The filed record
High Pollution Days and Two Stroke Engines
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The decision
2025-11-12 · Toronto City Council · amended
As filed
City Council on November 12 and 13, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council request that, when Toronto's Air Quality Health Index is at high to very high-risk levels (7-10), City operations, businesses and residents refrain whenever practical and feasible from operating highly polluting engines, such as two-stroke gas-powered leaf blowers and diesel engines manufactured before 2008, and request the Chief Communications
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Officer to coordinate the use of the City's various communication channels to get this message to businesses and residents.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
Wildfires are worsening with climate breakdown. Wildfire smoke is a serious health hazard, which again this summer caused Toronto's air quality to be one of the worst in the world. Residents were urged to stay indoors, schools cancelled outdoor activities, and hospitals braced for a surge in patents. Air quality reached Level 10 and above on the Air Quality Health Index - AQHI 7-10 the "Very High Risk" category - threatening the health of children, seniors, outdoor workers, and anyone with heart or lung conditions.
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When air pollutant levels are so high, it is dangerous to the health of Torontonians to worsen the pollution by operating highly polluting engines, such as two-stroke gas-powered leaf blowers and diesel engines manufactured before 2008. On smoky days, when pollution is already at crisis levels, the last thing our children need is even dirtier air.
Staff recommended
Councillor Dianne Saxe recommend that: 1. City Council requests that, when Toronto's Air Quality Health Index is at high to very high-risk levels (7-10), city operations, businesses and residents refrain whenever possible from operating highly polluting engines, such as two-stroke gas-powered leaf blowers and diesel engines manufactured before 2008.
Considered
2025-10-29 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that: 1. City Council requests that, when Toronto's Air Quality Health Index is at high to very high-risk levels (7-10), city operations, businesses and residents refrain whenever possible from operating highly polluting engines, such as two-stroke gas-powered leaf blowers and diesel engines manufactured before 2008.
2025-11-12 · Toronto City Council · amended
On the record
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