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What's open/closed in Montreal on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day

People walk by a Quebec flag during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day event in Montreal, Friday, June 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes People walk by a Quebec flag during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day event in Montreal, Friday, June 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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The Quebec holiday Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, i.e. la fête nationale, is fast approaching.

Here's a list of what's open and closed in Montreal on June 24.

OPEN

  • Convenience stores (Dépanneurs) and small grocery stores (click here to see a list of Metro stores that will be open)
  • Pharmacies
  • Gas stations
  • Most restaurants and bars
  • Waste collection services and ecocentres
  • Museums and cultural centres (hours may vary)
  • Espace pour la Vie (biodome, insectarium, planetarium, botanical gardens)
  • 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)

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