Mayor John Tory says thousands more people are now eligible for transit discounts: those that are low-income that receive a child care subsidy.
This was the next planned phase of the Fair Fare Pass Transit Discount Program.
"Today is another significant step forward, 23,000 families," he said at a downtown Toronto daycare.
The discount is roughly a third of the regular price.
The $2.4 million for 2019 brings the total investment in reduced fares to over $25 million annually.
However, there's still questions on the next groups of planned discount recipients, including more general low-income families and those receiving housing supports.
Tory pegged the wait on the attempts to get data from Revenue Canada.
"It's frustrating quite frankly in 2019 at a time when technology should make it easy for governments and people to share data," Tory said, adding however that privacy plays a role. "The fact is, it is complex."
The discounts will go to those currently receiving a subsidy, not those on the wait list for one.
Tory said that relates to the bigger issue of PC government cuts to child care.
"The real probability at the moment I say in a disappointed way of cutbacks taking place makes it more difficult for us," he said. "We obviously would like to be in a position where we can have as many people as possible who are qualified receive a subsidy."