The City of Toronto has issued an extreme cold weather alert to activate support services to get homeless people indoors.
An alert is called when Environment Canada predicts a temperature of -15 degrees Celius or lower without a windchill.
During an alert, more than 100 agencies are advised of the extreme cold weather, 171 shelter spaces are added, and TTC tokens are available at drop-in centres for transportation to shelters.
The alert is in effect until further notice.
For more information, call 311, or visit this website.
