Item - 2025.MM33.20
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on October 8 and 9, 2025 with amendments.
MM33.20 - Re-opening and Amending Item 2025.MM32.16 - Addressing Unlicensed Jet Ski Rentals and Safety on Toronto’s Waterfront - by Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Amber Morley
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Caution: Motions are shown below. Any motions should not be considered final until the meeting is complete, and the decisions for this meeting have been confirmed.
Recommendations
Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Amber Morley, recommends that:
1. As part of the implementation and report back on City Council directives included in MM32.16, City Council requests that the City Manager:
a. review the roles and responsibilities for motorized watercraft and jet skis, including licensing requirements for those operating motorized watercraft, and make recommendations on how to strengthen enforcement in summer 2026;
b. establish a multi-party working group to develop an overall integrated strategy to address dangerous motorized watercraft use along all of Toronto’s waterfront and urban rivers in advance of the 2026 season, with group membership extended but not limited to Ports Toronto, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Toronto Police Service Marine Safety Unit, Municipal Licensing and Standards, and Parks and Recreation; and
c. broaden the scope of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee identified in 2025.MM32.16 to consider all of the Toronto’s supervised swimming beaches, as well as the waterfront and urban rivers.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
(October 6, 2025) E-mail from Jon Wylie (MM.Supp)
(October 8, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that consideration of Motion MM33.20 requires a re-opening of Item 2025.MM32.16 (July 23 and 24, 2025 City Council meeting) only as it pertains to Part 1c of the decision. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to re-open the Item.
That City Council amend Recommendation 1c. by adding the words "while ensuring that geographically-specific stakeholder consultations are undertaken to inform the design of specific Motorized Watercraft Exclusion Zones at the request of the local councillor, including at Bluffer's Park and Woodbine Beach" after the words "urban rivers" so that it now reads as follows:
1. As part of the implementation and report back on City Council directives included in MM32.16, City Council requests that the City Manager:
a. review the roles and responsibilities for motorized watercraft and jet skis, including licensing requirements for those operating motorized watercraft, and make recommendations on how to strengthen enforcement in summer 2026;
b. establish a multi-party working group to develop an overall integrated strategy to address dangerous motorized watercraft use along all of Toronto’s waterfront and urban rivers in advance of the 2026 season, with group membership extended but not limited to Ports Toronto, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Toronto Police Service Marine Safety Unit, Municipal Licensing and Standards, and Parks and Recreation; and
c. broaden the scope of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee identified in 2025.MM32.16 to consider all of the Toronto’s supervised swimming beaches, as well as the waterfront and urban rivers, while ensuring that geographically-specific stakeholder consultations are undertaken to inform the design of specific Motorized Watercraft Exclusion Zones at the request of the local Councillor, including at Bluffer's Park and Woodbine Beach.