What's open and closed on Fete Nationale in Montreal
Monday is Fete Nationale (or Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day) in Quebec.
Here's a list of what's open and closed in Montreal on June 24.
Open
- Public markets, such as Atwater, Jean-Talon and Maisonneuve;
- Biodôme, Botanical Garden 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 and ecocentres
- Museums and cultural centres (hours may vary)
- Espace pour la Vie (Biodome, Insectarium, Planetarium, Botanical Garden)
- Public transit (modified schedule)
Closed
- Most retail stores (exceptions listed above)
- Banks
- Canada Post offices
- Liquor stores (SAQs) and cannabis stores (SQDCs)
- Courthouses
- Municipal points of service (ex. Montreal access bureaus)
- Provincial points of service (ex. SAAQs, Revenue Québec offices)
- Federal points of service (ex. passport offices)
- Borough offices, Access Montreal offices and permit counters;
- Municipal Court on Gosford Street;
- Libraries and cultural centres;
- 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.
- Canada Post offices will be closed and there will be no mail pick-up or delivery.
- Regular parking restrictions and meters remain in effect.
- Household waste collection will continue as scheduled. Check your borough website for more information.
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