Of 414 respondents, 65% indicated they would be comfortable attending an in-person, indoor event at some point in 2021. 68% of those willing would attend an event in September, with an additional 16.4% preferring to wait until October, 11.9% until November, and 3.7% until December.

51% had no qualms about capacities, while 18.6% would prefer an event with fewer than 100 attendees, 24.9% one with fewer than 50, and 5.6% preferred a small event with fewer than 25 people in attendance.

If an event were held in a hybrid format with in-person and virtual options, 79.6% said they would prefer to attend in person.

Of those who were not yet ready to attend an in-person event, almost half said they would consider attending if the event was outdoors, and a little over half said they would be willing to attend once 85% of the adult had been fully vaccinated. 26.2% said they would attend once 100% of eligible adults had been vaccinated, while 26.9% preferred to wait until the Niagara case load was at or less than 4 per 100,000.

57.9% of those unwilling to attend in-person events would feel differently if they knew all attendees had to prove their vaccination status, while 13.8% did not feel that would make a difference. The balance were unsure.

Comments that were shared with us included:

Maintaining virtual events creates space for people with disabilities to be able to meaningfully engage and participate.

Just because you are vaccinated doesn’t mean you’re not a carrier. Don’t rush this thing!

With the exception of international travel or entry to facilities that could increase harm to those that are vulnerable… proof of vaccination is an infringement.

[A] vaccine passport [could be] tied into our Ontario Health card.

I am not there yet.

It really depends on the variants at this point.

All planning must be contingent on our having control over current and likely new variants.