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Get My Free Estimate →Mimico GO is a 15-to-17-minute ride to Union Station with a train roughly every 30 minutes on the timetable effective 5 and 8 September 2026; express trains pass without stopping, so it is not a 15-minute station today. It has 221 free parking spaces and 31 Bike Share docks but no step-free route to the platform. The walkable neighbourhoods are Mimico-Queensway around the station, the south edge of Stonegate-Queensway, and eastern New Toronto; Humber Bay Shores is a bus ride, not a walk. In July 2026 the TRREB W06 district averaged $939,558 across 88 sales, with condo apartments at $755,641.
Mimico GO is the first stop west of Exhibition on the Lakeshore West line, and it sits in the middle of a residential neighbourhood rather than beside a highway. That is the whole appeal: you can walk to it from a house, a townhouse or a condo, and be at Union Station in fifteen to seventeen minutes. It is also a station with two real limitations that listings never mention — it is not a fifteen-minute station on the current timetable, and it has no step-free route to the platform. This page sets out what the timetable, GO Transit, Metrolinx, the TTC and the City of Toronto actually publish, with the date of each, and then walks through the neighbourhoods around it.
Mimico GO in numbers
| Item | What the source says | Source and date |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 315 Royal York Rd., Toronto | GO Transit station page, 2026 |
| Line | Lakeshore West (Union – Aldershot / Hamilton) | Metrolinx Lakeshore West page |
| Scheduled time to Union | 15–17 minutes: 16 on most weekday trains (e.g. dep. 07:18, arr. 07:34), 15 on the 08:19, 17 on weekend trains (e.g. dep. 08:28, arr. 08:45) | GO Table 01, effective 5 & 8 September 2026 |
| Scheduled time from Union | 15–16 minutes (e.g. dep. Union 16:05, arr. Mimico 16:20; dep. 18:17, arr. 18:33) | GO Table 01, effective 5 & 8 September 2026 |
| Weekday frequency at Mimico | Roughly every 30 minutes; express trains pass through without stopping | GO Table 01, September 2026 (read from the table) |
| Weekend frequency at Mimico | Every 30 minutes, all day (e.g. 08:28, 08:58, 09:28 … 23:28) | GO Table 01, September 2026 |
| Parking | Free; Main Lot 221 spaces | GO Transit station page, 2026 |
| Bikes | Bike racks; 31 Bike Share docks | GO Transit station page, 2026 |
| Staffed hours | Mon–Fri 05:50–20:40; weekends and holidays 09:20–16:40 | GO Transit station page, 2026 |
| Accessibility | No step-free route between street and platform; trains cannot deploy ramps here. GO directs customers to Union or Port Credit | GO Transit accessibility page, 2026 |
| Local transit | TTC 76 Royal York South (stop at Royal York and Newcastle); TTC 80B Queensway to Mimico GO on weekday peaks | TTC route pages; TTC news 27 Aug 2024 |
| Daily riders | Approximately 1,751 (reported figure, not a Metrolinx publication) | CBC News, 4 March 2024 |
The frequency question, answered from the timetable
Metrolinx describes the Lakeshore West line as “two-way, all-day service seven days a week” and its stated target is “15-minute service or better throughout the day between Toronto and Burlington.” Both statements are true of the line. Neither is true of Mimico on the timetable in force this month.
On GO Table 01 effective 5 and 8 September 2026, the eastbound trains that stop at Mimico on a weekday morning leave at 07:18, 07:48, 08:19, 08:48, 09:04 and 09:29. The trains between them — the 1854, 1856 and 1858 series from Hamilton, and the 1756 and 1758 from Confederation — show an arrow in the Mimico column, which the legend defines as “trip does not serve this location.” Midday it settles into a clean half-hourly pattern: 10:59, 11:29, 11:59, 12:29 and so on. Weekends are the same half-hour rhythm from 08:28 to after 23:00.
So the practical statement is: a train roughly every 30 minutes, 15 to 17 minutes to Union, and if you miss one you wait for the next stopping train, not the next train you see. Metrolinx announced on 14 April 2026 that 15-minute weekend service was returning between Oakville and Union from 2 May; on the September table those additional trips do not appear as stops at Mimico. If that changes, the timetable will show it before any listing does.
