HIV and AIDS Statistics - Toronto

Updated June 2011

To Date (1985-2009)

20,056 people have tested positive for HIV in Toronto since 1985. This represents 65% of all HIV-positive test reports in Ontario.

Men have accounted for 87.5% of all positive HIV test reports in Toronto since 1985. 82% of all infections among men in Toronto have been among gay, bisexual men, and other men who have sex with men.

Women have accounted for 12.5% of all positive HIV test reports in Toronto since 1985. 48% of all infections among women in Toronto have been among women from countries with high rates of HIV.

Mode of HIV Transmission in Toronto, 1985 - 2009:
    • Gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (MSM): 71.3%
    • Injection drug users (IDU: 4.4%
    • People from countries with high rates of HIV: 11.7%
    • Women: 12.5%

Most Recent Trends (2008 - 2009)

596 Torontonians were diagnosed as HIV-positive in 2009. In 2008, the number was 612. It is estimated that the number of people who were actually infected with HIV in Toronto in 2009 was almost 975 people.

Gay, bisexual men and other MSM accounted for 69% of all new HIV diagnoses in 2009, while women accounted for 18% of new HIV diagnoses. For women, 53.5% of all diagnoses were among women from countries with high rates of HIV.

Mode of HIV Transmission in Toronto, 2009:
    • Gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (MSM): 69%.
    • Injection drug users (IDU): 3%
    • People from countries with high rates of HIV infection: 15%
    • Women: 18%

Sources

Report on HIV/AIDS in Ontario 2009, Robert S. Remis, MD, University of Toronto, June 2010

Communicable Diseases in Toronto 2009