Where is the plan for Mimico GO?
Residents know the many challenges surrounding our Mimico GO Station. Generations of volunteer MRA directors have been fighting the unprecedented neglect our station has faced. It’s time to remind Metrolinx that we are still here, and we are still waiting.
Next Event:
Mimico Transit Forum 2026
June 2, 2026, 4-6pm, Live Video Stream & at Mimico Coronation Club House, 10 Judson St.
We’ve invited Metrolinx to share an update regarding the future of our GO station with us.
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What HAPPENED SO FAR
April 22, 2026: After a motion by Councillor Amber Morley, City Council votes to call on the Province and Metrolinx to provide a clear update on what’s planned and how decisions are being made. The MRA had submitted a letter to City Council (find it here at Communications) as Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) were on the agenda that day. You can watch the recording of the meeting on youtube as well.
Councillor Amber Morley (motion):
“I have a motion. It reads that city council direct the city manager, in consultation with the Director of Transportation Planning, to request an update from Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the status of Mimico GO station, any plans for a future TOC at that location, and an outline of the risk assessment practices undertaken before entering into a TOC.
As I mentioned — or as I alluded to in my line of questioning to staff — residents have been left with a station first built in 1967 that includes limited customer access and insufficient parking, along with a large neighbouring hole in the ground where a housing development should have been.”
Narrator: This is where Vandyk Properties planned to build a mixed-use community with thousands of housing units, retail, public, and green space. But those plans are no more.
Councillor Amber Morley:
” We not only had one developer go into receivership — we actually had two developers start and stop over the last decade. And our community has been waiting all along for the necessary and promised improvements, including accessibility upgrades to a very well-used station at Mimico GO.
While communities benefit from successful TOC public-private partnerships, the potential loss for communities when they are unsuccessful — which we have repeatedly seen — is very significant. Future TOCs need to emerge only after a rigorous risk assessment, to ensure that communities aren’t left with unfulfilled promises and that partners are able to deliver on the complete communities that were planned and agreed to. This continues to be a sore point in my community, and Mimico GO is just scratching the surface.”
Narrator: Metrolinx shelved plans for a planned Park Lawn station. Yesterday we found out that [it was] another rejected station. Unfortunately, we have no sense of when the Park Lawn GO will be delivered.
Councillor Amber Morley: “We’re continuing to engage very actively with the proponents at Park Lawn GO as well, and are really hoping to find a path forward and some momentum on the really important infrastructure and higher-order transit that’s been promised to be delivered in this community.
We’ve heard from colleagues about — and we’ve chatted and debated at length — the Waterfront East LRT, and the incredibly large and robust community that’s going to be coming to that area and needs to be well served by transit. In Etobicoke-Lakeshore and the Humber Bay Shores community, the community has already arrived. We have significant density and significant development that has all been predicated on a complete community served by higher-order transit that does not yet exist.
The province itself has included Park Lawn, for example, within their PMTSAs and future transit-oriented communities, without any station in place and no clear path forward. So it’s really incumbent that we work collaboratively — and with thanks to our colleagues, who I know are continually engaged in those conversations with Metrolinx and others — but we need to have better processes in place, better systems in place, so that communities are not left for decades without the promised infrastructure and the ability to navigate in a high-quality community that serves their needs.
So with thanks to my colleagues and hope that you will support this motion — that’s all for me.”
April + May 2026, These photos show the only path to the platforms – stairs on each side.
Mimico Has been waiting for Step-FRee PLATFORM ACCESS FOR A LONG TIME
November 28, 2025 Response by MPP Lee Fairclough to Minister of Transportation
November 26th 2025 Petition Response
May 29, 2025 Metrolinx responded to our letter, see below. The question when the station will be accessible remains unanswered.
Events
We’re starting with a focus on accessibility upgrades, which were promised to be completed by 2023 and are legally required by January 2025.
To mark Canada’s National AccessAbility Week, we will gather on
📆 Tuesday, May 27th, from 4–6 PM,
📍 on the lawn across from the Royal York Rd stairs.
We will be joined by our MPP Lee Fairclough and Deputy Mayor Amber Morley.
We are inviting Metrolinx to join us and share their expected completion date for the long-overdue accessibility improvements—to remove the barriers our residents with mobility devices and families with strollers face every day at the most neglected GO station in Canada.
PETITION – SIGN BEFORE May 28th
We invite you to support us by signing our petition (signatures must be on paper and include full name and full address) to be presented in the Ontario Legislature.
Please find us on 📆 Tuesday, May 27th, from 4–6 PM,📍 on the lawn across from the Royal York Rd stairs to sign the petition in person.
Alternatively you can print it yourself and maybe you know someone who would also like to sign it.
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has rules for petitions outlined here: https://www.ola.org/en/get-involved/petitions and it states: The petition must be written, typewritten, or printed. Emailed, faxed, photocopied, or online petitions are not allowed. Petitioners need to be residents of Ontario.
To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Whereas Metrolinx committed that a fully accessible Mimico GO station would be in place by 2023;
Whereas the Purpose of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) includes “developing, implementing and enforcing accessibility standards in order to achieve accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities with respect to goods, services, facilities, accommodation, employment, buildings, structures and premises on or before January 1, 2025”;
Whereas residents with mobility challenges, and those travelling with strollers and young children, are currently unable to use the Mimico GO Station to travel to work, school, or visit friends and family, causing undue hardship;
We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
1) Call on the Minister of Transportation to direct Metrolinx to immediately appoint a dedicated Community Liaison Officer for the Mimico GO Station project to receive design input from residents who experience accessibility barriers; and establish
quarterly communication with residents on progress and timelines.
2) Call on the Minister of Transportation to direct Metrolinx to begin construction of the accessibility retrofits in 2025, and that the project swiftly moves to completion without any undue delay.
SUPPORT US
- Share stories with hashtag #mimicogo on social media or as comment below.
- Like the Facebook Event Page.
- Download PDF Flyer for Print and distribute before the 27th
- Download the Petition, Sign it (full name and full address are required) and bring it to us on the 27th!
- Join the MRA
Advocacy ACTIONS & Communications
May 27, 2025 – The MRA hosting a Public Gathering in front of the Mimico GO Station to bring attention to the need for action from Metrolinx and the Provincial Government.
May 16, 2025 – The MRA President sent a letter to the leaders of Metrolinx asking them to host a regular Forum to inform residents of their progress. See the MRA Letter.
May 14th, 2025 – MPP Lee Fairclough asked the Minister of Transportation about Mimico GO and Parklawn GO stations, including whether construction to make Mimico GO station accessible would finally get started and be included in this budget.
March 27, 2025 – In our 2025 Annual General Meeting, we shared that the Mimico GO Station Accessibility, Upgrades are a critical priority for the MRA. See the Annual Report 2025.
March 25th, 2025 – MPP Lee Fairclough sends a letter asking Minister of Transportation “Could you please provide information on the timeline for procurement and construction starts at the Mimico GO Station to finally make it fully accessible?”
Sept 12, 2024 – We held a Community Town Hall in order to address the various issues regarding the Mimico GO Station, the recently failed development project dubbed Mimico Grand Central, and various actions needed with developers and government offices. See the Facebook event site.
Also, a volunteer ran an analysis of the Town Hall survey results (see attached graphs) and the #1 priority was the Mimico GO accessibility, with the #2 priority being co-op housing on the site.
March 4, 2024 – Our MRA President was interviewed by the CBC and an article was published on the CBC website regarding the impact of Metrolinx cancelling its deal with Vandyk Properties for an upgraded Mimico GO station, and the impacts on housing needs etc. after the developer enters receivership. See the article.
April 30, 2018 – Metrolinx’s response to our letter regarding their public announcement about building a new Park Lawn GO Station in addition to operating the current Mimico GO Station. See the letter.
March 8, 2018 – Letter from the MRA President to Metrolinx about their decision to build a See the letter.
November 4, 2016 – Response from Metrolinx regarding the Mimico GO Station improvement delays. See the letter.
September 27, 2016 – Letter from Peter Milczyn, MPP regarding the Mimico GO Station improvement delays. See the letter.
September 19, 2016 – MRA initiates with the residents an ACTION ALERT – Write Metrolinx NOW to support Mimico GO Station. See the post.
April 16, 2013 – MRA letter to The City opposing the relocation of the Mimico GO Station. See the letter.
October 12, 2012 – News Release from MPP Broten’s office re: Upgrades Underway at Mimico GO Station. Upgrades Underway at Mimico GO Station – McGuinty Government Creating Jobs, Improving Public Transit. See the News Release.
Post your Story
We invite community residents to post their experiences using the Mimico GO station. Post your brief story in the comments below.
If you want to share a video please get in touch for upload instructions (info@mimicoresidents.ca) or share on social media with hashtag: #mimicogo
Hi there. As a commuter I see the concerns with the inaccessibility of this station on a weekly basis. I won’t be in town the evening of the 27th but would love to get my signed petition in your hands. Is there somewhere I can drop this off ahead of Tuesday?
Thank you
Thanks Kim, We will be in touch via email to provide an address for drop off before the 27th. Also the Park Cleanup on Saturday 10 am (see our website) might work for you. Appreciate your support! Cheers
So frustrating. My 80 year old mum comes to visit several times a year. I travel to and from downtown ok on my own, but when she comes we are forced to drive and park, even when it is slower and more expensive to do so. Would also love her to be able to come to Mimico from the train but with luggage it is a huge pain.
There is no excuse – three flights of stairs to access the platform!!