Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day. While widower Patrick Wheeler braces for his fate, he meets Sandra, the wife of a businessman who is intent on committing suicide. Meanwhile, Patrick’s friend Craig decides to have as much sex as he can while there is still time.

Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.

A teenager has his Sitka Spruce tree chosen to be planted outside the White House as the new national Christmas Tree.