Toronto’s Irish population will be celebrating this weekend with lots of St. Patrick’s Day events to attend. There are no TTC or GO closures to keep in mind.
Toronto St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
The annual Toronto St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a community event in celebrating Irish culture history and heritage will feature live entertainment and local dignitaries. The parade starts along Bloor Street at St. George Street at 12 p.m. Sunday before turning south on Yonge Street and finishing at Dundas Street.
It’s expect to last for an hour and a half.
Caroline Mulroney, the president of the Treasury Board of Ontario and Minister of Francophone Affairs, has been named the Grand Marshall of the parade.
St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run/Walk
If you want to get moving on St. Patrick’s Day, the 25th annual St. Patrick’s Day run/walk is happening on Sunday as well.
You can choose between a 10-kilometre race, a five-kilometre race and the one-kilometre Kid Run. The race is raising funds for Achilles Canada, a non-profit that provides Canadians with an opportunity to receive the physical, psychological and communal benefits of running.
It kicks off at 10:15 p.m. from Evergreen Brickworks and you will be running on the Bayview Extension and Rosedale Valley Road.
Toronto Comicon
Fans of sci-fi, horror, anime and gaming are in for a treat this weekend as the annual Toronto Comicon is happening this weekend. The show kicks of on Friday at 10 a.m.
The show is offering family-friendly attractions, events and celebrities offering meet-and-greets and autographs. There will also be panels to get the inside scoop on movies and television shows.
Some of the celebrities showing up include Jared Padalecki from Supernatural, Anthony Starr and Karl Urban from The Boys and Manny Jacinto from The Acolyte. A full list can be found here.
Tickets are still available for the show which will run every day this weekend, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Toronto FC home opener, lots of hockey action
Toronto FC will open up their home campaign with an afternoon game against Chicago Fire at BMO Field on Saturday. It will be their first of 17 matches at home this season. The match kicks off at 2:30 p.m.
The Maple Leafs and Marlies are also in action this weekend, including the Battle of Ontario. Toronto will face off against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Puck drops at 7 p.m. at Scotiabank Arena.
Meanwhile, the Marlies have two-game series against the Charlotte Checkers this weekend at Coca-Cola Coliseum. The first game is Saturday at 1:30 p.m. followed by Sunday at 4 p.m.
TTC/GO closures
No TTC/GO closures
Road closures
Gardiner Expressway closure
As part of the long-term construction plan on the Gardiner Expressway, one westbound lane and one eastbound lane are closed between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue. The eastbound on-ramp from Lake Shore Boulevard at Jameson Avenue is also closed.
Temporary closures
- Spadina Avenue streetcars have been replaced by buses between Spadina Station and Queens Quay until at least March 30. Commuters wishing to travel onwards to Union from Queens Quay will need to transfer to a 509 Harbourfront streetcar.
- The Yonge and Bloor intersection will be reduced to a single lane until 2025 for condo construction and sewer installation.
- University Avenue will be reduced to a single lane in both directions between College Street and Queen Street West to complete several infrastructure projects for the next several months.
- Yonge Street is reduced to a single lane both ways between Wellington and King for underground work at the TTC’s King Station to add new elevators and make it an accessible station. Construction is expected to continue into 2026.
- Queen Street is fully closed to traffic between Bay and Victoria Streets to accommodate work on a new station for the Ontario Line subway. The closure is scheduled to last until 2027.
- Eglinton Avenue West is reduced to a single lane east of Islington and west of Scarlett Road due to tunnelling work related to the multi-year Eglinton Crosstown West Extension project.
- Lane restrictions on Bayview Avenue between Roehampton Avenue and Armistice Drive while the city completes road resurfacing, curb and sidewalk replacement, and traffic signal and pedestrian upgrades. One northbound lane is currently closed on Bayview Avenue between Kilgour Road and Roehampton Avenue.
- Cherry Street remains closed south of Polson Pier due to maintenance on the Ship Channel Lift Bridge (Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge). Road users are able to access the Port of Toronto and Cherry Beach via Unwin Avenue.
- From Sunday, January 12 until the spring, one northbound lane on the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) from the Eastern Avenue on-ramp to Queen Street East will be closed to accommodate work for the Eastern/Adelaide Bridges Rehabilitation Project. One eastbound and one westbound lane on Eastern Avenue will be closed between Sumach Street and Broadview Avenue. One eastbound lane on Adelaide Street will be closed between Sumach Street and Eastern Avenue.
- Lake Shore Boulevard is down to a single lane through Strachan, from Fort York Blvd to Ontario Place Blvd. Toronto Hydro is installing new electrical systems for the Ontario Place reconstruction and expansion. The lane restrictions will be in place until April 1st, 2025.
- Queens Park Crescent is reduced to a single lane south of Bloor as part of the TTC’s Easier Access Program at Museum Station. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2025.
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