With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on almost everything in our everyday lives in 2020, sports came to a grinding halt in North America in early to mid-March. Baseball was particularly hard hit as the season was just getting ready to ramp up for many leagues and US College baseball had just gotten underway.

In this article we will have a look at what the impacts of COVID-19 have been on baseball in Canada with regard to cancellations and delays as well as what the restart plans look like for each Province.

Provincial Baseball Restart Plans

Since we have had more than our fair share of bad news this year overall, I thought I would actually begin this article with the restart plans by Province. I am also including information on Provincial championships where available.

Province	Training Restart	Play Restart	Provincial Championships?
Alberta	15-JUN-20	01-JUL-20	??
British Columbia	08-JUN-20	28-AUG-20	Cancelled
Manitoba	08-JUN-20	01-JUL-20	Cancelled
New Brunswick	08-JUN-20	01-JUL-20	??
Newfoundland and Labrador	08-JUN-20	26-JUN-20	??
Nova Scotia	15-JUN-20	31-JUL-20	Cancelled
Ontario	16-JUN-20 (Staged by region)	17-JUL-20 (Staged by region)	??
Prince Edward Island	01-JUN-20	26-JUN-20	Confirmed
Quebec	08-JUN-20	??	??
Saskatchewan	22-JUN-20	29-JUN-20	Cancelled

Canadian Baseball Cancellations Due to COVID-19

Although there is some good news in the section above, there has been plenty of bad news due to COVID-19. Below is a list of confirmed cancellations so far.

Date	Organization	Cancellation
03-JUL-20	Baseball Nova Scotia	2020 Bluenose League and BNS Provincials Cancelled Due to NS Government Inaction
09-JUN-20	Baseball Saskatchewan	2020 Saskatchewan Provincial Championships Cancelled
08-JUN-20	Canada West	2020-21 First Term Team Competitions Cancelled
08-JUN-20	Ontario University Athletics	Sport Programming Cancelled Until 2021
08-JUN-20	Atlantic University Sport	Competition Suspended Until 2021
08-JUN-20	U Sports	2020 Fall Championships Cancelled
07-JUN-20	Baseball Atlantic	2020 Baseball Atlantic Championships Cancelled
04-JUN-20	Toronto Blue Jays	2020 Tournament 12 Cancelled
01-JUN-20	Baseball Manitoba	2020 Manitoba Provincial Championships Cancelled
23-APR-20	Baseball Canada	2020 National Championships Cancelled
16-MAR-20	Baseball Ontario	Suspension of all In-person baseball activities
13-MAR-20	All Provincial governing bodies except Baseball Ontario	Suspension of all In-person baseball activities

I have tried to make these lists as complete an accurate as possible but if I have made any mistakes or missed anything please let me know by leaving a comment.

I will make periodic updates to both tables as more information becomes available. Hopefully we can start to hear more about restarts than cancellations going forward.