Road closures this weekend for Santa parade, Yule events

Weekend road closueres including those for Sunday’s Santa Claus Parade are noted in this release from the City.

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.