It all depends on your family whether you celebrate Easter on the Sunday or the Monday, but when it comes to what is open, there are differences.<\/p>\n
Neither Easter Sunday nor Monday are statutory holidays in Ontario, but Monday is a paid holiday for federal employees. Despite the classification, many stores and other common amenities are closed on the Sunday.<\/p>\n
City Services<\/p>\n
Most city services will be closed both Sunday and Monday. The 3-1-1 call centre will be open for urgent matters only. <\/p>\n
There will be no curbside green bin, recycling or garbage collection on Monday. Monday\u2019s pickup will take place on Tuesday, April 7 and all other collection will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week.<\/p>\n
Most Ottawa Public Health services will not be operating on Monday. This includes the sexual health clinic, dental clinics and parenting drop-ins. The harm reduction Site mobile van will operate from 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
OC Transpo<\/p>\n
All OC Transpo services will run on a normal Sunday schedule on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n
On Monday, OC Transpo buses and O-Train Line 1 will operate on a reduced weekday schedule. O-Train Lines 2 and 4 will run on a normal weekday schedule. <\/p>\n
OC Transpo Customer Service will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.<\/p>\n
Regular bookings and recurring trips for Para Transpo for Monday will automatically be cancelled. Customers can book trips for this day by calling 613-560-5000.<\/p>\n
Groceries and malls<\/p>\n
All grocery stores will be closed on Easter Sunday. LCBO and Beer Stores will also be closed.<\/p>\n
Most grocery stores will be open on Monday but may have reduced hours.<\/p>\n
All malls and retail stores will be closed on Sunday. <\/p>\n
The Rideau Centre, Tanger Outlets, Bayshore Mall, Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, Carlingwood Shopping Centre, St. Laurent Centre and Place d\u2019Orleans will be open on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It all depends on your family whether you celebrate Easter on the Sunday or the Monday, but when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-582218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}