If you’ve got a to-do list to get through this Labour Day weekend, take note that many businesses and municipal services are powering down for the holiday Monday.
Here’s a list of what’s open and closed in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018:
Food and drink
- Most grocery stores are shutting their doors on Monday. However, the Metro on Rideau Street and the Loblaws at Rideau and Nelson are both open 24 hours. Whole Foods at Lansdowne Park is also open from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
- All LCBO and Beer Store locations are also closed.
Other shopping
- Many drug stores like Shoppers and Rexall will be open, but it depends on the location. Contact a specific store to double check its holiday hours.
- The Rideau Centre is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The other major malls in Ottawa, including Bayshore, St. Laurent, Place d’Orléans and the Tanger Outlets, are closed.
- The ByWard Market will be open. The market’s website says that will also be the case for “many businesses and outdoor vendors” in the busy tourist area, but suggests contacting individual businesses for their hours of operation.
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Museums
- The National Gallery of Canada will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The Canadian Museum of Nature will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The Canada Aviation and Space Museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- The Canadian War Museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The Canadian Museum of History (in Gatineau) will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Other
- Banks are closed.
- Movie theatres, including the various Cineplex locations, the ByTowne Theatre and the Mayfair Theatre, are open.
City of Ottawa services
- Ottawa City Hall and all seven client service centres are closed.
- The Provincial Offences Court, including the courts located at 100 Constellation Cres., will be closed.
- The Ottawa Public Health Sexual Health Clinic and satellite clinics will be closed.
- Libraries are closed.
- All municipal child care centres will be closed.
- City of Ottawa arts centres, galleries, theatres and museums will be closed — but the Karsh-Masson Gallery, the Barbara Ann Scott Gallery and the OAG Annex at City Hall will be open.
- Some indoor pools and fitness centres will be open “with modified schedules.”
- Weather permitting, beaches and splash pads will be open but unsupervised.
- There won’t be any curb-side garbage, recycling or green bin collection. Labour Day’s pickup will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 4.
- The 311 contact centre will be open “for urgent matters” that need the city’s “immediate attention.”
Transit
- All municipal parking regulations and restrictions will apply.
- OC Transpo will operate on a Sunday schedule. Take note: The transit service’s fall schedule comes into effect Sunday, Sept. 2.
- OC Transpo customer service centres will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lincoln Fields, Place d’Orléans and St-Laurent – and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rideau Centre.
- The transit information centre (613-741-4390) will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Para Transpo will operate on a holiday schedule. The city says regular scheduled trips are automatically cancelled.
- Para Transpo taxi coupons (613-842-3670) will be closed.
- The Para Transpo reservations line (613-244-7272) will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- The Para Transpo trip cancellation and general inquiries line (613-244-4636) will be open from 6 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
For more details on Labour Day changes to the city’s schedule and operations, click here.
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