Toronto Star

WHAT’S OPEN AND CLOSED IN TORONTO ON FAMILY DAY

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If you are looking for activities for Family Day, here’s a list of what’s open and closed, plus some special events. Open

Civic buildings including City Hall, Metro Hall and the civic centres will operate on a weekend schedule from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Most tourist attraction­s including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, the CN Tower, the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Toronto Zoo and the High Park Zoo.

Skating rinks, ski parks and snowboard centres (weather permitting), indoor pools.

Malls including the Eaton Centre, Vaughan Mills and Square One Shopping Centre. Movie theatres. Canada Post offices — not including those inside private businesses — will be open, and mail will be collected and delivered as usual. Closed

City administra­tive offices and service counters. Schools, public libraries and banks. LCBOs and Beer Stores. Malls including Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Fairview Mall, Sherway Gardens and Scarboroug­h Town Centre. Transit

The TTC will operate on a holiday schedule with the subway service beginning at 6 a.m.

GO Transit will operate on a Saturday schedule and is also offering free rides to kids under 12. Activities

If you have been inspired by the Canadian Olympic ice skaters, there will be freestyle ice-skating demonstrat­ions by Toronto Ice Skate Group at Nathan Phillips Square.

The city is also encouragin­g people to visit sites including Colborne Lodge, Fort York National Historic Site and several city museums, where activities will be offered for the whole family.

The annual Family Fun Fest at Downsview Park runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It features an indoor amusement park with 30 attraction­s including rides, jumping castles, arcades games and more.

Kid Fest Toronto at the Internatio­nal Centre, Hall 6, in Mississaug­a offers inflatable rides and attraction­s.

The show is also offering interactiv­e activities, carnival games, and science experiment­s for kids. It runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Canadian Internatio­nal AutoShow will showcase 125 exhibitors and more than 1,000 cars, concepts and trucks on display.

The show is running at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre until Sunday.

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