Westbound in the afternoon peak, the trains that stop at Mimico leave Union at 16:05, 16:35, 17:05, 17:35, 17:53, 18:17 and 18:47, reaching Mimico 15 to 16 minutes later. The 16:29, 17:29 and similar departures run express past the station.
Fares: what you pay, and what you no longer pay
GO fares are distance-based. Two published rules matter here. First, GO’s lower base fare: “all shorter length trips of 10km or less across the GO network are only $3.70 when you use your PRESTO card, or $4.40 with a paper ticket” (GO Transit, published 13 February 2026). GO’s own example on that page is Mimico to Exhibition. Whether Mimico to Union falls inside the 10 km band is not printed anywhere I could find, so check the fare calculator on gotransit.com rather than taking a listing’s word for it.
Second, Ontario’s One Fare program, which launched 26 February 2024: for a trip combining the TTC and GO, “the TTC component of the trip will become free, regardless of travel direction,” provided you tap with the same PRESTO card, credit or debit card or wallet throughout. Transfers are valid for two hours when the trip starts on local transit and three hours when it starts on GO (Metrolinx, 5 February 2024; program page). That is what makes the 76 Royal York South bus to the station, or the 501 streetcar at the other end, effectively free for a GO commuter.
The neighbourhoods around the station
The City of Toronto redrew its social-planning neighbourhoods on 12 April 2022; the old “Mimico (17)” was split into Mimico-Queensway (160) and Humber Bay Shores (161). The station itself is in Mimico-Queensway. The five areas below are the ones people actually walk to it from. No transit agency publishes walking times, so where I say “a short walk” that is my description, not a measured figure.
1. Mimico-Queensway (160): the streets around the station
Royal York Road south of the tracks, and the grid of streets between it and the lake — Mimico Avenue, Station Road, Superior, Stanley, Victoria — is the original Mimico, and it is the only place on this list where a detached house, a semi and a condo can all be within a few blocks of the platform. The housing is mixed: inter-war and post-war houses, low-rise rental and older co-ops on Lake Shore, and mid-rise and townhouse condos that arrived after 2010. I have written building-by-building guides to Royal Towns, iLofts and Skylofts, Eleven Superior and the Mystic Pointe lofts.
North of the tracks, the City’s Mimico-Judson Secondary Plan (Official Plan Amendment 331) redesignated the industrial land “south of Judson Street between Royal York Road and Willowbrook Road” as Mixed Use Areas; it was adopted by Council in June 2016 and came into force on 5 August 2022 after an Ontario Land Tribunal decision (City of Toronto, page updated 28 May 2026). That is the part of Mimico that will change most in the next decade, and the section on development below explains what has been approved.
2. Humber Bay Shores (161): the towers east of the station
Everything between Mimico Creek, Park Lawn Road, Lake Shore Boulevard and the water is Humber Bay Shores: the condo district that most out-of-area buyers picture when they hear “Mimico.” It is not a walk to the platform for most of those buildings — the TTC’s 80B Queensway branch, introduced to “better connect Mimico GO Station to the Queensway corridor and the Humber Bay Shores community” (TTC, 27 August 2024), exists precisely because of that. What Humber Bay Shores has is the 43-hectare Humber Bay Park, the waterfront trail, and a supply of one- and two-bedroom condos that no other station on this line can match. My guide to every Humber Bay Shores building and the measured distance from each tower to the water cover the detail.
Park Lawn GO is not the answer for Humber Bay Shores yet. Metrolinx’s updated business case (11 June 2020) said a Park Lawn station “would serve a daily ridership of nearly 5,000 people.” In October 2025 Metrolinx said the development partner for the proposed station was “pausing work as they review their development plans.” Until that changes, Mimico GO and the 501 streetcar are the rail options. Full status here.
