Here's a list of what's open and closed over the Easter weekend:
Most city offices will be closed both Friday and Monday, including all borough and Acces Montréal offices and points of service.
Most stores and businesses will be closed Sunday.
Banks will be closed Good Friday but open Easter Monday.
Provincial and federal government offices will be closed both Friday and Monday.
Post offices will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, and there will be no collection of delivery of mail. However, post offices operated by private businesses may be open based on schedules determined by the host business.
Montreal’s STM buses will run on a holiday schedule both Friday and Monday.
Most of Longueuil’s RTL buses will run on a Saturday schedule, but there are some exceptions.
Laval’s STL buses will run on a Saturday schedule Friday and Monday.
On Friday, there will be no service on the Mascouche, Candiac and Mont St. Hilaire AMT train lines, Saturday service on the Two Mountains line, weekend service on the St. Jerome line, and Sunday service on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line. All AMT train lines run on a normal schedule on Easter Monday.
The boroughs will maintain household garbage, green waste, food waste and recycling collections according to the regular schedule, but the collection of bulky objects is postponed in LaSalle.
Ecocentres will be open on Good Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., but closed on Easter Monday.
The schedules of arenas, swimming pools, sports centres, libraries and cultural centres vary from borough to borough. Residents should contact these facilities directly for their opening hours over the holiday weekend.
The Claude Robillard sports complex will be closed on both Good Friday and Easter Monday.
The Montreal Biodome, Botanical Garden and Insectarium will be open from Friday to Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium will be open Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday and Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information: espacepourlavie.ca or 514-872-1400.
The Montreal municipal court at 775 Gosford St. and the service counter at 303 Notre Dame St. E will be closed.
Public markets will be open. Information: 514-937-7754.
Bonsecours Market (at 350 St. Paul St. E) will be open. Information: 514-872-7730.
The Pointe a Calliere Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History will be open all weekend. Information: 514-872-9150.
And of course, parking meters and no-parking signs remain in effect over the long weekend.
