What's open and closed for Family Day
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Some businesses, stores and offices will be closed on Monday for Family Day.
While it’s recognized in Ontario, as well as other Canadian provinces, Family Day is not a federal statutory holiday.
Here’s a roundup of what’s open, what’s closed and what’s changed on Monday.
Closed
- All regional administrative offices
- Waste management sites in Cambridge and Waterloo for residential drop-off
- All library locations
- Community Alzheimer Day programs
- Kitchener community centres – Rockway and Williamsburg
- Waterloo community centres – Moses Springer and WMRC Community Pavilion (Adult Recreation Centre)
- Waterloo’s service centre
- Cambridge City Hall
- Waterloo City Hall
- All Beer Store and LCBO locations
- Conestoga Mall
- Cambridge Centre
- Fairview Park Mall
- Some retail locations
- Most grocery stores
- Select banks
- Guelph Sports Dome
Open
- Region of Waterloo International Airport
- Curbside collection of garbage, recycling and green bins not affected
- Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
- Schneider Haus National Historic Site (12 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
- Kitchener community centres:
Bridgeport 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Centreville-Chicopee 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Chandler Mowat 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Country Hills 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Doon Pioneer Park 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. for gym bookings
Downtown 8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. for gym and community room bookings
Forest Heights 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Huron 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Kingsdale 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (community events from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
Mill Courtland 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Stanley Park 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Victoria Hills 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Waterloo community centres:
Albert McCormick Community Centre 6 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Bechtel Park 4:30 p.m.
RIM Park 4 p.m.
Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex 7 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. (arenas and tracks are closed)
- Select grocery stores (although hours may be reduced)
- Kitchener Farmers’ Market
- Guelph Civic Museum
- Chicopee Ski Resort
- McDougall Cottage (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Changes
Grand River Transit (GRT) will operate on a holiday service schedule Monday
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