Labour Day: What’s open and closed in Waterloo Region, Guelph and Brantford

A closed sign on a store. (Source: Tim Mossholder/Pexels)

Here’s a list of what’s open, what’s closed and what’s changed Monday for the Labour Day holiday.

Note that fireworks are not permitted, in any city or community, over the long weekend.

General

Open

• Some grocery stores and pharmacies
• Most restaurants and movie theatres
• Select Beer Store and Wine Rack locations
• Lynden Park Mall – 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Closed

• Banks and financial institutions
• Government offices
• No Canada Post mail delivery
• All LCBO locations
• Conestoga Mall
• Fairview Park Mall
• Cambridge Centre
• Stone Road Mall

Waterloo Region

• Grand River Transit: Operating on a holiday service schedule.
• No changes to curbside collection of garbage, blue box, green bin and yard waste.

Open

• Region of Waterloo International Airport
• Cooling spaces at 150 Main Street in Cambridge (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and 150 Frederick Street in Kitchener (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

Closed

• Waste transfer stations in Cambridge and Waterloo closed for residential drop-off.
• Regional administrative offices
• Libraries
• Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum, Schneider Haus and McDougall Cottage Historic Site
• Public health clinics (99 Regina St. S. in Waterloo, 20 Weber St. E. in Kitchener, and 150 Main St. in Cambridge)

Kitchener

Open

• Outdoor pools (including Harry Class, Idlewood, Kiwanis, Wilson)
• Splashpads
• Doon Valley and Rockway golf courses
• Cooling centres (see the city’s list of designated facilities)

Closed

• Kitchener City Hall
• Kitchener Public Library
• Community centres
• Kitchener Market
• The Aud and community arenas
• Indoor pools

Waterloo

Open

• Moses Springer Community Centre pool
• RIM Park (Open at 4 p.m.)
• Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
• Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex Swimplex (Open at 12:15 p.m.)

Closed

• Waterloo City Hall
• Albert McCormick Community Centre
• Bechtel Park Manulife Soccer & Sports Centre
• Moses Springer Community Centre

Cambridge

Open

• George Hancock pool (11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.)
• Ed Newland pool (11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.)

Closed

• Cambridge City Hall
• Arenas (Duncan McIntosh, Dickson Centre, Galt Arena, Karl Homuth, Hespeler Memorial Arena)
• Cambridge Public Library – all locations
• Ted Wake Centre
• David Durward Centre
• William E. Pautler
• Cambridge Centre for the Arts
• Allan Reuter Centre
• Pools at W.G. Johnson Centre and John Dolson Centre

Guelph

• Transit: Operating on a holiday service schedule. All stops are on-demand except Route 99 Mainline, which will run every 30 minutes.

Open

• Lyon Outdoor Pool
• Market Square wading pool

Closed

• Guelph City Hall
• Guelph Public Library
• Guelph Civic Museum
• McCrae House
• Sleeman Centre
• River Run Centre
• All recreation facilities
• Centennial Arena
• Guelph Sports Dome
• Exhibition Arena

Brantford

• No change to curbside collection of garbage, green bin and recycling.
• Brantford Transit and Brantford Lift: No service on Monday, Sept. 1.

Open

• Earl Haig Family Fun Park (waterpark is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., pools close at 5:30 p.m.)
• Walter Gretzky Golf Course
• Pool at Woodman Park Community Centre
• Mohawk Street Landfill (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Closed

• Brantford City Hall
• Beckett Recreation Centre
• Bell Homestead National Historic Site
• Branlyn Community Centre
• Brantford Public Library
• Brantford and District Civic Centre
• Doug Snooks Eagle Place Community Centre
• Lions Park Arena
• T.B. Costain/SC Johnson Community Centre
• Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre
• Woodman Park Community Centre