Here's Where You're Most Likely To Get Hit With A Parking Ticket In Toronto

There are ten spots to keep an eye out for.

Parking Tickets In Toronto: The Top 10 Spots You Will Get Them
Jerome Cid | Dreamstime, Valentino Visentini | Dreamstime
Toronto Associate Editor

Trying to find a spot to park in Toronto can be a challenge, but what's worse is getting hit with a parking ticket.

According to an analysis from the Toronto Star published on August 9, these are the top ten hot spots where people were dinged with a ticket in 2020:

  1. North York General Hospital - 5,343 tickets;
  2. Bluffer's Park - 3,874 tickets;
  3. 19 Grand Trunk Cres. - 3,706 tickets;
  4. Humber Bay Shores Park - 3,183 tickets;
  5. York University - 3,152 tickets;
  6. Sunnybrook Hospital Bayview Campus - 3,106 tickets;
  7. 30 Grand Trunk Cres. - 2,841 tickets;
  8. 2183 Lake Shore Blvd. West - 2,742 tickets;
  9. 75 Queens Wharf Rd. - 1,998 tickets;
  10. 5 Valhala Inn Rd. - 1,923 tickets

The Star reports that the average cost for parking tickets came out to around $50.

In 2019, the City of Toronto apparently gave out 2.8 million tickets to drivers across the 6ix. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre took the top spot with 8,232 tickets.

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  • Alex Arsenych
    Toronto Associate EditorAlex Arsenych (she/her) was a Calgary-based Associate Editor at Narcity Canada, covering everything from what's trending across the country to what's happening near you. On top of her Bachelor of Journalism, Alex graduated with a history degree from the University of Toronto. She's passionate about past and present events and how they shape our world. Alex has been published at Now Magazine, Much, MTV, and MTV Canada.

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