City of Toronto Cold Weather Plan

The Cold Weather Plan provides a framework for implementing and co-ordinating cold weather preparedness and response activities which focus on reducing the negative health impacts of cold weather conditions. The Plan’s main objectives are to

  • alert those most vulnerable that cold weather conditions are either expected or currently exist;
  • enable those most vulnerable to take appropriate precautions;
  • trigger response actions by agencies who are in a position to provide services or alter operations in such a way as to protect vulnerable people from cold weather. The Plan includes a par ticular focus on preventing direct impacts of cold exposure on people experiencing homelessness.
Publication Date: 
2014
Location: 
Toronto, ON, Canada