Victoria Day long weekend, closures and local schedules
Cities and services published altered hours and closures for the Victoria Day long weekend, with Winnipeg posting a 'What's Open and Closed' guide for Monday, May 18. Transit agencies routed Route 3 and Route 17 LRT onto detours from Friday, May 15 at 6:00 PM through end of service on Monday, May 18. Local libraries and campus services set reduced hours: the Dentistry Library is closed today and Monday and reopens Tuesday, May 19 at 9:00 am, while Loyalist Library closed at 12:00 PM today and also reopens Tuesday with online resources available 24/7. The provincial park long-weekend alcohol ban has been lifted, changing rules for campground and day-use visits, so people should check specific schedules and advisories before travelling.
This will be a Canadian long weekend—known as the 24th of May or the May Two-Four Weekend. It’s intended to mark Queen Victoria’s birthday. Careful observers may note that the actual 24th day of May occurs not this weekend but next. We don’t talk about this. Or why Victoria’ birthday is a thing.
Oh The Urbanity!7Growing up in NS, I’d never heard it called “May two-four” before moving to Ontario. It was always Victoria Day. (Now living in Quebec it’s Patriots Day.)
Tom Slee5It is well known that this year's date comes from a confusion between sovereigns and guineas. Victoria was a sovereign One sovereign is 20 shillings This is the 20th week of 2025. The 24th takes place in the 21st week of 2025. One guinea is 21 shillings. QED
SeriNova4I love that we have a random day off supposedly in honour of a grumpy old (based on most statues) queen, that rarely falls on the 24th, a date that the other Commonwealth countries ignore. It’s real importance is as the start date for planting warm weather vegetables and of camping/cabin excursions.
Josh Grant3Counterpoint: it's a holiday so who really cares. The holiday day in August is "civic holiday" which is generic as possible.
Remember its Friday before the long weekend so when you take lunch just never return back to work til Tuesday. Its easy and tbh no one is going to notice.
Mark Dykeman 🇨🇦6Follow Steven for more lifestyle tips and career advice. He, of course, will return promptly after lunch.
Alison3I'm taking all next week off. They won't see me for ten days.
Freakyfoodcdn 🇨🇦2Just wait for everyone's teams status to slowly change to purple or grey and then ...whoops how did mine change too?? 🫢🤭
sb2My boss is on this app. Do you think he will notice that I liked this....?
