Sat · Aug · 1 · 2026● SEVERE
Severe traffic
Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade, Jays, and NE-YO & AKON: Nights Like This Tour 2026 are happening across Exhibition Place / Lake Shore Boulevard, Rogers Centre, and RBC Amphitheatre.
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★ Today’s status
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Events
Strong signal
Roads
None listed
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What’s happening on Sat, Aug 1
SEVERE
Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade
10:00 AM–8:00 PM · Parade
Exhibition Place / Lake Shore Boulevard · Exhibition Place
Event: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Route: Marilyn Bell Park, Exhibition Place, Inukshuk Park and Lake Shore Boulevard West between Strachan Avenue and Dowling Avenue bridge
✓ Verified · Toronto Caribbean Carnival
HEAVY
Jays vs Cardinals
3:07 PM · MLB
Rogers Centre
Venue capacity: 40,000
HEAVY
NE-YO & AKON: Nights Like This Tour 2026
8:00 PM · Concert
RBC Amphitheatre
HEAVY
VELD Music Festival
TBD · Festival
Downsview Park · North York
✓ Verified · Downsview Park
HEAVY
National Bank Open Toronto
TBD · Sports
Sobeys Stadium · York University
✓ Verified · National Bank Open / Tennis Canada
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Public transit disruptions
Public transit closures
0 listedNo TTC, GO Transit, or UP Express closure is listed for this date.
Transit: No planned closures are listed for TTC, GO Transit, or UP Express in official transit-disruption data. Union and venue-adjacent stations may be busier after major events.
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Top trouble spots
★ Top Trouble Spots
Exhibition PlaceLake Shore Boulevard near Exhibition PlaceDufferin GatePrinces' BoulevardExhibition GOGardiner ramps near JamesonLake Shore Boulevard WestMarilyn Bell Park
Lake Shore BoulevardHEAVY
Parallel route pressure from Gardiner constraints.
Strachan AvenueHEAVY
Exhibition Place arrivals usually concentrate here and at Dufferin Gate.
Bremner BoulevardHEAVY
Jays traffic concentrates around Rogers Centre before first pitch and after the game.
Lower SpadinaHEAVY
It carries venue traffic between the Gardiner ramps, Lake Shore, and Blue Jays Way.
Dufferin GateHEAVY
It is one of the main western approaches into Exhibition Place.
Drivers: Trips driving in from outside downtown overlap the strongest listed pressure near Exhibition Place, Lake Shore Boulevard near Exhibition Place, Dufferin Gate, where parking may also be tighter.
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Road closures and restrictions
Road closures
0 listedNo major road closure is listed for this date in our current sources.
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All Toronto restrictions, hour by hour
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✓ No daytime restrictions listed in Toronto.
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