St-Jean-Baptiste Day: What's open and what's closed

It's St-Jean-Baptiste Day, which meansmany businesses, as well as governmental and municipal offices and services, are closed or put on hold.

• St-Jean-Baptiste Dayroad closures

Here's a breakdown of what's open and what's closed for the June 24 holiday:

• Government offices, shopping centres, SAQ outlets, banks, most supermarkets and municipal administration offices are closed.
• Many pharmacies, gas stations and restaurants remain open despite the holiday, though some may have reduced hours.
• The Biodme, Insectarium, Planetarium and Botanical Garden are open.
• The Atwater, Jean-Talon,MaisonneuveandLachinemarkets are open.
• Some STM bus routes are being rerouted because of the St-Jean-Baptiste parade this afternoon. Check the schedule here.
• Garbage, recycling, compost and large items collection will proceed as regularly scheduled, except in the following boroughs.
  • In VilleraySaint-MichelParc-Extension,pickup of kitchen waste is cancelled and pickup of green waste is postponed to Monday, June 29.
  • InOutremont,recycling pickup is postponed to Thursday, June 25.
  • In LaSalle, garbage collection on Wednesday is cancelled. Next pickup is Saturday.