Civic Holiday Aug 7 in Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby and Clarington: What’s Open and Closed
Published August 7, 2023 at 8:00 am
The Civic Holiday falls on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Clarington and the rest of Durham Region.
Most retail will be open on Monday, a government holiday but not a statutory holiday. This is the second Civic Holiday since the pandemic was declared that will have no capacity restrictions.
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 and Ajax Memorial Pool, 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: Six select Beer Stores will be open from 11-6.
- 75 Kingston Road East in Ajax
- 1355 Kingston Road East in Pickering
- 3950 Brock St. N in Whitby
- 195 King Street East in Bowmanville
- 220 Ritson Road North in Oshawa
- Port Perry 677 Queen St.
Some LCBOs will be open at reduced hours (11-6) 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
- Most community centres will be closed, though Delpark Homes Centre and South Oshawa Community Centre will be open Monday on a modified schedule.
- 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