Toronto police have cancelled an Amber Alert for a three-year-old girl. The child and her mother were located and taken to 22 Division headquarters in Etobicoke.

"I want to thank the public for their assistance and to everybody who called in ...," Toronto Police Det. Patrick McGrade said Wednesday. "As a result of the investigation by the Toronto Police and other agencies, we were able to ascertain her location."

The pair arrived at the police station at 3:45 p.m. Police had received information they were at a hotel in Mississauga and went to retrieve them. McGrade said the little girl was cheerful when police found her.

However, the mother was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph's hospital a short time later. She was reportedly in stable condition. The daughter was taken for a routine checkup and is said to be fine. She will be placed in a temporary foster home.

Almost two hours before the two were located, Const. Tony Vella had urged the mother to contact authorities.

"We do care about your daughter's safety," he said.

The Children’s Aid Society had obtained a court order granting them temporary custody of the child. Arrangements were made for the mother to drop off her child to CAS offices on Tuesday, said Det. Sgt. Madelaine Tretter with 22 Division.

She never showed up.

However, the mother was seen in the Home Depot parking lot Tuesday night.

A taxi driver told authorities he picked up the woman from her Etobicoke home and drove her to the parking lot on the Queensway. He said the woman was only carrying a bag and had no child with her. Tretter said the cabbie told them the woman was crying and they didn't converse during the trip.

He told police he saw the woman get into a light blue SUV with another woman. He did not spot the child in the car nor did he take note of the car's licence plate.

The last confirmed sighting of the girl occurred three days ago, the detective said.

Tretter wouldn’t specify why the mother lost custody of her daughter but had said that police had reason to believe the child may have been in danger.

Tretter said police searched the woman’s home and are combed the immediate area for any signs of the child. They also tried to locate the mother's relatives and acquaintances.

The mother has other children but the three-year-old was the only one under her custody.

A police command post had been set up just south of Lake Shore Boulevard between Sixth and Seventh Street in Etobicoke.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Janice Golding