The Toronto Raptors, Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators will limit home games to a 50 percent crowd capacity amid Ontario's new rules to combat the COVID-19 surge, per Sportsnet.
"This measure is being taken to reduce opportunities for close contact in high-risk indoor settings with large crowds and when masks are not always worn," the province wrote in a press release.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford offered more explanation for the decision in a press conference.
"Let's be very clear, you've got to target the largest venues," Ford said.
He also added: "Sports games, large concerts—people aren't masking as much as (organizers) implore them to mask.