OPHA Resource on Managing Alcohol at Events on Municipal Property

Recent regulatory changes in Ontario affect how alcohol can be served and sold at events hosted on municipal property. Some of these changes may increase the risk of health harms to patrons, event staff, and the public due to alcohol use, which remains a leading, preventable cause of disease, injury, and death in Ontario. Municipalities have the authority to reduce these potential risks by requiring events to adopt additional mitigation measures; this also has the benefit of reducing liability to the municipality.

In this document, the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) outlines some of the associated public health and safety concerns and provides detailed mitigation measures for consideration by municipalities.