Toronto Public Health

• Overdose calls in Toronto spike over Christmas week, health officials say

  Between Dec. 20 and Dec. 28, paramedics in Toronto went to 122 overdose calls, a number that is 35 per cent higher than the two-year average. 

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2025
  
• Final update given on investigation into Toronto gynecologist’s office

  Toronto Public Health says it has the results for about a quarter of the patients potentially exposed to blood-borne viruses at a downtown gynecologist's office.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2025
  
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• Heat wave blamed for 42 Toronto emergency room visits, public health says

  Toronto Public Health says it recorded 42 heat-related emergency department visits during the heat wave that gripped much of Ontario earlier this week.

  Weather

  Jun 26, 2025
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• Toronto Public Health warns of possible measles exposure at major tourist attraction

  Toronto Public Health said that on Monday, April 21, someone with a case of measles had visited Ripley's Aquarium, beside the CN Tower. 

  Health

  May 2, 2025
• Whooping cough cases more than double pre-pandemic average in Toronto

  Toronto's public health agency is reporting 99 cases in the city so far this year compared to the pre-pandemic five-year average of 38.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2024
• Toronto reports 1st probable human case of West Nile virus this year

  Toronto Public Health says in a news release on Friday that an adult resident contracted the virus.

  Health

  Aug 16, 2024
• Toronto Public Health recommends meningococcal vaccine amid rise in cases

  Public health officials in Toronto are recommending that people get vaccinated for meningococcal disease in light of an increase in cases.

  Health

  Jun 7, 2024
• ‘Human tragedy’: 523 opioid overdose deaths reported in Toronto last year, TPH says

  Toronto's top doctor is calling the opioid overdose crisis a drug toxicity epidemic and is pushing for an empathetic health response.

  Canada

  May 29, 2024
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• Federal government rejects Toronto’s request for drug decriminalization

  Health Canada declined Toronto's longstanding request in a statement issued on Friday afternoon. The decision came after a plea from the province to say no.

  Health

  May 17, 2024
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• Ontario warns Toronto Public Health to drop drug decriminalization application

  Ontario has warned Toronto Public Health's top doctor to drop the city's drug decriminalization application with Health Canada.

  Canada

  May 16, 2024