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Adelaide & Duncan

Adelaide St W & Duncan St · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

Adelaide & Duncan is an intersection of typical volume, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Wellington Place, in the downtown core. At the corner: a protected bikeway and parks. Nearby: St Andrew Station (Line 1) 286 m away and Union Station GO 728 m away.

Traffic volume
11,226
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 10, 2025
11,672 pedestrians · 3,320 cyclists · #1618 busiest
Collisions
153
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 123 property damage · #700 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
St Andrew Station 286 m · 8 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 43 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 800 vehicles, 69% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.0 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 29.6% of vehicle volume, about 38× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 15 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 13.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.7× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 37%, from 94 in 2016–2020 to 59 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Adelaide & Duncan

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Andrew Station (Line 1)286 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)305 m; Union Station (Line 1)647 m; St Patrick Station (Line 1)653 m; King Station (Line 1)865 m; Queen Station (Line 1)879 m
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville728 m
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 601 m — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 769 m
Streetcar
504508501503510505509506 nearest 183 m
TTC bus
199711420212113 nearest 654 m
Blue Night
304301310305306320
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Adelaide St W installed 2014
Bike Share
Duncan St / Adelaide St W - SMART 9 m · 12 docks · 60 stations, 1,365 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (34)
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 394 m
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 425 m
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 508 m
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 559 m
  • OCAD University - Main Building 416 977-6000University · 573 m
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 599 m
  • and 28 more
Parks (51)
  • David Pecaut Square224 m
  • Grasett Park225 m
  • St. Patricks Square321 m
  • Simcoe Park411 m
  • Isabella Valancy Crawford Park526 m
  • Grange Park553 m
  • and 45 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch694 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Royal Alexandra TheatrePerforming Arts · 129 m
  • Princess of Wales TheatrePerforming Arts · 152 m
  • Onsite Gallery [at] OCADUGallery · 152 m
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 180 m
  • Canada's Walk of FameLandmark · 191 m
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 198 m
  • TIFF Bell LightboxLandmark · 237 m
  • Roy Thomson HallPerforming Arts · 252 m
Signal
1266, activated 1977 · SA1

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 162 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 364 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Mizunara Japanese Whisky Experience, 21 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés162 within 300 m · 364 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mizunara Japanese Whisky Experience · 19 Duncan St21 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Maaya / Mia · 244 Adelaide St W22 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ivy. Coffee Shop · 17 Duncan St38 mPassed, Sep 2026
10th Floor Market · 19 Duncan Stgrocery38 mPassed, Feb 2026
Pai Restaurant · 18 Duncan St41 mPassed, Aug 2026
Matt's Burger Lab · 254 Adelaide St W45 mPassed, May 2026
Nganda · 254 Adelaide St W45 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gibbons Irish Pub · 26 Duncan St59 mPassed, Jun 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Metro Hall, 228 m away, Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 300 m away at St. Patricks Square.

  • Metro Hall · 55 John Street
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    228 m
  • Harrison Pool Washroom · 15 Stephanie St
    View centre hours
    367 m
  • Grange Park South Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    532 m
Drinking water
St. Patricks Square drinking fountain · 300 m; Grange Park bottle filling station · 512 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

25 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,594 spaces; 17 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kinder College Early Learning Centre (190 m, 97 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km25 centres · 1,594 spaces
Fee subsidy17 of 25
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 218 Richmond St W
    97 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    190 m
  • Metro Hall Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 55 John St
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    228 m
  • Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. · 300 Richmond St W
    62 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    264 m
  • Kids & Company St Andrews · 73 Simcoe St
    37 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    295 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 332 (75 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (674 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 332 · 75 m260 Adelaide St W
Police52 Division · 674 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.1 km58 Richmond St E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,192 rental units — 15 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 John St (300 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 93 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 73 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 28 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings28 · 4,192 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202673 across the 28
Open fire-code violations28
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 John St · 1725460 Ontario Inc143194093 · Nov 20253300 m
20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited25614198282 · Aug 20246 · 7 fire313 m
168 John StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1807197994 · Jul 20254322 m
190 John StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation264199293 · Aug 20260403 m
50 Stephanie St · Bernada Properties28424196680 · Jul 20250472 m
11 Sullivan StToronto Community Housing · TCH173192383 · Sep 20242545 m
57 Spadina Ave · Tricon286362022100 · Jun 20242591 m
127 St Patrick StToronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 20240630 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots787 lots · ≈21,640 spaces · 64.9 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈890 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 6,948 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 458 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking389 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 60 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (625 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
363 Adelaide St W · Surface530 m2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface556 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage557 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
40 York St · Garage561 m31141% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage857 m33231% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 70 m away, ≈22 spaces; 86 m away, ≈29 spaces; 106 m away, ≈38 spaces; 117 m away, ≈4 spaces; 161 m away, ≈26 spaces; 199 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 40 York St (541 m, 12 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (654 m, 11 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (654 m, 40 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Sep 10, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 9,632 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 86% of the total, against 656 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (2,820 of 3,320). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 937 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 957 from 5:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north938southbound · 269 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the west9,632eastbound · 2,820 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles11,22611,672 pedestrians · 3,320 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 18 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south656northbound · 213 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour937 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour957 vehicles from 5:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 10, 2025

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's most recent midblock count on Adelaide St W between Duncan St and John St (68 m away, Sep 2013) recorded volume only — about 15,632 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Adelaide St W · Duncan St – John St · 68 mSep 2013 · 3 days15,632

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2019, with 25 collisions; 2025 recorded 9. 16 collisions (10%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 14 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 13.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions153#700 of 5,508
With an injury16#1081 of 4,660
Property damage only123
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian5#658 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist9#145 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014190latest Apr 18, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Eight thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle840street/outdoor (6), other (1)
Bicycle theft530street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 27, 2025. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Wellington Place.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Adelaide & Duncan a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 153 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Adelaide & Duncan?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1618 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 69% of the median for a counted intersection, and #175 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Adelaide & Duncan?

The nearest Green P car park is 363 Adelaide St W (530 m away, 22 spaces, 95% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 787 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,640 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (458 m).

How do I get to Adelaide & Duncan by transit?

St Andrew Station (Line 1) is 286 m away; Union Station GO is 728 m away; streetcar routes 504, 508, 501, 503 and 4 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 183 m away; bus routes 19, 97, 114, 202, 121, 13 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Adelaide & Duncan?

162 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mizunara Japanese Whisky Experience (21 m), Maaya / Mia (22 m), Ivy. Coffee Shop (38 m), Pai Restaurant (41 m) and Matt's Burger Lab (45 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Adelaide & Duncan?

The nearest is Metro Hall, 55 John Street, 228 m away (Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Harrison Pool Washroom (367 m); Grange Park South Washroom (532 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Adelaide & Duncan?

25 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,594 spaces in total; 17 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kinder College Early Learning Centre (190 m, 97 spaces), Metro Hall Early Learning & Child Care Centre (228 m, 62 spaces) and Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. (264 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Adelaide & Duncan?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,192 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 John St (300 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 20 St Patrick St (313 m, 256 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 168 John St (322 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 190 John St (403 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 28 is 89 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Adelaide & Duncan?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wellington Place page.

What neighbourhood is Adelaide & Duncan in?

Adelaide & Duncan is in Wellington Place (City of Toronto neighbourhood 164). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Toronto Downtown West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined