There were several reports during the pandemic about lack of ambulance service in Toronto:

- 2022 - https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/01/toronto-ran-out-ambulanc...

- 2023 - https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/10/paramedics-raise-alarm-c...

from the 2025 Program Summary for Toronto Paramedic Services, https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/8d5d-2025-...:

- Page 3

- Avg 90th Percentile response times have gone from 12 minutes in 2019 & 2020 to 14.5 mins in 2024 and almost 15 minutes as a 2025 target: (12.1, 12.1, 13.0, 14.2, 14.0, 14.5, 14.8)

- staffing is up more than 50% in that time, while number of patient transports is up just 10% during that same timeframe

- Page 4

- scary graphic - graph concerning Daily Hours with < 10% available ambulances

- 2019-2020 - Daily Average - 0 hours, 43 minutes

- 2021 - Daily Average - 2 hours, 29 minutes

- 2022 - Daily Average - 5 hours, 57 minutes

- 2023 - Daily Average - 4 hours, 33 minutes

- 2024 - Daily Average - 4 hours, 9 minutes