TTC Violence

• Toronto deploying crisis workers to downtown TTC subway platforms

  Mayor Olivia Chow announced on Wednesday that crisis workers would be stationed on Line 1 platforms from Spadina to Bloor-Yonge station starting in November.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2025
  
• Ontario man with ‘track record of assault on public transit’ pleads guilty to manslaughter

  The man was pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he pushed a retired stranger over at a Toronto subway station. The victim suffered a hip injury and died from the complications.

  Crime

  Apr 28, 2025
  
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• ‘Scared to take the TTC’: Widow speaks out after husband dies in subway station stabbing

  The widow of a man who died after a stabbing at Jane Subway Station says she is learning to drive because she fears riding the TTC or letting her children use it.

  Crime

  Jul 5, 2024
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• Man ‘violently’ swings sword on Toronto bus after randomly punching people: police

  Toronto police said that at around 11 p.m. on Monday, officers responded to a call for a person with a knife in the area of Jane Street and St. Clair Avenue West. 

  Crime

  Jun 27, 2024
• Youth stabbed in the back at Toronto subway station, 3 female suspects wanted

  A male youth was stabbed in the back at a downtown Toronto subway station and three female suspects are now wanted, police say. 

  Crime

  Sep 27, 2023
• Toronto subway station stabbing suspect arrested

  One person walking inside the station felt they were being followed, police said. A man then allegedly attacked them, unprovoked, with a sharp weapon.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2023
• Toronto police arrest man in Eglinton subway stabbing

  The stabbing took place on Thursday after 12 p.m. on a Line 1 subway train as it travelled southbound toward Eglinton Station. A man faces an attempted murder charge, among others.

  Crime

  Jul 8, 2023
• Toronto police name suspect in stabbing reported aboard subway train

  Police named the suspect in a daylight stabbing on a Toronto subway train, listing a range of charges against him, including attempted murder.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2023
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• Private security guards patrolling TTC subway stations to cost $2.3M by September

  Security guards provided by Star Security have been assigned to stations with 'higher customer needs,' a recent report said.

  Crime

  Jul 4, 2023
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• Woman filmed, assaulted young girls in Toronto, police allege

  Investigators recounted a series of alleged incidents involving a woman assaulting, filming and approaching young girls and women.

  Crime

  Jun 24, 2023