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Adelaide & University

Adelaide St W & University Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Bay Corridor · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

In Yonge-Bay Corridor, in the downtown core, Adelaide & University is an above-average intersection for traffic, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a red-light camera in place since 2017 that issued 577 tickets in 2025, a live City traffic camera and St Andrew Station at the corner. Nearby: Union Station GO 687 m away.

Traffic
27,446
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 3, 2025
28,453 pedestrians · 5,476 cyclists · #450 busiest
Collisions
303
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #289 of 5,519
Getting there
St Andrew Station
subway station within 250 m
24 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
90/100
city median 48 · #42 of 5,672
130 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 154 m

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Adelaide & University

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets, and the red-light camera

Live traffic camera RESCU 8014 · 22 m

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Live camera RESCU 8014 · University Ave & Adelaide St W
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Live camera · RESCU 8014 · University Ave & Adelaide St W
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 3, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 10,645 southbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1. Most cyclists arrived from the west (3,218 of 5,476). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,278 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,195 from 6:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,645southbound · 1,351 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west8,533eastbound · 3,218 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles27,44628,453 pedestrians · 5,476 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east1westbound · 51 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south8,267northbound · 856 bikes · 2.7% heavy

Peak hours: 2,278 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,195 from 6:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2018 was the peak year (45 collisions), and 2025 closed with 23. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 40 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 15 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 19, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jan 15, 2019. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions303#289 of 5,519
With an injury27#574 of 4,669
Property damage only240
Fail to remain40
Involving a pedestrian4#854 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist6#292 of 2,576
Severity not classified36
Since January 2026 (outside the window)15
Killed or seriously injured1#625 of 1,505
Fatal1
Involving a pedestrian1#312 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20066latest Jan 15, 2019

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on University Ave between Pearl St and Lane S of Adelaide and W of University (57 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 24,500 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
University Ave · Pearl St – Lane S of Adelaide and W of University · 57 mJun 2025 · 3 days24,50627 km/h38 km/h44 km/h
Adelaide St W · Duncan St – John St · 327 mSep 2013 · 3 days15,632———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Red-light camera
In operation since 2017; 577 tickets in 2025, 174 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Toronto and East York.
The crossing
Signal 0078, activated 1932 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · bicycle signal

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Andrew Station (Line 1)81 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)194 m; Union Station (Line 1)582 m · 7 min; St Patrick Station (Line 1)609 m · 7 min; King Station (Line 1)690 m · 8 min; Queen Station (Line 1)803 m · 10 min
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville687 m · 8 min
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 698 m · 8 min — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 744 m · 9 min
Streetcar
501 503 504 508 505 509 510 nearest 144 m
TTC bus
19 97 114 202 121 13 nearest 407 m · 5 min
Blue Night
301 304 305 310 320
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on University Ave installed 2022; Cycle Track on Adelaide St W installed 2015
Bike Share
University Ave / Pearl St 68 m · 19 docks · 60 stations, 1,295 docks within 1 km

