| Summer Heat and Air Quality Guidelines for SOSA District | ||
| PLAY ON | USE CAUTION | SUSPEND PLAY |
| Less than 32°C including humidex | Above 32°C but less than 40°C including humidex | 40°C and above including humidex |
| ENVIRONMENT CANADA DATA Air Quality Index Low Risk 1-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Quality Index - IQAir Scale 0-50, “Good” Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk. Enjoy your usual outdoor activities. | ENVIRONMENT CANADA DATA Air Quality Index Moderate Risk 4-6 - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Quality Index - IQAir Scale 51-100, “Moderate” Air quality is acceptable and poses little health risk. Sensitive individuals should avoid outdoor activity as they may experience respiratory symptoms. 101-150, “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” The general public should greatly reduce outdoor exertion. Sensitive groups should avoid all outdoor activity. | ENVIRONMENT CANADA DATA Air Quality Index High Risk 7-10 Very High Risk Above 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Quality Index - IQAir Scale 151-200, “Unhealthy” Everyone should avoid outdoor exercise and take care to wear a pollution mask outdoors. 201-300, “Very Unhealthy” Everyone should avoid outdoor exercise and take care to wear a pollution mask outdoors. 301-500+, “Hazardous” Everyone should avoid exercise |
| Training and Games proceed as normal. | Training and Games are to proceed with adjustments. - Physical exertion and intensity is to be reduced for training. - Matches must have at least one 60 second water break in each half. It is up to the discretion of the Referee and/or coaches to provide additional water breaks in each half. The game clock is to be stopped during water breaks. - Unlimited substitutions are to be allowed. The match official and coaches from both teams should discuss and agree on allowing piggy back substitutions on throw-ins. | Games are cancelled. Training should be cancelled or proceed with adjustments and extreme caution. |
| At all times, Team Officials must be aware of individual player health conditions and concerns and make appropriate adjustments for the player’s wellbeing. Know who uses an inhaler and where it is kept during training and games.. | ||
| The reference tool for Temperature, Humidex and Air Quality shall be Environment Canada. https://weather.gc.ca IQAir will also be used for cities without an Air Quality reporting station on EC. We use the hourly forecast for the city or the closest reported location to where the match is being played. For games starting on the half-hour, we use the on-hour predicted temperature just before kickoff. | ||
| The District will review local forecasted conditions for scheduled kickoff times by 2:00 pm on game day for weekday games and shall notify Clubs by 3:00 pm. For weekend games, the District will review forecasted conditions and provide notice to the teams 4 hours ahead of the scheduled kickoff time. | ||
Page updated Sept. 2026
