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As Ottawa gears up for a long weekend, it\u2019s time to plan for what is open and closed on Monday for Victoria Day.<\/p>\n
The federal holiday marks the unofficial start of summer for some people, with many businesses and public facilities closed for the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Recent amendments have removed Victoria Day from Ontario’s Retail Business Holidays Act, meaning businesses can remain open on May 18. The act previously held Victoria Day and Family Day to the same distinction as holidays like Christmas Day and Canada Day. <\/p>\n
Retailers can now open their doors, offering employees the option to take the day off or work with time-and-a-half pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a breakdown of what\u2019s open and closed that day in Ottawa. This is a broad guide and it rarely hurts to check with a specific service or business.<\/p>\n
Shopping<\/p>\n
As mentioned above, major grocery stores and other shopping spots can open their doors on Monday under their own discretion, which is a change from previous years. They may choose to be open fewer hours.<\/p>\n
The Bayshore, Place d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, Rideau Centre, St. Laurent and Tanger malls will be open until 6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The LCBO will open 304 stores<\/a> across Ontario from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Customers can use the LCBO store locator to find the hours of operation for Ottawa stores.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Beer Store will open six Ottawa locations<\/a> from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.<\/p>\n OC Transpo will run on a Sunday schedule for the holiday Monday, with the O-Train\u2019s Line 1 operating from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m.<\/p>\n Line 2 and 4 will run on a slightly longer schedule from 7:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n For Para Transpo riders, all regular bookings or recurring trips for Monday are automatically cancelled. Customers can book trips online or by calling 613-560-5000.<\/p>\n All City of Ottawa parking regulations and restrictions remain in effect on Monday.<\/p>\n Recreation and cultural activities<\/p>\n Although all municipal child care centres are closed for Victoria Day, some community centres and recreation facilities will be open with tweaks to hours and drop-in schedules.\u00a0<\/p>\n The National Gallery of Canada is open, along with the agriculture, aviation, history, nature, science and war museums.<\/p>\n Across Ottawa, 30 splash pads<\/a> open for the summer on Saturday. Beaches and wading pools open next month and so do outdoor pools, with the exception of the Crestview Pool<\/a>.<\/p>\n Washrooms open on Saturday at Britannia, Mooney’s Bay and Petrie Island beaches, as does paid daytime parking.<\/p>\n City of Ottawa museums will be closed, along with the Ottawa Art Gallery.<\/p>\n There will be no curbside collection for garbage, green bin or recycling on Monday. Any scheduled garbage pickup will be bumped to Tuesday, with all the other weekly collections delayed by one day for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n Multi-residential garbage container collection will continue on its regular schedule, although collections of multi-residential recycling containers, bulky items and green bins will be delayed by one day all week long.<\/p>\n The Trail Road waste facility will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n Other city services<\/p>\n Ottawa\u2019s 311 line will be open for urgent matters. ServiceOttawa counters and phone lines will be closed.<\/p>\n All Ottawa Public Library branches and services will be unavailable and the provincial court at 100 Constellation Dr. is also closed.<\/p>\n Sexual health and dental clinics operated by the City of Ottawa will close for the holiday, but the Health811 line will remain available for free and confidential health advice.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-671311","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\/671311","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=671311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778855176_354_default.jpg\")
The O-Train is on a Sunday schedule for Victoria Day. (CBC)Transit and parking\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778855177_524_default.jpg\")
Thirty splash pads across Ottawa will open over the long weekend. (Francis Ferland\/CBC)Waste<\/p>\n