HIV/AIDS Statistics - Toronto

Updated January 2010

To Date (1985-2007)


18,007 people have tested positive for HIV in Toronto since 1985.

62.7% of all positive HIV test reports in Ontario since 1985 have been reported in Toronto.

Men have accounted for 88% of all positive HIV test reports in Toronto since 1985. Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) accounted for 79.3% of all HIV infections in Toronto.

Women have accounted for 12% of all positive HIV test reports in Toronto since 1985.

Mode of HIV Transmission in Toronto, 1985-2007:
    • Men who have sex with men (MSM) 79.3%
    • Injection drug users (IDU) 5.4%
    • People from countries where HIV is endemic 3%

Most Recent Trends (2006 to 2008)


558 Torontonians were diagnosed HIV-positive in 2008. In 2007, the number was 575, and in 2006 the number was 638.

58% of all of Ontario's positive HIV test reports in 2007 were in Toronto.

Gay, bisexual men and other MSM continue to form the largest group of new HIV infections in Toronto. In 2008 they accounted for 70% of all new diagnoses.

In 2007, women accounted for 17% of adult HIV-positive test reports in Toronto. In 2008, this increased to 18.6%, yet this is still much lower than the percentage recorded in 2006: 27.3%.

Mode of HIV Transmission in Toronto, 2008:
    • Men who have sex with men (MSM) 70%.
    • People from countries where HIV is endemic 18%
    • Injection drug users (IDU) 6%

Sources


1.Report on HIV/AIDS in Ontario 2007, Robert S. Remis, MD, University of Toronto, June 2009

Sexually Transmitted and Bloodborne Diseases: Communicable Diseases in Toronto 2008