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

Parking within 2 km

Green P
15 car parks · about 6,092 spaces
EV charging
40 York St · 454 m · 12 Level 2 ports; also Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (789 m), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (789 m)
Bike parking
196 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 45 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (526 m)
Other lots
18 mapped lots within 500 m, 530 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 York St · Garage479 m31141% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage492 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface805 m2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface828 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface921 m27 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: Rabba Marche is 154 m away, one of three grocery stores within 300 m. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest May's Deli at 49 m. There are 130 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 371 eating places within a kilometre — 9.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Cafe Landwer, 20 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 225 m away, one of three within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is SickKids, 901 m away, then Toronto Rehab University Centre at 948 m. University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 833 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Cafe Landwer · 165 University Ave20 m
  • Shaghf Cafe · 170 University Ave Unit-10224 m
  • Soho House Toronto Partnership · 180 University Ave48 m
  • Chop Steakhouse & Bar · 181 University Ave Unit-G149 m
  • Fahrenheit Coffee · 181 University Ave49 m
130 within 300 m · 371 within 1 km
Grocery
Rabba Marche 154 m · 3 within 300 m
Food shops
May's Deli 49 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
4 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Rexall 225 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • George Brown - Richmond Adelaide Childcare Centre · 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day183 m
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 97 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day298 m · 4 min
  • Kids & Company St Andrews · 37 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day305 m · 4 min
18 licensed centres · 1,169 spaces within 1 km · 12 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed548 m · 7 min
  • Metro Hall · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible631 m · 8 min
Health and care
  • SickKids · hospital site901 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Rehab University Centre · hospital site948 m · 11 min
  • University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre · seniors' active living centre833 m · 10 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (31)
  • David Pecaut Square484 m · 6 min
  • Grasett Park497 m · 6 min
  • St. Patricks Square618 m · 7 min
  • Cloud Gardens638 m · 8 min
  • Simcoe Park720 m · 9 min
and 26 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (24)
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 658 m · 8 min
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 680 m · 8 min
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 730 m · 9 min
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 770 m · 9 min
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 777 m · 9 min
and 19 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch813 m · 10 min
Places of interest
  • The 48th Highlanders MuseumMuseum · 230 m
  • Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 240 m
  • Onsite Gallery [at] OCADUGallery · 298 m · 4 min
  • Canada's Walk of FameLandmark · 303 m · 4 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

90of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #42 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    3 grocery stores within 300 m · 130 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    St Andrew Station · 6 stops within 300 m · 24 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 813 m away · 8 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

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

12 registered apartment buildings with 1,188 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 20 St Patrick St (497 m, 256 units, 14 storeys, built 1982), which scored 82 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited25614198282 · Aug 2024497 m · 6 min
50 John St · 1725460 Ontario Inc143194093 · Nov 2025651 m · 8 min
168 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1807197994 · Jul 2025674 m · 8 min
248 Simcoe St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation5312199192 · Aug 2024718 m · 9 min
190 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation264199293 · Aug 2026764 m · 9 min
127 St Patrick St Toronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 2024804 m · 10 min

12 registered buildings · 1,188 units · 8 social housing · tallest 24 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 1.0 a year before that. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle740street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft400street/outdoor (4)

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 Yonge-Bay Corridor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Adelaide & University a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#625 of 1,505), out of 303 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & University?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #450 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.70× the median for a counted intersection, and #41 for pedestrians.

Is Adelaide & University a walkable intersection?

Adelaide & University scores 90 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #42 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 3 grocery stores within 300 m · 130 places to eat within 300 m; St Andrew Station · 6 stops within 300 m · 24 routes within 1 km; 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

Is there a red-light camera at Adelaide & University?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Adelaide & University since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 577 tickets in 2025 (486 in 2024) and 174 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 7,602 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Adelaide & University?

577 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 486 in 2024, and 174 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 7,602 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.

How fast do cars go at Adelaide & University?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on University Ave between Pearl St and Lane S of Adelaide and W of University (June 2025), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Adelaide & University?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 York St (479 m away, 311 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 530 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,580 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 40 York St (454 m).

How do I get to Adelaide & University by transit?

St Andrew Station (Line 1) is 81 m away; Union Station GO is 687 m away; streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 508 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 144 m away; bus routes 19, 97, 114, 202, 121, 13 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Adelaide & University?

130 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 371 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Cafe Landwer (20 m), Shaghf Cafe (24 m), Soho House Toronto Partnership (48 m), Chop Steakhouse & Bar (49 m) and Fahrenheit Coffee (49 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Adelaide & University?

The nearest is Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom, 100 Queen St W, 548 m away. Next nearest: Metro Hall (631 m); Harrison Pool Washroom (665 m).

Is there child care near Adelaide & University?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,169 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are George Brown - Richmond Adelaide Childcare Centre (183 m, 65 spaces), Kinder College Early Learning Centre (298 m, 97 spaces) and Kids & Company St Andrews (305 m, 37 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Adelaide & University?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,188 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 St Patrick St (497 m, 256 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 50 John St (651 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 168 John St (674 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 248 Simcoe St (718 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Adelaide & University?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Yonge-Bay Corridor page.

What neighbourhood is Adelaide & University in?

Adelaide & University is in Yonge-Bay Corridor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 170). 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