Toronto power outage leaves thousands without power as Ontario boils in sweltering heat
Thousands of homes and businesses across Ontario are still without electricity as a punishing heat wave pushes temperatures and tempers to dangerous levels. In Toronto, widespread power outages were reported Monday afternoon, just as the city sweltered under extreme heat reaching 36°C, with humidex values making it feel closer to 46°C.
Toronto Hydro
's outage map showed disruptions stretching from Bloor Street West and Avenue Road all the way north to Bayview and Finch. As of 2:00 p.m. EDT, at least 2,690 customers were confirmed affected, though the real number may be higher given the dense population of the impacted area.
Power is expected to be restored by 4:30 p.m., according to Toronto Hydro.
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Hydro One
, Ontario's largest electricity provider, said the outage originated from its Bridgman Transmission Station, which disrupted the supply of power to Toronto Hydro and its customers.
In a statement posted on X shortly after 1 p.m., Hydro One confirmed its teams were working in coordination with Toronto Hydro to restore power 'safely and quickly.'
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The broader outage extends well beyond Toronto. According to real-time data from the website PowerOutage, as of 3:17 p.m. EDT, June 23, approximately 17,500 homes and businesses were without power across central and eastern Ontario.
Of those, Hydro One reported 12,314 affected customers out of its 1.46 million total. Toronto Hydro logged 2,767 outages out of 844,567 customers, Niagara Peninsula Energy had 243 without power out of 23,317, and Hydro Ottawa reported 76 outages among its 372,417 clients.
Much of Ontario remains under
Environment Canada
heat warnings, compounding risks for residents affected by the outages.
The disruption comes as Hydro One continues to address lingering issues from Saturday night's severe thunderstorms, which knocked out electricity for approximately 50,000 customers. Around 15,000 of those still remain without service.
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