Toronto Public Health has prepared a number of planning guides to assist community partners in developing their own pandemic influenza plans. These documents were based on planning assumptions for a moderately severe pandemic and are therefore not meant to provide specific direction for responding to the 2009 H1N1 novel virus. The guides are intended to be used as planning tools. All agencies, businesses and other partners in the community should use these tools alongside the specific advice provided by federal, provincial and local authorities during an actual pandemic situation.