Occupy Toronto

Occupy Toronto
Part of the Occupy movement
Tents next to the Cathedral Church of St. James
Date	15 October 2011 – present (5 years, 6 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	St. James Park, Toronto, Ontario
Causes	Economic inequality, corporate influence over government, inter alia.
Methods	Demonstration, occupation, protest, street protesters
Status	Ongoing
Number
Protesters: Varies greatly
Arrests and injuries
Injuries	1
Arrested	5

Occupy Toronto was a brief protest and demonstration by anarchists that began on October 15, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, near Bay Street in Downtown Toronto's Financial District and moved to St. James Park. It was a small part of the Occupy movement, which claimed to protest against economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of corporations and lobbyists on government.

As of June 2012, Occupy Toronto had continued to engage in semi-organized meetings, events and actions.

Demonstrators gathered at the intersection of King St. and Bay St. at around 10 am on the 15 October 2011 Global Day of Action and then moved to St. James Park while stressing the importance of a peaceful demonstration and the desire to be heard as a single voice. Early numbers put the visible turnout fluctuating at between 2000-3000 participants, including NDP MP Peggy Nash, Joel Duff of the Ontario Federation of Labour, and CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. After the first few hours, as the sunset progressed the numbers significantly dropped into the hundreds.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers marched over to the intersection after lunch and met up with the protesters. After a large crowd gathered at the Bay Street entrance to the Toronto-Dominion Bank, five people entered the bank and security detained them before removing them from the branch.