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

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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

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