What's open and closed in Ottawa on Family Day

Family Day is Monday, Feb. 20, and many cultural sites, attractions and stores will be operating on a different schedule or closed altogether.

It's a provincial holiday for Ontario, not in Quebec or federally.

To make sure you're prepared, here's a list of what's open and closed during the holiday.

Shopping

• The CF Rideau Centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Tanger Outlets are open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

• Bayshore Shopping Centre, Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, Carlingwood Shopping Centre, St. Laurent Shopping Centre and Place d'Orléans will all be closed.

• LCBO stores and Beer Stores will be closed.

• Some Loblaws grocery stores will be open, for example 64 Isabella St. and 363 Rideau St. Hours may be slightly different than normal.

• All Food Basics grocery stores in Ottawa will be closed. Smiths Falls and Brockville locations will be open.

• All Farm Boy grocery stores will be closed except the location in the Rideau Centre.

• The Whole Foods at Lansdowne Park will be open.

Travel

• No free parking on Family Day. All City of Ottawa parking regulations and restrictions apply.

• OC Transpo will run on a normal weekday schedule.

• Route 301 to the Bayshore and Carlingwood malls will not be running.

• Para Transpo cancels regular trips in holidays like this. The reservation line will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the cancellations line will be open from 6 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.

• OC Transpo's Rideau Centre Customer Service Centre will be open. All other customer service centres are closed.

• OC Transpo's lost and found at Heartwood House will be closed.

City Services

• 311 will be only taking urgent calls.

• There will be no curbside waste collection. It's delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.

• Multi-residential garbage containers will be collected on the regular scheduled day. Multi-residential recycling containers and green bins will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week.

• The waste facility on Trail Road will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• All municipal child-care centres will be closed.

All Ottawa Public Library branches will be closed, but its online programs are running.

Public Health

• OPH's vaccine booking line will be closed.

• The Site program office and supervised consumption services at 179 Clarence St. will be closed. The Site mobile van will operate from 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

• The sexual health clinic and satellite clinics will be closed.

• The OPH public health information centre will be closed.

• OPH dental clinics will be closed.

Museums and galleries

• The nature, science, agriculture, aviation and history museums will be open. Some have special programs.

• The Canadian War Museum will be closed.

• The National Gallery of Canada will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• The Ottawa Art Gallery will be closed.

• Most city art centres and museums will be closed.

Skating rinks

• The Rink of Dreams will be open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

• The Lansdowne Park skating court will be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

• The Ben Franklin Place Skating Rink will be open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

• The Jim Tubman Chevrolet Rink will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All rink opening hours depend on the weather.