On May 27, 2021, the New Brunswick government announced guidelines outlining the path toward the Green level of its COVID-19 recovery plan. The plan includes three phases to slowly loosen restrictions, with target dates based on anticipated vaccination rates and low numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The three phases are expecting to come into effect on June 7 (Phase 1), July 1 (Phase 2), and August 2 (Phase 3).