Suspect sought after ‘targeted’ stabbing outside Union Station

Police cruisers are seen outside Union Station following a stabbing on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Jacob Estrin)

Toronto police are investigating a stabbing outside Union Station that injured one man on Thursday night.

Police say they were called to the area of Bay Street and Front Street West shortly after 7:30 p.m.

Officers arrived and located a man with a non-life-threatening stab wound, police say.

He has been taken to the hospital.

Police say they are looking for a suspect described as a Black man between 25 and 35 years old, five-foot-nine and last seen wearing a dark jacket and carrying a grey backpack.

The circumstances that led to the stabbing are unknown.

In an email to CP24, police said they believed it to be a “targeted” incident.

“There is no reason to believe that there is any risk to public safety,” police said.