The County of Simcoe reminds residents of the following schedule changes during the upcoming holiday period, including Christmas and New Year’s.
Curbside Waste Collection and Waste Drop-off Facilities
Curbside Waste Collection will not occur on Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25) or New Year’s Day (Wednesday, January 1)
To maintain full service to all households, curbside waste collection will be bumped by one day during the weeks of December 23 and December 30.
This means that Wednesday routes will be collected on Thursday, and Thursday routes will be collected on Friday during those weeks.
Monday and Tuesday routes will be unaffected, and collected as usual.
All County Waste Drop-off Facilities will close at 12:00 p.m. on December 24 and be closed all day on December 25, 26 and January 1.
Christmas tree collection runs bi-weekly by zone on your garbage weeks during the month of January.
Place Christmas trees out on the Monday of your garbage week as collection will occur during the week, not necessarily on your regular collection day.
LINX Transit services are not in operation on December 25, 26 and January 1 (with the exception of Route 4)
Route 4 only will be operating a Sunday schedule on Thursday, December 26 and Wednesday, January 1
Return to regularly scheduled services for all routes will resume from December 27-31 and on January 2
Please visit https://nextlinx.simcoe.ca/ to check all route schedules
County Administration Centre (Midhurst) & Service Simcoe Contact Centre
The Administration Centre, including the Service Simcoe Contact Centre, will close at 1:00 p.m. on December 24 and will be closed on December 25, 26 and January 1.
All Ontario Works and Children Services offices will close at 1:00 p.m. on December 24 and will be closed on December 25, 26 and January 1.
The Lake Simcoe Regional Airport will be operating on December 24, 25, 26 and January 1.
December 24, 26: Normal operations.
December 25, January 1: Services available on an “on call” basis.
Staff will be readily available and will attend the airport as required.
The Simcoe County Museum is currently closed to the public while undergoing renovations, with an expected re-opening to occur in April.
The outdoor skating trail is expected to open in early January depending on weather conditions.
The Simcoe County Archives will close at 1:00 p.m. on December 24 and be closed on December 25, 26 and January 1.
The Archives are currently closed to the public while undergoing renovations with an expected re-opening date in June.
County of Simcoe is composed of sixteen member municipalities and provides crucial public services to County residents in addition to providing paramedic and social services to the separated cities of Barrie and Orillia.
Visit our website at https://simcoe.ca/
