Canada Day 2016: What’s open and closed in Montreal

MONTREAL – Are you looking for something to do this Canada Day long weekend, but aren’t sure what’s open and closed?

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Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered:

Closed:

• Banks
• Most city offices
• Municipal court
• Most provincial and federal offices
• Many private sector offices
• Shopping malls
• Claude-Robillard sports complex
• Postal service delivery and Canada Post post offices

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Open:

• Grocery stores
• SAQ Classique and Express outlets, unless located inside a mall
• Cinemas
• Bonsecours Market
• Jean-Talon, Atwater and Lachine markets
• Pointe-à Callière Archaeology & History Museum
• Montreal’s beaches
• Parc Jean-Drapeau attractions
• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
• The Botanical Garden, Biodôme, Insectarium and Planetarium
• Montreal Planetarium
• Laronde
• Montreal Casino
• Place Ville-Marie observatory
• Consult your neighbourhood website or call 311 to see if the local arenas, swimming pools and sports centres are open
• Garbage pickups and recycling will stay on schedule

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Transport

• STM bus and metro services will run on a Saturday, Sunday or special schedule
• RTL buses will run on a Sunday schedule
• STL buses will run on a Saturday schedule
• AMT trains will run on a Sunday schedule; there will be no service on the Candiac, Mascouche and Mont Saint-Hilaire lines
• Parking meters will operate as usual