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- Dec 31, 203150% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Ontario Line Under Construction
- Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay said on 18 February 2026 the Ontario Line is trending toward the early 2030s for civil infrastructure completion, with testing to follow, potentially later than the 2031 target; the province will not commit to an opening date[2][3]
- The project was announced in 2019 with an initial opening of 2027[2][3]
- The line runs more than 15 km from Exhibition Place to the old Science Centre, with 15 new stations and nearly 400,000 trips a day; ground has been broken on the elevated section and four new stations are beginning[2][3]
- Three bridges over the Don River beside the Don Valley Parkway are needed and Lindsay said a DVP shutdown is "potentially" required[2][3]
- Metrolinx cites lessons from the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (opened February 2026, six years late and 15 years after construction began) and the Finch West LRT (opened late 2025 with early winter problems), and wants to front-load systems integration[2][3]
- Opposition leaders criticised management, with the NDP's Marit Stiles calling it a "money pit" and asking for a public inquiry[2][3]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=7VMiargwCygyoutube.com· Posted Sep 14, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2031 ✓· 54% of score
A target, per the source: "2031 remains a target opening date," though Metrolinx's own CEO says the line may open later, in the "early 2030s."
- [2]88%Toronto's Ontario Line could open later than 2031 target, Metrolinx says – The Globe and Mailtheglobeandmail.com· Published Feb 5, 2026· 23% of score
The Globe and Mail quotes Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay saying construction is "trending towards the early 2030s" rather than the original 2031 target, supporting the pin's dateConfidenceReasoning and its stored 31 December 2031 estimated date as an optimistic bound.[1]
- [3]86%Ontario Line likely won't open until early 2030s — and construction could shut down the DVP – CBC Newscbc.ca· Published Feb 1, 2026· 23% of score
CBC could not be fetched (403 error), but its own headline, "Ontario Line likely won't open until early 2030s", and 1 February 2026 publish date corroborate the same slippage past the pin's stored 31 December 2031 target that the Globe and Mail source independently reports.
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