Toronto Transit Commission

Toronto Transit Commission
TTC logo and corporate crest
From top, left to right: Flexity Outlook streetcar, T1 subway train, hybrid electric Nova Bus LFS, Toronto Rocket subway train, Flexity Freedom light rail vehicle, and Ram ProMaster CS-2 minibus.
Overview
Owner	City of Toronto
Locale	Greater Toronto Area
Transit type	Bus Paratransit Rapid transit streetcar
Number of lines	5 rapid transit lines 11 streetcar routes 160 bus routes
Number of stations	109 rapid transit stations 620 streetcar stops 8,640 bus stops
Daily ridership	2,435,100 (weekdays, Q2 2026)
Annual ridership	803,792,600 (2025)
Key people	Jamaal Myers, chair Mandeep Lali, chief executive officer
Headquarters	William McBrien Building 1900 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website	ttc.ca
Operation
Began operation	September 1, 1921 (1921-09-01)
Number of vehicles	2,038 buses 848 rapid transit cars 233 streetcars 268 Wheel-Trans buses
Technical
Track gauge	1,495 mm (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in) Toronto gauge (subway, streetcar) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge (LRT lines)

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the primary public transit agency in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operating the majority of the city's bus and rail services. It is the oldest and largest of the urban transit service providers in Canada and has numerous connections to systems serving its surrounding municipalities.

Established as the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1921, the TTC operates 5 rapid transit lines, 74 subway stations, 43 light rail transit stops, approximately 167 bus routes, and 11 streetcar lines. The TTC is the most heavily used urban transit system in Canada; in 2025, the system had a total of 800,212,000 boardings.