A man is in hospital in life-threatening condition after being stabbed in Scarborough Saturday night, paramedics say.

Police were called about the stabbing near Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East around 6 p.m.

A robbery may have prompted the assault, police said, noting they are still on the look out for a suspect last seen running north on Markham Road.

The man, about 6 foot and in his 40s, has brown skin and was seen wearing dark clothing, a blazer, dark shoes, and baseball hat, they said.