Overview
- The pilot opens Friday and will run daily from June through September with roughly 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daytime service and an end‑to‑end trip time of about 30 minutes.
- Tickets cost a flat $15 per ride before taxes and can be bought online or at the dock.
- York Bay Marine Services will operate the shuttle under a joint initiative by Waterfront Toronto, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Port Authority.
- The route serves three stops — Ookwemin Minising (Biidaasige Park), the Yonge Street slip and the Portland/Billy Bishop area — on vessels that seat 12 and that can increase frequency to every 30 minutes if extra boats are added.
- Officials say the pilot is funded at no cost to the city, will run as an initial three‑year phased program to gather ridership and operational data, and is meant to inform longer‑term projects such as a sea‑bus and the Waterfront East LRT while improving access to parks, the Port Lands and the central waterfront.