What's open and closed on Canada Day in Vancouver

We all love celebrating Canada’s birthday – but some of us have still gotta shop, right?

Here’s your handy guide to what’s open and what’s not in Vancouver, this Canada Day.

Open

Grocery Stores

• Safeway (regular hours)
• Save-On-Foods (regular hours)
• No Frills (regular hours)
• Wholefoods (regular hours)
• IGA (regular hours, except Burrard store, which has reduced hours)
• Superstore (regular hours)
• City Market (regular hours)
• Urban Fare (open but with reduced hours)
• Meinhardt (open but with reduced hours)
• Walmart (regular hours)

Liquor Stores

• BC Liquor Stores (some open but with reduced hours; some closed)
• Private liquor stores (regular hours)

Pharmacies

• Safeway (open but with reduced hours)
• London Drugs (open with reduced hours)
• Shoppers Drug Mart (regular hours, except Vancouver General Hospital, Hornby Street, East Broadway, Commercial Drive, and East 10th locations, which are closed)

Malls

• Pacific Centre Mall (open from 11 am to 6 pm)
• City Square (open from noon to 5 pm
• International Village (open from 10 am to 10 pm)
• Kingsgate Mall (open from 11 am to 5 pm)
• Oakridge (open from 11 am to 6 pm)
• Park Royal (open from 11 am to 6 pm)
• Metrotown (open from 11 am to 7 pm)

Libraries

• Carnegie Reading Room (regular hours)

City Services

• Britannia, False Creek, Kerrisdale, Killarney, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Sunset community centres (check this list for exact times)
• About half the fitness centres in Vancouver are open (check this list for exact times)
• All pools are open, except Kensington and Renfrew
• All golf courses open as normal

Post Offices

• Post offices operated privately may be open if the host business is open; otherwise all Canada Post offices are closed.

Closed

Grocery Stores

• Costco

Liquor Stores

• BC Liquor Stores (some open but with reduced hours; some closed)

Pharmacies

• Pharmasave (typically closed, check to be sure)
• Shoppers Drug Mart at Vancouver General Hospital, Hornby Street, East Broadway, Commercial Drive, and East 10th; the rest are open as normal)

Malls

• Royal Centre
• Bentall Centre

Banks

• All banks are closed on Canada Day (even the ones usually open Sundays)

Libraries

• All library branches, except the Carnegie Reading Room

City Services

• All government offices closed
• All community centres closed, except Britannia, False Creek, Kerrisdale, Killarney, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Sunset (check this list for exact times)
• About half the fitness centres in Vancouver are closed (check this list for exact times)
• Kensington and Renfrew pools are closed

Post Offices

• Canada Post is closed, except privately operated post offices which will open according to the hours of the host business.