Man seriously injured in stabbing near Dufferin and Bloor

Police are on the scene of a stabbing on Russet Avenue, north of Bloor Street West, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News)

A man in his 20s is in hospital following a stabbing in Toronto’s west end Wednesday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to a residential neighbourhood near Bloor Street West and Russett Avenue, west of Dufferin Street, around 4 p.m.

Toronto paramedics say the victim sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are searching for a suspect described as a Black male, six feet tall, between 40 and 50 years old, who was wearing a black jacket, pants, a black baseball hat and glasses.

He was last seen northbound on Dufferin Street.

The circumstances that led to the stabbing are not immediately known.