416 TRAFFIC/DRIVING OUT/TO HAMILTON

Commuter routeThis route: Plan ahead●LIVE · TODAY

Downtown Toronto → Hamilton

Corridors to compare: Gardiner → QEW · 427 / 401 → 407 → 403 · Lake Shore Blvd. Compare listed restrictions across the main Toronto-to-Hamilton corridors.

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★ Today's read · Mon, Sep 14The listed restrictions are nighttime or long-running maintenance records. Review their published windows below.

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The route, leg by leg

Planned restrictions at each stage of the trip · 4 legs

Toronto exit · Gardiner → QEW

Plan ahead · nights

Outbound leg covering Gardiner → QEW. Listed closures match the road, direction, and route bounds for Toronto-to-Hamilton travel.

Lake Shore Blvd WLake Shore Blvd W, Yonge St to Bay St

WB: lane closures

9:00AM–4:00PMLONG

Mississauga · QEW / Gardiner → Oakville border

Normal · no restriction listed

Outbound leg covering QEW / Gardiner → Oakville border. Listed closures match the road, direction, and route bounds for Toronto-to-Hamilton travel.

No closure is listed on this leg today.

Burlington / Oakville · Oakville → Burlington

Normal · no restriction listed

Outbound leg covering Oakville → Burlington. Listed closures match the road, direction, and route bounds for Toronto-to-Hamilton travel.

No closure is listed on this leg today.

Hamilton / Skyway · Skyway → QEW NB / 403

Normal · no restriction listed

Outbound leg covering Skyway → QEW NB / 403. Listed closures match the road, direction, and route bounds for Toronto-to-Hamilton travel.

No closure is listed on this leg today.

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Planned impact by hour today

Combined route impact by hour, with closures grouped by direction above

★ Hourly route load · Mon, Sep 14

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Lightest listed window today: 6 AM – 12 PM; based on announced restrictions, not live traffic.

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Corridors to compare

Gardiner → QEW

Corridor option

Gardiner → QEW connects Toronto with the Hamilton corridor.

Destination fit: Hamilton destinations served by this corridor

427 / 401 → 407 → 403

Corridor option

427 / 401 → 407 → 403 connects Toronto with the Hamilton corridor.

Destination fit: Hamilton destinations served by this corridorAccess / toll context: Highway 407 is tolled.

Lake Shore Blvd

Corridor option

Lake Shore Blvd connects Toronto with the Hamilton corridor.

Destination fit: Hamilton destinations served by this corridorAccess / toll context: Signalized surface corridor that can share pressure with Gardiner restrictions.

GO Transit · Lakeshore West

Check schedule

Lakeshore West links Union and Exhibition with Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Aldershot, and West Harbour. Check current GO schedules and service updates for the selected day.

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Roads to check

★ Road restriction sources

Listed road restrictions use the same Toronto and Ontario source records that feed the daily traffic brief.

Latest source verification among listed road restrictions: Sep 12, 2026, 8:04 a.m. ET