Item - 2025.TE27.88
Tracking Status
- This item will be considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on November 27, 2025. City Council has delegated final decision-making authority for the subject of this agenda item. The Toronto and East York Community Council will make the final decision on this item unless any amendments it approves exceed its authority.
TE27.88 - Water Shuttle Pilot - Bathurst Quay Traffic Impact Review
- Consideration Type:
- ACTION
- Schedule Type:
- Delegated
- Ward:
- 10 - Spadina - Fort York
November 27, 2025 - A revised letter from Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik was posted as corrections were made to the summary section.
Origin
Recommendations
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik recommends that:
1. Toronto East York Community Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Director, Waterfront Secretariat, in consultation with Waterfront Toronto, and Toronto Police Service, to report back to the May 29, 2026 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council on traffic impacts and management in Bathurst Quay related to Waterfront Toronto’s east-west water shuttle pilot.
Summary
Waterfront Toronto is undertaking a pilot for an east-west water shuttle to test improved east-west mobility within the Toronto harbour. The pilot is planned to be operational for June 2026. One of the three planned stops for the pilot is Portland Slip. Other planned stops include the central waterfront (existing water taxi docks) and Biidaasige Park. Portland Slip is in the Bathurst Quay area, a busy destination and residential community; given this, a land-side traffic impact review and management approach is needed to address any potential local impacts for the proposed new stop at Portland Slip.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-260680.pdf
(November 26, 2025) Letter from Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik on Water Shuttle Pilot- Bathurst Quay Traffic Impact Review
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-260667.pdf