3. Stonegate-Queensway (16): north of the tracks, south of The Queensway
Between the rail corridor and The Queensway, from Royal York to Park Lawn, is the southern edge of Stonegate-Queensway: post-war bungalows, small apartment buildings on the side streets, and the newer condo clusters on The Queensway itself. The TTC 76 Royal York South runs through it to the station. This is where a buyer who wants a house and a walkable GO station, but cannot pay old-Mimico prices, usually ends up looking. The Dalesford, Backyard and Queensview guide covers the condo side; the crime-data page covers what the Toronto Police figures actually show.
4. New Toronto (18): the next stop west, on foot or by streetcar
West of Royal York, along Lake Shore Boulevard, New Toronto has its own stop on the 501 streetcar and a housing stock that is cheaper per square foot than Mimico’s for the same commute plus a streetcar or bus ride. If Mimico GO is the station you would use, the eastern streets of New Toronto are within a reasonable walk; the western ones are Long Branch GO territory. New Toronto’s condos and Mimico versus New Toronto compare them directly.
5. The Queensway corridor: not walkable, but one bus
North of The Queensway the walk stops being realistic, but the 80 Queensway bus “operates all day, every day, until 1 a.m.” and its 80B branch feeds the station on weekday peaks. For the condo towers between Royal York and Park Lawn on The Queensway, that bus plus the One Fare transfer is the commute. My Queensway transit guide lays out every route.
What has been approved around the station
Three things are worth knowing before you buy near Mimico GO, because each one changes what the station area will look like.
| Project | What is approved or proposed | Status and source |
|---|---|---|
| 21–31 Windsor St, 18 Buckingham, 60 Newcastle, 95 Portland (Diamante Building Group) | Building A: two towers of 36 and 42 storeys with 933 dwelling units; Building B: 14-storey building with 184 affordable co-operative units; Building C: 7-storey crisis-care shelter. “Within 100 metres of the Mimico GO Transit Station.” | Approved. City Decision Report 11 April 2025; By-law 642-2025 enacted 26 June 2025 |
| 315–327 Royal York Rd / 27–39 Newcastle St (former Vandyk transit-oriented community) | Six towers of 22–36 storeys, 2,078 units, 1,203 parking spaces, a new station entrance and 300 dedicated GO parking spaces | Cancelled. Metrolinx terminated the agreement after the developer entered receivership (CBC, 4 March 2024); Metrolinx says it is “continuing to explore options” for the site |
| Mimico GO station upgrade | New east connection with elevator and stairs; new south tunnel entrance at Manchester and Blue Goose with elevators; tactile edges; platform and shelter upgrades | “In procurement and design” with a construction manager engaged; no construction date published (Metrolinx project page) |
| New parks at Audley and Newcastle | Two parks of 1,407 m² and 1,520 m² | Construction spring 2029 to spring 2030 (City of Toronto, 19 December 2025) |
| 2150 Lake Shore Blvd W (Christie’s site) | Christie’s Secondary Plan (OPA 506) on a 12.1-hectare site bounded by Park Lawn Road, Lake Shore Boulevard West and the Gardiner; a multi-tower application on file | Secondary Plan in effect since July 2022 (City of Toronto, updated 20 February 2025). What is actually approved, tower by tower. |
The honest reading of that table: the station will get accessible entrances eventually, more than a thousand homes are approved within a block of the platform, and the largest project of all — the one that would have rebuilt the station itself — is off. Anyone selling you a Mimico condo on the promise of a new station building is describing a plan that no longer exists.
What homes cost: TRREB district W06, July 2026
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board reports Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch, Alderwood and Humber Bay Shores together as district W06. These are the July 2026 figures from Market Watch, released 6 August 2026. They are one month of sales across a large area, so treat them as context, not a valuation of any particular street.
| W06, July 2026 | Sales | Average price | Median price | New listings | Active listings | Avg. days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home types | 88 | $939,558 | $850,000 | 221 | 406 | 31 |
| Detached | 25 | $1,277,992 | $1,180,000 | 53 | 92 | 18 |
| Semi-detached | 5 | $1,209,980 | $1,150,000 | 9 | 11 | 17 |
| Condo townhouse | 8 | $840,625 | $801,500 | 17 | 43 | 15 |
| Condo apartment | 49 | $755,641 | $695,000 | 130 | 248 | 43 |
The MLS® Home Price Index benchmark for W06 in July 2026 was $814,300 for the composite, down 3.62% year over year; the apartment benchmark was $583,500, down 5.60% (TRREB Market Watch, July 2026). Condo apartments were 49 of the 88 sales and carried 248 of the 406 active listings, which tells you where the buyer’s leverage was that month.
