There are also no regulations on how quickly residential lifts must be repaired. While there are some minimum requirements in residential high-rise buildings pertaining to firefighter access, the TSSA confirmed to CTV News Toronto there are no regulations in place in the province requiring a certain number of elevators per storey, unit, or resident. In Ontario, elevators are regulated by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA). 'I have a neighbour with cancer having to take the stairs,' she said. “I just think of those with mobility issues, of children.” “I have no problem taking the stairs,” Henry, who lives on the 27th floor, said. “Sometimes, it’s 41-storeys, one elevator,” he said.įor Sharlene Henry, who lives in a downtown Toronto apartment where she says two of the four elevators have been broken for weeks and another is frequently booked, the issue is primarily a safety concern. “That leaves us with two, but one of them is always reserved for moving.” “One has been broken for a month,” Cote told CTV News Toronto. Patrick Cote lives in a 41-storey building in Etobicoke, Ont., but at times, he says the building operates on only one or two of its three elevators. A lack of elevator access in some of Toronto’s highrise buildings has left residents frustrated and concerned for their safety.
