What's open and closed in Ottawa on Canada Day 2024

Canada Day in Ottawa will be filled with free activities and fireworks, but make sure to check ahead to see what's open and what's closed.

Most businesses and public facilities will be closed on the federal holiday, barring a few exceptions.

Here's a look at what's opened and closed in Ottawa on Canada Day this Monday, July 1.

Retail

• Stores in certain areas of the city such as the Glebe and ByWard Market can open on holidays under the province's Retail Business Holidays Act. This also applies to grocery stores.
• The Rideau Centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Tanger Outlets will be open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Bayshore Shopping Centre, St. Laurent Shopping Centre and Place d'Orléans will be closed.

Groceries

• Most grocery stores in the city will be closed, but there are a few exceptions (see above).

Alcohol

• All LCBOs will be closed.

• Select Beer Stores around the city will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Parking and transit

• All City of Ottawa parking regulations apply.

• Buses, O-Trains and Para Transpo are free all day.

• OC Transpo will operate on an enhanced Sunday schedule with increased service all day.

• Rural Shopper Route 301 will not run.

• OC Transpo's Rideau Centre customer service centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• The OC Transpo Lost and Found (Heartwood House) will be closed.

• Para Transpo's regular bookings or recurring trips are automatically cancelled. The reservations line will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the trip cancellation line will be open from 6 a.m. to 12from30 a.m.

• The taxi coupon line will remain open.

Trail closures

• Partial closure of the Ottawa River Pathway east of the Chief William Commanda Bridge from July 25 to July 4 for fireworks preparation and cleanup.

• Closure of the Ottawa River Pathway from Onigam Street to the Portage Bridge, and from the Ottawa River to Albert Street from June 30 at 6 p.m. until July 2 at 6 a.m.

Road closures

The following streets will be closed from 6 a.m. on July 1 until 2 a.m. on July 2:

• Bank Street, between Albert and Wellington streets.

• Bay Street, between Albert and Wellington streets.

• Booth Street, between Albert Street and Eddy Street in Gatineau, Que.

• Bronson Avenue, between Slater and Sparks streets.

• Fleet Street, between Lett street and Booth streets.

• Kent Street, between Albert and Wellington streets.

• Kichi Zībī Mīkan parkway, between Parkdale Avenue and Wellington Street.

• Lett Street, between Fleet and Wellington streets.

• Lloyd Street, between Fleet and Lett streets.

• Lyon Street, between Albert and Wellington streets.

• Metcalfe Street, between Queen and Wellington streets.

• O'Connor Street, between Queen and Wellington streets.

• Portage Bridge, between Wellington Street and Laurier Street in Gatineau, Que.

• Queen Street, between Bronson Avenue and Bank Street.

• Slidell Street/Onigam Street, between Lemieux Island and Bayview Station.

• Sparks Street, between Bronson Avenue and North Lyon Street.

• Vimy Place, between Wellington and Booth streets.

• Wellington Street, between Kichi Zībī Mīkan and Elgin Street.

Additional closures on July 1 from 9 p.m. to midnight:

• Albert Street, between Bronson Avenue and Bayview Station.

• Slater Street, between Albert Street and Bronson Avenue.

Local closures outside of the downtown include:

• Barrhaven: Strandherd Drive will be closed between Dealership Drive and Jockvale Road on July 1 from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

• Kanata: The Parkway in Kanata will be closed between Reaney Court and Teron Road from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on July 1. Charlie Rogers Place will also be closed between Ron Maslin Way and the Kanata Recreation Complex on June 30 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and on July 1 from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

• Greely: Meadows Drive will be closed between Parkway Road and Bank Street on July 1 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

• Osgoode: Osgoode Main Street will be closed between Nixon Drive and Osgoode Village Park on July 1 from 1:45 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Recreation

• Outdoor pools, splash pads and wading pools will be open.
• Arts Court, the Nepean Creative Arts Centre, the Nepean Visual Arts Centre, city-operated museums, Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe and the Shenkman Arts Centre will be closed.

City services

• There will be no curbside green bin, recycling, garbage or bulky item collection. Pickup will resume on Tuesday and the collection will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.
• Multi-residential garbage containers will be collected on the regularly scheduled day. Recycling containers, bulky items and green bins will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.
• The Trail Waste Facility will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• All branches of Ottawa Public Library will be closed.
• The city's 311 contact centre will be open for urgent matters only. 
• All services at Ottawa City Hall, Ben Franklin Place in Nepean, 255 Centrum Blvd. in Orléans and the  Provincial Offences Court at 100 Constellation Dr. will be closed.
• The Business Licensing Centre at 735 Industrial Ave. will be closed.
• The City of Ottawa Spay and Neuter Clinic at 26 Concourse Gate will be closed.
• The City of Ottawa Archives and Gallery 112 at the James Bartleman Centre will be closed from Saturday to Monday.
• All four employment and social services offices will be closed. 

Health, dental and child-care services

• The Site program office and supervised consumption services at 179 Clarence St. will be closed. The Site mobile van will operate from 5 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

• The Sexual Health Clinic and satellite clinics will be closed.

• The city's dental clinics will be closed.

• The Health811 line will be open.

• The city's immunization program telephone line will be closed.

• All city child-care centres and Parenting-In-Ottawa drop-ins will be closed.