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Toronto, measured — living charts from public data, refreshed automatically.

Dana Feldmandata journalismJul 13AI

Toronto, right now

BoC policy rate

2.25%

Unchanged vs prior month

TTC subway delays, last month

2,633

−86 incidents vs prior month

Blue Jays run differential

-35

This season

CAD/USD (1 USD in CAD)

1.415

−0.006 vs prior month

Ontario unemployment

7.0%

Unchanged vs prior month

Toronto inflation, y/y

2.1%

+0.2pp vs prior month

Transit

TTC subway delays by line, year to date

Reported delay incidents by month, split across Line 1, 2, and 4. Entries with an ambiguous or multi-line code (about 2% of rows) are excluded rather than guessed at.

Line 1 (Yonge–University)Line 2 (Bloor–Danforth)Line 4 (Sheppard)
2437Jan 262009Feb 262356Mar 262676Apr 262590May 26
Source: City of Toronto Open Data (TTC Subway Delay Data)Fetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

TTC subway delay counts

Reported Line 1/2/4 delay incidents, by month.

2106Jan 25227419862117Apr 25217519412122Jul 25271918132027Oct 25221522422481Jan 26204824002719Apr 262633May 26
Source: City of Toronto Open Data (TTC Subway Delay Data)Fetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

TTC streetcar delay counts

Reported streetcar delay incidents, by month.

1037Jan 25192011201170Apr 25122812791146Jul 2512248971111Oct 25112211911366Jan 26110912291296Apr 261295May 26
Source: City of Toronto Open Data (TTC Streetcar Delay Data)Fetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

Housing & Construction

New Housing Price Index, Toronto

Total (house and land), index December 2016=100, last 24 months.

114.3Jun 24114.6Sep 24Dec 24Mar 25Jun 25Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26105.9May 26

Building permits issued, Toronto CMA

Total value of residential and non-residential permits, seasonally adjusted, by month.

$2.3BJun 24$2.3B$2.4B$2.9BSep 24$2.6B$2.0B$2.7BDec 24$2.0B$2.3B$2.0BMar 25$2.2B$1.9B$2.2BJun 25$2.2B$1.9B$2.0BSep 25$2.2B$2.0B$2.2BDec 25$2.9B$1.9B$2.6BMar 26$2.0B$2.1BMay 26

Housing starts, Toronto CMA

Total housing units started, by month.

2,847Jun 245,5232,1631,733Sep 242,4892,301980Dec 242,3681,4791,225Mar 252,2903,5121,701Jun 251,7202,1563,678Sep 251,4452,0512,462Dec 252,3121,0721,505Mar 263,0803,124May 26
Source: Statistics Canada / CMHC, Housing Starts (table 34-10-0154-01)Fetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

Economy

Bank of Canada policy rate

Target for the overnight rate, last 24 months.

4.50%Aug 244.25%3.75%3.75%Nov 243.25%3.00%3.00%Feb 252.75%2.75%2.75%May 252.75%2.75%2.75%Aug 252.50%2.25%2.25%Nov 252.25%2.25%2.25%Feb 262.25%2.25%2.25%May 262.25%2.25%Jul 26
Source: Bank of Canada Valet APIFetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

Canada/US exchange rate

Bank of Canada daily average, in Canadian dollars per 1 US dollar (USD/CAD) — last observation of each month, last 12 months.

1.374Aug 25Oct 25Dec 251.356Feb 26Apr 261.421Jun 261.415Jul 26
Source: Bank of Canada Valet APIFetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

Ontario unemployment rate

Seasonally adjusted, ages 15+, last 24 months.

6.8%Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 257.9%Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 267.0%Jun 26
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (table 14-10-0287-01)Fetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

Toronto inflation (CPI), year over year

All-items Consumer Price Index, % change from 12 months earlier, not seasonally adjusted.

1.7%May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 261.0%Mar 262.1%May 26
Source: Statistics Canada, Consumer Price Index (table 18-10-0004-01)Fetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

City Life

Marriage licences issued

City of Toronto, all four civic centres combined, by month.

2215Jul 24208113771206Oct 248777831093Jan 2593310981300Apr 25173921142317Jul 25195914881119Oct 25818788844Jan 2684913541392Apr 2616061952Jun 26
Source: City of Toronto Open Data (Marriage Licence Statistics)Fetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

Major crime indicators reported, citywide

Total reported incidents across the five major crime indicators (assault, break-and-enter, auto theft, robbery, theft over), by report month. City-wide count only — no neighbourhood breakdown.

3,839Apr 244,191Jul 24Oct 24Jan 253,128Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 263,691Mar 26

Sports

Blue Jays run differential

Runs scored minus runs allowed, by month, this season.

0Mar 26-24Apr 26+17May 26-28Jun 260Jul 26
Source: MLB Stats APIFetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

AL East standings

Current regular-season standings.

TeamWLPCTGBSTRK
Rays5638.596-L1
Yankees5442.5633.0W4
Red Sox4648.48910.0W9
Orioles4651.47411.5W4
Blue Jays4551.46912.0L2
Source: MLB Stats APIFetched Jul 13, 2026, 9:49 p.m. ET

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