Why are there so many toilets sitting out on the curb in Toronto? It's not something you see in other places. I’ve never seen a street toilet in Vancouver. Nor have friends who live there. I lived in Halifax for years and don’t remember seeing any. I just got back from driving across the US and didn't see any. In travels around the world I’ve only seen a few. On a bus cooking through the desert near Lima we passed a graveyard of broken, half buried toilets poking up through the sand by the road, looking like artifacts from a forgotten culture. But nothing can match Toronto’s big numbers. Here I’ve seen hundreds, all over town.