Schools and parks within reach of the station
These are the schools whose published addresses put them in or beside Mimico-Queensway; which one an address is assigned to is decided only by the board’s address lookup. My separate page on every school in Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch and Alderwood has the programs, boundaries and published results.
- David Hornell Junior School (TDSB), 32 Victoria St, JK–5.
- George R Gauld Junior School (TDSB), 200 Melrose St, JK–5.
- John English Junior Middle School (TDSB), 95 Mimico Ave, JK–8, English and French Immersion.
- St. Leo Catholic School (TCDSB), 271 Royal York Rd since January 2025, JK–8, French Immersion.
- Lakeshore Collegiate Institute (TDSB), 350 Kipling Ave, Grades 9–12, further west in New Toronto.
On the water: Mimico Waterfront Park runs “1.1 kilometres along the water’s edge” from Norris Crescent Parkette to Humber Bay Park West, with a 250-metre cantilevered boardwalk and three cobble beaches (Waterfront Toronto). Humber Bay Park is “over 43 hectares” across two peninsulas divided by Mimico Creek; the City’s master plan puts the East park landscape work in 2026 and new buildings in 2029–2030 (City of Toronto, updated 14 August 2026).
Who Mimico GO suits, and who it does not
It suits a downtown commuter who wants a house or a low-rise condo, is happy with a train every half hour, and values a sixteen-minute ride over a fifteen-minute frequency. It suits a cyclist: 31 Bike Share docks at the station is a real number. It suits someone who will use the One Fare transfer from the 76 bus.
It does not yet suit anyone who needs step-free access; GO’s own advice is to use Union or Port Credit. It does not suit a shift worker who finishes after the last stopping train. And it does not suit a buyer who has been told the station is being rebuilt with a new entrance under a condo — that was the Vandyk plan, and it was terminated in 2024.
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Frequently asked questions
How long is the GO train from Mimico to Union Station?
Fifteen to seventeen minutes on GO Table 01 effective 5 and 8 September 2026: 16 minutes on most weekday trains (for example departing Mimico 07:18 and arriving Union 07:34), 15 on the 08:19 departure, and 17 on weekend trains. Westbound, Union to Mimico is scheduled at 15 to 16 minutes.
How often do trains stop at Mimico GO?
Roughly every 30 minutes on weekdays and exactly every 30 minutes on weekends on the September 2026 timetable. Express trains on the Lakeshore West line pass through Mimico without stopping, so the line’s “15-minute service” does not describe this station on the current table.
Is Mimico GO accessible?
No. GO Transit’s accessibility page says trains cannot deploy ramps to the platform and there is no step-free route between the platforms and street level; it directs customers to Union Station or Port Credit GO. An upgrade with elevators is in procurement and design, with no construction date published.
Is there parking at Mimico GO?
Yes. GO Transit lists free customer parking with 221 spaces in the main lot, plus bike racks and 31 Bike Share docks.
Which TTC buses go to Mimico GO?
The 76 Royal York South stops at Royal York Road and Newcastle Street beside the station and runs all day, every day until 1 a.m. The 80B Queensway branch serves Mimico GO on weekday morning and afternoon peaks; it replaced the former 176 Mimico GO route in August 2024.
Is the TTC free if I take the GO train?
Under Ontario’s One Fare program, launched 26 February 2024, the TTC portion of a trip that includes GO is free when you tap with the same PRESTO card, credit or debit card or wallet, within two hours of starting on local transit or three hours of starting on GO. GO states that GO e-tickets are not eligible, and the TTC states that cash and PRESTO tickets do not qualify.
What is the GO fare from Mimico to Union?
GO publishes a $3.70 PRESTO fare for any trip of 10 km or less and uses Mimico to Exhibition as an example. It does not print a Mimico–Union figure on that page, so use the fare calculator on gotransit.com.
