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This morning, multiple police services across Canada experienced intermittent outages with their 911 lines, affecting cities like Toronto and Ottawa. Services in Ontario and Quebec reported disruptions on social media, advising residents to use non-emergency numbers instead. The issues were largely resolved by around 7:30 a.m. ET but the cause remains unknown; telecommunications carriers are suspected as the source of the problem rather than local 911 systems.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-17, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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911 service went down across parts of Canada, including in Ontario (Toronto, Waterloo), and possibly other provinces like Nova Scotia. Emergency responders reported disruptions on social media and urged residents to use non-emergency lines instead. The outages affected multiple police services such as those in Toronto, Ottawa, London, Ontario, and elsewhere. A spokesperson for Montreal police indicated that the issue stemmed from a telephone carrier responsible for 911, potentially causing calls to be rerouted nationally. Most areas reported resolution by around 7:30 a.m. ET.

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Police services including those in Toronto, Ottawa, London, Ont. and Waterloo, Ont., reported the disruptions on social media, urging residents to call non-emergency lines in case of an emergency. Ontario Provincial Police also said they were alerted to intermittent 911 outages in parts of the province, while the Surete du Quebec said technical issues were affecting the transfer of certain 911 calls. Many said the issue was resolved by about 7:30 a.m. ET. A spokesperson for Montreal police says the outage affected the telephone carrier responsible for 911.

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🔮 Even if calls came in, the spokesperson says, there was a possibility they would be transferred to police services elsewhere in the country.

2026-09-17 · The Globe and Mail

Intermittent 911 outages reported across Canada · mixed framing

Several police services across Canada reported that their 911 lines were down this morning, though the outages appeared to be resolved within an hour or two in many cases. asserted

outages → report → cases

Police services including those in Toronto, Ottawa, London, Ont. and Waterloo, Ont., reported the disruptions on social media, urging residents to call non-emergency lines in case of an emergency. Ontario Provincial Police also said they were alerted to intermittent 911 outages in parts of the province, while the Surete du Quebec said technical issues were affecting the transfer of certain 911 calls. Many said the issue was resolved by about 7:30 a.m. ET. A spokesperson for Montreal police says the outage affected the telephone carrier responsible for 911. asserted

outage → include → 911

Even if calls came in, the spokesperson says, there was a possibility they would be transferred to police services elsewhere in the country. asserted

they → come → country

Further east, the Nova Scotia government says intermittent 911 outages may affect some cellphone and VoIP users, while police in Saint John, N.B., say 911 is down on cellphones but still available from landlines “There are reports that some cellular carriers are having difficulty connecting to 911 across Canada,” the Nova Scotia government said in a statement. uncertain

government → say → statement

“The province is working to understand the full extent of the service disruption. asserted

province → work → disruption

The issue appears to be related to telecommunications carrier networks and is not a problem with the provincial 911 system itself.” The cause of the outage hasn’t yet been determined, it added, reminding residents not to call 911 to test whether the system is working as that may further affect emergency operations. uncertain

that → appear → operations

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