What's open/closed in Montreal on Canada Day
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Monday is Canada Day (or moving day, depending on how many taped boxes are in your current residence), and many businesses and agencies will be closed.
Here's a list of what's open and closed in Montreal on July 1.
Open
- Public markets, such as Atwater, Jean-Talon and Maisonneuve;
- SAQ locations not inside malls;
- Espace Pour la Vie locations - Biodôme, Botanical Garden, Biosphere, Insectarium and Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium;
- The ecocentres, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
- Gas stations;
- Some small stores and pharmacies;
- Montreal swimming pools, sports centres and leisure arenas will operate on specialized schedules. Check your borough's website for more information;
- Convenience stores (dépanneurs) and small grocery stores;
- Most restaurants and bars;
- Waste collection services;
- Public transit (modified schedule, see below).
Closed
- Banks;
- Canada Post offices;
- SQDC locations;
- Courthouses;
- Municipal points of service (ex. Montreal access bureaus, permit counters);
- Provincial points of service (ex. SAAQs, Revenue Québec offices);
- Federal points of service (ex. passport offices);
- Municipal Court on Gosford Street;
- Libraries;
- Museums;
- Grocery stores;
- Shopping malls and most big box stores.
Public transit and more
- Société de transport de Montréal (STM) buses and Metro will run on a special holiday schedule.
- Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) buses will be on a Sunday schedule.
- Société de transport de Laval (STL) buses will operate on a Sunday schedule.
- Exo commuter trains on the Vaudreuil-Dorion line will run on a Sunday schedule, and the Saint-Jérôme line will operate on a weekend schedule.
- There will be no service on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Candiac or Mascouche lines.
- Exo bus routes will operate on a Saturday schedule.
- Anyone requiring adapted transit will have to request all rides from 6:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.
- Regular parking restrictions and meters remain in effect.
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