The Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway will be closing Sunday for the annual Bike for Brain Health this weekend. Keep in mind, there is also a Line 2 weekend closure and service adjustments on the Lakeshore West and Barrie GO lines.
Bike for Brain Health
The annual Bike for Brain Health to support Baycrest Foundation. The bike ride kicks off at the Aga Khan Museum and cyclists can choose to ride 30, 60, or 90 kilometres.
The 5th year of the event will start at Aga Khan Museum on Sunday morning. Full details about start times and routes can be found here.
Road closures will begin at 2 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. and are as follows:
- Gardiner Expressway from South Kingsway to the DVP
- DVP from Lakeshore Bolevard to Highway 401
- Ramps: Rees/Spadina/Jameson and South Kingsway
Great North Beatbox Festival 2026
The biggest beatbox event North America has ever seen is happening this weekend in Toronto.
Combining the Official Canadian Beatbox Championships with the Great North Battle for the first time ever, the event will feature top vocal percussionists from Canada and around the world for three days. Festivalgoers will experience live vocal workshops, battles and performances.
It’s happening at the Rec Room and is open to all ages. Tickets are available now.
Lip Sync with Pride
Pride Month officially starts on June 1 and to kick it off, the City of Toronto is hosting a Lip Sync with Pride event.
It will be an opportunity for 2SLGBTQI+ youth to take the stage and express themselves.
It’s happening at Assembly Hall in Etobicoke from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Gluten Free Garage
Toronto’s one-day gluten-free food festival is back on May 31 at Wychwood Barns.
There will be more than 70 curated gluten-free vendors and attendees will be experience a food festival with zero-gluten-related worry while tasting fried beignets, Jamaican patties, tacos, bagels, and pizza.
The event will also hold a community a food drive supporting The Beeton Cupboard and Fort York Food Bank.
Tickets for the event are still available on their website.
TTC/GO Closures
Line 2 weekend closure
Subway service on Line 2 between Jane and Ossington stations will be replaced by shuttle buses on Saturday, May 30 to Sunday, May 31 for planned track work.
Regular subway service will resume on Monday, June 1.
Lakeshore West GO service adjustment
On Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31, planned construction is taking place on Lakeshore West as part of GO Expansion.
Train service will run between Niagara Falls and Aldershot GO, and between Mimico GO and Union Station.
GO buses will make stops at West Harbour, Aldershot, Burlington, Oakville and Clarkson GO stations, then to Bramalea GO, where customers can connect to eastbound trains on the Kitchener line to Union Station.
There will be no GO train service between Aldershot and Mimico GO. There will be no GO Transit service at Appleby, Bronte, Port Credit, or Long Branch GO.
Full details and alternate routes can be found here.
Barrie GO service adjustment
On May 30- 31, GO buses replace trains at all stations except Downsview Park GO and Union Station. GO buses will run between Allandale Waterfront GO and Highway 407 Bus Terminal.
Full details and alternate routes can be found here.
Road closures
Weekend closures
Bike for Brain Health
Road closures will begin at 2 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. and are as follows:
- Gardiner Expressway from South Kingsway to the DVP
- DVP from Lakeshore Bolevard to Highway 401
- Ramps: Rees/Spadina/Jameson and South Kingsway
Lane Closures:
- Wynford Drive (eastbound lanes), from Concorde Place to approximately 150 metres east of Gervais Drive.
- York Mills Road (southbound-eastbound curb lane), at the DVP on- and off-ramps.
Lake Shore Boulevard
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily until May 31, one lane will be closed on Lake Shore Boulevard westbound between Yonge Street and Raptors Way, for Gardiner Expressway repairs.
From 10:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly until May 31, one or two lanes will be closed on Lake Shore Boulevard westbound between Yonge Street and Raptors Way, for Gardiner Expressway repairs.
Rehabilitation of Eastern/Adelaide Bridges project
From 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 28 to 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 29, Eastern Avenue will be closed from Sumach Street to Broadview Avenue, and Adelaide Street East will be closed from Parliament Street to Eastern Avenue.
From 9 p.m. on Friday, May 29 to 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, one westbound lane on Eastern Avenue will be closed over the DVP.
Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays
Between 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sundays from May 31 to October 25, the following streets will be closed for the Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays:
- Augusta Avenue from Dundas Street West to Oxford Street
- Augusta Avenue from Oxford Street to College Street to remain closed until 10:30 p.m.
- Kensington Avenue from Dundas Street West to Baldwin Street
- Baldwin Street from the west side of the Green P exit to Augusta Avenue
- Andrew Street from the west side of the Green P exit to Kensington Avenue
- Oxford Street from Spadina Avenue to Lippincott Street (open to local traffic only)
- Nassau Street from Bellevue Avenue to Spadina Avenue (open to local traffic only)
- Wales Avenue from Denison Avenue to Augusta Avenue (open to local traffic only).
We Walk UHNited – street closures
On Saturday, May 30 the following streets will be closed for We Walk UHNited:
From 4:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
- Elizabeth Street from College Street to Gerrard Street West (local traffic only from College Street to the north driveway of 200 Elizabeth St.).
From 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
- Dundas Street, from Bathurst Street to Spadina Avenue.
From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
- Elizabeth Street, from Gerrard Street W to Dundas Street West
- Dundas Street West, from Bay Street to Bathurst Street
- St. Patrick Street, Dundas Street West to Elm Street
- Elm Street, from Murray Street to McCaul Street
- McCaul Street, from Baldwin Street to Dundas Street West.
Gardiner Expressway long-term closure
As part of the long-term construction plan on the Gardiner Expressway, a stretch of the westbound Gardiner has been reduced from four lanes to three. The westbound lane closure will stretch from Park Lawn Road to Grand Avenue in southern Etobicoke. The eastbound lanes along the same stretch will be narrowed, but with no lane reductions, from April 2025 to December 2026.
For full traffic and closure updates, click here for the latest information from 680 NewsRadio Toronto.