A list of stores and services open 24 hours in Ottawa

Looking out from the Elgin Street Diner in Ottawa. Photo by Ross Brown.

Ottawa used to have quite a number of 24-hour stores and services. These days, the numbers have dwindled but there are still some holdouts which are good to know about…

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Please note: These businesses may have different hours on holidays.

24-hour pharmacies

• The Shoppers Drug Mart at Westgate Shopping Centre (Merivale at Carling). This location happened to be Ottawa’s original 24-hour Shoppers, and is fittingly the last remaining.

24-hour restaurants and diners in Ottawa

• Elgin Street Diner (On Elgin Street near Gladstone.)

• Zak’s Diner (Just the one in the Byward Market is 24-hour.)

• Kettleman’s Bagel

• Some A&Ws (or at least their drive-thrus) are open 24 hours (e.g. the one on Queen Street near Parliament Hill, 500 Eagleson Rd., Heron, Hawthorne, 1454 Merivale …)

• Some Tim Hortons restaurants are open 24 hours

• Many McDonald’s restaurants open 24 hours in Ottawa

• Several Subway restaurants are open 24 hours.

24-hour gyms

• Anytime Fitness (several locations)

• Many Goodlife gyms are open 24 hours during the week but some have reduced hours on the weekend.

• Planet Fitness has two locations in Ottawa and both are open 24 hours.

24-hour vets in Ottawa

• Alta Vista Animal Hospital (24 hour for emergencies on Bank Street)
• Ottawa Animal Emergency and Specialty Hospital