St-Jean-Baptiste Day: What's open and what's closed
CBC News | Posted: June 24, 2015 9:00 AM | Last Updated: June 24, 2015
It's St-Jean-Baptiste Day, which means many businesses, as well as governmental and municipal offices and services, are closed or put on hold.
Here's a breakdown of what's open and what's closed for the June 24 holiday:
- Government offices, shopping centres, SAQ outlets, banks, most supermarkets and municipal administration offices are closed.
- Many pharmacies, gas stations and restaurants remain open despite the holiday, though some may have reduced hours.
- The Biodôme, Insectarium, Planetarium and Botanical Garden are open.
- The Atwater, Jean-Talon, Maisonneuve and Lachine markets are open.
- Some STM bus routes are being rerouted because of the St-Jean-Baptiste parade this afternoon. Check the schedule here.
- Garbage, recycling, compost and large items collection will proceed as regularly scheduled, except in the following boroughs.
- In Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, pickup of kitchen waste is cancelled and pickup of green waste is postponed to Monday, June 29.
- In Outremont, recycling pickup is postponed to Thursday, June 25.
- In LaSalle, garbage collection on Wednesday is cancelled. Next pickup is Saturday.