City of Windsor’s holiday hours

The City of Windsor has released its holiday hours over Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.

On Wednesday, Christmas Day, and Thursday, Boxing Day, administrative offices will be closed. Offices will also be closed on New Year’s Day.

311 Customer Contact Centre

The 311 Customer Contact Centre will be closed on Christmas day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Regular business hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the exception of the listed holidays.

More information regarding 311 services are available online and through the Windsor 311 app.

211 Windsor-Essex

The 211 service will remain available at all hours of the day, seven days a week.

Garbage and recycling collection

No residential collection services will run on Christmas Day or on New Year’s Day. They will be delayed one day after the holidays. Night commercial and weekly recycling collection will not be delayed.

According to the City of Windsor, front end loader collection will be rescheduled from Wednesday to Tuesday or Thursday this week.

Specific dates can be found on the collection schedule.

If you are looking to get rid of your Christmas tree or yard waste, pickup will occur the week of Jan. 13 in A zones. B zones will be collected the week of Jan. 20.

Public drop-off and household chemical waste depots

Depots at the northeast corner of Central Avenue and North Service Road East are closed on Tuesday, Dec. 24, Wednesday, Dec. 25, Thursday, Dec. 26 and Wednesday, Jan. 1. Depots are regularly closed on Sundays.

Parks and recreation

The winter recreation programming session for 2025 is set to start on Jan. 12. More details are available here.

Community centres will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. You are asked to contact your community centre for more holiday hours.

Ice rinks and arenas will be closed at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The Lanspeary Lions Outdoor Rink will reopen for rentals on Dec. 26. All other arenas will reopen on Dec. 27.

On Dec. 31, all community rinks will close at 2 p.m. They will reopen on Jan 2. The WFCU Centre will be open on New Year’s Eve as the Windsor Spitfires host the Flint Firebirds.

The Centralized Registration and Booking Centre will be closed from Dec. 23 to Dec. 26 and also on Dec. 28, Dec. 29, Dec. 31, Jan. 1 and Jan. 4.

Customer Care Centres will still run on holiday hours. Holiday hours can be found here.

Holiday Camp

Windsor is offering a Holiday Camp at four different locations on Dec. 24, Dec. 26, Dec. 27, Dec. 30, Dec. 31, Jan 2 and Jan. 3 for kids aged four to 13.

The locations are:

More details and registration can be found here or by calling 519-255-1161.

WFCU Centre Pool

The WFCU Centre will be open for regular hours, pool reservations and scheduled rentals. However, it will close at 3 p.m. on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 and it will be closed on Dec. 25, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1.

Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre

The centre will be open with adjusted hours from Dec. 21 to Jan. 5. The swim schedule can be found here. It will be closed on Dec. 25, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1.

Adventure Bay Family Water Park

The water park will operate on holiday hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Dec. 21 until Jan. 5. Special holiday hours are in effect on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. It will be open from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on those days and closed on Dec. 25, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1.

Windsor Public Library

Libraries will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Bright Lights Windsor

Bright Lights Windsor is open from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. every night until Jan. 7. Admission is free.

Homelessness and Housing Help Hub

Regular hours will be in place from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. every day at 400 Wyandotte Street East. More information is available at 519-253-3806.

Parking enforcement

Municipal ticket payment offices will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Ticket payments can always be made online on the City of Windsor’s website.

Museum Windsor (Chimczuk Museum and François Baby House

Chimczuk Museum will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, as well as its regular closures on Mondays.

François Baby House will be closed from Dec. 24 to Dec. 26 and Jan. 1, as well as Mondays.

Transit Windsor

Transit users are asked to check for the holiday bus services on the schedule online.

No tunnel bus service will run on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Customer support and sales will take place at Transit Windsor for the following hours:

Transit Windsor can be reached at 519-944-4111.