Chiefs of Police
The chief of police is the highest-ranking officer of the Toronto Police Service (until the 1960s the position was known as chief constable). Most chiefs have been chosen amongst the ranks of Toronto force and promoted/appointed from the ranks of deputy chief; Fantino was hired away from the York Regional Police, but he had been a career officer with Metro Toronto Police.
Toronto Police Department (1834-1956)
- William Higgins 1834
- George Kingsmill 1835
- James Stitt 1836
- George Kingsmill 1837–1846
- George Allen 1847–1852
- Samuel Sherwood 1852–1858
- William Stratton Prince 1859–1873
- Frank C. Draper 1874–1886
- H.J. Grasett 1886–1920
- Samuel J. Dickson 1920–1928
- Dennis Draper 1928–1946
- John Chisholm 1946–1956
Metropolitan Toronto Police (1957-1995), Metropolitan Toronto Police Service (1995-1998) and Toronto Police Service (1998–present)
- John Chisholm 1957–1958 (died 1958 from suicide)
- James Page Mackey 1958–1970 (died 2009)
- Harold Adamson 1970–1980 (died 2001)
- Jack W. Ackroyd 1980–1984 (died 1992)
- Jack Marks 1984–1989 (died 2007)
- William J. McCormack 1989–1995
- David Boothby 1995–2000
- Julian Fantino 2000–2005
- Mike Boyd 2005 (interim)
- Bill Blair 2005–present
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