ABOUT EAST-WEST SHUTTLE

WHY THIS EXISTS

Toronto's waterfront has grown faster than the ways to move across it. New neighbourhoods in the Port Lands, the central waterfront, and the western harbour have all expanded — but the east-west routes between them have stayed stuck on Lake Shore and Queens Quay.

The East-West Shuttle is the first piece of infrastructure trying to change that.

It's not a tour. It's transit. A scheduled water service connecting three stops across the Inner Harbour, designed to move people faster than driving can.

WHO’S RUNNING IT?

The shuttle is operated by York Bay Marine Services, a Toronto Harbour operator with over 20 years of experience. They manage Kiss n' Sail at Yonge Street Slip, Toronto Island Marina, Island Yacht Club, the Toronto Harbour Nautical Centre, and marina infrastructure across the Toronto Islands.

If a boat moves off a Toronto dock, there's a good chance York Bay touched it.

WHO’S BEHIND IT?

This is a public pilot, backed by:

• Waterfront Toronto

• City of Toronto

• Toronto Port Authority

Selected through a competitive process and supported as part of Toronto's 2020 Marine Use Strategy, the pilot runs for an initial three-year term. Other waterfront cities — Vancouver, Sydney, Stockholm, London — figured out water transit years ago. Toronto's turn.

WHAT’S NEXT?

This summer is step one: three stops, scheduled service, June through September. If demand is there, the pilot can grow — more routes, more stops

For now, the goal is simple. Prove Torontonians want a faster way across their own harbour.