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Church & Charles

Church St & Charles St E · Toronto, Ontario · Church-Wellesley · Ward 13, Toronto Centre · Bloor-Yorkville BIA

Church & Charles is a mid-volume intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Church-Wellesley, in central Toronto. It has Bloor Station, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner.

Traffic volume
13,605
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 9, 2025
7,884 pedestrians · 1,024 cyclists · #1422 busiest
Collisions
92
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 71 property damage · #1209 of 5,508 · +8 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Bloor Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 27 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 970 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 84% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 7.5% of vehicle volume, about 9.7× the typical share. On average 9.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 6.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.36× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 16%, from 50 in 2016–2020 to 42 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Church & Charles

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bloor Station (Line 1)245 m; Yonge Station (Line 2)332 m; Wellesley Station (Line 1)377 m; Sherbourne Station (Line 2)589 m; Bay Station (Line 2)618 m; Rosedale Station (Line 1)866 m; College Station (Line 1)886 m; Museum Station (Line 1)910 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 513 m
TTC bus
97941975138265 nearest 297 m
Blue Night
306300320365
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Isabella St / Church St 119 m · 27 docks · 49 stations, 1,058 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 (40)
  • Humber College - International Graduate SchoolCollege · 121 m
  • The Abelard Centre For EducationPrivate · 262 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella NorthEnglish Separate · 440 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella CampusEnglish Separate · 445 m
  • Jarvis Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 529 m
  • National Ballet School - Maison Staines House & Salle Currie HallPrivate · 582 m
  • and 34 more
Community centres
Parks (51)
  • Charles Street Parkette107 m
  • George Hislop Park235 m
  • Norman Jewison Park295 m
  • Asquith Green Park321 m
  • Milner Parkette330 m
  • Barbara Hall Park342 m
  • and 45 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch445 m
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch570 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch683 m
Places of interest
  • CAA Theatre (formerly Panasonic Theatre)Performing Arts · 303 m
  • The Japan FoundationMuseum · 360 m
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 439 m
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 656 m
  • Buddies in Bad Times TheatrePerforming Arts · 679 m
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 681 m
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 744 m
  • Mattamy Athletic CentreSports / Entertainment Venue · 823 m
Signal
0225, activated 1974 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 80 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores, and 357 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Onoir, 43 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés80 within 300 m · 357 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Onoir · 620 Church St43 mPassed, Aug 2026
Town Inn Suites · 620 Church St43 mPassed, May 2024
Town Star Food Mart · 599 Church Stgrocery55 mPassed, May 2026
A&W · 642 Church St76 mPassed, Jan 2026
Say Coffee · 66 Isabella St108 mPassed, Jul 2026
Toronto Grace Health Centre Kitchen · 650 Church St118 mPassed, Sep 2026
Burgers N' Fries Forever · 175 Bloor St E140 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hale Coffee · 175 Bloor St E140 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Wellesley Community Centre Washroom, 664 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 234 m away at George Hislop Park.

  • Wellesley Community Centre Washroom · 495 Sherbourne St
    View centre hours
    664 m
Drinking water
George Hislop Park drinking fountain · 234 m; Asquith Green Park bottle filling station · 311 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,140 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site (252 m, 85 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,140 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 13
  • Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site · 160 Bloor St E
    85 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    252 m
  • University of Toronto Childcare On Charles · 35 Charles St W
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    427 m
  • Wellesley Early Learning Centre - Earlscourt Creche Cdi · 495 Sherbourne St
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    656 m
  • YMCA Child Development Centre (YMCA) · 15 Breadalbane St
    144 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    670 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 312 (587 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 312 · 587 m34 Yorkville Ave
Police52 Division · 1.8 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.1 km135 Davenport Rd

