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Church & Hayden

Church St & Hayden St · Toronto, Ontario · Church-Wellesley · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Bloor-Yorkville BIA

Church & Hayden is an intersection of typical volume, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Church-Wellesley, in central Toronto. At the corner: Bloor Station, a school within 250 m and parks.

Traffic volume
7,971
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 22, 2019
4,090 pedestrians · 139 cyclists
Collisions
65
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 45 property damage · #1673 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #772 of 1,505
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: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,000 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 6.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 38%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 25 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 65 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Church & Hayden

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)210 m; Yonge Station (Line 2)272 m; Wellesley Station (Line 1)452 m; Sherbourne Station (Line 2)575 m; Bay Station (Line 2)588 m; Rosedale Station (Line 1)782 m; Museum Station (Line 1)912 m; College Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
506 nearest 586 m
TTC bus
97947519821365 nearest 312 m
Blue Night
306300320365
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St East at Church St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Church St / Bloor St E 138 m · 15 docks · 46 stations, 1,002 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 (39)
  • Humber College - International Graduate SchoolCollege · 98 m
  • The Abelard Centre For EducationPrivate · 348 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella NorthEnglish Separate · 454 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella CampusEnglish Separate · 471 m
  • Branksome Hall Girls SchoolPrivate · 596 m
  • Jarvis Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 606 m
  • and 33 more
Community centres
Parks (52)
  • Charles Street Parkette145 m
  • Asquith Green Park236 m
  • Milner Parkette243 m
  • George Hislop Park271 m
  • Norman Jewison Park355 m
  • Lawren Harris Park398 m
  • and 46 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch376 m
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch510 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch736 m
Places of interest
  • The Japan FoundationMuseum · 308 m
  • CAA Theatre (formerly Panasonic Theatre)Performing Arts · 334 m
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 372 m
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 716 m
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 739 m
  • Buddies in Bad Times TheatrePerforming Arts · 761 m
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 765 m
  • Isabel Bader TheatrePerforming Arts · 848 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 79 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 359 — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is A&W, 24 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés79 within 300 m · 359 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
A&W · 642 Church St24 mPassed, Jan 2026
Toronto Grace Health Centre Kitchen · 650 Church St39 mPassed, Sep 2026
Burgers N' Fries Forever · 175 Bloor St E60 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hale Coffee · 175 Bloor St E60 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Sushi Shop · 175 Bloor St E60 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tahini's · 175 Bloor St E Unit-R1-S60 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
The Bishop and the Belcher · 175 Bloor St E60 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 175 Bloor St E60 mPassed, Jul 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, 716 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 226 m away at Asquith Green Park.

  • Wellesley Community Centre Washroom · 495 Sherbourne St
    View centre hours
    716 m
Drinking water
Asquith Green Park bottle filling station · 226 m; George Hislop Park drinking fountain · 253 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,145 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site (166 m, 85 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,145 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 14
  • Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site · 160 Bloor St E
    85 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    166 m
  • University of Toronto Childcare On Charles · 35 Charles St W
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    438 m
  • Kids & Company - Rosedale · 129 Mount Pleasant Rd
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    666 m
  • Wellesley Early Learning Centre - Earlscourt Creche Cdi · 495 Sherbourne St
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    706 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 312 (529 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 312 · 529 m34 Yorkville Ave
Police52 Division · 1.9 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 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

Within a kilometre there are 130 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 20,051 rental units, 5.7× the median for a Toronto intersection — 17 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 66 Isabella St (187 m, 411 units, 27 storeys, built 2016), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 130 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 484 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 148 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings130 · 20,051 units · 17 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026484 across the 130
Open fire-code violations148
Tallest51 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
66 Isabella St · Park Property Management Inc.41127201695 · Jun 20246 · 6 fire187 m
30 Charles St E · 14792670 Canada Inc213191567 · Aug 20262 · 4 fire195 m
88 Bloor St E · Maple Leaf Property Management33625197279 · Aug 20247 · 1 fire195 m
235 Bloor St E · Quadreal Property Group47928197988 · Jun 20243196 m
48 Isabella St · Hollyburn Properties Ltd8410196095 · Jun 20251210 m
42 Isabella St244195595 · Aug 20260220 m
96 Isabella St · Imperra General Management284191787 · Jun 20251228 m
81 Isabella St · Akelius Canada Ltd483192896 · Jun 20251236 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 lots856 lots · ≈22,000 spaces · 66 ha
Within 500 m78 lots · ≈1,860 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 2,761 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Charles St E. · 233 m · 22 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking142 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 72 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.9 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Charles St E · Garage224 m64618% (Q1 2026)
13 Isabella St · Surface326 m3073% (Q1 2026)
15 Wellesley St E · Surface595 m12654% (Q1 2026)
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage764 m17575% (Q1 2026)
1010 Yonge St. · Surface837 m48 *

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈41 spaces; 68 m away, ≈7 spaces; 69 m away, ≈79 spaces; 70 m away, ≈19 spaces; 139 m away, ≈24 spaces; 144 m away, ≈23 spaces. More EV charging: 9 Wellesley St W. (643 m, 8 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (693 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 — 8-hour, Oct 22, 2019

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 3,827 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 272 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (65 of 139). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,087 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,125 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north3,827southbound · 65 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west1,104eastbound · 11 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles7,9714,090 pedestrians · 139 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east272westbound · 9 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the south2,768northbound · 54 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,087 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,125 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 22, 2019

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 Church St between Charles St E and Hayden St (44 m away, Sep 2012) recorded volume only — about 11,648 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Church St · Charles St E – Hayden St · 44 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

The worst year was 2019, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 11 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions65#1673 of 5,508
With an injury11#1562 of 4,660
Property damage only45
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian2#1620 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#745 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201479latest Jun 28, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 6, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#772 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#426 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Sep 6, 2023

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

20 thefts from vehicles and 32 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 8.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 5.2 a year. 90% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 44% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2071street/outdoor (18), other (1)
Bicycle theft32103street/outdoor (14), apartment parking (9)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 30, 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 & Hayden a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#772 of 1,505), out of 65 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Hayden?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Oct 22, 2019, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Church & Hayden?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 Charles St E (224 m away, 646 spaces, 18% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 856 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,000 spaces — 78 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Charles St E. (233 m).

How do I get to Church & Hayden by transit?

Bloor Station (Line 1) is 210 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 586 m away; bus routes 97, 94, 75, 19, 82, 13, 65 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St East at Church St, 312 m).

What restaurants are near Church & Hayden?

79 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 359 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are A&W (24 m), Toronto Grace Health Centre Kitchen (39 m), Burgers N' Fries Forever (60 m), Hale Coffee (60 m) and Sushi Shop (60 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 & Hayden?

The nearest is Wellesley Community Centre Washroom, 495 Sherbourne St, 716 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 & Hayden?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,145 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site (166 m, 85 spaces), University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (438 m, 73 spaces) and Kids & Company - Rosedale (666 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Church & Hayden?

130 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 20,051 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 66 Isabella St (187 m, 411 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 30 Charles St E (195 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 67), 88 Bloor St E (195 m, 336 units, RentSafeTO score 79) and 235 Bloor St E (196 m, 479 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 130 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 & Hayden?

Toronto Police place 20 thefts from vehicles and 32 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 & Hayden in?

Church & Hayden is in Church-Wellesley (City of Toronto neighbourhood 167). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. 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