What's open, what's closed for Christmas Day and Boxing Day 2020 in Halifax
Here's a list of what's open and closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in the Halifax area in 2020:
Food and drink
Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market
Closed Christmas and Boxing Day, reopening Wednesday, Dec. 30.
Gateway Meat Market
Closed Christmas Day, open 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Boxing Day.
Atlantic Superstore
Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Sobeys
Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
NSLC
Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Malls
The Halifax Shopping Centre, Mic Mac Mall, Park Lane Mall, Scotia Square, Dartmouth Crossing and Sunnyside Mall are closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Bars and restaurants
Public Services
Waste collection
The Otter Lake Waste Management Facility, the Halifax Recycling Plant and municipal composting facilities will be closed on Christmas Day, but open regular hours on Boxing Day.
The household special waste depot in Bayers Lake will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
There will be no garbage, organics or recyclable collection services on Christmas Day. Collection normally scheduled for that day will occur instead on Boxing Day.
Halifax Public Libraries
All branches and departments of Halifax Public Libraries are closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Transit
Halifax Transit buses will be operating on holiday service (Sunday) schedules on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. No ferries will be running on Christmas Day, but are back to holiday service on Boxing Day.
Recreation facilities
Emera Oval
The Oval is expected to open for the season on Monday, Jan. 4, weather and ice conditions permitting.
Parking
On-street parking will be free on Christmas Day and Boxing Day but drivers must follow other signage, like accessible parking and no-stopping areas.
Residents are reminded that 15 minutes of free parking at paid parking locations is being offered throughout the month of December.
Canada Post
All post offices will be closed. There is no collection or delivery of mail.
Customer service
The 311 contact centre is closed to general inquiries on Christmas Day but will still take urgent calls about transportation, municipal operations, facilities, animal services and illegally parked vehicles.
The five customer service centres will be closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
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