What is open in Toronto right now is significantly changing each week as restrictions are being slowly lifted. We have officially entered Stage 1 of the provinces reopening and every couple of weeks we can expect life inching closer to normalcy.
Currently, the following types of businesses, facilities, and services are open during this time likely with shortened hours.
Food, drink and other vices
- Restaurants offering takeout or delivery
- Grocery stores
- Bulk food stores
- Convenience stores
- The LCBO
- The Beer Store
- Craft beer stores
- Craft distilleries
- Cannabis stores
- Pharmacies
Retail stores
- Garden centres and nurseries
- Hardware stores
- Bike Stores and bike repair
- Safety supply stores
- Retail stores with a street entrance
Outdoors and recreation
- City parks
- Provincial parks
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Golf courses
- Marinas and boat clubs
- Private parks and campgrounds
Consumer and business services
- Banks
- Car dealerships
- Funeral services
- Gas stations
- Hotels
- Laundromats and dry cleaners
- Lawn care services
- Mail services
- Veterinary services
- Businesses that board animals
- Animal and pet care services
- Cleaning and maintenance services
- Non-essential construction
Other
- TTC
- GO Train and UP Express
- Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Sports team training facilities
- Media operations
- Surgeries
- In-person counselling
Some specific retailers that are currently open include
- Best Buy
- Canadian Tire
- Dollarama
- Home Depot
- Home Hardware
- RONA
- Walmart
- Sport Chek
- Indigo
The following businesses, facilities, and services still remained closed
- All community centres and facilities providing recreational programs
- All public and private schools
- All licensed daycares and child care centres although some will re-open to help frontline workers
- All bars, nightclubs, strip clubs, cafes and restaurants not offering takeout or delivery
- All theatres, cinemas and concert venues
- All Toronto attractions
- All gyms although many are doing classes on Instagram Live
- All nail, hair salons and barber shops
- All Toronto park amenities
- All sports fields, beaches and outdoor recreational facilities that doesn't allow for social distancing
- City Hall and all municipal buildings
- Ontario casinos
- All malls
There's still no certainty on exactly how long these closures will go on for but it will still be some time before things get fully back to normal.
by Jaclyn Skrobacky via blogTO
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