Everything You Need to Know for Your Thanksgiving Long Weekend!

It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend and below is everything you’ll need to know – events, what’s open / closed, etc.

This is what your long weekend weather is looking like.

Courtesy of our friends over at City News Toronto …

What’s Open & Closed on Monday:

Open – General

• TTC will run on holiday service
• GO will run on a Sunday schedule
• Some Beer Store locations will be open, click here for a list
• Tourist attractions:

Open – Attractions

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Casa Loma
• CN Tower
• Hockey Hall of Fame
• Ontario Science Centre
• Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Toronto Zoo

Open – Malls

• Bramalea City Centre / 11am – 6pm
• Eaton Centre / 11am – 7am
• Square One / 11am – 6pm
• Upper Canada Mall / 11am – 6pm
• Vaughan Mills / 10am – 7pm
• Hillcrest Mall / 11am – 6pm

Closed – General

• Most grocery stores (select ones will be open, but call ahead)
• Some malls: Dufferin Mall, Fairview Mall, Scarborough Town Centre, Sherway Gardens, Yorkdale Shopping Centre
• Government offices, municipal buildings, and banks
• All Toronto Public Library branches are closed on Sunday and Monday
• No mail delivery

For Beer Store locations and times, click here.

For LCBO locations and times, click here. (ALL locations will be closed Thanksgiving Monday).

Events:

‘It’s the Great Pumpkin’

• WHAT: Toronto Pumpkinfest and the Richmond Hill Pumpkinfest.
• WHERE: Downsview Park, Richmond Green Sports Centre and Park in Richmond Hill.
• AND: Admission is free and so is the parking.

#WeTheNorth

• WHAT: Toronto Raptors pre-season game.
• WHERE: Scotiabank Arena on Sunday, tip-off is at 6pm!
• AND:  Click here for the team’s schedule.

Celebrate Thanksgiving and Oktoberfest

• WHEN: Thanksgiving Monday
• WHERE: The pavillion area of the Evergreen Brick Works.
• AND: Beers will be $6 from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Admission to the celebration is free, and all ages are welcome.

Autumn in the Country:

• WHEN: Saturday Oct. 12 – Monday Oct. 14
• WHERE: Woodbridge Fall Fair
• AND: The cost of admission is $10 for adults, $5 for those aged 6-14, and kids under give are free.

Transit & Road Closures:

• Subway closure on Line 2 between St George. and Woodbine stations on Saturday and Sunday 
• Gardiner Expressway: from DVP to Highway 427 – closed until Monday at 5am!
• SB Sherbourne St. CLOSED between Carlton & Bloor St. (until October 18)
• Parking will be temporarily restricted on Danforth Avenue near Broadview Avenue, Chester Avenue, Pape Avenue, Donlands Avenue, Linnsmore Crescent and Coxwell Avenue (Sat. Oct 12, 6am – 2:30am, Sun. Oct. 13, 7:30am – Monday Oct. 14 at 2:30am)
• Gardiner Expressway: CLOSED – Westbound Sherbourne/Jarvis off-ramp

For all your local pumpkin patches, click here.

To experience the best places for fall colours in and around Toronto, click here.

For everything else Thanksgiving, click here.