Police are seeking the public\u2019s help in finding a 17-year-old Mississauga boy who went missing in the city early on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Detectives from the Peel Regional Police 11 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau said they need the public\u2019s assistance in locating the teen, whose given name is Qays.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The boy was last seen at 4:30 a.m. on July 20 at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue West and Creditview Road in the city\u2019s west end, police said in a news release issued on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Qays is further described as white, 6-foot tall, with a medium build, brown curly hair and green eyes. He was last known to be wearing a black V-neck T-shirt and black-and-grey plaid pyjama pants.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice and family are concerned for his well-being,\u201d Peel police said in the news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on Qays\u2019 whereabouts is asked to contact the 11 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at 905-453-3311, ext. 1133.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Peel police and several other GTA police forces, including in Toronto, adopted a policy in 2023 in which they make public only the given names of people who\u2019ve gone missing.<\/p>\n
When deemed necessary by investigators, they will release surnames of missing persons as well, police said earlier.<\/p>\n
Peel police numbers show they investigate anywhere from 1,200 to 2,000 missing persons cases each year.<\/p>\n
While statistics from 2025 aren\u2019t yet available, the numbers show police in Mississauga and Brampton looked into 2,009 missing persons cases in 2024.<\/p>\n
Going back a bit farther, Peel police handled 1,893 such cases in 2023, 1,851 cases in 2022, 1,418 cases in 2021 and 1,239 missing persons cases in 2020.<\/p>\n
Across Canada, just over 68,000 people went missing in 2025, according to the RCMP.<\/p>\n