Public access & time
When Toronto Has to Go
Toronto’s documented public washroom network does not fade gradually after work. It falls off a cliff while scheduled transit keeps moving.
The 10 p.m. finding
6 unrestricted washroom access points remain documented open for 7,994 grouped transit points with scheduled activity. Only 18 of those transit points are within a 400 m pedestrian-network walk.
These are Phase 1 grouped transit point counts, not raw stop-platform records, ridership, or passenger demand.
Four snapshots, one weekday
Access collapses on a clock
Each snapshot asks the same question: which unrestricted washrooms are documented open, which grouped transit points still have scheduled activity, and which of those points fall within a 400 m network walk?
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Noon
324 unrestricted open access points8,142 active grouped transit points987 grouped transit points covered within 400 mUnit: grouped transit points
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8:30 p.m.
242 unrestricted open access points8,007 active grouped transit points623 grouped transit points covered within 400 mUnit: grouped transit points
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10 p.m.
6 unrestricted open access points7,994 active grouped transit points18 grouped transit points covered within 400 mUnit: grouped transit points
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12:30 a.m.
1 unrestricted open access points7,885 active grouped transit points8 grouped transit points covered within 400 mUnit: grouped transit points
13
Fare-gate washrooms are a separate network
The TTC reports 13 fare-gate facility records open at every snapshot. They require paid-area access, so they never seed the public coverage finding. Turn on “TTC rider access” in the explorer to test that different assumption.
Do not combine these denominators
Two phases, two counting grains
Phase 1 groups related stop records into transit points for the public finding above. Phase 2 retains individual GTFS stops and platforms for the intervention audit below. The explorer’s Current open count uses facility records, while the proof groups co-located unrestricted records into access points.
| Snapshot | Phase 1 grouped transit points | Phase 2 GTFS stops and platforms |
|---|---|---|
| 10 p.m. | 18 of 7,994 covered | 26 of 8,273 covered |
| 12:30 a.m. | 8 of 7,885 covered | 10 of 8,154 covered |
Audited opportunities
What would close the gap?
The recommendation gate passed 25 manually audited opportunities. Change one assumption at a time, then compare the ranked places that gain scheduled transit service within the selected walk.
Showing 6 current open facility records for 10 p.m., public access, and a 400 m walk.
Part of the explorer could not load. The proof and server-rendered results remain available.
Legend & how to read
Each shape is a different kind of place, so the map reads without relying on colour.
Transit and selection
- Ring, covered transit stop
- Dot, uncovered transit stop
- Amber ring, unknown or missing coverage
- Dashed line, selected walking reach
- Orange halo, selected place halo
Facilities and actions
- Circle, current open facility record
- Solid diamond, fare-paid facility
- Square, extend hours
- Triangle, new facility zone
- Hollow diamond, needs verification
- Amber cross, data missing
- Blue plus, accessibility retrofit
The filters above the map set the hour, the fare condition, and how far you are willing to walk. Everything shown on the map is also in the ranked list below it, so nothing here is map-only.
Focus the map and use arrow keys to pan, plus and minus to zoom, and Enter to inspect the place at the centre.
The page address tracks what you are looking at, so copying the URL shares this exact view: the hour, the fare setting, the walking distance, the selected place, and where the map is pointed.
Focus the map and use arrow keys to pan. Use plus and minus to zoom. Press Enter to inspect the place at the map centre. Every mapped result is also available in the ranked list.
Legend
Transit and selection
- Ring, covered transit stop
- Dot, uncovered transit stop
- Amber ring, unknown or missing coverage
- Dashed line, selected walking reach
- Orange halo, selected place halo
Facilities and actions
- Circle, current open facility record
- Solid diamond, fare-paid facility
- Square, extend hours
- Triangle, new facility zone
- Hollow diamond, needs verification
- Amber cross, data missing
- Blue plus, accessibility retrofit
What Toronto has
Current open facility records at 10 p.m.
6 facility records
Open washroom results
Ranked by transit served within the selected walk.
