{"id":842480,"date":"2026-08-02T13:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/842480\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T13:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T13:43:10","slug":"whats-open-and-closed-in-halifax-on-natal-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/842480\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s open and closed in Halifax on Natal Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 3 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Nova Scotia will mark Natal Day on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday isn&#8217;t a designated retail closing day so some businesses will remain open, while others may have reduced hours.<\/p>\n<p>Sobeys, Atlantic Superstore and Walmart locations will be open from noon to 6 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Pharmacies are expected to have reduced hours as well.<\/p>\n<p>Many NSLC locations in the Halifax area will have reduced hours. It is best to check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynslc.com\/shopper-support\/holiday-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">individual store hours<\/a> before heading out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micmacmall.com\/hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Mic Mac Mall<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/halifaxshoppingcentre.com\/hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Halifax Shopping Centre<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dartmouthcrossing.com\/holiday-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dartmouth Crossing<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sunnysidemall.ca\/mall-info#holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Sunnyside\u00a0Mall<\/a> in Bedford\u00a0will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Municipal services affected<\/p>\n<p>All branches of Halifax Public Libraries will be closed Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Halifax Transit buses and ferries will operate\u00a0on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/transportation\/halifax-transit\/routes-schedules\/holiday-schedules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">holiday schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Alderney\u00a0ferry service will run at a half-hour frequency, with the first crossing departing the Alderney terminal at 7:30 a.m., and the final crossing departing the Halifax terminal at 11:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Woodside ferry service does not run on holidays. <\/p>\n<p>The Halifax Common Pool, Bedford and Cole Harbour outdoor pools, and supervised municipal beaches will be open. The splash pads at Bayers-Westwood, George Dixon, Isleville Street, Cole Harbour, Shirley&#8217;s, Westmount and Sackville will also be open.<\/p>\n<p>The Emera Oval will be open on Monday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Equipment will be available if weather and surface conditions permit.<\/p>\n<p>Many\u00a0municipal recreation centres\u00a0will be closed for Natal Day.<\/p>\n<p>Canada Post will have no collection and delivery Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Otter Lake waste facility will be closed Monday.\u00a0The household special waste depot in Bayers Lake was closed on Saturday, Aug. 1 but will be open the following Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>There will be no garbage, organics or recyclables collection services on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Events<\/p>\n<p>The Otter Lake waste facility will be closed Monday, but will be open on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The household special waste depot in Bayers Lake was closed on Saturday, Aug. 1, but will be open the following Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>There will be no garbage, organics or recyclables collection services on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Events<\/p>\n<p>The 21st Annual African Nova Scotian Music Association Freedom Festival is on Sunday, Aug. 2, with live performances starting at 2 p.m. at the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Natal Day parade will be held on Monday at 10:30 a.m.. starting in downtown Dartmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks will be set off at Lake Banook on Monday at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p> A full list of events can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natalday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Natal Day website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE TOP STORIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-842480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842480","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=842480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}