Open & Closed Civic Holiday Aug. 4 Oshawa, Pickering, Whitby, Ajax and Clarington

The Civic Holiday falls on Monday, Aug. 4, in Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Clarington and the rest of Durham Region. In Oshawa the holiday is declared McLaughlin Day.

Most retail will be open on Monday, a government holiday but not a statutory holiday.

Here’s what’s open and closed:

OPEN

• Big box stores and department stores
• Restaurants
• Convenience stores
• Movie theatres
• Grocery stores
• Pharmacies
• Cannabis stores
• Most breweries that are normally open Monday. Call ahead to your favourite to be sure
• Splash pads and outdoor recreation trails and municipal parks
• Outdoor pools, including Camp Samac in Oshawa, Orono Park in Clarington and Ajax Memorial Pool
• Many municipal recreation centres will be open on a modified schedule
• Most tourist destinations will be open, with the exception of municipally owned facilities such as Pickering Museum Village

Malls:

• Pickering Town Centre, Whitby Mall and Oshawa Centre will be open

Beer Stores: Three select Beer Stores (down from six last year) will be open from 11-6.

• 75 Kingston Rd. E in Ajax
• 3950 Brock St. N in Whitby
• 200 Ritson Rd. N in Oshawa

Some LCBOs will be open – including the outlet at the Oshawa Centre at 400 Gibb Street – and customers are encouraged to check the store locator feature for their local store hours on lcbo.com or the mobile app.

CLOSED

• Government offices
• Post Offices
• Most banks will be closed.
• Libraries
• Many community centres
• Waste transfer stations

TRANSIT

• Durham Transit and PULSE buses will operate on a holiday/weekend schedule
• GO Transit will operate on a Saturday schedule

WASTE

• Garbage and recycling schedules will be pushed ahead one day