What’s open and closed in Canada on New Year’s Day 2024
Global News
Your guide to what stores, services and activities are open on New Year's Day, 2024.
This weekend Canadians will say goodbye to 2023 and wake up Monday morning in the new year.
With New Year’s Day being a statutory holiday, some stores and services Canadians rely on will be closed.
Here’s a guide of what is open and what is closed across the country on Jan. 1, 2024.
If you’re looking to restock your fridge after a week of festive cooking, you might have to wait until Tuesday, Jan. 2.
Loblaws, Sobeys, Walmart, Longo’s, Metro and Costcos will be closed holiday Monday throughout most of the country.
Some grocery store locations will be open on New Year’s Day, however, including Metro at 444 Yonge St. in Toronto and 977 Rue Cartier in Quebec. Whole Foods at 510 W. 8th Ave. in Vancouver will also be open, along with Walmart at 2370 McPhillips St. in Winnipeg.
Rabba Fine Foods, a retail grocery store based in the Greater Toronto Area, has been open during the holiday season and will remain so on New Year’s Day. “Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It doesn’t matter if it’s Christmas,” the company says on its website.
Vancouver Save-on-Foods locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 1.
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