Toronto Transportation Commission

The franchise carried passengers in horse-drawn stagecoaches along Yonge Street between the St. Lawrence Market and the village of Yorkville for sixpence in 1849.

The TTC realized that improvements had to be made despite the depression and in 1936 purchased the first of the newly developed PCC streetcars.

After the war, municipalities faced the problem of extending services to accommodate the increased population.

Ironically, the one municipal service that prospered during the war years was public transit; employers had to stagger work hours in order to avoid overcrowding the streetcars.

Toronto continued their program of purchasing PCC cars, running the world's largest fleet, including many obtained second-hand from U.S. cities that abandoned streetcar service.

Some older wooden cars were retired due to wear and replaced by Peter Witt orders.

Bus service in Toronto started in 1921, but it was not until the creation of the TTC that buses become a part of public transit.