Toronto · intersection

Bruce & Givins

Bruce St & Givins St · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Bruce & Givins, in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
314
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 13, 2021
262 pedestrians · 70 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5268 of 5,508
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
4 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 40 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 3% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.2 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 22.3% of vehicle volume, about 29× the typical share. That comes with about 0.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Bruce & Givins

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501505504508 nearest 186 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 141 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301305304363329
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ossington Ave / Bruce St 107 m · 15 docks · 42 stations, 882 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 (16)
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 46 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 553 m
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 682 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 748 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 749 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 816 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (39)
  • Osler Playground339 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park367 m
  • Paul E. Garfinkel Park389 m
  • Joseph Workman Park440 m
  • Roxton Road Parkette548 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette570 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 530 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.2 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 1.3 km
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 68 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 358 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Cravin Cream, 53 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés68 within 300 m · 358 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cravin Cream · 25a Givins St53 mPassed, Jun 2026
Don't Tell · 59 Ossington Ave97 mPassed, Jun 2026
Giftshop · 89 Ossington Ave100 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
Pho Tien Thanh · 57 Ossington Ave105 mPassed, Sep 2026
Bang Bang · 95 Ossington Ave117 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Sass · 180 Shaw St Flr-Ll119 mPassed, Apr 2026
Nabe Hana · 70 Ossington Ave120 mPassed, Mar 2026
Union · 72 Ossington Ave121 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 Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 257 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 300 m away at Trinity Bellwoods Park.

  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    257 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    276 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    536 m
Drinking water
Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 300 m; Osler Playground bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 339 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 1,391 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (46 m, 121 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,391 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 17
  • Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care · 49 Givins St
    121 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    46 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    249 m
  • Queen Street Childcare Centre · 10 White Squirrel Way
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    494 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    661 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (684 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (879 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 684 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 879 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.1 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

30 registered apartment buildings with 3,868 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 900 Queen St W (216 m, 22 units, 3 storeys, built 1996), which scored 81 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 30 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 76 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings30 · 3,868 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202676 across the 30
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241216 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240241 m
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261426 m
300 Shaw Stsocial housing323196690 · Jul 20260513 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260515 m
55 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation1169200596 · Aug 20261541 m
255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc163191285 · Aug 20250558 m
45 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation29114201091 · Aug 202620595 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 lots773 lots · ≈27,620 spaces · 82.9 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈980 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 2,553 spaces
EV charging (City)1051 Queen Street W · 304 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking174 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 62 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
18 Ossington Ave · Surface170 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface412 m3786% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface444 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage466 m152 *
803 Richmond St W · Surface602 m4856% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 24 m away, ≈41 spaces; 62 m away, ≈10 spaces; 118 m away, ≈10 spaces; 131 m away, ≈45 spaces; 168 m away, ≈20 spaces (Green P); 196 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 248 Shaw St (385 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (567 m, 2 ports); 45 Abell St (660 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 13, 2021

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 152 vehicles entering from the west to 162 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the north (31 of 70). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 62 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 55% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (40). Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% 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 north162southbound · 31 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west152eastbound · 13 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles314262 pedestrians · 70 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 26 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour40 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour62 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 13, 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 Givins St between Bruce St and Argyle St (75 m away) recorded an average of 24 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Givins St · Bruce St – Argyle St · 75 mMay 2025 · 3 days41024 km/h34 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 33% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Aug 19, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5268 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2516 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20143latest Aug 19, 2025

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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle220house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft001

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 19, 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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bruce & Givins a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Bruce & Givins?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 13, 2021, 3% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bruce & Givins?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Givins St between Bruce St and Argyle St (May 2025), found an average of 24 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bruce & Givins?

The nearest Green P car park is 18 Ossington Ave (170 m away, 20 spaces). The City's mapping shows 773 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,620 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (304 m).

How do I get to Bruce & Givins by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 505, 504, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 186 m away; bus routes 63, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bruce & Givins?

68 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 358 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cravin Cream (53 m), Don't Tell (97 m), Giftshop (100 m), Pho Tien Thanh (105 m) and Bang Bang (117 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 Bruce & Givins?

The nearest is Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 155 Crawford St, 257 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (276 m); Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom (536 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 Bruce & Givins?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,391 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 (46 m, 121 spaces), Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (249 m, 35 spaces) and Queen Street Childcare Centre (494 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bruce & Givins?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,868 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 900 Queen St W (216 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 100 Lower Ossington Ave (241 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 24 Shaw St (426 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 300 Shaw St (513 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 87 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 Bruce & Givins?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is Bruce & Givins in?

Bruce & Givins 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