{"id":50027,"date":"2026-05-18T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/50027\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:59:13","slug":"whats-open-and-closed-on-victoria-day-2026-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/50027\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s open and closed on Victoria Day 2026 in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s open and closed on Victoria Day 2026 in Toronto is essential information you need to know if you plan on spending your day off with your friends or family, checking out some local attractions, or running any last-minute errands before the long weekend comes to a close.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Day, which falls on Monday, May 18 this year, is a statutory holiday here in Ontario, meaning many businesses and grocery chains\u00a0will be closed for a much-deserved day off.<\/p>\n<p>However, you might notice that some places that are typically closed on Victoria Day will be keeping their doors open this year. That&#8217;s because earlier this year,\u00a0the provincial government announced that it was proposing changes that would\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/en\/release\/1007164\/ontario-giving-workers-retailers-and-consumers-more-choice-on-family-day-and-victoria-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">allow retail businesses across Ontario to stay open<\/a> on the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Under the changes, retail businesses have the option to stay open on Victoria Day, and eligible employees could work and earn time-and-a-half premium pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s open and closed on Victoria Day 2026 in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>General<br \/>\nClosed<\/p>\n<p>Banks<br \/>\nCommunity centres<br \/>\nGovernment offices<br \/>\nToronto Public Library branches<br \/>\nMail delivery<\/p>\n<p>Open<\/p>\n<p>The TTC will operate on a holiday\u00a0service schedule<br \/>\nGO Transit will operate on a Saturday service schedule<br \/>\nThe UP Express will operate on its regular weekend schedule.<br \/>\nSelect Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall locations<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"whats open victoria day\" id=\"content-image-128095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778767129-20191130-SummerhillMarket9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">While most major grocery chains will be closed, Summerhill Market stores will remain open. Photo: Hector Vasquez.<\/p>\n<p>Food and Drink<br \/>\nClosed<\/p>\n<p>Most major grocery chains will be closed to observe the statutory holiday<\/p>\n<p>Open<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"whats open victoria day\" id=\"content-image-128096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778767191-20230510-EatonsCentre-4.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Like most malls on Victoria Day, the CF Toronto Eaton Centre will be open. Photo: Fareen Karim.<\/p>\n<p>Malls<br \/>\nClosed<\/p>\n<p>Open<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"whats open victoria day\" id=\"content-image-128097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778767238-20231201-ArcadiaEarth-21.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Arcadia Earth at The Well is just one of many attractions that will be open on Monday, May 18. Photo: Fareen Karim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Attractions<br \/>\nOpen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s open and closed on Victoria Day 2026 in Toronto is essential information you need to know if&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[336,16682,634,48,12900,22442],"class_list":["post-50027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-336","tag-day","tag-open","tag-toronto","tag-victoria","tag-whats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}