CANADA Canada - Sahil Kumar, 22, foreign student, Toronto, 16 May 2025

[Bigditch]

Nearly two weeks ago, after he left the GO train station in Hamilton, Sahil Kumar called his parents as he made his way to Toronto.

He told his mom he was doing fine, missed her cooking, and would call again soon. That was the last time anyone heard from him.

The 22-year-old international student, from the north Indian state of Haryana, had only been in Canada for three weeks when he vanished.

On May 16, he left downtown Hamilton, where he shared a home with other Indian students, and started his commute to get to class at a Humber College building near Yonge and Bloor streets.

Surveillance footage later placed him near Yonge and Dundas just after 1 p.m. — walking with a backpack, wearing a white collared shirt and a black jacket.

Then he disappeared.

Kumar, 22, is seen in a recent photo taken in Canada before his disappearance. His family says this was his first time living abroad. (Submitted by Amit Singh)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sahil-kumar-missing-1.7546003

 

[haggis]

This is very disturbing. So little information online, and family reports delay in police involvement.
Hope his college is being proactive.

 

[GraceG]

That happens about every year or so in Chicago, a young student comes over from a foreign country (often from China and India) with high parental expectations for their education and is overwhelmed and goes "missing". Fortunately, outside of the rare death by misadventure (alcohol intoxication combined with environmental factors in the winter), most turn up unharmed. I hope this is similar and this young man just had too much on his plate in a new environment and needed some time away.

 

[truthfinder2019]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924967658715226605

According to reports, Sahil Kumar was last seen exiting Unio ..

Read more at:
Indian student Sahil Kumar missing in Canada, mobile phone switched off - Times of India

 

[truthfinder2019]

Indian Student Goes Missing In Canada; Family Frantic

Sahil Kumar’s last call with his parents was filled with excitement about his new life, after which he vanished without a trace.

www.outlookindia.com

 

[truthfinder2019]

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[deadinthewater]

That happens about every year or so in Chicago, a young student comes over from a foreign country (often from China and India) with high parental expectations for their education and is overwhelmed and goes "missing". Fortunately, outside of the rare death by misadventure (alcohol intoxication combined with environmental factors in the winter), most turn up unharmed. I hope this is similar and this young man just had too much on his plate in a new environment and needed some time away.

I think you're right and I really hope he turns up. Juggling a foreign environment without family, studying, and working (as the article states he told his family he was meant to start a job soon) is a lot. I know I wouldn't have been able to deal with all of that on my own. And I know, especially in Indian culture, that asking for help or relaying these feelings would've been difficult.

 

[truthfinder2019]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927049168847089667

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sahil-kumar-missing-1.7546003

 

[Bigditch]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927049168847089667

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[Bigditch]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927049168847089667

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sahil-kumar-missing-1.7546003

It looks like the mailbox has been tipped over.

 

[Cedars]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927049168847089667

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sahil-kumar-missing-1.7546003

That's a bit of a strange video/photo, it makes it seem like a seedy little street in a remote part of town, whereas Yonge & Dundas is probably the busiest spot in Toronto on a weekday - City Hall a short block away, all the office towers, the major shopping district and multifloor shopping centre, subway stops, public squares, it's all packed in there, how could anyone disappear ie be lost to all the cameras...?

Perhaps he bought something and LE only captured video of him leaving that location.

 

[Tealgrove]

So he took the GO to Union station from Hamilton. He is then seen walking at Yonge and Dundas but he needed to get to Yonge and Bloor. Was he walking the entire way? Didn’t take the Subway? That’s a LONG walk.

Living in Hamilton but going to school in Toronto? That’s a long commute.

It’s at least 50 minutes from Hamilton to Toronto if not more. Then a walk up to Bloor. Depending on his speed that could be an hour’s walk. He was spending a minimum of 4 hours daily in transit possibly more going back and forth to school. What a grind!

Could he be couch surfing in Toronto with someone he met at school to be closer to Humber?

 

[Cedars]

So he took the GO to Union station from Hamilton. He is then seen walking at Yonge and Dundas but he needed to get to Yonge and Bloor. Was he walking the entire way? Didn’t take the Subway? That’s a LONG walk.

Good point. I think if he were just going to class, he'd take the subway.

I notice it was the Friday afternoon before the long weekend. I kinda question whether he'd have classes starting after lunch on Friday. Not something schools usually do. Or, of course, he could have skipped class.

My inclination would be he was walking because he was exploring or had someone to meet in that area.

JMO

 

[Cedars]

A CBC article has more information from the family, which indicates, to me, the possibility that Sahil went into a building after the CCTV clip.

"According to the family, officers told them privacy laws can make it harder to access commercial or private CCTV footage beyond initial public spaces."

Also, he told his parents he would soon find work. He was staying with a relative from his village in Hamilton, so that was likely a supportive place.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/sahil-kumar-missing-1.7546003