Police are investigating after seven women on their way to work in downtown Toronto were robbed at gunpoint in separate instances likely by the same man early Friday morning.

There are no reports of violence or injuries, and Toronto police said they were all robbed by a man between 6:20 and 7:30 a.m.

All the victims described the suspect as white, between 20 and 30 years old, five feet 10 inches tall with short spiky black hair.

He smelled of alcohol and cigarettes with a red stain on one hand and he had a black handgun, the victims said.

Police set up a command post shortly after 9 a.m. at 777 Bloor Street West, close to Christie Street and are looking for the suspect.

They said all five of the robberies occurred in that area, and they are investigating two other armed robberies south of Bloor Street.

Police had earlier said they believed the robberies occurred over a much larger area of the city, but have since revised that information.

Toronto Police Sgt. Barry White said in each of the robberies, the women did the right thing by not resisting and handing over the money.

"The easiest thing and the safest thing to do is give what the person is asking for, let them get on their way and call us."