What's open, closed and where to see fireworks in London this long weekend

CBC News

· Posted: May 17, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

It's the agelong play successful Canada, meaning galore radical volition person the time disconnected and mightiness beryllium celebrating Victoria Day with friends and family. 

There volition beryllium assorted activities and events taking spot in the metropolis implicit the weekend, with immoderate closures connected Monday, May 19. Here's a look astatine what you request to know. 

Public transportation

• London Transit volition run connected a vacation work schedule, this means fewer buses connected the roadworthy compared to regular weekdays.
• Riders are encouraged to sojourn the London Transit website for up-to-date way times and schedules. 

Government services

• All banks and metropolis administrative offices are closed connected Monday, including City hall, Citi Plaza, each Ontario Works offices and Provincial Offences Administrative Office. 
• The London Collision Reporting Centre volition beryllium closed connected Monday, regular hours volition resume the pursuing day. 
• There's nary garbage, recycling oregon greenish bin postulation connected Monday. Collection shifts guardant by 1 day. 
• EnviroDepots are unfastened arsenic scheduled.

Restaurants and shopping 

• White Oaks Mall, CF Masonville Place, and Westmount Shopping Centre will close Monday. 
• Most market stores are closed Monday.
• Beer Store outlets volition beryllium unfastened Monday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., including 1600 Dundas St. E., 414 Wharncliffe Rd. S. (drive-thru only), and 1080 Adelaide St. N.

Spray pads and different activities

• All metropolis spray pads are unfastened for the season, operating from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Storybook Gardens is unfastened each weekend, including Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
• Recreational activities similar swimming, crafts, badminton, nationalist skating, household unfastened gym and subject workshops volition beryllium disposable for residents. 

Fireworks! Where to spot them

• On Saturday, caput to Nicholas Wilson Park. Food trucks get astatine 5:30 with fireworks starting astatine dusk.
• Your ain backyard. It's 1 of the fewer days of the twelvemonth erstwhile it's allowed to acceptable them off 

Lighting your ain fireworks? Here are information tips

• Londoners volition beryllium allowed to discharge backyard fireworks, lone connected Monday 19 betwixt sundown and 11 p.m.
• Fireworks are not permitted to beryllium discharged successful nationalist spaces specified arsenic metropolis parks oregon connected the street. 
• For much information, residents are encouraged to travel the Fireworks by-Law.