What’s open and closed for the Civic Holiday on Monday

People find some relief from high heat and humidity at Kiwanis Outdoor Pool in Kitchener on July 5, 2023. (CTV Kitchener)

Here’s what’s changed on Aug. 4 for the Civic Holiday.

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

General

Open

• Most grocery stores, restaurants, movie theatres
• Select pharmacies
• Some Beer Store, LCBO and Wine Rack locations
• Conestoga Mall - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Fairview Park Mall - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Cambridge Centre - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Stone Road Mall - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Lynden Park Mall – 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Closed

• Banks and financial institutions
• Government offices
• No Canada Post mail delivery

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
• Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum and Schneider Haus (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
• McDougall Cottage Historic Site (12 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
• 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

Kitchener

Open

• Pools (including Harry Class, Idlewood, Kiwanis, Wilson)
• Splashpads
• Doon Valley and Rockway golf courses
• Activa Sportsplex
• 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

Waterloo

Open

• Moses Springer Community Centre outdoor 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

• John Dolson Centre pool (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
• 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
• W.G. Johnson Centre pool

Guelph

• Transit: Operating on a Sunday service schedule.

Open

• Lyon Outdoor Pool
• Splashpads
• Market Square wading pool

Closed

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

Brantford

• No change to curbside collection of garbage, green bin and recycling.
• Brantford Transit: Operating on a Sunday service schedule

Open

• Earl Haig Family Fun Park
• 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 (Main Branch and St. Paul Branch)
• 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