Leaside station

Leaside
Main entrance under construction in January 2024
General information
Location615 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°42′40″N 79°22′37″W / 43.71111°N 79.37694°W / 43.71111; -79.37694
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
OpeningTBA
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Mount Pleasant
towards Mount Dennis
Line 5 Eglinton
(under construction)
Laird
towards Kennedy

Leaside is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. It is located in the Leaside neighbourhood at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Eglinton Avenue. As of May 2025, it has no scheduled opening date.

During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Bayview", which is identical to the pre-existing Bayview station on Line 4 Sheppard. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Leaside".

Located at the intersection with Bayview Avenue, this underground station will have two entrances on opposite corners: the main entry at the southeast (replacing a McDonald's) and a secondary entry on the northwest (in the corner of a retail parking lot). Nearby destinations include Howard Talbot Park, Leaside High School, the Leaside neighbourhood, Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery, and the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre complex.