Special Transportation for People With Disabilities
 
Please note that these services:

www.harmreduction.ca/services/C_184.html
416-752-8868
2 Grover St.
East York, ON M4B 1E2
email: hhcfs@volnetmmp.net
 
Services for seniors 60+ and adults with physical disabilities.  Call 1 week ahead.  Can accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  East York and vicinity

 

Senior Link
www.senior-link.com                                    
416-691-7407
2625 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, ON M4C 1L4
email: web@senior-link.com
 
Serves seniors 60 years and older and adults with disabilities.

Area served:  East York, northern limits to Lake Ontario and Victoria Park Ave. to Coxwell Ave.

 

DCVS Delivery Care and Volunteer Support                    
416-243-0127
1447 Royal York Rd.       
Etobicoke, ON M9P 3V8
 
Services for persons 55+ and those with physical disabilities, memory impairment due to Alzheimer Disease or related disorder or who are frail or isolated.  Can accommodate wheelchairs.  Application by interview and assessment.

Area served:  Etobicoke

 

Storefront Humber                                            
416-259-4207
2445 Lakeshore Blvd. W.
Etobicoke, ON M8V 1C5
email: sfhhss@idirect.com

Serves seniors 65+ and adults with physical or mental disabilities.  Home visit and assessment.  Call ahead 2 days.  Folding wheelchairs ok.

Area served:  Brown Line to Park Lawn and Bloor St. to the lake.

Care-Ring North West                         
416-961-0447
Northminster United Church
255 Finch Ave. W.
North York, ON M2R 1M8
 
Service for seniors only who cannot use public transportation.  Cannot accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  Steeles Ave. to Hwy 401;  Bayview Ave. to Bathurst St.

 

Circle of Care 

www.circleofcare.com
416-635-2860 x431
530 Wilson Ave., 4th Fl.
Toronto, ON M3H 1T6    
                         
Service for seniors, adults with physical disabilities or cognitive impairments, and caregivers, expectant mothers.  Folding wheelchairs are ok, but person must be able to transfer independently to car.  Home assessment done.

Area served:  Steeles Ave. W. to St. Clair Ave. W. and Yonge St. to Dufferin St.

 

Don Mills Foundation for Seniors (DMF)            
www.dmfseniors.org
416-447-7244 x41
1 Overland Dr.
North York, ON M3C 2C3
email: donmills@dmfseniors.org

 

Transportation for seniors 55+ and people with disabilities.  Clients must transfer independently.  Not wheelchair accessible, but walkers ok.  Call 5-7 days ahead.

Area served:  Bayview Ave. to Victoria Park and Sheppard Ave. to North York city boundary.     
                    
                           
Downsview Services to Seniors  
www.downsviewservices.com
416-398-5510
620 Wilson Ave., Ste. 201
Toronto, ON M3K 1Z3
email: info@downsviewservices.com
 
Service for seniors 55+, adults with physical disabilities.  Assessment needed. Not wheelchair accessible.

Area served:  Steeles Ave. W. to Lawrence Ave. W./Briar Hill Ave. and Bathurst St. to Humber River
 

 

Easter Seal Society Ontario  
www.easterseals.org                   
416-421-8377
1185 Eglinton Ave. E.
North York, ON M3C 3C6
 
Service for children and youth, birth to 19 years, with physical disabilities.

 

Hospital Special Needs Incorporated
www.hospitalspecialneeds.ca                     
416-391-2937 or 416-261-9818
170 The Donway W., St. 208
Don Mills, ON M3C 2G3
 
Serves seniors and adults with physical disabilities.  Referral required from institutions where clients reside.  Group transportation, institutions provide escorts as necessary.  Only serves groups who live in institutions.

Area served:  within and outside amalgamated Toronto.

 

NeighbourLink North York              
416-221-8283
5845 Yonge St., Box 69507
North York, ON M2M 4K3
 
Serves seniors and adults with physical disabilities.  No emergency or chronic services.  Hours Tues. and Fri. 9 AM-12 PM and Wed evening from 6:30-9 PM. Cannot accommodate wheelchairs.  Call 5-7 days ahead.

Area served:  North York

 

North York Seniors Centre
www.nyseniors.org
416-225-1231 x31
80 Sheppard Ave. W.
North York, ON M2N 1M2
 
Serves seniors only 55+.  Walkers are ok, but not wheelchairs.

Area served:  Steeles Ave. to Hwy 401 and Victoria Park Ave. to Bathurst St.
 

