What’s open, what’s closed in Toronto on Civic Holiday Monday 2020

As Toronto has officially moved into Stage 3 of Ontario’s reopening plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic, here is what is open and closed in Toronto on the Civic Holiday, known in the city as Simcoe Day, on Monday, Aug. 3.

What’s open:

• Indoor dining at restaurants, bars are now permitted to be open. Please check with these locations.
• Gyms are also permitted to be open. Please check with these locations.
• Playgrounds.
• Select The Beer Store locations in Toronto, and across the province, will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Check online for locations.
• Wine Rack locations. Please check with these locations.
• Cineplex movie theatres are now open in Ontario with special rules to allow 50 people per individual screen. Theatres open on Monday in Toronto include:
  Cineplex Cinemas Queensway & VIP, Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas and VIP and Cineplex Cinemas Yorkdale.
• CF Fairview Mall — open between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
• Scarborough Town Centre — open between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
• CF Shops at Don Mills — open between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
• CF Sherway Gardens — open between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
• CF Toronto Eaton Centre — open between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
• Yorkdale — open between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
• TTC — holiday service.
• GO Transit — Saturday schedule.
• Rabba Fine Foods.
• Toronto Islands are now open to the public. Tickets for ferries must be purchased online ahead of time to prevent overcrowding.
• Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada — open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with timed ticket purchases online.
• Aga Khan Museum — open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a “pay what you can” timed-ticket that can be reserved online.
• Toronto Zoo — open on Monday, Aug. 3 (even though it is typically closed on Mondays). Tickets must be purchased online.

What’s closed:

• All LCBO stores (which have been closed on Mondays since the pandemic).
• Canada Post mail delivery — service is cancelled on Monday.
• Government offices — closed.
• Toronto Public Library — closed on Sunday and Monday.
• Banks.
• High Park Zoo and Riverdale Farm — remains closed since mid-March.
• Ontario Science Centre — remains closed since mid-March.
• St. Lawrence Market — open Saturday, but closed Sunday and Monday.