Limits on inter-provincial travel have forced Canada-based miner Kirkland Lake to move to reduced operations at the Macassa mine and to suspend activities at the Holt Complex.
Border restrictions between Quebec and Ontario have been stepped up as efforts intensify to combat the spread of coronavirus, which has infected more than 9 700 individuals and caused the death of almost 130 people in Canada.
Both Macassa and the Holt Complex have a significant number of employees and contractors residents in Quebec, who travel to Ontario for work. The workers impacted by the reductions would receive their base wages for the month of April.