311 Toronto provides access for residents, visitors and businesses to submit and track a service request, find information about City services or programs, and search for service requests in your neighbourhood. No longer will you have to try to find the right division or individual at the City to get information or help. Finding information about everything from Toronto Public Library hours of operation to reporting a missed garbage pick-up, 311 Toronto is here to help.
Anyone within Toronto city limits can call 311 free of charge, but regular pay phone and cellular phone charges still apply.
Customer service representatives are available to answer your questions or fill a service request 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
If you are outside of the City of Toronto and want to reach a 311 customer service representative, please call 416-392-CITY (2489).
There is no charge for calling 311, but pay phone and cellular air time charges will still apply. There is no additional service fee collected by your telephone company.
No. Callers from outside of the city limits must dial 416-392-CITY (2489) and, if applicable, long distance charges will be applied to the call.
Yes. In fact, you can call 311 from a cell phone that does not have a 416/647 area code as long as the call is placed from within the city limits. Cellular air time charges will apply.
It is up to individual VOIP providers to make 311 service available to their customers. Once configured, VOIP service should work properly as long as the user is registered as being located within City of Toronto boundaries. If you are a VOIP customer and you are having difficulty calling 311, it is best to contact your respective carrier and let them know you cannot connect. Alternatively, you can reach 311 Toronto by dialing 416-392-CITY (2489).
Many offices and institutions have complex routing and telephone systems that may need to be configured to allow users to dial 311. You can contact the telecomm office for your company or institution and request them to reconfigure the system to allow calls to 311. Alternatively, you can reach 311 Toronto by dialing 416-392-CITY (2489).
Only call 9-1-1 in an emergency. An emergency is any situation that requires immediate assistance from a police officer, a firefighter or a paramedic.
Contact 311 for easy access to non-emergency City of Toronto services, programs and information 24/7, in more than 180 languages.
311 provides information about City services only whereas 211 can provide information about human services from any level of government and other service providers.
211 is your community connection. It is the number to call for information about human services – health, social and community services. 211 connects you with an information specialist who can provide information and referrals 24 hours a day. For example, you can call 211 if you are a newcomer to Canada and are looking for employment training or you are concerned about a family member with an addiction and need information about available programs. You can call 211 if you’ve lost your wallet and don’t know where to replace your identification or you’re looking for marriage counselling or even need to know where the nearest after-hours medical clinic is located.
311 customer service representatives are available at Toronto at Your Service Counters at City Hall and Scarborough Civic Centre Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the main floor of each building. Friendly and knowledgeable staff are available to assist in answering general inquiries, making referrals to City services, wayfinding in the building and surrounding area and helping to navigate 311 Toronto’s online services.
311 customer service representatives have instant access to interpreters who speak more than 180 languages.
The 311 Contact Centre is equipped with the technology required to enable hearing impaired individuals to communicate with customer service representatives. The TTY direct telephone number for 311 Toronto is 711.
You can request any City service by calling 311. In addition, you can find a wide range of online services on the 311 homepage, including online service requests and tracking.
Not necessarily, but some service requests will require your personal information. Only those who “need to know” will have access to the personal information provided.
When you submit a service request with 311, you will be given a reference number. You can call 311 anytime and a customer service representative will assist you. You can also track your service request online from the 311 homepage.
Your reference number is similar to a PIN number. If you lose it, we cannot provide you with a new one nor can we provide you with an update on your service request. Without your reference number, we cannot verify that you are who you say you are and, due to privacy legislation, we cannot release any information about the service request.
Yes. Call 311 and a customer service representative will assist you. You can only cancel a request if you have your reference number.
311 customer service representatives have access to mapping technology that identifies the location of service requests. While handling a phone call, the customer service representative will verify that the request has not already been made before inputting the request. Online service requests and e-mail inquiries are also reviewed to ensure that there is no duplication.
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