is suspended until further notice.  

For the moment, the activities are cancelled. A decision will be taken shortly regarding possible postponements.

The parks are always accessible, however, the modules and playgrounds are preventively closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In addition, the soccer fields, basketball and baseball fields and the skatepark are closed. Access to the community toy play chests and neighborhood book exchange boxes is also prohibited.

The Municipality applies the government-issued rule regarding public service employees. Municipal employees returning from a trip outside the country will be in confinement and will telework for a period of 14 days.

The Municipality is monitoring the situation from hour to hour in order to be able to react to the progress of COVID-19. For the moment, the municipal offices and the library are closed to the public. Municipal employees are required to telework. In addition, the municipal maintenance department is disinfecting areas that are susceptible to contagion.

A screening clinic and a preclinical evaluation clinic are now in operation in Gatineau. Anyone who thinks they may have COVID-19 is invited to call 819 644-4545 or 1 877 644-4545 to make an appointment.

We invite residents to consult the self-care guide put online by the Government of Quebec. This guide is intended to help each person make the best decisions for themselves and their families.

Anyone who thinks they may have COVID-19 is invited to call 819 644-4545 or 1 877 644-4545 to make an appointment.

Stay tuned for updates by checking this page regularly. You can also subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of the home page and follow us on Facebook.

In addition, we invite residents to keep informed of the measures issued by both levels of government by consulting their official websites.   

• Government of Quebec
• Government of Canada

We invite you to visit the Transcollines website to be informed of any changes.