With Thanksgiving a day for many people to be home with their families, many local institutions will be closed or on holiday hours.
All federal, provincial and municipal offices will be closed Monday, October 9 in observance of Thanksgiving. There will be no Canada Post delivery.
All banks and credit unions will also be closed.
The two English-language school boards and the French Catholic school board will be closed Monday, plus the University of Windsor and all St. Clair College campuses.
ServiceOntario will be closed on Monday but the website will take payments as well as driver licence and vehicle ownership renewals.
ENWIN's offices will be closed on Monday though their emergency call centre will be operating as normal.
All Beer Store locations will be closed Monday, though its customer contact centre will be open 9am to 5pm. All LCBO outlets will be closed as well.
The majority of retail outlets will close on Thanksgiving, including Devonshire Mall and Tecumseh Mall. Windsor Crossing will be open 10am to 6pm. Some big-box stores like Walmart will be closed, others may be open abbreviated hours. Be sure to call ahead.
In the city of Windsor, the 311 call centre will be closed Monday, while the 211 service will be operating as usual.
All community centres, arenas and customer care centres in Windsor will be closed Thanksgiving with the exception of pre-arranged rentals.
Residential garbage, yard waste and recyclable collection in Windsor normally done on Monday will be delayed a day. Commercial garbage collection will take place as usual. The public drop-off centre at Central and EC Row in Windsor will be closed on Thanksgiving but reopen Tuesday from 8am to 5pm.
Indoor pools will be closed with the exception of the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, which will be open 10am to 4pm for adult fit lanes and open adult swim. The centre's fitness centre will also be open.
Adventure Bay Family Water Park will be open 10am to 4pm Thanksgiving Monday.
There will be no parking enforcement in Windsor on Monday. Metered street parking is free Thanksgiving and all traffic fine payment offices will be closed. Fine payment can be done online with the E-Services tab at the city's official website.
Transit Windsor buses will run Thanksgiving on a Sunday and holiday schedule. However, the tunnel bus to Detroit will operate on a regular weekday schedule.
All branches of the Windsor Public Library and the Essex County Library will be closed Thanksgiving, then reopen for regular hours Tuesday.
In Tecumseh, there will be no transit bus running, though yard waste will be collected as usual. Tecumseh Arena will be open for reserved ice rentals but there's no public skating or activities Monday.
The Atlas Tube Centre in Lakeshore will be closed Monday.
The Vollmer Complex in LaSalle will also be closed, though the pool will be reopened Tuesday after being shut down for repairs.