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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 9, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 9,985 northbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 2,177. Most cyclists arrived from the north (1,825 of 3,692). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,959 vehicles in the hour from 6:45 p.m., 15% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,703). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,703 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,959 from 6:45 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
2016 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 19, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 88 | #1272 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 17 | #1066 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 64 | |
| Fail to remain | 10 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 5 | #492 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 7 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 most recent midblock count on University Ave between Armoury St and Dundas St W (99 m away, Sep 2012) recorded volume only — about 55,345 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on St. Patrick St (218 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 35,064 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Ave · Armoury St – Dundas St W · 99 m | Sep 2012 · 3 days | 55,345 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- St. Patrick St, 218 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 27 km/h; 0.1% at 40 km/h or more. 35,064 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0166, activated 1965 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- St Patrick Station (Line 1)111 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)169 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)579 m · 7 min; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)725 m · 9 min; TMU Station (Line 1)828 m · 10 min; Queen Station (Line 1)908 m · 11 min
- Streetcar
- 505 501 506 504 508 503 nearest 233 m
- TTC bus
- 13 19 97 nearest 471 m · 6 min
- Blue Night
- 305 301 306 304 320
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Cycle Track on University Ave installed 2020
- Bike Share
- Armoury St / Chestnut St 149 m · 14 docks · 58 stations, 1,308 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
- 16 car parks · about 6,272 spaces
- EV charging
- 91 Elizabeth St · 732 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also Yonge Street at Dundas St. (782 m), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (835 m)
- Bike parking
- 85 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 67 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (835 m)
- Other lots
- 22 mapped lots within 500 m, 603 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface | 423 m | 27 * | — |
| 110 Queen St W · Garage | 538 m | 1,636 | 28% (Q1 2026) |
| 205 Mc Caul St · Surface | 810 m | 39 | 79% (Q1 2026) |
| 20 Dundas Sq · Garage | 926 m | 262 | 58% (Q1 2026) |
| 40 Larch St · Garage | 1 km | 332 | 31% (Q1 2026) |
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
The nearest grocery store is Petra Avenue Market, 425 m away; 9 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 364 eating places within a kilometre — 8.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Duke of Cornwall, 64 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Mount Sinai Fertility Pharmacy, 312 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is SickKids, 403 m away, then Toronto Rehab University Centre at 450 m. For seniors' housing: Mon Sheong Home For the Aged, a long-term care home 700 m away. University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 766 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Duke of Cornwall · 400 University Ave64 m
- Mos Mos · 375 University Ave92 m
- Royal Canadian Military Institute - Preparation Kitchen · 426 University Ave160 m
- Jersey Mike's · 425 University Ave160 m
- Cafe 1847 · 330 University Ave183 m
- Grocery
- Petra Avenue Market 425 m · 5 min · 9 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Grange Green Farms 462 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Mount Sinai Fertility Pharmacy 312 m · 4 min · 12 within 1 km
- Child care
- Life-Bridge Child Care · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day195 m
- Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day444 m · 5 min
- Orde Day Care Satellite (St. Patrick Street) · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day469 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed594 m · 7 min
- City Hall · Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm · accessible670 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- SickKids · hospital site403 m · 5 min
- Toronto Rehab University Centre · hospital site450 m · 5 min
- Mon Sheong Home For the Aged · long-term care home700 m · 8 min
- University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre · seniors' active living centre766 m · 9 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 (23)
- Gallery Park466 m · 6 min
- Larry Sefton Park635 m · 8 min
- St. Patricks Square644 m · 8 min
- Toronto City Hall663 m · 8 min
- Grange Park833 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Harrison Pool691 m · 8 min
- Schools (30)
- Contact Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 469 m · 6 min
- OCAD University - Rosalie Sharp PavilionUniversity · 480 m · 6 min
- OCAD University - Annex BuildingUniversity · 488 m · 6 min
- OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 496 m · 6 min
- OCAD University - Main Building 416 977-6000University · 629 m · 7 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library City Hall branch681 m · 8 min
- Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.4 km · 17 min
- Places of interest
- Textile Museum of CanadaMuseum · 236 m
- Osgoode HallLandmark · 260 m · 3 min
- Campbell HouseMuseum · 345 m · 4 min
- Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 381 m · 5 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #263 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
22 registered apartment buildings with 3,926 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 111 Chestnut St (323 m, 144 units, 15 storeys, built 1987), which scored 86 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 Chestnut St Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 144 | 15 | 1987 | 86 · Sep 2024 | 323 m · 4 min |
| 248 Simcoe St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 53 | 12 | 1991 | 92 · Aug 2024 | 379 m · 5 min |
| 110 Edward St social housing · YWCA Toronto | 50 | 5 | 2011 | 88 · Oct 2025 | 464 m · 6 min |
| 127 St Patrick St Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 54 | 12 | 1980 | 92 · Aug 2024 | 470 m · 6 min |
| 20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited | 256 | 14 | 1982 | 82 · Aug 2024 | 523 m · 6 min |
| 150 Elizabeth St social housing · YWCA Toronto | 250 | 17 | 2011 | 85 · Dec 2025 | 537 m · 6 min |
22 registered buildings · 3,926 units · 12 social housing · tallest 43 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 six thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.0× 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 1.6 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from other premises. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 15, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 12 | 6 | 2 | other (6), commercial premises (3) |
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 Armoury & University a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 88 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 Armoury & University?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #746 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.37× the median for a counted intersection, and #149 for pedestrians.
Is Armoury & University a walkable intersection?
Armoury & University scores 82 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #263 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: 4 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; St Patrick Station · 4 stops within 300 m · 20 routes within 1 km; library 681 m away · 5 places of interest within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Where can I park near Armoury & University?
The nearest Green P car park is 130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal (423 m away, 27 spaces). The City's mapping shows 603 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,850 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Elizabeth St (732 m).
How do I get to Armoury & University by transit?
St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 111 m away; streetcar routes 505, 501, 506, 504 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 233 m away; bus routes 13, 19, 97 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Armoury & University?
20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Duke of Cornwall (64 m), Mos Mos (92 m), Royal Canadian Military Institute - Preparation Kitchen (160 m), Jersey Mike's (160 m) and Cafe 1847 (183 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Armoury & University?
The nearest is Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom, 100 Queen St W, 594 m away. Next nearest: City Hall (670 m); Harrison Pool Washroom (691 m).
Is there child care near Armoury & University?
13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 945 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Life-Bridge Child Care (195 m, 57 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre (444 m, 62 spaces) and Orde Day Care Satellite (St. Patrick Street) (469 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Armoury & University?
22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,926 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 111 Chestnut St (323 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 248 Simcoe St (379 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 110 Edward St (464 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 127 St Patrick St (470 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 89 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Armoury & University?
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Yonge-Bay Corridor page.
What neighbourhood is Armoury & University in?
Armoury & University is in Yonge-Bay Corridor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 170). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 9, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 10 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.65310, -79.38757 · centreline node 13466234.