Family Day is Monday, Feb. 20, and many cultural sites, attractions and stores will be operating on a different schedule or closed altogether.
It’s a provincial holiday for Ontario, not in Quebec or federally.
To make sure you’re prepared, here’s a list of what’s open and closed during the holiday.
Shopping
The CF Rideau Centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tanger Outlets are open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Bayshore Shopping Centre, Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, Carlingwood Shopping Centre, St. Laurent Shopping Centre and Place d’Orléans will all be closed.
LCBO stores and Beer Stores will be closed.
Some Loblaws grocery stores will be open, for example 64 Isabella St. and 363 Rideau St. Hours may be slightly different than normal.
All Food Basics grocery stores in Ottawa will be closed. Smiths Falls and Brockville locations will be open.
All Farm Boy grocery stores will be closed except the location in the Rideau Centre.
The Whole Foods at Lansdowne Park will be open.
Travel
No free parking on Family Day. All City of Ottawa parking regulations and restrictions apply.
OC Transpo will run on a normal weekday schedule.
Route 301 to the Bayshore and Carlingowod malls will not be running.
Para Transpo cancels regular trips in holidays like this. The reservation line will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the cancellations line will be open from 6 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
OC Transpo’s Rideau Centre Customer Service Centre will be open. All other customer service centres are closed.
OC Transpo’s lost and found at Heartwood House will be closed.
City Services
311 will be only taking urgent calls.
There will be no curbside waste collection. It’s delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.
Multi-residential garbage containers will be collected on the regular scheduled day. Multi-residential recycling containers and green bins will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
The waste facility on Trail Road will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All municipal child-care centres will be closed.
All Ottawa Public Library branches will be closed, but its online programs are running.
Public Health
OPH’s vaccine booking line will be closed.
The Site program office and supervised consumption services at 179 Clarence St. will be closed. The Site mobile van will operate from 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
The sexual health clinic and satellite clinics will be closed.
The OPH public health information centre will be closed.
OPH dental clinics will be closed.
Museums and galleries
The nature, science, agriculture, aviation and history museums will be open. Some have special programs.
The Canadian War Museum will be closed.
The National Gallery of Canada will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
