Durham police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old in Pickering

Durham Regional Police are asking for help finding 14-year-old Traeson, last seen in the area of Liverpool Road and Finch Avenue in Pickering.

By Daily Durham News

Nov 15, 2026, 5:07 p.m. ET1 min read

A wide street in Pickering with cars, apartment buildings and a GO Transit station sign, under a clear blue sky. File photo. — File photo: Bayly Street in Pickering. This image shows a Pickering street, not the location where Traeson was last seen. (Photo: Dillan Payne / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Credit: Dillan Payne / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Durham Regional Police are asking for the public's help finding a 14-year-old boy missing from Pickering. Police posted the appeal on Sunday afternoon, November 15, saying Traeson was last seen in the area of Liverpool Road and Finch Avenue.

Police describe Traeson as Black, 5 feet 11 inches tall with a slender build. He has brown eyes and short black hair, according to the police appeal.

He was last seen wearing a black Canada Goose jacket, black Jordan shoes and black track pants, and possibly a black Canada Goose hat or toque, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact their local police service. In Durham, call Durham Regional Police at 905-579-1520, ext. 1905.

The appeal was posted to the police service's official Instagram account on Sunday afternoon. It had not yet been added to the service's missing-persons webpage as of Sunday evening.

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