Santa Claus is coming to town!

And that means a ton of road closures this weekend.

Toronto’s annual Santa Claus parade is finally here. The 111th edition of the parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Christie Pits.

The parade route will then follow east down Bloor St., turn south onto Queen’s Park Cres. and proceed south on University Ave. It’ll then turn east onto Wellington St. and end on Jarvis St.

As a consequence, Bloor St. will be closed from Christie St. to Ossington Ave. from 11:30 a.m. Nov. 15. Roads will reopen once the parade ends at 4 p.m.

Here is a complete list of road closures:

- Bloor Street West, from Ossington Avenue to Christie Street, at 8 a.m.

- Bloor Street West, from Christie Street to Bathurst Street, at 10 a.m.

- Bloor Street West, from Bathurst Street to Bay Street, at 10:45 a.m.

- Avenue Road/Queen's Park Circle, from Davenport Road to College Street, at 10:45 a.m.

- University Avenue, from College Street to Dundas Street, at 11 a.m.

- University Avenue, from Dundas Street to Front Street, at 11:15 a.m.

- Wellington Street, from University Avenue to Jarvis Street, at 11:30 a.m.

- Front Street, from Bay Street to Jarvis Street, at 11:45 a.m.

Vehicles parked along the parade route will be towed starting at 6 a.m.

Police are asking spectators to ensure that children and any personal belongings are off the roadways starting 11:40 a.m., just before the start of the “Holly Jolly 5 km Fun Run” which takes place along the parade route.

The TTC will also be experiencing some route diversions. The following routes will be affected:

5 Avenue Road – Buses will be diverting to St. George Station and will be running in both directions. Diverting via Avenue Rd., Davenport Rd and Bedford Rd.

6 Bay – Buses will turn back at Adelaide St. diverting south on Bay, east on Adelaide, north on Yonge, west on Richmond and north on Bay to resume the regular route. There will be no service from Bay St. from Adelaide St. to Queens Quay during the course of the parade.

75 Sherbourne – Northbound buses will be diverting via east Queens Quay, then north on Parliament St., west on Front St. and north back onto Sherbourne St.

94 Wellesley – This route will be operating a split service. Those on the east end can follow regular routes in both directions. Those on the west end will be diverted at the Harbord St. at Spadina Ave. intersection south onto Spadina Ave., loop at the Spadina Circle and turn west onto Harbord to resume regular routing.

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126 Christie – Buses will be diverting to Ossington Station, running in both directions, via Dupont St. and Ossington Ave.

172 Cherry Street – There will be no buses operating to Union Station on this route. Buses will be diverting west on The Explanade, north onto Sherbourne St., east onto Front St., south on Berkeley St. and east on The Esplanade.

The parade will feature its usual fleet of magnificent floats, bands and hundreds of thousands of participants.

If you can’t make it out this year, you can always catch the parade online.