What to know
- 837 people were hospitalized for e-scooter injuries from April 2025 to March 2026, up from 601 the previous year. Ontario recorded 294 cases, a 40 per cent increase, while B.C. cases doubled to 172.
- Fractures, head injuries and brain injuries were among the most common reasons people required hospitalization.
- 150 children aged 15 and under were hospitalized, compared with 54 the previous year. The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program also reported 10 child deaths linked to e-scooter and e-bike injuries in 2025, including six in Ontario.
- SickKids reported 107 e-scooter injury cases in 2025, more than double the 46 cases in 2024. E-scooters remain illegal on Toronto’s public roads, sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and other public spaces, while some GTA municipalities participate in Ontario’s e-scooter pilot program.
New data shows that e-scooter-related hospitalizations are on the rise across Canada, with more serious injuries among both adults and children.
In an email from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), the agency reported that 837 people were hospitalized due to e-scooter injuries from April 2025 to March 2026. Ontario alone saw 294 of those hospitalizations, a 40 per cent increase from the year prior.
The number is up by more than 200 incidents, with there being 601 total e-scooter-related injuries from April 2024 to March 2025.
British Columbia saw the biggest jump, with numbers doubling from the year prior to 172 cases.
Of the injuries, fractures, head injuries and brain injuries were the most common reasons for riders needing hospitalization.
Youth and children were the most affected, with the agency reporting that 150 patients 15-years-old and younger were hospitalized due to e-scooter injuries, compared with 54 the year prior.
Additionally, the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program reported that 10 children had died from both e-scooter and e-bike injuries in 2025, with six in Ontario. On top of that, 12 children visited intensive care, and 26 spent more than two days at the hospital.
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children also saw an increase in cases, with SickKids reporting 107 e-scooter injury cases in 2025. This number more than doubled the 46 e-scooter-related patients in 2024.
E-scooters are illegal to operate on public roads, sidewalks, bike lanes, trails, and other public spaces in the city, despite Toronto seeing more and more riders.
Cities in the Greater Toronto Area, including in the Durham Region and Peel Region, have rentable e-scooters as part of Ontario’s pilot program, an initiative Toronto has repeatedly declined to participate in.
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The city previously told Now Toronto the recent injury data by SickKids is just one example of why they take a safety-first approach to e-scooters.
Instead, the city provides rental e-bikes for resident use.
For more information on the rules and safety warnings surrounding e-scooters, residents can check out the city’s website.