 

Physically Handicapped Independent Advancement Community Services (PHIACS)  

416-663-5544
1000 Finch Ave. W., Ste. 119A
Downsview, ON M3J 2V5
email: phiacs@volnetmmp.net
 
Service for physically disabled people using wheelchairs.

Area served: all of GTA

Agincourt Community Services Assoc.           
416-321-6912
2600 Birchmount Rd.
Scarborough, ON M1T 2M5
email: acsa@sympatico.ca
 
Volunteer drivers for seniors and disabled to medical appointments within Scarborough.  Unable to accommodate wheelchairs or scooters.

Area served:  Steeles Ave. E. to Hwy 401;  Markham Rd. to Victoria Park 

 

 

Bell Estate
www.wardenwoods.com
679 Warden Ave.
Scarborough, ON M1L 3Z5
email: transport@wardenwoods.com
 
Provides transportation for seniors and adults with physical disabilities. Cannot accommodate wheelchairs.

 

Area served:  Lake Ontario to Eglinton Ave. E. to Victoria Park to Kennedy Rd.

 

 

Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Assoc. 
www.carefirstseniors.com
416-502-2323
3601 Victoria Park Ave., Ste. 501
Scarborough, ON M1W 3Y3
email: info@carefirst.seniors.com

 

Has minivan for 14 passengers.  Transportation and escort service for seniors and adults with disabilities.  Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese only spoken by volunteer drivers.  Application by home visit and assessment.

 

Area served:  Scarborough

 

 

Momiji Health Care Society
www.momiji.on.ca                     
416-261-6683
3555 Kingston Rd.
Scarborough, ON M1M 3W4
email: support@moniji.on.ca

 

Provides transportation for seniors only (60+).  Japanese spoken by the drivers.  Serves primarily the Japanese community.

 

Area served:  Scarborough and the east end of Toronto

 

St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Seniors’ Centre 
www.stpaulscentre.com          
416-493-3333
333 Finch Ave. E.
Scarborough, ON M1W 2R9
email: info@stpaulscentre.com
 
Transportation for seniors and adults with disabilities.  Priority given to medical appointments.  Must call 2 days ahead of time and register with centre.  Can accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  Steeles Ave. E. to Hwy 401;  Kennedy Ave. to Victoria Park Ave.

 

Scarborough Support Services
www.ssse.ca                  
416-750-9885
1045 McNicoll Ave.                                    
Scarborough, ON M1W 3W6
email: info@ssse.ca

Transportation and escort services for seniors, disabled and chronically ill adults with priority given to medical appointments.  Can accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  Scarborough

 

Warden Woods Community Centre                     
416-694-1138 x35

 

West Hill Community Services                 
www.westhill-cs.on.ca
416-284-5931 x232
3545 Kingston Rd. (corner of Markham & Kingston)
Scarborough, ON M1M 1R6
email: westhill@westhill-cs.on.ca
 
Provides transportation and escort services for elderly and disabled people.  Call or drop in. Can accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  Hwy 401 to Lake Ontario; Scarborough east of Markham Rd.

Canadian Red Cross Society                     
416-236-3180
1623 Yonge St.                                          
Toronto, ON M4T 2A1
email: redcross@ican.net
 
Provides transportation for seniors and persons with disabilities.  Call 3-4 days ahead.  No escort service.  Cannot accommodate wheelchairs or scooters.

Area served:  GTA

 

416-398-2222 

Toll free 866-398-2109   

50 McIntosh Drive Suite 110

Markham, ON L3R 9T3

email: info@dignitytransportation.com

 

Special Needs Transportation. Provides quality service, safety, reliability, comfort and punctuality through transportation services that promote accessibility to those using wheelchairs, scooters, have mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities as well as ambulatory clients.

Area served:  All GTA

 

Good Neighbours Club                                
416-366-5377
170 Jarvis St.
Toronto, ON M5B 2B7
 
Transportation for men only 50+. Must be a member of club, but it is free.  Can accommodate wheelchairs. To apply, drop in Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-4 PM.

Area served:  Bloor St. to the lake and Broadview to Bathurst St.

 

Mid-Toronto Community Services          
416-962-9449 x31
192 Carlton St., 2nd Fl.
Toronto, ON M5A 2K8
email: admin@midtoronto.com
 
Provides transportation for seniors, adults with physical disabilities or who are chronically or terminally ill.  Cannot accommodate non-folding wheelchairs.

Area served:  north to the CPR tracks in Rosedale, south to Lake Ontario, east to Don Valley Parkway, west to Yonge St.

 

NeighbourLink Downtown                          
416-921-7214
20 Bloor St. E.
Toronto, ON M4W 3T3
 
Provides transportation for seniors and adults with physical disabilities.  No emergency services.  Cannot accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  Bloor St. to Lake Ontario;  Pape Ave. to Bathurst St.

 

Phillip Aziz Centre
416-363-9196
250 The Esplanade, Ste.205
Toronto, ON M5A 1J2
 
Transportation only for people with cancer or HIV.  Transportation to medical appts or home care support services.  Application:  professional referral or call directly for assessment.  Cannot accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  GTA

 

St. Christopher House  
www.stchrishouse.org
416-532-4828
248 Ossington Ave. (at Dundas)
Toronto, ON M6J 3A2
email: lambrinani@stchrishouse.org
 
Transportation for seniors 55+ and people with disabilities.  Can accommodate wheelchairs.

                                     
Area served:  Bloor St. to Lakeshore Blvd., Roncesvalles Ave. to University Ave.

 

Scott Mission  
www.scottmission.ca
416-923-8872
502 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M5S 2H1
email: info@scottmission.com
 
Transportation services for seniors and people with disabilities.  In-home assessment.  Cannot accommodate wheelchairs.  Call between 2- 4 PM.

Area served:  St. Clair Ave. W. to College St;  Yonge St - CPR tracks (Old Weston Rd.)

 

SPRINT (Senior Peoples’ Resource in North Toronto)
www.sprint-homecare.ca
481-6411 ext.234
140 Merton St., 2nd Fl.
Toronto, ON M4S 1A1
email: sprint@sprint-homecare.ca
 
Transportation for seniors 60+ and adults with disabilities.  Can accommodate folding wheelchairs.

Area served:  Bayview Ave. to Bathurst St.; Hwy 401 to Bloor St.
 

 

Toronto and Central Ontario Regional Hemophilia Society 
www.hemophilia.on.ca
416-972-0641
45 Charles St. E., Ste.708
Toronto, ON M4Y 1S2

email: admin@hemophilia.on.ca

Transportation for persons with hemophilia, Von Willebrand’s disorder or related blood disorders.  Funding is provided for people to take taxis to and from clinics and hospitals.
 

 

Travellers Aid Society of Toronto               
416-366-7788
65 Front St.
Union Station, Rm. B23
Toronto, ON M5J 1E6

email: travellers.aid@sympatico.ca
 
Discount bus tickets provided on receipt of payment from recognized agencies.  Meets and assists persons with physical disabilities and provides guidance and information.  Will provide physical assistance as well as help with buying tickets, finding platforms, etc.  Booths at all Pearson Airport terminals, Union station and the bus station at Dundas and Bay.  Booths open 7 days/week, 9:30 AM-9:30 PM.

Area served:  Pearson Airport, Terminal 1 at 905-676-2868, Terminal 2 at 905-676-2869, Terminal 3 at 905-612-5890;  Union Station arrivals level at 416-366-7788

 

416-653-3535
80 Ward St.

Toronto, ON M6H 4A6

Email: info@wtss.org

 
Transportation for seniors and adults with physical disabilities or who are ill or convalescing.  Can accommodate people with folding wheelchairs.  Must be able to transfer themselves.
Application by home visit assessment

Area served:  Humber River to Bathurst St.   St. Clair Ave. W to Bloor St. West and Swansea/Roncesvalles area south of Bloor.

 

www.woodgreen.org
469-5211 x1247
835 Queen St. E.
Toronto, ON M4M 1H9
email: webmaster@herc.woodgreen.org
 
Transportation for seniors, persons with disabilities or developmental delays, persons who are socially isolated or who have a history of mental illness.  Persons using folding wheelchairs can be accommodated.  Wheelchair groups outside of catchment’s area are ok.  Can refer people to other agencies providing transportation.  Very helpful.

Area served:  north to former East York, south to Lakeshore Blvd., east to Coxwell, west to the Don Valley Parkway.

Humber Community Seniors Services
www.humberseniors.org                   
416-249-7946
1167 Weston Rd.
Toronto, ON M6M 4P5
email: info@humberseniors.org

Service for seniors, adults with disabilities, persons who are chronically ill or convalescing.  Cannot accommodate wheelchairs.

Area served:  Hwy 401 to Dundas St. and Dufferin St. to Scarlett Rd.

 

St. Clair West Services for Seniors                   
416-787-2114 x214
1669 Eglinton Ave. W.                                              
Toronto, ON M6E 2H4
email: stclairw@netcom.ca
 
Serves seniors 55+, adults with physical or cognitive impairments and adults who are convalescing.  Can accommodate folding wheelchairs.

Area served:  Spadina Ave. to Dufferin St. and Lawrence Ave. to Dupont St.
 

 

Wheelchair Accessible Transit
www.wheelchairtransit.com
416-884-9898
2727 Steeles Ave. West, Suite 303A
Toronto, ON M3J 3G9
Fax: 416-739-0666
info@wheelchairtransit.com or jmatrosov@wheelchairtransit.com 
 
Wheelchair Accessible Transit provides a door-to-door wheelchair transportation service. It provides service to consumers in Toronto and the surrounding regions. The vehicles are converted mini-vans and extended size passenger vans.

51 Royson Road, Suite 13                                                 
Woodbridge, ON L4L 8P3
Head Office (Administration): 905-264-4009 / Reservations: 905-676-3210 or 416-675-3638 / Out of Town: 1-800-263-5466.

Provides direct service from your home or office and Toronto International Airport.

 

YRT Mobility Plus                
905-762-2100 or 905-762-2112 
50 High Tech Rd.
Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4N7
email: transitinfo@region.york.on.ca
 
Provides accessible transportation with no transfers required across municipal boundaries.  Must register and call 2 days ahead of time.  Has Scrip Ride Program which is spontaneous service subject to vehicle availability.  Can accommodate wheelchairs.

The following taxi companies will accommodate people using folding wheelchairs or walkers. It has been mandated by the licensing committee that all taxis have to take folding wheelchairs; therefore any companies not on this list would also be required to do so.

 

Able-Atlantic Taxi      
416-291-4363

Arrow Cab                
416-251-7330

Beck Taxi                 
416-751-5555

Beck Taxi Wheelchair Accessible Service               
416-751-5555 or 416-892-6120

Bee Line                   
416-292-8400

Celebrity Taxi (Dignity Transportation)          
416-398-2222

City Taxi           
416-740-2222

Co-op Cab                
416-504-4016

Crown Taxi                
416-750-7878

Diamond Taxi            
416-366-6868

East End Taxi            
416-694-1111

Emerald Taxi           
416-590-9000

Kingsboro Taxi    
416-232-2298

Maple Leaf Taxi    
416-465-2445

Metro Cab                 
416-504-5757

Royal Taxi                
416-777-9222 or 416-955-0564

Scarborough City    
416-438-5151

Sunrise Taxi              
416-467-1100 

 

416-209-0950

General Transportation Information
 

Highway information
www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/compass
 

 

Toronto Transit                          
www.city.toronto.on.ca/ttc
416-393-4636

 

Mississauga Transit              
transit.info@mississauga.ca                                                  
905-615-4636

 

York Region Transit
www.yorkregiontransit.com
905-762-2100
email: transitinfo@region.york.on.ca
 

 

Brampton Transit
905-874-2999
transit@city,.brampton.on.ca

Ajax Pickering Transit 
www.townofajax.com/apta/ 

General information  905-683-4111
Specialized transit   905-683-4114          

Wheel-Trans
www.city.toronto.on.ca/ttc/special.htm
Information  416-393-4111
Reservations   416-393-4222
TTY   416-393-4555

 

Greyhound Bus               
www.greyhound.ca
610 bay St.
Bus terminal   416-594-1010
Wheelchair information 800-661-8747          
TTY  800-397-7870

 

GO Transit - Toronto
www.gotransit.com/public/aboutgo/accessibility.htm
www.gotransit.com/publicroot/default.htm
416-869-3200 or 1-888-438-6646
TTY  1-800-387-3652

Van and Car Rental Services

 

Budget Car and Truck Rental
416-743-3626
395 Rexdale Blvd.
Toronto, ON M9W 1R9
 

Budget locations across Toronto have a limited van modification program. Potential renters are asked to call a week in advance if hand controls are required. No tie-downs, ramps or lifts are available.

 

Enterprise Rent-a-Car
www.enterprise.com
1-800-736-8222 (reservations)
7390   Woodbine Ave. (head office)
Markham, ON L3R 1A5
 
No vans - only full size 2-door cars with hand controls. No tie-downs, ramps or lifts.
 

 

Hertz                                                                       
416-620-9620
 
Hand controls for mini vans and full size 2 door cars.  No tie-downs, lifts or ramps.

 

Kino Mobility
www.kinomobility.com
416-635-5873 or 1-888-495-4455
1140 Sheppard Ave. W. #3
Toronto, ON M3K 2A2   
info@kinomobility.com
 
Has wheelchair accessible vans, but the driver has to be able-bodied.
 

 

National Car Rental                                               
1-800-227-7368
 
Has left hand control for mini van or 2 door full size car.  No tie-downs, ramps or lifts.