The St. Patrick's Day Parade is scheduled to take place on Sunday, causing temporary road closures in the downtown area. This yearly tradition will significantly affect traffic from early in the morning until the afternoon.

Motorists should take note that road closures will begin at 8 a.m. for the 25th annual St. Patrick’s Day Race held at Evergreen Brick Works. Bayview Avenue will be closed between Pottery Road and River Street, and Rosedale Valley Road will also be closed from Bayview Avenue to Park Road at least until 1 p.m.

The day's festivities kick off with the 1K Kids Race at 10 a.m., followed by the 5K and 10K races starting at 10:15 a.m. The main St. Patrick’s Day Parade will commence at noon from the corner of Bloor Street West and St. George Street. The route will take the parade east along Bloor before turning south onto Yonge Street, concluding at Sankofa Square, located at Dundas Street.

Several road closures are specifically set to take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., affecting the following streets:

• St. George Street from Bloor Street West to College Street
• Devonshire Place from Bloor Street West to Hoskin Avenue
• Sussex Avenue from Huron Street to St. George Street
• Harbord Street from Huron Street to St. George Street
• Hoskin Avenue from St. George Street to Queens Park Crescent West
• Ursula Franklin Street from Huron Street to St. George Street

From noon until 3:30 p.m., further road closures will be enforced, specifically impacting:

• Bloor Street West from Huron Street to Yonge Street
• Yonge Street from Bloor Street to Richmond Street

These road closures will also affect various Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus services. The affected routes include the 13 Avenue Road, 19 Bay, 94 Wellesley, 97 Yonge, and 506B Carlton routes.

However, the TTC has confirmed that there are no planned subway closures on Sunday. To accommodate the influx of attendees for the parade, extra trains will be operating on both Line 1 (Yonge-University) and Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth).