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Cecil & Huron

Cecil St & Huron St · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Cecil & Huron sits in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core. At the City's last count here, in 2013, it was a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Queen's Park Station (Line 1) 917 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
1,732
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 28, 2013
1,191 pedestrians · 370 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Queen's Park Station 917 m · 14 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
72/100
city median 48 · #706 of 5,672
62 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 269 m

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Cecil & Huron

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 · Mar 28, 2013

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,071 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 62% of the total, against 267 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (263 of 370). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 307 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 304 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 north1,071southbound · 263 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west267eastbound · 17 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,7321,191 pedestrians · 370 cyclists · 1.8% heavy
From the east394westbound · 90 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 307 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 304 from 4:15 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

The worst year was 2016, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 6, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2011

On Huron St between College St and Ursula Franklin St, 309 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2011 put the average speed at 27 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cecil St · Huron St – Glasgow St · 38 mMar 2013 · 3 days1,548———
Huron St · College St – Ursula Franklin St · 309 mMar 2011 · 3 days2,67227 km/h38 km/h44 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

Subway
Queen's Park Station (Line 1)917 m · 11 min; St Patrick Station (Line 1)1 km · 12 min
Streetcar
510 506 505 511 501 nearest 208 m
TTC bus
13 94 nearest 861 m · 10 min
Blue Night
310 306 305 301 307
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ross St / Cecil St - SMART 92 m · 18 docks · 36 stations, 712 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
22 car parks · about 3,946 spaces
EV charging
10 Soho St. · 877 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also 91 Elizabeth St (1.2 km), 10 Portland St (1.4 km)
Bike parking
117 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 104 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.8 km)
Other lots
75 mapped lots within 500 m, 679 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 Larch St · Garage460 m33231% (Q1 2026)
20 St Andrew St · Garage492 m41727% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface556 m3979% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface659 m91 *—
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface1.2 km27 *—

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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Daldongnae Kensington Market, 269 m away. Five specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Spice & Aroma at 139 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 62 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 357 — 8.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sizzler Kabab, 136 m away. The nearest pharmacy is One Community Pharmacy, 285 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Kensington Eye Institute, 634 m away, then SickKids at 868 m. For seniors' housing: Mon Sheong Home For the Aged, a long-term care home 519 m away (two within a kilometre). Cecil Community Centre - Seniors In Action runs a seniors' active living programme 102 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Sizzler Kabab · 381 Spadina Ave136 m
  • Soul Made · 385 Spadina Ave Flr-1136 m
  • Jo's Cha · 387 Spadina Ave140 m
  • Anh Dao Restaurant · 383 Spadina Ave143 m
  • Ba'nk Bao · 375 Spadina Ave151 m
62 within 300 m · 357 within 1 km
Grocery
Daldongnae Kensington Market 269 m · 3 min · 10 within 1 km
Food shops
Spice & Aroma 139 m · 5 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
One Community Pharmacy 285 m · 3 min · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Children's Primary Centre · 44 spaces, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day371 m · 4 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day619 m · 7 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Lord Lansdowne Child Care · 142 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day627 m · 7 min
18 licensed centres · 1,354 spaces within 1 km · 13 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.641 m · 8 min
  • Grange Park North Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs875 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Julius Deutsch Park 11 m; Glasgow Parkette 140 m
Health and care
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site634 m · 8 min
  • SickKids · hospital site868 m · 10 min
  • Mon Sheong Home For the Aged · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km519 m · 6 min
  • Cecil Community Centre - Seniors In Action · seniors' active living centre102 m

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 (21)
  • Julius Deutsch Park33 m
  • Glasgow Street Parkette133 m
  • Lillian H. Smith Park174 m
  • Sonya's Park465 m · 6 min
  • McCaul - Orde Parkette610 m · 7 min
and 16 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (31)
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 216 m
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 224 m
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 371 m · 4 min
  • Heydon Park Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 439 m · 5 min
  • Ronald McDonald HousePrivate · 611 m · 7 min
and 26 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch206 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1 km · 12 min
Places of interest
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 706 m · 8 min
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 843 m · 10 min
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Queen's Park: Legislative Assembly of OntarioLandmark · 1.1 km · 14 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.

72of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #706 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 62 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Queen's Park Station 0.9 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 206 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    4 schools 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

Within a kilometre there are 23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,685 rental units — 11 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 123 Huron St (77 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1914), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
123 Huron St · Phymetrix Ltd.183191486 · Aug 202677 m
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 202691 m
162 Huron St · 1771105 Ontario Ltd184190397 · Jul 202699 m
210 Beverley St · Prudence Management Inc2141892—204 m
69 Baldwin St · Dpm2 Ltd173192798 · Jul 2026288 m · 3 min
123 D'Arcy St · 583647 Ontario Limited243198588 · Sep 2025331 m · 4 min

23 registered buildings · 1,685 units · 11 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

18 thefts from vehicles and 19 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 6.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.7 a year. 89% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 47% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 20, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1862street/outdoor (16), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft1931apartment parking (9), house driveway/garage (5)

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 Kensington-Chinatown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cecil & Huron a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 Cecil & Huron?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2013. Its latest count is from Mar 28, 2013, 19% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Cecil & Huron a walkable intersection?

Cecil & Huron scores 72 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #706 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 62 places to eat within 300 m; 4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; Queen's Park Station 0.9 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Cecil & Huron?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Huron St between College St and Ursula Franklin St (March 2011), 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 Cecil & Huron?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 Larch St (460 m away, 332 spaces, 31% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 679 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,790 spaces — 75 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (877 m).

How do I get to Cecil & Huron by transit?

Queen's Park Station (Line 1) is 917 m away; streetcar routes 510, 506, 505, 511 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 208 m away; bus routes 13, 94 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Cecil & Huron?

62 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 357 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sizzler Kabab (136 m), Soul Made (136 m), Jo's Cha (140 m), Anh Dao Restaurant (143 m) and Ba'nk Bao (151 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Cecil & Huron?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 641 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Grange Park North Washroom (875 m); Grange Park South Washroom (915 m).

Is there child care near Cecil & Huron?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,354 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Primary Centre (371 m, 44 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care (619 m, 34 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Lord Lansdowne Child Care (627 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cecil & Huron?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,685 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 123 Huron St (77 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 160 Huron St (91 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 162 Huron St (99 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 210 Beverley St (204 m, 21 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 87 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Cecil & Huron?

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and 19 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is Cecil & Huron in?

Cecil & Huron is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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