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What's open and closed Easter weekend 2012 Toronto
What's open and closed on Easter weekend in Toronto:
Closed
- Government offices (postal service, City Hall and others) will be closed Friday-Monday.
- Banks will be closed Friday-Sunday, and will resume service on Monday.
- Toronto Public Libraries will be closed on Friday and Sunday, but open regular hours on Saturday
- Most shopping malls and retail stores will be closed although there's usually some unexpected openings, so call ahead.
- The Beer Store is closed on Friday and Sunday.
- All LCBO stores will be closed on Friday, back to regular hours on Saturday, and closed on Easter Sunday. Approximately 280 LCBO stores will be open, with modified business hours, on Easter Monday — see if one near you is among them here.
- Generally speaking, most grocery stores will be closed on Friday and Sunday, and have limited hours the rest of the weekend — as with the Lower Jarvis location of Loblaw's. But as a bonus, some Sobey's will be opening early on Monday to accommodate your last-minute dinner needs. Also, gourmet food stores such as the Healthy Butcher will be closed Friday and Sunday.
Open
- The Eaton Centre is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Good Friday, closed Easter Sunday, and will resume regular hours on Monday. Some retailers surrounding the Eaton Centre and along Queen St. (i.e. H&M) will observe similar hours.
- Food Depot (155 Dupont), Bloor Superfresh (384 Bloor St W), and Rabba grocery stores (various locations).
- Bruno's Fine Foods remains open throughout the weekend, with slightly reduced hours Friday-Sunday.
- The AGO remains open on Friday, but is closed on Monday.
- Most of the businesses in the Distillery District will remain open all weekend.
- A number of movie theatres are open all weekend (check our listings here)
- Restaurant closures will vary greatly, so make sure to give them a ring prior to heading over. The upside is some will offer special holiday dinners, such as Mideastro or the Rosedale Diner.
TTC
The TTC will operate on a holiday schedule on Friday--which means Sunday service with a start date of 6 a.m. — and resume regular service for the remainder of the weekend.
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Oh that's right the world revolves around you and your shopping habits. Why would I want a day off on a statutory holiday to spend time with friends or family.
Stores are open 7 days a week, if can't find the time to get things done then your unorganized. If you can't keep yourself entertained for a day without having to go to a store your a moron.
Go get a life outside of the retail world.
Why the hasty comment? I work in retail too and I wish stores were open on the holidays. Yeah its a great day off for us, but what is there to do? Keeping big box stores and malls in large urban centers open is a great idea, not only for people who have nothing to do but for stores to cash in on that. Being a manager in a large mall I sure have to say I would be more than happy to work on a holiday if that meant my store made more money than normal. And furthermore spending all my time at work doesn't really give me much opportunity to actually do the stuff that needs to get done during the week, having those holidays with stores open would be a great relief to me as I can get everything done especially if stores were open.
On another note, unless you celebrate the life of Jesus Christ and the resurrection this holiday doesn't have much meaning, and honestly 99% of my employees don't. Your attitude in this matter obviously says you hate working your retail job. There are lots of opportunities out there for you to choose from, if you're so unhappy with retail and are bashing a possible client/customer you're not really fit for retail or customer service in the first place.
And also remember that when not working, your still representing your company, and anything you post is a reflection on their part. Employees have been fired for saying less and regardless of if you think your being anonymous on this, your not because most employers actually track everything their employees do, and its legal.
Remember this next time you bitch about a holiday.
Also inside there is a Wine Store open also, if you need your fix :)
You can find all kind of groseries fruit milk and good meat.
It's easy to say that you would like everything to be open all the time because you are not one of the grunts, so get off your high horse and give people a break.
Go for a hike, spend time with friends and family, go to a park, have a picnic, bbq, read a book, enjoy quiet. Heaven forbid that minimum wage workers get a single day off from their jobs (usually more than 1)
I am not in retail, I am a consumer and you clearly state that you want one extra day to gouge your customers. Your Nazi-employer threat that 'Retail Worker' would get fired for expressing a personal opinion is disrespectful. Easter happens to be a very important holiday and he has every right - legally - to spend it with family. Go back to the dictatorship you came from. 'D' should try not consuming for one whole day or maybe better fly back to BC
Seriously, if you guys who own stores want to open on Easter Sunday, let me and my friends who work with me know...there's at 6 of us in our store who can really use the money. And for those who feel like they're being slaved by the prospect of a store being open on any Sunday or stat day, well, tell us what stores are forcing you to work and we'll come work those jobs. I'm seriously cursing the fact that our store is closed for two days.
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Remember this next time you bitch about a holiday."
I was totally with you until you suddenly veered off into this weird fascist threat. Maybe you need a holiday?
How ever, most retailers don't want to or can't afford to pay time and a half to keep employees working on stat holidays. I think the only things that should be open on stat holidays are grocery stores and pharmacies. The rest should be closed so people can spend some time with family and friends. If you have to go shopping for that new sweater then you have become superficial and you don't understand the meaning of some stat holidays. For some people it's not just another day off.