The Olympic Torch Arrives in Toronto
The Olympic Torch, which is continuing its journey across Canada to Vancouver for the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, will be traveling through Toronto from December 17 to 19.
To accommodate this once-in-a-lifetime- event, a series of rolling road closures will be required to ensure the safety of both the torchbearers and the public as the Olympic Flame travels through Toronto. Toronto's Transportation Services and Toronto Police Service will be coordinating the road closures and will be reopening roads as soon as the relay leaves an area in order to minimize disruption to the public.
"Toronto is honoured to participate in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay - and we encourage everyone to join us in welcoming the Olympic Flame to the city," said Councillor Adrian Heaps (Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest) chair of the Toronto Olympic Torch Relay Community Task Force. "However, there will be some delays as the Olympic Flame moves through the city so we are asking residents to be patient, take extra time to get where they need to go that day and use public transit wherever possible."
The route for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay in Toronto is as follows. For a detailed route map visit: http://www.toronto.ca/mie/olympictorchrelay/index.htm.
- The Olympic Flame will arrive in Toronto on Thursday, December 17 at Yonge Street, just south of Steeles Avenue at 1:52 p.m. The relay will proceed down Yonge Street to south of Cummer Avenue.
- At 2:11 p.m. the torch relay will go by convoy to Grangeway Road, near the Scarborough Civic Centre. There it will be stopping briefly at the Scarborough Civic Centre, arriving at 3 p.m. The relay will then continue west along Ellesmere Road to Brimley Road.
- The relay will then travel by convoy along Ellesmere Road to Crocus Drive, then proceed along Ellesmere/Parkwood Village/York Mills to Yonge Street. At approximately 4:20 p.m., the relay will depart and travel south down Yonge Street to College Street.
- After a streetcar ride on College Street scheduled for about 6:15 p.m., the torch relay will run south on Elizabeth Street to Elm Street, north on University Avenue and past The Hospital for Sick Children at approximately 6:28 p.m. Running north on University Avenue, the relay will travel east on Gerrard Street, south on Yonge Street and west on Queen Street before arriving at Nathan Phillips Square at 7 p.m.
- On Friday, December 18, the torch relay will begin at the steps of Queen's Park at 6 a.m., proceeding south on University Avenue, west on Front Street, south on Blue Jays Way, south on Navy Wharf Court and east on Bremner Boulevard. After passing the CN Tower at 6:28 a.m., the relay continues east on Bremner Boulevard, north on York Street and east on Front Street.
- The torch relay will then proceed through the Distillery District on Trinity Street, west on Mill Street, and north on Parliament at 7:06 a.m. Continuing on Parliament Street, the Relay will proceed east along Bloor Street onto Danforth Avenue and north on Pape Avenue, over the Leaside Bridge, along Leaside Avenue and Overlea Drive to the East York Town Centre and past Thorncliffe Public School at about 8:17 a.m.
- The torch relay will continue north on Thorncliffe Park Drive, east on Overlea Drive, north on Don Mills Road, east on Wynford Avenue, north on Concord Place and then west on Concord Gate before travelling by convoy to Aurora at 8:48 a.m.
- On Saturday, December 19, the Relay will begin at the Etobicoke Olympium at 10:19 a.m. and travel west on Rathburn Road, south on Mill Road and then west onto Burnhamthorpe Road to the Mississauga City limits at 10:37 a.m.
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