Fleet
A list of ships operated by the TFC:
| Make/Model | Description | # passengers | Year acquired | Year retired | Notes |
| * Mayflower - built by Bathurst Street Wharf for John Doty Engine & Ferry Company | ferry | 900-1000 | 1890 | 1938 | Later acquired from the Toronto Ferry Company by E.B. Osler (with acquisition of John Doty Engine & Ferry Company and Tymon's Island Ferry Company; became city garbage scow |
| Primrose built by Bathurst Street Wharf for John Doty Engine & Ferry Company | ferry | 900-1000 | 1890 | 1938 | sister ship to the Mayflower and later acquired from the Toronto Ferry Company |
| Bluebell - built by Polson Iron Works Limited for Toronto Ferry Company | ferry | N/A | 1906 | 1955 | |
| Trillium 1910-1957 - built by Polson Iron Works Limited for Toronto Ferry Company | ferry | N/A | 1910; 1976 | 1957 | re-enter service 1976 with Metro Parks |
| Luella - built by W. Armour & Company and John Doty Engine Company for Toronto Ferry Company | ferry | 122 | 1882 | 1934 | |
| Sadie - built as St. Jean Baptiste for the Turner Ferry Co. by James Andrew of Oakville | double-decked paddle vessel - 112 feet | 377 | 1885 | ? | |
| Canadian - built for the Turner Ferry Co. by Alexander Clindinning of Toronto | two-decked, double-ended pad-die steamer - 122 feet | 340 | 1882 | ? | |
| Prouvette Beyer - built for the Turner Ferry Co. | ferry | 1882 | ? | ||
| Arlington - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. in Harwood | single deck screw steamer | 100 | 1878, 1880 | ? | |
| Jessie McEdwards - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. by Melancthon Simpson of St. Catharines | single deck screw steamer - 65 feet | 116 | 1876 | ? | |
| Kathleen - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. by George Dickson of Toronto | two-decked screw steamer - 84 feet | 200 | 1886 | 1918 | |
| Getrude - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. by George Clean of Toronto | two-decked screw steamer - 75 feet | 147 | 1886 | ? | |
| Island Queen - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. - Joseph Duval at Port Dalhousie | single-decked screw steamer - 73 feet | 148 | 1882 | 1918 | |
| Ned Hanlan - built for the A.J. Tymon Ferry Co. | ferry | 1902 | 1966 | ||
| T.J. Clark | ferry | 1918 | 1960 | ||
| Miss Simcoe | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Lady York | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Aylmer | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Buttercup | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Jasmine | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | later renamed Ojibway | |
| Aylmer | ferry | 1918 | 1929 | ||
| Clark Brothers | ferry | 1918 | 1927 | ||
| John Hanlan - built by John & James Abbey/Abbey Brothers Shipyards of Port Dalhousie | screw steamer | ~100 | 1844 | 1929 | burned and sunk off Sunnyside Park 1929 |
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