Thousands of customers without power in Toronto as high winds sweep city

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 19, 2025 8:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Thousand of customers are without powerfulness crossed Toronto connected Thursday evening aft precocious winds swept done the city.

Crews were moving to reconstruct powerfulness to astir 3,400 customers astatine astir 8:15 p.m., according to Maja Boric, spokesperson for Toronto Hydro.

No injuries person been reported.

Toronto Fire Services said firefighters were responding to calls astir wires down astatine a fig of locations successful the city.

These see Park Street and Sandown Avenue successful Scarborough, Allenby Avenue and Islington Avenue adjacent Highway 401 successful Etobicoke, Leopold Street successful Parkdale, and Kendal Avenue and Walmer Road successful the Annex.

Toronto constabulary said a fewer houses were evacuated connected Kendal Avenue because respective trees and wires came down, but Toronto Fire Services said aboriginal that the owners person returned and secured their properties.