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Cecil & Ross

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

Cecil & Ross, in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has 4 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Queen's Park Station (Line 1) 558 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
828
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 2, 2013
386 pedestrians · 183 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4521 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
Queen's Park Station 558 m · 5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 41 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 100 vehicles an hour, 9% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.1 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 22.1% of vehicle volume, about 29× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.8 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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Cecil & Ross

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Queen's Park Station (Line 1)558 m; St Patrick Station (Line 1)656 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)937 m
Streetcar
506510505501511 nearest 203 m
TTC bus
139419 nearest 543 m
Blue Night
306310305301307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ross St / Cecil St - SMART 29 m · 18 docks · 53 stations, 1,099 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 (51)
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 115 m
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 185 m
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 208 m
  • Heydon Park Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 241 m
  • Ronald McDonald HousePrivate · 291 m
  • Orde Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 388 m
  • and 45 more
Parks (43)
  • Julius Deutsch Park68 m
  • Glasgow Street Parkette170 m
  • Lillian H. Smith Park193 m
  • McCaul - Orde Parkette323 m
  • Sonya's Park468 m
  • Gallery Park468 m
  • and 37 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch219 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch900 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 461 m
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 717 m
  • Queen's Park: Legislative Assembly of OntarioLandmark · 719 m
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 748 m
  • Textile Museum of CanadaMuseum · 808 m
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 824 m
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 939 m
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 103 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores, and 349 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Polish Combatants' Association, Branch 20, 68 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés103 within 300 m · 349 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Polish Combatants' Association, Branch 20 · 206 Beverley St Unit-268 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Yuugi Izakaya · 49 Baldwin St177 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Dahu Hotpot · 47 Baldwin St182 mPassed, Mar 2026
Larb Muang · 45 Baldwin St189 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Tiger Den Tavern · 45 Baldwin St189 mPassed, Dec 2025
Terima Coffee + Pantry Bar · 233 College St197 mPassed, Sep 2025
Cosmic Pizza & Donair · 233 College St197 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tahini's Restaurant · 233 College St197 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 584 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 89 m away at Julius Deutsch Park.

  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    584 m
  • Grange Park North Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    600 m
  • Grange Park South Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    610 m
Drinking water
Julius Deutsch Park drinking fountain · 89 m; Glasgow Parkette bottle filling station · 177 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

22 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,666 spaces; 16 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Primary Centre (208 m, 44 spaces, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km22 centres · 1,666 spaces
Fee subsidy16 of 22
  • Children's Primary Centre · 177 Beverley St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    208 m
  • Orde Day Care Centre (Orde Street) · 18 Orde St
    146 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    388 m
  • Hydrokids - Opg · 700 University Ave
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    483 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre · 292 Dundas St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    484 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (683 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (598 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 683 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 598 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.6 km58 Richmond St E

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

35 registered apartment buildings with 3,868 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 18 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 210 Beverley St (80 m, 21 units, 4 storeys, built 1892). None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 68 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 34 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 3,868 units · 18 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202668 across the 35
Open fire-code violations34
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
210 Beverley St · Prudence Management Inc2141892080 m
123 Huron St · Phymetrix Ltd.183191486 · Aug 2026094 m
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 20263148 m
162 Huron St · 1771105 Ontario Ltd184190397 · Jul 20260153 m
69 Baldwin St · Dpm2 Ltd173192798 · Jul 20260164 m
6 Henry StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1054197892 · Aug 20260210 m
123 D'Arcy St · 583647 Ontario Limited243198588 · Sep 20250311 m
222 Elm St · Sterling Karamar Property Management26815197083 · Jun 202415 · 1 fire361 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 lots1,020 lots · ≈23,260 spaces · 69.8 ha
Within 500 m115 lots · ≈2,170 spaces
Green P (public)33 car parks · about 5,982 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 786 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking223 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 78 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.1 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
205 Mc Caul St · Surface312 m3979% (Q1 2026)
20 St Andrew St · Garage407 m41727% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage423 m33231% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface622 m91 *
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface854 m27 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈13 spaces; 56 m away, ≈38 spaces; 64 m away, ≈39 spaces; 73 m away, ≈30 spaces; 76 m away, ≈13 spaces; 84 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 91 Elizabeth St (816 m, 2 ports); 10 Portland St (1.1 km, 4 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (1.1 km, 11 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, Apr 2, 2013

The west leg carries the load — 552 eastbound vehicles, or 67% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 276. Most cyclists arrived from the west (130 of 183). Morning rush is the busier period: 138 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 109 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 15.1% 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is 13 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 north0southbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west552eastbound · 130 bikes · 12.1% heavy
Total vehicles828386 pedestrians · 183 cyclists · 15.1% heavy
From the east276westbound · 44 bikes · 21.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour138 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour109 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 2, 2013

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 most recent midblock count on Cecil St between Ross St and Huron St (48 m away, Mar 2013) recorded volume only — about 1,575 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cecil St · Ross St – Huron St · 48 mMar 2013 · 3 days1,575

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 (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 63% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from May 13, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4521 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201410latest May 13, 2024

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 15 thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.2 a year. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 57% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1570street/outdoor (12), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft700apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 25, 2025. 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 & Ross a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 & Ross?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 2, 2013, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Cecil & Ross?

The nearest Green P car park is 205 Mc Caul St (312 m away, 39 spaces, 79% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 1,020 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,260 spaces — 115 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (786 m).

How do I get to Cecil & Ross by transit?

Queen's Park Station (Line 1) is 558 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510, 505, 501 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 203 m away; bus routes 13, 94, 19 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Cecil & Ross?

103 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 349 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Polish Combatants' Association, Branch 20 (68 m), Yuugi Izakaya (177 m), Dahu Hotpot (182 m), Larb Muang (189 m) and Tiger Den Tavern (189 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 Cecil & Ross?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 584 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Grange Park North Washroom (600 m); Grange Park South Washroom (610 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 Cecil & Ross?

22 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,666 spaces in total; 16 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Primary Centre (208 m, 44 spaces), Orde Day Care Centre (Orde Street) (388 m, 146 spaces) and Hydrokids - Opg (483 m, 82 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cecil & Ross?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,868 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 210 Beverley St (80 m, 21 units), 123 Huron St (94 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 160 Huron St (148 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 162 Huron St (153 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 87 out of 100. 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 Cecil & Ross?

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and seven 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 Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is Cecil & Ross in?

Cecil & Ross 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