Aug
02
2007

What’s Open and Closed This August Holiday Weekend

If you’re reading this post and not living in Canada then you’re probably thinking, “what holiday?” Civic Holiday, or Simcoe Day if you’re in T.O., (the name varies from province to province) occurs the first Monday in August for us Canadians, except in Quebec, Yukon, and Newfoundland & Labrador (sorry :( ). It doesn’t fall under the government’s Retail Business Holidays Act since it’s not a statutory holiday, therefore stores aren’t required to close their doors for the day. That’s a good thing since (at least for me) you have the day off work, and get to sleep in and watch daytime television.

Most malls, grocery stores and L.C.B.O./beer stores are open.

If you’re waiting for that important letter, you’re out of luck because there’s no mail delivery on Monday.

Banks, government offices and libraries will also be closed.

Most transit will be running on their Sunday/Holiday schedule.

If you’re like me and love to shop, here’s a short list of malls and stores in the Toronto area that will be open:

Sadly enough, I won’t be reaching Orfus Road this holiday weekend.  I’ve spent myself into a stupor… so now I’m going to (try to) focus on saving!  But that doesn’t mean you have to.  Check out my Guide To Shopping On Orfus Road if you haven’t already. ;)

One Response to “What’s Open and Closed This August Holiday Weekend”

  1. cece says:

    so square one is open? yay thanks for telling so is it like dis for all the civic holidays?

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