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Argyle & Shaw

Argyle St & Shaw St · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Argyle & Shaw, in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, is a low-volume local intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,840
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 14, 2021
520 pedestrians · 1,354 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4136 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows, Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 360 vehicles an hour, 31% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 47.7% of vehicle volume, about 62× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Argyle & Shaw

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505501504508506 nearest 269 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 205 m
Blue Night
305301304306363
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Shaw St installed 2001; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Argyle St installed 2015
Bike Share
Crawford St / Lobb Ave 171 m · 23 docks · 38 stations, 777 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 (19)
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 139 m
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 553 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 563 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 569 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 642 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 724 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (39)
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park246 m
  • Roxton Road Parkette404 m
  • Osler Playground426 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette510 m
  • Paul E. Garfinkel Park558 m
  • Joseph Workman Park607 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch886 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 687 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 1.4 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.4 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.4 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.4 km
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 59 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 356 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Found Coffee, 53 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés59 within 300 m · 356 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Found Coffee · 189 Shaw St53 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Sass · 180 Shaw St Flr-Ll63 mPassed, Apr 2026
House of Compassion of Toronto · 169 Shaw St129 mPassed, Jul 2026
John Gibson House · 229 Crawford St171 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pilot Coffee Roasters · 109 Ossington Ave183 mPassed, Apr 2026
The Matcha Tokyo · 139 Ossington Ave184 mPassed, Sep 2026
Nutbar · 127 Ossington Ave185 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Delysees Desserts · 131 Ossington Ave190 mPassed, Apr 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 Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom, 226 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 228 m away at Trinity Bellwoods Park.

  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    226 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    236 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    374 m
Drinking water
Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 228 m; Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 276 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,558 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (139 m, 121 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,558 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 18
  • Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care · 49 Givins St
    121 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    139 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    216 m
  • Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) · 319 Ossington Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    553 m
  • Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre · 79 Manning Ave
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    642 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (607 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (819 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 607 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 819 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.2 km1288 Queen St W

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

29 registered apartment buildings with 2,839 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 900 Queen St W (298 m, 22 units, 3 storeys, built 1996), which scored 81 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 29 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 2,839 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 29
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241298 m
300 Shaw Stsocial housing323196690 · Jul 20260359 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240423 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260465 m
138 Claremont Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes183199490 · Aug 20250545 m
255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc163191285 · Aug 20250550 m
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261577 m
11 Churchill Ave · Admp Property Management Inc.173195889 · Jul 20260639 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 lots838 lots · ≈28,440 spaces · 85.3 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈780 spaces
Green P (public)33 car parks · about 2,761 spaces
EV charging (City)248 Shaw St · 222 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking112 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 62 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1117 Dundas St W · Surface304 m3786% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface347 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface593 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
803 Richmond St W · Surface617 m4856% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage621 m152 *

Nearest lots: 171 m away, ≈10 spaces; 172 m away, ≈41 spaces; 174 m away, ≈5 spaces; 186 m away, ≈43 spaces; 200 m away, ≈30 spaces; 228 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 283 Ossington Ave (454 m, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (477 m, 2 ports); 45 Abell St (828 m, 16 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, Oct 14, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 1,372 northbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 114. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 457 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 35% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (339). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% 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 2021, 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 north1,354southbound · 525 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west114eastbound · 416 bikes · 7.9% heavy
Total vehicles2,840520 pedestrians · 1,354 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,372northbound · 413 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour339 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour457 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 14, 2021

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 Shaw St between Pridham Pl and Lobb Ave (161 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 4,900 vehicles a day. Argyle St between Givins St and Argyle Pl measured slower: 17 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 28 km/h (Sep 2021). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Argyle St · Givins St – Argyle Pl · 128 mSep 2021 · 3 days47017 km/h28 km/h38 km/h
Shaw St · Pridham Pl – Lobb Ave · 161 mJun 2022 · 7 days4,91428 km/h35 km/h39 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 (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 9% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 45% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4136 of 5,508
With an injury1#4059 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1532 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201413latest May 29, 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 four thefts from vehicles and ten bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 0 in 2023–2025, about 0.0 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 80% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400street/outdoor (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft1000house driveway/garage (8), other (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 3, 2020. 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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Argyle & Shaw a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Argyle & Shaw?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 14, 2021, 31% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Argyle & Shaw?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Shaw St between Pridham Pl and Lobb Ave (June 2022), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Argyle & Shaw?

The nearest Green P car park is 1117 Dundas St W (304 m away, 37 spaces, 86% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 838 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,440 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 248 Shaw St (222 m).

How do I get to Argyle & Shaw by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 501, 504, 508 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 269 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Argyle & Shaw?

59 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 356 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Found Coffee (53 m), Sass (63 m), House of Compassion of Toronto (129 m), John Gibson House (171 m) and Pilot Coffee Roasters (183 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 Argyle & Shaw?

The nearest is Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom, 790 Queen St W, 226 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (236 m); Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom (374 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 Argyle & Shaw?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,558 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (139 m, 121 spaces), Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (216 m, 35 spaces) and Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) (553 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Argyle & Shaw?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,839 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 900 Queen St W (298 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 300 Shaw St (359 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 100 Lower Ossington Ave (423 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 15 Gore Vale Ave (465 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 45). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 86 out of 100; 3 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 Argyle & Shaw?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and ten 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 Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is Argyle & Shaw in?

Argyle & Shaw is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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