Operating Statistics - 2015

The TTC Operating Statistics publication contains all the key facts and figures about the system’s performance in an annual period and is an invaluable quick reference when talking about the TTC’s achievements in service. The Operating Statistics are compiled by the Corporate Communications Department.

10. 535 Million Riders

In 2015, the TTC set an all-time record of 538 million rides, surpassing its previous all-time total of 535 million set in 2014.
TTC ridership has increased each year for the last 12 years. Total ridership in 2003 was 405.4 million.
The TTC is projecting a new annual record ridership of 553 million in 2016. Ridership broke the half-billion plateau for the first time in 2011.
The TTC’s highest single-day ridership in 2015 was 1.863 million customers on Nov. 27. In 2015, there were 22 days in which the TTC carried more than 1.8 million rides in a single day.
On Aug. 3, 2015, the TTC carried its 30 billionth customer – or four times the world’s population – since its inception in 1921. With one billion customers carried approximately every 22 months, the TTC’s 31 billionth customer is expected in late May/early June 2017.
Nearly 85 per cent of all local transit trips in the GTA are made on the TTC. With more than 1.7 million customers on an average weekday, the TTC maintains a cost-recovery rate of more than 70 per cent from the farebox – one of the highest on the continent.
The TTC has the third largest ridership in North America, after Mexico City and New York City – cities with populations greater than eight million people.

Rider Stats (in millions)

2015: 537.6
2014: 534.8
2013: 525.2
2012: 514.0
2011: 500.2
2010: 477.4
2009: 471.2
2008: 466.7
2007: 459.8
2006: 444.5
2005: 431.2
2004: 418.1
2003: 405.4

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2015 at a Glance