What’s open and closed in Toronto on New Year’s Day 2022 is crucial information to known when finding your way around the city at a time when seemingly everything is closed. Similar to Christmas Day, it’s one of the few days of the year when most of the of the city is on pause.
Here’s what’s open and closed on New Year’s Day in Toronto this year.
General
Closed
- Banks
- Government offices
- Libraries
- Mail delivery
Open
- The TTC will run on a Sunday service schedule.
- Select Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall locations.
Only select grocers will be open for shopping on January 1. Photo by Hector Vasquez.
Food and Drink
Closed
- Most major grocery chains will be closed on New Year’s Day with a few confirmed exceptions listed below.
- The Beer Store
- LCBO
Open
- Galleria Supermarket (7040 Yonge St.) – 24 hours
- Galleria Supermarket (865 York Mills Rd.) – 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Galleria Supermarket (558 Yonge St.) – 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Galleria Supermarket (351 Bloor St. West) – 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Rabba (various locations) – 24 hours
- The Food Depot (155 Dupont Street) – 24 hours
- The Kitchen Table (10 Queens Quay West) – 6 a.m. to 12 a.m.
- The Kitchen Table (389 Spadina Road) – 7 a.m. to 12 a.m.
- The Kitchen Table (705 King Street West) – 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Summerhill Market (various locations) – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Select restaurants will be keeping their doors open. Call ahead to confirm.
- Select indie bottle shops.
- Select Starbucks and Tim Hortons locations.
Toronto Eaton Centre will be open with capacity limits on New Year’s Day. Photo by Fareen Karim.
Malls
Closed
- Bayview Village Shops
- CF Fairview Mall
- CF Sherway Gardens
- Dufferin Mall
- Scarborough Town Centre
- Yorkdale Shopping Centre
- Yorkville Village
Open
- CF Markville (5000 Hwy 7) – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- CF Toronto Eaton Centre (220 Yonge St.) – 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Hillcrest Mall (9350 Yonge St.) – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Pacific Mall (4300 Steeles Ave. E.) – 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Promenade (1 Promenade Cir.) – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Square One Shopping Centre (100 City Centre Dr.) – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Toronto Premium Outlets (13850 Steeles Ave. W.) – 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Vaughan Mills (1 Bass Pro Mills Dr.) – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Skating rinks across the city will be open for some outdoor fun on January 1. Photo by Hector Vasquez.
Attractions
Closed
- Bata Shoe Museum
- Canada’s Wonderland
- Gardiner Museum
- MOCA
Open
- Aga Khan Museum (77 Wynford Dr.) – 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas St. West) – 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- CN Tower (301 Front St. West) – 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Hockey Hall of Fame (30 Yonge St.) – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Movie theatres
- Ontario Place (955 Lake Shore Blvd. West) – 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Ontario Science Centre (770 Don Mills Rd.) – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Outdoor skating rinks like Nathan Phillips Square and The Bentway.
- Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada (288 Bremner Blvd.) – 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queens Park) – 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Toronto Zoo (2000 Meadowvale Rd.) – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
