Earlier this year, Uber opened an Advanced Technologies Group office in the city with a focus on self-driving vehicles. And Toronto overall is making a case for itself as a city of the future. Last month, Alphabet announced that it'd be making a $50 million investment in the city along the waterfront. That'll create the Quayside neighborhood, where infrastructure is being built with autonomous vehicles in mind.

Does that mean Lyft and Uber will come to blows? Likely not. Uber can't exactly afford another PR nightmare at the moment.