After a cold, wet winter that just wouldn’t quit, a sunny Victoria Day weekend is just what the doctor ordered.
While there are patches of rain on the forecast for Friday and Saturday, the skies should open up on Sunday and Monday with temperatures hovering around 16°C. With a mix of rain and sun, this long weekend presents the perfect opportunity to check out one of the city’s many attractions, both indoors and outdoors.
However you choose to spend your Victoria Day weekend, keep in mind that some businesses and services will be closed on Monday, May 19, or operate on reduced hours.
Here’s what’s open and closed in Toronto on Victoria Day.
What’s Closed in Toronto on Victoria Day:
General
- Banks
- Government offices and services
- Libraries
- Most major grocery stores
- Post offices and mail delivery services
Shopping
- CF Fairview Mall
- CF Sherway Gardens
- CF Shops at Don Mills
- Bayview Village
- Dufferin Mall
- LCBO
- Scarborough Town Centre
- Yorkdale Shopping Centre
What’s Open in Toronto on Victoria Day:
General
- GO Transit – operating on a Saturday schedule
- TTC – operating on a holiday service schedule
Shopping
- CF Markville (11 am to 6 pm)
- CF Toronto Eaton Centre (11 am to 7 pm)
- Pacific Mall (11 am to 8 pm)
- Promenade Mall (11 am to 6 pm)
- Square One (11 am to 6 pm)
- Toronto Premium Outlets (9:30 am to 7 pm)
- Vaughan Mills (10 am to 9 pm)
- Select Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall locations
- Select Beer Store locations
Groceries
- Farm Boy – 777 Bay Street (8 am to 8 pm), 207 Queens Quay West (8 am to 10 pm), 81 St. Clair Avenue East (9 am to 7 pm), 100 Queens Quay East (8 am to 8 pm)
- Loblaws – 60 Carlton Street (7 am to 10 pm)
- Pusateri’s Fine Foods – 1539 Avenue Road (7 am to 7 pm), 497 Church Street (7 am to 7 pm)
- Rabba Fine Foods – all locations open 24 hours
- The Food Depot – 155 Dupont Street open 24 hours
- Whole Foods Market – 87 Avenue Road (8 am to 6 pm)
Attractions
- Aga Khan Museum (10 am to 5:30 pm)
- Art Gallery of Ontario (10:30 am to 4 pm)
- Bata Shoe Museum (10 am to 5 pm)
- Canada’s Wonderland (10 am to 8 pm)
- Casa Loma (9:30 am to 5 pm)
- CN Tower (10 am to 9 pm)
- Gardiner Museum (10 am to 6 pm)
- High Park Zoo (9 am to 7 pm)
- Hockey Hall of Fame (10 am to 5 pm)
- Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada (9 am to 9 pm)
- Riverdale Farm (9 am to 5 pm)
- Royal Ontario Museum (10 am to 5:30 pm)
- Toronto Zoo (9:30 am to 7 pm)
- Cineplex Theatres (regular hours)