Happy (almost) long weekend, Montreal! This year's Labour Day falls on Monday, September 5, so here's a list of what will be open and closed across the 514 to help you plan your day accordingly.

This is a partial list and we recommend checking websites or calling certain locations you may want to visit beforehand — just to be on the safe side.

What's open on Labour Day?

• Montreal's city hotline, 311 will remain open
• The STM will be open and operating on modified hours (check the schedule here)
• Most pharmacies (hours may be reduced)
• Smaller stores, including food shops and depanneurs or shops that aren't in malls, may be open
• Atwater Market and Jean-Talon Market will be open
• Most restaurants and bars will be open
• Hotels
• Bookstores, flower shops and other businesses offering works of art
• Cinemas
• Most sports and cultural facilities will remain open (hours may vary depending on borough)
• Biodome
• Biosphere
• Botanical Gardens
• Insectarium
• Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
• Montreal Casino
• La Ronde will be open from 10:30 a.m. until 7 p.m.
• Garbage and recycling collections are operating according to their usual schedules except for green waste in Montréal-Nord, which is postponed until the next day

What's closed on Labour Day?

• Large shopping malls will be closed
• Many bigger grocery stores will be closed
• Accès Montréal offices (BAM) and permit counters
• Most SAQ stores will be closed, except for those located in public markets and SAQ Express, which will operate according to their usual hours
• SQDC stores will be closed
• Municipal court service counters and courtrooms
• Banks and credit unions across the city will be closed
• Montreal libraries
• Canada Post and postal services will be closed (except those operating privately)

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