RES/CIC Updates

New Business

ASP is pleased to announce the launch of security guarding services for Metrolinx at the Whitby and Willowbrook rail maintenance facilities as well as the Union Station office effective August 01, 2025. Security guarding services for Metrolinx will also be provided to the Oakville operations center starting January 01, 2026.

We are excited to support the expansion of our respite shelter portfolio with the City of Toronto, mobilizing tactical security for five new locations in November 2025:

• 58 Cecil Street, Toronto
• 75-81 Elizabeth Street, Toronto
• 445 Rexdale Boulevard, Etobicoke
• 14 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto
• 4584 Kingston Road, Scarborough

Though its event season is over and no shows are scheduled for fall and winter, Rogers Stadium still requires security. Following a successful year of event and facility security services for Live Nation, ASP has been selected to provide mobile patrols for the venue during the current seasonal closure.

Contract Renewals

• Quadreal – 53 Widdicombe
• Quadreal – 57 Widdicombe
• Quadreal – Charles at Bay
• City of Toronto – Respite Shelters
• Toronto Transition Commission – Subway Stations
• Veolia – Oakville

2024-2025 Ontario’s Private Investigative Services Branch (PSISB):

The PSISB released some thought-provoking statistics about security the current state of the security guard industry in Ontario:

• Licenced individuals – 156,874
• Licenced agencies – 649
• Tests conducted – 60,520
• Inspections completed – 452
• Investigations completed – 119
• 53% of the workforce located in Toronto
• 25% female licensees, up from 15%
• Top offences: failure to wear compliant uniform, failure to ensure students meet minimum training hours, failure to follow training entity syllabus

Read more at: 2024–2025 Annual Report on the Private Security and Investigative Services Branch | ontario.ca

PSISB Independent Contracting Memo

In May 2025, the PSISB released a letter clarifying that the independent contracting of security guards is considered an unlawful practice under the PSISA. Please review the attached letter for information about what this means for security guards operating in the industry without legal employment to their associated organizations, and for organizations that engage in this practice of employee misclassification.