Social distancing is one way to help slow the spread of COVID-19, but the lack of human contact is leading to loneliness for some.

Authorities have banned public gatherings and have asked that individuals should stay at least a metre apart.  That means many workers have been asked to work from home, as well as that social meeting places like bars and movie theatres are closed.

Community events have also been cancelled, so for many, their social life has been put on pause.

“It feels like house arrest,” businessman Louis Lapointe from his home in Laval.

He normally works from home but he usually finds time to meet people.

Usually I get up in the morning, I go to the gym, I come back, I work and I try to organize lunches with business partners to get outta the house,” he explained.

“And at night I go to a restaurant once in a while, but now those options are not there anymore.”

He says he lives alone and most of his family isn’t in the Montreal area, so now he has to figure out how to adjust.

“It’s kinda draining.”

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