Several events this weekend will involve local and rolling road closures as described below. Residents and visitors are encouraged to come out and enjoy the events. Businesses in the local areas will be open to pedestrian traffic, but some roads will be closed to vehicles.
Festivals and other special events are important to the city, injecting hundreds of millions of dollars annually into Toronto’s economy. They are enjoyed each year by local residents and visitors.
In addition to road closures related to special events, a significant amount of road work is taking place in the city. People are encouraged to take public transit as a greener, faster and more affordable way of getting to their destinations. TTC customers can subscribe to eAlerts at http://www.ttc.ca or follow @TTCnotices on Twitter to receive information about service diversions.
Those who need to drive in the general vicinity of special events should allow extra time to get to and from their destinations. A more complete list of events and road work is available at http://www.toronto.ca/roadrestrictions.
Information about road closures related to parades and special events that are overseen by the Toronto Police Service is available at http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/specialevents/.
Toronto Christmas Market – Distillery District
Northbound and southbound curb lanes on Parliament Street, from Lake Shore Boulevard East to Front Street East, will be closed from Friday, November 16 at 4 p.m. until Sunday, November 18 at midnight.
A map of this closure is available at http://bit.ly/ChristmasMrktDistillery2018.
Illuminite 2018
Dundas Square Street between Yonge Street and O’Keefe Lane will be closed on Saturday, November 17 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. for this event.
A map of this closure is available at http://bit.ly/Illuminite2018.
Rosedale Cavalcade of Lights
Scrivener Square will be closed from Yonge Street to 10 Scrivener Square on Saturday, November 17 from 2 to 6 p.m. for this event.
A map of this closure is available at http://bit.ly/RosedaleCavalcade2018.
Bloor-Yorkville BIA – Holiday Magic
Cumberland Street from Old York Lane to 114 Cumberland St. will be closed on Saturday, November 17 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for this event.
A map of this closure is available at http://bit.ly/HolidayMagic2018.
Santa Claus Parade
This event will involve full and rolling road closures on Sunday, November 18 from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
• Bloor Street West from Ossington Avenue to Queen’s Park
• Queen’s Park/Queen’s Park Crescent/University Avenue to Wellington Street West
• Wellington Street West from University Avenue to Yonge Street
• Yonge Street from Wellington Street to Front Street
• Front Street from Yonge Street to Jarvis Street
• Lower Jarvis Street from Front Street East to Lake Shore Boulevard East
In addition, parade-related curb lane closures will occur on Sunday at the following locations and times:
• Front Street East from Jarvis Street to Sherbourne Street from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Queens Quay East from Lower Jarvis Street to Parliament Street from 2 to 6 p.m.
• Lower Jarvis Street northbound curb lane and laybys from 1 to 6 p.m.
The full parade route is available at http://thesantaclausparade.com/.
The Holly Jolly Fun Run
This event will precede the Santa Claus parade and follow the same route, with the following additional closures on Sunday, November 18 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Bremner Boulevard will be closed from York Street to Lake Shore Boulevard West
• York Street southbound from University Avenue to Bremner Boulevard.
This news release is also available on the City’s website: http://ow.ly/1CI930mDcHK.
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