Depending on where you work or attend school, you may have three or four days off this weekend. This means many businesses and institutions in Windsor-Essex will be either closed or on altered hours.
Good Friday is a stat holiday, though others also observe Easter Monday as a holiday. All federal, provincial, and municipal offices will be closed on both days. There will also be no Canada Post delivery.
Service Ontario locations will also be closed Friday and Monday, but some transactions, such as licence plate renewals, may be performed online.
All four of the public school boards serving Windsor-Essex are closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. Regular classes resuming Tuesday. Students at the University of Windsor and St. Clair College have Friday off, but will have normal classes on Monday.
Both the Beer Store and the LCBO are closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but will be open Saturday and Monday.
All branches of the Windsor Public Library are closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday. On Saturday, only the Budimir, Central, and Riverside branches will be open, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All Essex County Library branches will be closed Friday, Sunday, and Monday.
Devonshire Mall and Tecumseh Mall are both closed on Friday and Sunday, but open Saturday and Monday. At Windsor Crossing outlet mall in LaSalle, stores are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Good Friday, Easter Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., and normal hours Saturday and Monday.
The 311 call centre will shut down Friday and Monday, and reopen Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 211 call centre will be open 24-hours as usual.
In the City of Windsor, residential garbage and recycling will not be picked up on Friday or Monday. Trash collection will be delayed by one day next week. Refer to your waste collection calendar for details. Commercial, front-end loader, and weekly recycling collections will proceed as usual. The public drop-off and household chemical waste depot at Central Avenue and the E.C. Row are closed Friday, Sunday, and Monday, but open Saturday.
All community centres and arenas in Windsor are closed Friday and Sunday except for previously-booked events and rentals. The Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre is open Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and fit lanes will close at 3 p.m. Saturday. The WIATC is closed Easter Sunday with normal hours on Monday.
The H4 program at Windsor Water World is open every day from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Adventure Bay Family Water Park will be open Friday, Saturday, and Monday from noon to 4 p.m.
The Francois Baby House will be closed all weekend and reopen on Tuesday. The Chimczuk Museum will be closed Good Friday and Easter Monday, but will be open regular hours on Saturday and Easter Sunday.
There is no charge for street metered parking in Windsor on Friday, Sunday, and Monday, but the city’s paid surface lots and garages will be open and charging as usual. Municipal ticket payment offices will be closed all three days.
Transit Windsor buses will run on a Sunday schedule on Friday, and on their normal schedules the rest of the weekend. The downtown transit terminal will be open from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Good Friday, and resume normal hours Monday.