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Toronto Waymo approval followed months-long lobbying push

Driverless rideshare coming to Toronto in 2028, Google-owned company says

Carly Penrose

21 Oct 2026 • 3 min read

A Waymo autonomous vehicle drives below lanterns hanging in Chinatown in San Francisco on Feb. 25.
In the months leading up to the Ontario government's decision to allow Waymo to operate in its capital city, Waymo launched a lobbying push at three levels of government to let its autonomous vehicles offer rides to Torontonians. . (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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