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

138 registered apartment buildings with 21,523 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 6.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 66 Isabella St (108 m, 411 units, 27 storeys, built 2016), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 138 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 521 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 148 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings138 · 21,523 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026521 across the 138
Open fire-code violations148
Tallest51 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
66 Isabella St · Park Property Management Inc.41127201695 · Jun 20246 · 6 fire108 m
48 Isabella St · Hollyburn Properties Ltd8410196095 · Jun 20251144 m
81 Isabella St · Akelius Canada Ltd483192896 · Jun 20251153 m
608 Church St · Cogir Real Estate354191095 · Nov 20250159 m
42 Isabella St244195595 · Aug 20260159 m
59 Isabella St · Falconwin Property Management10114196387 · Jun 20250 · 8 fire161 m
96 Isabella St · Imperra General Management284191787 · Jun 20251168 m
89 Isabella St · Signet Group Inc7613195991 · Aug 20260185 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 lots871 lots · ≈22,470 spaces · 67.4 ha
Within 500 m82 lots · ≈2,110 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 4,417 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Charles St E. · 219 m · 22 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking154 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 72 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.8 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Charles St E · Garage227 m64618% (Q1 2026)
13 Isabella St · Surface271 m3073% (Q1 2026)
15 Wellesley St E · Surface516 m12654% (Q1 2026)
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage803 m17575% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface903 m9175% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈41 spaces; 67 m away, ≈24 spaces; 90 m away, ≈23 spaces; 91 m away, ≈7 spaces; 93 m away, ≈15 spaces; 127 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 9 Wellesley St W. (574 m, 8 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (736 m, 9 ports); 186 Carlton St (1.1 km, 1 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 — 14-hour, Sep 9, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 5,525 southbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 22. Most cyclists arrived from the north (472 of 1,024). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,243 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 1,105 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north5,525southbound · 472 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west22eastbound · 50 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,6057,884 pedestrians · 1,024 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east4,060westbound · 157 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south3,998northbound · 345 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,243 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,105 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 9, 2025

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 Charles St E between Church St and Al Sparrow Lane (22 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 6,093 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Charles St E · Church St – Al Sparrow Lane · 22 mNov 2011 · 3 days6,093
Church St · Charles St E – Hayden St · 43 mSep 2012 · 3 days11,648

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

2019 was the peak year (15 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions92#1209 of 5,508
With an injury7#2202 of 4,660
Property damage only71
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian1#2311 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1674 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014128latest Jun 20, 2026

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Mar 14, 2011.

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 14 thefts from vehicles and 48 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 10× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 14 in 2023–2025, about 4.7 a year, against 6.9 a year before that. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1443street/outdoor (9), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft48101apartment parking (24), street/outdoor (15)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 6, 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 Church-Wellesley.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Church & Charles a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 92 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 Church & Charles?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1422 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 84% of the median for a counted intersection, and #276 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Church & Charles?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 Charles St E (227 m away, 646 spaces, 18% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 871 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,470 spaces — 82 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Charles St E. (219 m).

How do I get to Church & Charles by transit?

Bloor Station (Line 1) is 245 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 513 m away; bus routes 97, 94, 19, 75, 13, 82, 65 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Church & Charles?

80 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 357 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Onoir (43 m), Town Inn Suites (43 m), A&W (76 m), Say Coffee (108 m) and Toronto Grace Health Centre Kitchen (118 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 Church & Charles?

The nearest is Wellesley Community Centre Washroom, 495 Sherbourne St, 664 m away (View centre hours). 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 Church & Charles?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,140 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site (252 m, 85 spaces), University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (427 m, 73 spaces) and Wellesley Early Learning Centre - Earlscourt Creche Cdi (656 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Church & Charles?

138 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 21,523 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 66 Isabella St (108 m, 411 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 48 Isabella St (144 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 81 Isabella St (153 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 608 Church St (159 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 138 is 88 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 Church & Charles?

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and 48 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 4 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 Church-Wellesley page.

What neighbourhood is Church & Charles in?

Church & Charles is in Church-Wellesley (City of Toronto neighbourhood 167). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise. The corner falls inside the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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