What’s Open and Closed Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day
Shopping, public transit, garbage collection
BOXING DAY (observed) – Monday December 28
Provincial lockdown in effect
- Retailers deemed essential can open
- Other retail outlets, malls, restaurants can open for curbside pick-up and take-out
- Grocery stores
- Convenience Stores
Public Transit
- Barrie – regular weekday service
- Orillia – regular weekday service
- Bradford – no service
- Clearview – regular service
- Colltrans
- Town of Collingwood – regular service
- Collingwood/Blue Mountains Link – regular service
- Midland – regular service
- Wasaga Beach – regular service
- Simcoe County Linx – regular service
- GO Transit – Saturday schedule
Garbage Collection
- Barrie – regular garbage collection
- Orillia – regular garbage collection
- Simcoe County – regular garbage collection.
NEW YEAR’S EVE
Provincial lockdown in effect
- Retailers deemed essential can open
- Other retail outlets, malls, restaurants can open for curbside pick-up and take-out
- Some drug stores open late. Click Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall/PharmaPlus or Guardian for store locations and hours
- Some convenience stores
- Some gas stations
Public Transit
- Barrie – ​Regular weekday service, free from 5 p.m. to end of service
- Orillia – regular service until 7:45 p.m.
- Bradford – on-demand service only; no extended service this year
- Clearview – regular service
- Colltrans
- Town of Collingwood – regular service (no extended service this year)
- Collingwood/Blue Mountains Link – regular service
- Midland – regular service until 4:15 pm
- Wasaga Beach – regular service
- Simcoe County Linx – regular weekday service
- GO Transit – regular weekday schedule, no extended service, no free rides
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Provincial lockdown in effect
- Some drug stores. Click Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall/PharmaPlus or Guardian for store locations and hours
- Some convenience stores
- Some gas stations
Public Transit
- Barrie – no service
- Orillia – no service
- Bradford – no service
- Clearview – no service
- Colltrans
- Town of Collingwood – no service
- Collingwood/Blue Mountains Link – regular service
- Midland – no service
- Wasaga Beach – regular service
- Simcoe County Linx – no service
- GO Transit – Sunday schedule
Garbage Collection
- Barrie – no garbage, organics or recycling collection; pick-up will be on Saturday
- Orillia – no garbage, organics or recycling collection; pick-up will be on Saturday
- Simcoe County – no garbage, organics or recycling collection; pick-up will be on Saturday
