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Family Day is Monday, February 17
Garbage collection schedule
There will be no garbage pickup on the Family Day holiday.
- Regular scheduled Monday, February 17 garbage collection will be picked up on Tuesday, February 18, along with the regularly scheduled Tuesday pick up. No other routes will be affected by the holiday.
- See the complete schedule.
- Canteen Road Yard & Garden Drop-off Facility will be closed Monday and Tuesday. It reopens Wednesday for regular hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Recycling is managed through the CRD. Schedules: crd.bc.ca/bluebox
Recreation
- Check out all our Family Day activities!
- We have all sorts of excitement in store for our 2025 Family Day event. Join us for Kindergym, swimming as well as a variety of activities that you can do as a family - and do it all for FREE. This event includes an community favourite - the Esquimalt Lions will be selling hot dogs, by donation, where all money received will be put back into the Esquimalt community.
- Esquimalt Recreation Centre is open 5:30am-10:30pm all weekend as well as Family Day Monday
- The Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion will be closed Family Day Monday
- See our other recreation schedules
Municipal business
- The municipal hall and archives will be closed Monday, February 19
- See our municipal hall hours
B.C. Heritage Week starts February 17
Look for photos from our archives posted February 17-23 as we celebrate B.C. Heritage Week.
Meet our archivist!
Learn about the Esquimalt Archives at a special visit to the Esquimalt branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library on Thursday February 20 from 10AM to noon.