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Bruce & Ossington

Bruce St & Ossington Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Ossington Avenue BIA

Bruce & Ossington, in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, was a quiet local crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it — that was the City's last count here, in 2021. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
3,985
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 13, 2021
1,097 pedestrians · 231 cyclists
Collisions
45
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2225 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
12 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
56/100
city median 48 · #2,031 of 5,672
50 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 732 m

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Bruce & Ossington

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 13, 2021

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 1,875 vehicles entering from the south to 2,110 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the north (116 of 231). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 599 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (516). Trucks and buses were 7.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 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 north2,110southbound · 116 bikes · 7.7% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles3,9851,097 pedestrians · 231 cyclists · 7.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 18 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,875northbound · 97 bikes · 7.7% heavy

Peak hours: 516 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 599 from 4:45 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 9 collisions. 2% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 11, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions45#2225 of 5,519
With an injury1
Property damage only28
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Ossington Ave between Foxley St and Lane N of Foxley and W of Ossington (279 m away) recorded an average of 25 km/h in its 7-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 8,800 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ossington Ave · Foxley St – Lane N of Foxley and W of Ossington · 279 mSep 2025 · 7 days8,83925 km/h34 km/h39 km/h

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 505 504 508 nearest 174 m
TTC bus
63 29 nearest 93 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301 305 304 363 329
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Ossington Ave at Queen St West North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ossington Ave / Bruce St 9 m · 15 docks · 22 stations, 506 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
20 car parks · about 1,465 spaces
EV charging
1051 Queen Street W · 309 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 283 Ossington Ave (560 m), 248 Shaw St (582 m)
Bike parking
112 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 49 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
16 mapped lots within 500 m, 489 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
18 Ossington Ave · Surface111 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface454 m3786% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface522 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage756 m152 *—
45 Abell St · Garage772 m12460% (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 Unboxed Market, 732 m away; 6 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. A specialist food shop is closer still: Andrea's Cookies, 281 m away. There are 50 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 236 eating places within a kilometre — 5.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pho Tien Thanh, 17 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 238 m away, one of two within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.7 km away. For seniors' housing: Maynard Nursing Home, a long-term care home 440 m away. West Neighbourhood House - Social Integration runs a seniors' active living programme 461 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Pho Tien Thanh · 57 Ossington Ave17 m
  • Don't Tell · 59 Ossington Ave19 m
  • Nabe Hana · 70 Ossington Ave21 m
  • Union · 72 Ossington Ave26 m
  • Mandy's · 52 Ossington Ave35 m
50 within 300 m · 236 within 1 km
Grocery
Unboxed Market 732 m · 9 min · 6 within 1 km
Food shops
Andrea's Cookies 281 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 238 m · 8 within 1 km
Child care
  • Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care · 121 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day157 m
  • Queen Street Childcare Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day585 m · 7 min
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 35 spaces, school age · fee subsidy646 m · 8 min
8 licensed centres · 586 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.649 m · 8 min
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible650 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Osler Playground 311 m · 4 min; Paul E. Garfinkel Park 379 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 21 min
  • Maynard Nursing Home · long-term care home440 m · 5 min
  • West Neighbourhood House - Social Integration · seniors' active living centre461 m · 5 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 (24)
  • Osler Playground397 m · 5 min
  • Paul E. Garfinkel Park402 m · 5 min
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette618 m · 7 min
  • Lisgar Park661 m · 8 min
  • Roxton Road Parkette680 m · 8 min
and 19 more within 1.5 km
Schools (11)
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 157 m
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 721 m · 9 min
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 848 m · 10 min
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 909 m · 11 min
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.2 km · 14 min
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.3 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 577 m · 7 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.

56of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,031 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    6 grocery stores within 1 km · 50 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit17/28

    6 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation9/10

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

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

14 registered apartment buildings with 1,269 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 100 Lower Ossington Ave (206 m, 179 units, 8 storeys, built 2013), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 14 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 2024206 m
900 Queen St W social housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 2024462 m · 6 min
55 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation1169200596 · Aug 2026612 m · 7 min
24 Shaw St social housing2009198987 · Aug 2026670 m · 8 min
255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc163191285 · Aug 2025685 m · 8 min
300 Shaw St social housing323196690 · Jul 2026686 m · 8 min

14 registered buildings · 1,269 units · 5 social housing · tallest 18 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 one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft420street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1)

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 & Ossington a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 45 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 & Ossington?

A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Oct 13, 2021, 43% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Bruce & Ossington a walkable intersection?

Bruce & Ossington scores 56 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,031 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: 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 grocery stores within 1 km · 50 places to eat within 300 m.

How fast do cars go at Bruce & Ossington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ossington Ave between Foxley St and Lane N of Foxley and W of Ossington (September 2025), found an average of 25 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 & Ossington?

The nearest Green P car park is 18 Ossington Ave (111 m away, 20 spaces). The City's mapping shows 489 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,800 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (309 m).

How do I get to Bruce & Ossington by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 505, 504, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 174 m away; bus routes 63, 29, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ossington Ave at Queen St West North Side, 93 m).

What restaurants are near Bruce & Ossington?

50 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 236 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pho Tien Thanh (17 m), Don't Tell (19 m), Nabe Hana (21 m), Union (26 m) and Mandy's (35 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Bruce & Ossington?

The nearest is Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom, 790 Queen St W, 649 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (650 m); Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom (911 m).

Is there child care near Bruce & Ossington?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 586 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (157 m, 121 spaces), Queen Street Childcare Centre (585 m, 49 spaces) and Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (646 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bruce & Ossington?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,269 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 100 Lower Ossington Ave (206 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 900 Queen St W (462 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 55 Lisgar St (612 m, 116 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 24 Shaw St (670 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 83 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Bruce & Ossington?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is Bruce & Ossington in?

Bruce & Ossington is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Ossington Avenue Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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