As you gear up to celebrate on July 1, it’s important to know what’s open, what’s closed, and where the action is. From grocery stores and malls to city services and fireworks displays, here’s everything you need to plan your Canada Day.
CLOSED
- Banks
- some Beer stores; see below
- Liquor stores
- Canada Post
- some grocery stores; see below
- some drug stores: see below
- Georgian Mall
- Bayfield Mall
- Kozlov Centre
- Orillia Square Mall
NOTE: This is the second statutory holiday that falls under new provincial legislation that allows all retailers to open on the holiday if they so choose. Employees are not required to work. Click on the links provided below to determine if grocery stores, malls, beer and liquor stores near you will be open.
Drug Stores
Click below for which locations are open & hours:
Some Grocery Stores
Click on the links below to check for open locations and their hours:
Kennedy's Lakeside Grocery Barrie
Food Basics
Foodland
- Beeton
- Coldwater
- Craighurst
- Elmvale
- Haliburton
- Midland
- Minden
- Orillia
- Penetang
- Port Carling
- Stayner
- Stroud
- Tottenham
- Victoria Harbour
- Wasaga Beach
Freshco
- Alliston
- Barrie - Bayfield St
- Barrie - Mapleview Dr
- Collingwood
- Huntsville
Loblaws
Metro
- Barrie - Kozlov
- Barrie - Mapleview
- Collingwood
- Huntsville
- Newmarket - Davis Drive
- Newmarket - Yonge and Mulock
- Orillia
No Frills
- Barrie - Blake St
- Barrie - Wellington St
- Angus
- Bradford
- Innisfil
- Midland
- Newmarket - Leslie St
- Newmarket - Davis Dr
- Orillia
Sobey's
Zehrs
- Barrie - Duckworth (Cundles Road)
- Barrie - Bayfield Street
- Barrie - Big Bay Point (Yonge Street)
- Barrie - Essa (Bryne Drive)
The Beer Store
- Alcona - 11 am - 6 pm
- Alliston - 11 am - 6 pm
- Angus - CLOSED
- Barrie - 30 Anne St. S. - 11 am - 6 pm
- Barrie - 531 Bayfield St. - 11 am - 6 pm
- Barrie - 299 Blake St. - CLOSED
- Barrie - 71 Mapleview Dr. - 11 am - 6 pm
- Barrie - 640 Yonge St - 11 am - 6 pm
- Bracebridge - CLOSED
- Bradford - CLOSED
- Coldwater - CLOSED
- Collingwood - 415 First St. - 11 am - 6 pm
- Gravenhurst - CLOSED
- Huntsville - 11 am - 6 pm, drive-thru only
- Midland - 291 Midland Ave. - CLOSED
- Midland - 9350 Hwy. #93 - 11 am - 6 pm
- Newmarket - 1100 Davis Dr. - 11 am - 6 pm
- Orillia - 275 Atherly Rd. - 11 am - 6 pm
- Orillia - 426 Muskoka Rd - CLOSED
- Penetanguishene - CLOSED
- Stayner - CLOSED
- Stroud - CLOSED
- Tottenham - CLOSED
- Wasaga Beach - CLOSED
source: the beerstore.ca
Gas, Shopping, Entertainment and More
- Tanger Outlet Mall - 11 am - 7 pm
- Upper Canada Mall - 11 am - 6 pm
- Vaughan Mills - 11 am - 7 pm
- some garden centres
- convenience stores
- some gas stations
- Gateway Casinos - Innisfil
- Casino Rama
- movie theatres
- Canada’s Wonderland
Public Service Schedules
Here’s what you need to know about changes to garbage collection, public transit, and other municipal services this Canada Day.
Garbage Collection
- Simcoe County - regular collection day
- Barrie - regular collection day
- Orillia - NO recycling, green bin or yard waste collection; collection will be a day late for the remainder of the week
Public Transit
- Barrie - Barrie Transit will run on an extended Sunday service schedule, with extended evening service to accommodate the Canada Day fireworks show. The last buses will depart the Downtown Hub (adjacent to 24 Maple Ave.) and the Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal (20 Essa Rd.) at approximately 10:30 p.m.
- Bradford - no service
- Clearview - no service
- Collingwood - 6 am - 11 pm
- Midland - no service
- Orillia - no service
- Penetanguishene - no service
- Simcoe County Linx - no service
- GO Transit - Saturday schedule, including train service between Barrie and Toronto
Where to watch FIREWORKS in Simcoe County
Looking to see some fireworks? Here's where you can find them:
Wednesday, July 1
- Barrie - 10 pm, visible from multiple vantage points along the waterfront
- Blue Mountain - 10:15 pm, over the mountain
- Bracebridge - dusk, Bracebridge Bay
- Bradford - 10 pm, Bradford & District Memorial Community Centre
- Canada's Wonderland - 10 pm
- Collingwood - 10 pm, Best viewing location Harbourview Park
- East Gwillimbury - 10 pm, Mount Albert Lions Community Centre
- Innisfil, Friday Harbour - 10 pm, Friday Harbour
- Midland/Penetanguishene - dusk, Little Lake Park, Midland
- Newmarket - 10:10 pm, George Richardson Park (Bayview Parkway)
- Orillia - 9:45pm, Couchiching Beach Park
- Wasaga Beach - Canada Day Symphony Fireworks Show at Beach Area 2
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