Family Day is a provincial holiday – here's a list of what's open and closed February 17, 2025.
CLOSED
- Municipal and provincial government offices
- Schools
- Banks
- Beer stores
- Liquor stores
- MOST grocery stores (see OPEN section below)
- SOME drug stores (see OPEN section below)
- Georgian Mall
- Bayfield Mall
- Kozlov Centre
- Orillia Square Mall
OPEN
Drug Stores
While some drug stores are closed on Family Day, select locations are open. Click below to check for open locations and their hours:
Grocery Stores
While most grocery stores are closed, select locations are open. Click below to check for open locations and their hours:
FOODLAND
- Beeton - 8 am - 6 pm
- Coldwater - 9 am - 5 pm
- Craighurst - 8 am - 8 pm
- Elmvale - 9 am - 5 pm
- Midland - 7 am - 7 pm
- Orillia - 9 am - 6 pm
- Penetanguishene - 7 am - 10 pm
- Stayner - 9 am - 6 pm
- Stroud - 7 am - 9 pm
- Tottenham - 7 am - 11 pm
- Victoria Harbour - 7 am - 8 pm
- Wasaga Beach - 7 am - 10 pm
FRESHCO
- Alliston - 9 am-6 pm
- Barrie - Closed
- Collingwood - 9 am - 6 pm
LOBLAWS
- Collingwood - 8am-6pm
METRO
- Barrie - Closed
- Collingwood - Closed
- Newmarket - Yonge and Mulock - 9 am-6 pm
- Newmarket - Davis Drive - Closed
- Orillia - 9 am-6 pm
NO FRILLS
- Barrie - Blake Street - Closed
- Barrie - Wellington Street - Closed
- Bradford - 8am - 6pm
- Innisfil - Closed
- Newmarket - Davis Drive - 8 am - 9 pm
- Newmarket - Leslie Street -
- Orillia - 8 am - 6 pm
REAL CANADIAN SUPERSTORE
- Midland - 8am-8pm
- Newmarket - 8am - 8 pm
- Wasaga Beach - 8am-8pm
SOBEYS
- Alcona - 7 am - 10 pm
- Angus - 9 am - 6 pm
- Bradford - 7 am - pm
- Collingwood - 7am - 9 pm
ZEHRS
- Alliston - Closed
- Barrie (all locations) - Closed
- Bradford - Closed
- Orillia - Closed
source: store websites
Malls
- Tanger Outlet Mall - Cookstown - 11 am to 7 pm
- Upper Canada Mall - Newmarket - 11 am to 6 pm
- Vaughan Mills - 11 am to 7 pm
source: mall websites
Gas Stations
Select gas stations are open around the city and surrounding areas.
Post Offices
- Canada Post delivery and collection as per usual
- Pharmacies that operate post offices and choose to close on Family Day will be inaccessible
- Stand-alone Post Offices will be open for business
Government Offices
- Federal government offices will be open
GARBAGE COLLECTION
- Simcoe County - regular waste collection; landfill sites closed
- Barrie - regular waste collection; landfill site closed
- Orillia - NO collection pick up; collection will be a day later this week; landfill site closed
PUBLIC TRANSIT
- Barrie Sunday schedule
- Bradford No service
- Colltrans No service
- Clearview No service
- Midland/Penetanguishene No service
- Orillia No service
- Simcoe County Linx No service except for Route 4 (Collingwood to Wasaga Beach) which will operate on a Sunday schedule
- GO Transit Saturday schedule
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