Toronto · intersection · signal 2636

Adelaide & Ontario (East)

Adelaide St E & Ontario St (East) · Toronto, Ontario · Moss Park · Ward 13, Toronto Centre · Old Town Toronto BIA

Adelaide & Ontario (East), in Moss Park, in the downtown core, is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has a protected bikeway and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
9,374
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 2, 2022
981 pedestrians · 91 cyclists
Collisions
32
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2681 of 5,508 · +1 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 63 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,170 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 3.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 67%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Adelaide & Ontario (East)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
503504508501505506 nearest 94 m
TTC bus
7565121202114 nearest 202 m
Blue Night
304301305306365
Nearest stops
23 surface stops within 300 m — King St East at Ontario St
Cycling
Cycle Track on Adelaide St E installed 2015
Bike Share
Ontario St / Adelaide St E -SMART 103 m · 20 docks · 57 stations, 1,226 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 (29)
  • Liberty Prep SchoolPrivate · 285 m
  • Market Lane Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 335 m
  • George Brown College - St James CampusCollege · 366 m
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 476 m
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 565 m
  • Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 583 m
  • and 23 more
Parks (51)
  • 40 Power St Park312 m
  • Little Trinity Church Lands328 m
  • Parliament Square Park404 m
  • Orphan's Green418 m
  • David Crombie Park444 m
  • Moss Park475 m
  • and 45 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch332 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 97 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 288 m
  • Toronto's First Post OfficeMuseum · 350 m
  • Young People's TheatrePerforming Arts · 360 m
  • Museum of Illusions TorontoMuseum · 398 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 543 m
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 583 m
  • St. James ParkNature/ Park · 590 m
Signal
2636, activated 2025 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 41 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 337 eating places within a kilometre — 4.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Banknote Bar, 30 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés41 within 300 m · 337 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 63 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Banknote Bar · 474 Adelaide St E30 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Hawa Beirut · 466 Adelaide St E38 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Kung Fu Tea · 442 Adelaide St E66 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
6ix Pickle · 102 Berkeley St125 mPassed, Jul 2025
Skip Express Lane · 381 Richmond St E129 mPassed, Nov 2024
The Fare Food Co · 300 King St E Unit-200grocery132 mPassed, May 2026
Tahini's · 325 King St E Unit-170136 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Meza Group · 411 Richmond St E Bsmt-3139 mPassed, Aug 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 St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 339 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 334 m away at Little Trinity Church Lands.

  • St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 230 The Esplanade
    View centre hours
    339 m
  • John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 150 Sherbourne St
    View centre hours
    453 m
  • St Lawrence North · 92 Front Street East
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    589 m
Drinking water
Little Trinity Church Lands drinking fountain · 334 m; David Crombie Park drinking fountain · 392 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,237 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Liberty Prep Parliament (285 m, 35 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,237 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 17
  • Liberty Prep Parliament · 162 Parliament St
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool
    285 m
  • St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) · 230 the Esplanade
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    335 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) · 80 Sackville St
    52 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    476 m
  • Distillery District Early Learning Centre · 8 Distillery Lane
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    513 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (240 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (335 m) and the nearest ambulance station 844 m away.

FireFire Station 333 · 240 m207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 335 m51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 844 m58 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

82 registered apartment buildings with 9,328 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 55 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 501 Adelaide St E (69 m, 180 units, 13 storeys, built 2009), which scored 90 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 82 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 149 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 90 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings82 · 9,328 units · 55 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026149 across the 82
Open fire-code violations90
Tallest31 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
501 Adelaide St EToronto Community Housing · Greenwin18013200990 · Nov 20250 · 1 fire69 m
101 Ontario Stsocial housing528200592 · Oct 20250208 m
132 Berkeley St · Concert Realty Services Ltd.177102013100 · Nov 20251239 m
31 Princess Stsocial housing · Kral Property Management Inc.8210199481 · Jun 20240288 m
171 Front St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation613198293 · Nov 20250344 m
285 Shuter StToronto Community Housing · TCH30015196477 · Nov 20257356 m
275 Shuter StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation29916196482 · Nov 20250379 m
155 Sherbourne StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30116197388 · Jul 20264 · 3 fire420 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 lots746 lots · ≈27,310 spaces · 81.9 ha
Within 500 m88 lots · ≈2,900 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 7,056 spaces
EV charging (City)2 Church St. · 886 m · 24 Level 2 + 4 fast ports
Bike parking227 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 62 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
323 Richmond St E · Garage208 m25253% (Q1 2026)
271 Front Street East · Surface303 m83 *
44 Parliament Street · Surface396 m120 *
31A Parliament Street · Surface501 m230 *
373 Front Street East · Surface547 m450 *

Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈22 spaces; 93 m away, ≈24 spaces; 110 m away, ≈104 spaces; 115 m away, ≈33 spaces; 124 m away, ≈7 spaces; 146 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr. (1 km, 5 ports); 51 Dockside Dr (1 km, 6 ports); Yonge Street at Dundas St. (1.3 km, 8 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 — 8-hour, Mar 2, 2022

The west leg carries the load — 8,923 eastbound vehicles, or 95% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 451. Most cyclists arrived from the west (74 of 91). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,494 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 47% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,013). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north451southbound · 9 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west8,923eastbound · 74 bikes · 4.1% heavy
Total vehicles9,374981 pedestrians · 91 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 6 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,013 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,494 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 2, 2022

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 counter on Adelaide St E between Princess St and Ontario St (61 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 13,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Adelaide St E · Princess St – Ontario St · 61 mOct 2017 · 3 days12,96442 km/h50 km/h55 km/h

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

2023 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 6% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions32#2681 of 5,508
With an injury2#3567 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian2#1520 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201435latest May 8, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place 24 thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 6.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 4.6 a year before that. 88% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 58% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2411street/outdoor (21), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft1230apartment parking (7), street/outdoor (4)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 10, 2026. 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 Moss Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Adelaide & Ontario (East) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 32 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 & Ontario (East)?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 2, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Adelaide & Ontario (East)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Adelaide St E between Princess St and Ontario St (October 2017), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Adelaide & Ontario (East)?

The nearest Green P car park is 323 Richmond St E (208 m away, 252 spaces, 53% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 746 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,310 spaces — 88 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2 Church St. (886 m).

How do I get to Adelaide & Ontario (East) by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 504, 508, 501 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 94 m away; bus routes 75, 65, 121, 202, 114 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St East at Ontario St, 202 m).

What restaurants are near Adelaide & Ontario (East)?

41 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 337 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Banknote Bar (30 m), Hawa Beirut (38 m), Kung Fu Tea (66 m), 6ix Pickle (125 m) and Skip Express Lane (129 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 & Ontario (East)?

The nearest is St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 230 The Esplanade, 339 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom (453 m); St Lawrence North (589 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 & Ontario (East)?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,237 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Liberty Prep Parliament (285 m, 35 spaces), St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) (335 m, 74 spaces) and Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) (476 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Adelaide & Ontario (East)?

82 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,328 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 501 Adelaide St E (69 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 101 Ontario St (208 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 132 Berkeley St (239 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 31 Princess St (288 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 82 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 & Ontario (East)?

Toronto Police place 24 thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Moss Park page.

What neighbourhood is Adelaide & Ontario (East) in?

Adelaide & Ontario (East) is in Moss Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 073). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise. The corner falls inside the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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