What’s open and closed this weekend
Here is a partial list of what is open and closed Sunday, July 1 and Monday, July 2 for Canada Day weekend.
Federal and provincial offices in ■
Montreal will be closed on Monday. Most Montreal city offices will also be closed Monday, including borough and Accès Montréal offices and points of service.
Garbage, recycling, compost and ■ bulky waste collection will take place according to the usual schedules in all boroughs.
The municipal courthouse on ■
Gosford St. will be closed on Monday.
The city’s écocentres will be open ■ according to their regular summer schedule: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Montreal boroughs set their own ■ schedule for sports centres, pools, arenas, libraries and cultural centres. Check your local borough’s website for more details.
All parking restrictions and automated ■ parking payment machines remain in effect as usual Sunday and Monday.
The STM runs on a holiday schedule ■ with modified bus schedules. Check the changes specific to your route at stm.info.
The Vaudreuil-Hudson line on ■ exo (formerly the Réseau de transport métropolitain) will run on a Sunday schedule on Sunday and Monday. The St-Jérôme line will run on a weekend schedule both days. The four other exo lines will not operate on Sunday or Monday.
The Société de transport de Laval ■ will run on its normal schedules Sunday and Monday. The Réseau de transport de Longueuil will run on a Sunday schedule on both days.
Many banks — including TD ■
Canada Trust, Bank of Montreal, National Bank and Desjardins — will be closed Sunday and Monday.
All SAQ stores will be open on ■
Sunday, with the exception of those in malls that are closed, but open as usual on Monday.
All public markets, such as JeanTalon ■ and Atwater, are open during their regular hours on Sunday and Monday. IGA supermarkets will be closed Sunday and open Monday, while all Provigo and most Metro locations will be open the entire weekend. A full list of open Metro stores is available on their website.
Many shopping malls — such as ■ the Eaton Centre, Alexis Nihon, Fairview Pointe-Claire and Rockland — will be closed on Sunday but open according to their regular hours on Monday.
On Sunday, the Insectarium and ■
Botanical Garden will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The same hours are in effect on Monday. The Biodôme remains closed for renovations and will re-open in late summer of next year.