What does "IMPAIRED DRIVER" actually mean?
A report of a driver suspected of being impaired by alcohol or drugs, usually called in by other road users.
A report of a driver suspected of being impaired by alcohol or drugs, usually called in by other road users.
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What does "UNKNOWN TROUBLE" actually mean?
A caller (or hang-up) reported trouble without enough detail to classify. Units respond to find out what is actually happening.
Toronto logged 823 of these in the past month (7.5% of all activity).
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Toronto · Past month (excl. medical)
Strangest calls — the least common types logged:
• CHEMICAL HAZARD (1)
• VEHICLE PURSUIT (1)
• PROPERTY RECOVERED (1)
• NATURAL GAS FIRE (1)
• Vehicle Fire - Multi Vehicle (1)
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Toronto · Past month (excl. medical)
Calls peak 8 PM–11 PM, busiest on Saturdays. The quiet window: 4 AM–7 AM.
Plan around it — full hour-by-hour picture on the map.
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Downtown Yonge East — Toronto · Past month (excl. medical)
Down 6%: 254 calls vs 271 the period before.
Biggest movers: ARREST +14, FIRE +11, UNKNOWN TROUBLE -10.
Context, not alarm — normal weeks vary.
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West Humber-Clairville — Toronto · Past month (excl. medical)
Up 4%: 245 calls vs 235 the period before.
Biggest movers: TRAFFIC INJURY +8, IMPAIRED DRIVER +8, HAZARD -8.
Context, not alarm — normal weeks vary.
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St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands at a glance — Toronto · Past month (excl. medical)
264 calls (61.6/week avg). BUSIER THAN 99% OF TORONTO AREAS
264 calls (61.6/week avg). BUSIER THAN 99% OF TORONTO AREAS
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Toronto · Past month (excl. medical)
Strangest calls — the least common types logged:
• Emergency (1)
• Explosion (1)
• BLOOD AND ORGAN RUN (1)
• MARINE VESSEL ASSIST (1)
• CHEMICAL HAZARD (1)
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Toronto's Sept 2 storm, hour by hour: what spiked, what went quiet, where it hit, and the morning after. Sept 3 closed as the 3rd-busiest day of 2026, with 42 more wires-down calls and 67 building alarms as the power came back.