Ms. Swift is performing six shows in Toronto before heading to Vancouver, the final stop in her blockbuster Eras Tour.

So much so that the Toronto Police Department had to issue an official statement to address the controversy. According to a department spokesperson, the highway was, indeed, subjected to "rolling closures," which is common practice for high-profile celebrities such as Swift.

When Taylor Swift comes to town, local economies spring to life as hotels fill up, public transit heaves and traffic grinds to a halt, sometimes on streets recently renamed in her honor.