Update:

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says air travelers to Canada will quarantine in a hotel starting on Feb. 22 to await the result of a coronavirus test. It’s part of stricter restrictions on air travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants. He earlier said hotel stays will be at the travelers’ own expense. Government officials say with limited exceptions, non essential air travelers, will be required to reserve, prior to departure to Canada, a 3-night stay in a government-authorized hotel. The measures will especially affect Canadian “snowbirds” who winter abroad and return home in the spring. Trudeau said Friday it could take up to three days for test results to be available. Travelers would then isolate at home or elsewhere if the test is negative.

Previously…

Toronto (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing stricter restrictions on travelers response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus. The new requirements make it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and includes suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April 30. Trudeau says in addition to the pre-boarding test Canada already requires, the government will be introducing mandatory PCR testing at the airport for people returning to Canada. He says travelers will then have to wait for up to three days at an approved hotel for their test results, at their own expense.