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Don Montgomery Community Centre Washroom
Open at 10 p.m. · Open to anyone, no fare required
Read the evidence
Action: Current open facility records
Access condition: Open to anyone, no fare required
Published hours: Mon Closed; Tue 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Wed 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Thu 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sat 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sun 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Closure evidence: No closure recorded
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Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom
Open at 10 p.m. · Open to anyone, no fare required
Read the evidence
Action: Current open facility records
Access condition: Open to anyone, no fare required
Published hours: Mon Closed; Tue 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Wed 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Thu 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sat 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; Sun 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Closure evidence: No closure recorded
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Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom
Open at 10 p.m. · Open to anyone, no fare required
Read the evidence
Action: Current open facility records
Access condition: Open to anyone, no fare required
Published hours: 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Closure evidence: No closure recorded
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L'Amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom
Open at 10 p.m. · Open to anyone, no fare required
Read the evidence
Action: Current open facility records
Access condition: Open to anyone, no fare required
Published hours: Mon Closed; Tue 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Wed 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Thu 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Sat 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sun 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Closure evidence: No closure recorded
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Stephen Leacock Community Recreation Centre Washroom
Open at 10 p.m. · Open to anyone, no fare required
Read the evidence
Action: Current open facility records
Access condition: Open to anyone, no fare required
Published hours: Mon Closed; Tue 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Wed 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Thu 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Fri 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Sat 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Sun 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Closure evidence: No closure recorded
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Union Station
Open at 10 p.m. · Open to anyone, no fare required
Read the evidence
Action: Current open facility records
Access condition: Open to anyone, no fare required
Published hours: Mon-Sun 5:30am-12:45am
Closure evidence: No closure recorded
Hours unknown or ambiguous
These places need authoritative daily-hour confirmation before they can be counted open or closed.
Accessibility unknown
These places need washroom-level accessibility confirmation before a retrofit recommendation can be made.
Recommendation gate
Proof published, recommendations withheld
The dated proof remains readable. Rankings and recommendation map layers stay unavailable until every product-gate condition passes.
Read the record
Method
What the analysis actually measures
- Consolidate 475 in-boundary facility locations from Parks, libraries, civic buildings, museums, automated washrooms, and TTC stations.
- Normalize published hours while preserving unknown hours, live closures, partial service, and fare-paid access as distinct states.
- Read scheduled TTC activity in four 30-minute windows on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Scheduled activity measures service supply, not use.
- Snap facilities and transit stops to Toronto’s pedestrian network, then include each snap offset in the 300 m, 400 m, and 500 m shortest-path tests.
- Publish an intervention only after the candidate geometry and material coverage gain pass manual audit.
Definitions
Terms that change the result
- Unrestricted access
- No transit fare or controlled-area entry is required.
- Rider-conditional access
- A TTC washroom is available after entering the fare-paid area.
- Documented open
- Published hours and live closure data support an open state at the snapshot.
- Unknown hours
- The source confirms a facility but does not support an open or closed conclusion.
- Covered
- The complete pedestrian-network distance, including snap offsets, is within the selected walk.
- Active transit point
- A grouped Phase 1 transit location with scheduled activity in the observation window.
Limitations
What this map cannot promise
- Scheduled TTC activity is service supply, not passenger demand or ridership.
- The dated result is a summer weekday analysis.
- Investigation zones are not construction-ready sites.
- Stops and unaudited candidates do not include reach geometry.
- Verification actions describe potential coverage only.
- Published hours and closures can lag real conditions. Treat every location as documented evidence, not a guarantee of entry.
- A route within the distance threshold may still include slope, surface, curb, construction, or personal-safety barriers not represented here.
Sources
Public records behind the guide
Downloads
Inspect the evidence yourself
Credits
Publication record
Research, analysis, cartography, design, and writing by Jonathan Westberry. Built with Astro and MapLibre GL JS. Facility, pedestrian, and boundary records are from the City of Toronto. Scheduled service and station washroom records are from the TTC. Street context is from OpenStreetMap contributors.
Analysis snapshot: July 21, 2026. Page updated July 25, 2026.