Smart Commute works with businesses and organizations across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area region to help their employees commute to work in sustainable ways. Together, we can reduce congestion, improve air quality, reduce climate change emissions, and improve our daily commutes.

The Smart Commute North Toronto, Vaughan office works with organizations in north Toronto to the west of Yonge Street, and across Vaughan.

In North Toronto, Vaughan and Northeast Toronto, the Smart Commute program is delivered by pointA, a non-profit that has been helping businesses commute more sustainably for 20 years.

Our office is part of the Smart Commute program in the City of Toronto and York Region. See the Smart Commute service area map for more information.

Programs and Services

Smart Commute offers customized programming to encourage employees to make the switch from driving alone to more sustainable forms of transportation such as biking, walking, carpooling, and taking transit.

As a Smart Commute partner, you can take advantage of:

• • Dedicated Smart Commute staff who will work with you to bring Smart Commute programs and services to your workplace
• • Annual campaigns to encourage your employees to explore their commuting options
• • Support for telework and work from home programs
• • On-site event and workshops for your employees
• • Marketing and communications resources and support
• • Emergency Ride Home - Employees at Smart Commute workplaces who commute sustainably and have an unforeseen emergency, can be reimbursed up to $75 for emergency transportation costs
• • The Smart Commute Tool, a free platform and app to help you explore your options for sustainable travel across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)

Smart Commute Tool

The new Smart Commute Tool can help everyone arrange carpools, explore their travel options, connect with others, and find cycling and transit mentors. Download the app now on the App Store, get it on Google Play, or check out the web version.

Key features include:

Get in Touch

Complete our form to tell us more about your organization and we will be in touch to discuss how we can help your workplace commute more sustainably, reduce parking demand, and lower your environmental impact.

You can also send us an email at info@smartcommutentv.ca for more information.

To learn more

Visit pointA's Smart Commute page to learn more.

Winter Commute Month 2024

Your Commute Counts

Winter Commute Month is all about embracing the season, building sustainable habits, and tracking your impact along the way. This February let’s make every commute count - and log every commute for a chance to win a $50 e-gift card! Each trip - whether by bike, carpool, public transit, or on foot - can reduce emissions, help to ease traffic congestion, and contribute to cleaner communities.

With Smart Commute’s easy-to-use trip-logging feature you’ll be able to log your efforts and monitor your personal stats throughout the month. Track your progress, view your carbon reduction, and watch your impact add up to real change!

Log your trips!

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Contest Rules

Chance to Win a $50 E-Gift Card!

Each sustainable commuting trip you log on the Smart Commute Tool counts as one (1) entry to a random prize draw of a $50 e-gift card.

To enter the contest, log a trip between February 1 and 28, 2025, for an eligible contest entry to WIN a $50 e-gift card. Below are some things to know:

• • You must log your trips on SmartCommute.ca.
• • Sustainable trips include walking, running, public transit, carpooling, bicycling, rollerblading, skateboarding or telework (remote work).
• • Sustainable trips taken between February 1 to 28, 2025 are eligible, and must be logged by 11:59pm EST on Friday, March 7 to qualify for the prize draw. All types of sustainable trips count, including working from home!
• New users (welcome!) who create their account between February 1 and 28, 2025, gain two (2) entries to the random prize draw.
• • You can only upload up to two (2) commute trips per day.
• • A prize draw will be drawn in March or April. You will be notified via email if you have won through your email address. Please ensure that your account email address is typed correctly so that y ou can be contacted. Winners that do not respond within five (5) business days will lose their opportunity to win the $50 e-gift card.
• • Each respective Smart Commute office reserves the right to distribute prizes, subject to change without notice.

Note: Logging a trip on SmartCommute.ca automatically enters you into the Winter Commute Month Contest and winners may choose to opt out receiving the prize.

Terms and Conditions

If your workplace is in Vaughan, please review the York Region Terms and Conditions here.

If your workplace is in Toronto, please review the Toronto Terms and Conditions here.

Winter Commute Month Webinars

Carpooling and the Smart Commute Tool: Wednesday, February 5

This session will cover the social, economic and environmental advantages of carpooling. Whether you want to carpool with friends or work colleagues, learn about what to consider when carpooling and a live demonstration of the Smart Commute Tool's features for carpool matching (along with other sustainable transportation modes). Register here.

A webinar recording will be available after the session.

Cycling All Seasons Webinar: Wednesday, February 12

Learn about the benefits of cycling to work, typical environmental challenges and how to overcome them, bike essentials and important safety tips for all seasons. Register here.

A webinar recording will be available after the session.

How Daily Travel Contributes to Quality of Life in Canada Webinar: Thursday, February 27

Discover how your daily travel decisions affect your quality of life in Canada. A special webinar from our guest speakers at McGill University - Transportation Research at McGill (TRAM). Register here.

A webinar recording will be available after the session.