Lockdown at Riverdale Collegiate Institute lifted after phone threat: Toronto police
Posted January 23, 2026 12:12 pm.
Last Updated January 23, 2026 1:52 pm.
A lockdown at Riverdale Collegiate Institute has been lifted after “a threat was made” on Friday morning.
Toronto police say they went to the school at 1094 Gerrard Street East at around 10:50 a.m. after receiving a telephoned threat.
Just after 1 p.m., police said the lockdown had been lifted and that no viable threat had been detected.
No injuries were reported, and no further details of the threat were immediately available.