Was the condo development on top of Mimico GO cancelled?
Yes. The Vandyk transit-oriented community at 315–327 Royal York Road — six towers, 2,078 units and a new station building — was terminated by Metrolinx after the developer entered receivership, as reported by CBC on 4 March 2024. A separate, approved project at Windsor, Buckingham, Newcastle and Portland streets adds 933 units in two towers within 100 metres of the station.
Related reading
- Living near Long Branch GO: which neighbourhoods work
- Living near Kipling Station: GO, subway and MiWay in one place
- Park Lawn GO station: status in 2026
- Etobicoke commute guide: downtown, the airport and Mississauga
Sources
Every figure on this page traces to one of these, and each was read on 3 September 2026. Primary sources only — statute, regulation, and the government or agency that administers the rule. Where I could not verify something from a primary source, the page says so instead of guessing.
- Mimico GO Station — station details. GO Transit, 2026. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Mimico GO — accessibility. GO Transit, 2026. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Lakeshore West Table 01, effective 5 and 8 September 2026. GO Transit timetable PDF; departure and arrival times quoted from the eastbound and westbound weekday and weekend tables. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Lakeshore West Line GO Expansion. Metrolinx. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- 15-minute weekend service returns to Lakeshore West Line. Metrolinx, 14 April 2026. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Mimico GO Station — what we’re building. Metrolinx project page. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Lower base fare. GO Transit, published 13 February 2026. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Ontario’s One Fare Program launching February 26. Metrolinx, 5 February 2024. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Ontario’s One Fare Program. Metrolinx program page. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Fare information. GO Transit, 2026; states GO e-tickets are not eligible for One Fare. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Ontario’s One Fare Program. TTC; states cash and PRESTO tickets do not qualify. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- 76 Royal York South — stop at Royal York Rd at Newcastle St. TTC route page. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- TTC further increasing service, strengthening connections, improving reliability. TTC, 27 August 2024. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Mimico GO redevelopment cancelled. CBC News, 4 March 2024 (secondary source for ridership and cancellation). Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Moving forward on transit-oriented community at Mimico GO. Metrolinx, 1 May 2023. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- About Toronto neighbourhoods. City of Toronto; 158-neighbourhood structure effective 12 April 2022. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Mimico–Judson Regeneration Areas Study. City of Toronto, updated 28 May 2026. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Decision Report — Approval: 21–31 Windsor St, 18 Buckingham St, 60 Newcastle St and 95 Portland St. City of Toronto, 11 April 2025. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Request for Direction Report: 315–327 Royal York Rd and 27–39 Newcastle St. City of Toronto, 5 June 2023. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- New parks near Portland Street and Audley Street. City of Toronto, modified 19 December 2025. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Christie’s Planning Study. City of Toronto, modified 20 February 2025. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- The Park Lawn business case. Metrolinx, 11 June 2020. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Toronto’s condo crash may have cost the city a key transit station. blogTO, October 2025 (secondary source quoting Metrolinx on the Park Lawn pause). Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Market Watch, July 2026. Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, released 6 August 2026; Toronto W06 tables and MLS® HPI table. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Humber Bay Park Master Plan. City of Toronto, modified 14 August 2026. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- Mimico Waterfront Park. Waterfront Toronto. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- TDSB school pages: David Hornell JS, George R Gauld JS, John English JMS. Toronto District School Board. Accessed 3 September 2026.
- St. Leo Catholic School — new location. Toronto Catholic District School Board, January 2025. Accessed 3 September 2026.
About the author — Jatin Dua, Broker of Record
I’m the Broker of Record at RE/MAX Quantum Realty, 799 The Queensway in Etobicoke, and most of the buyers I work with are choosing between neighbourhoods on the strength of a commute. The honest answer to “how far is the station” is almost never the one in the listing, so I measure it from the published timetable, the transit agency’s own station page and the City’s planning documents, and I quote each one with its date.
Schedules and fares change several times a year. Every figure on this page carries the date it was read; check the current GO or TTC timetable before you rely on a departure time. connect@jatindua.com or 437-987-1925.