Canada Day 2024: What’s open, closed in Toronto and where to watch fireworks

What’s open

• The Art Gallery of Ontario will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The AGO which is normally closed on Mondays will also be open on Monday, July 1, with the same hours.
• Movie theatres.
• Select The Beer Store retail locations in the GTA will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Wine Rack.
• GO transit will be on a Saturday schedule.
• TTC service on Monday, July 1, will operate on their Sunday service schedule but will start earlier at about 6 a.m. Any routes that don’t operate on Sundays will not operate on that day.
• Ripley’s Aquarium will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Vaughan Mills will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Square One will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• CF Toronto Eaton Centre will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Rabba Fine Foods locations.
• Royal Ontario Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• The Toronto Zoo will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

What’s closed:

• LCBO stores will be closed Monday. NOTE: From Thurs, June 27 to Thurs, July 4 (except Canada Day) the LCBO will be open early at 9:30 a.m. with extended hours ahead of a potential strike.
• Provincial and municipal government offices.
• Toronto Public Library branches on Saturday.
• Most grocery stores, with a few exceptions.
• No mail delivery from Canada Post on Monday.
• Banks and some retail stores.

Where to watch fireworks in Toronto:

• The City of Toronto’s flagship, 14-minute fireworks display will be held at Ashbridges Bay Park starting at 10 p.m. on Monday, July 1.
• The City of Toronto will also host fireworks displays at the following parks starting at 10 p.m.:
  • Centennial Park at 256 Centennial Park Rd.
  • Milliken Park at 5555 Steeles Ave. E.
  • Stan Wadlow Park at 888 Cosburn Ave.
• There will be no fireworks displays at Nathan Phillips Square, Mel Lastman Square or Fort York National Historic Site.