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Church & Richmond

Church St & Richmond St E · Toronto, Ontario · Downtown Yonge East · Ward 13, Toronto Centre · Old Town Toronto BIA

Church & Richmond is an above-average intersection for traffic, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Downtown Yonge East, in the downtown core. It has a live City traffic camera, a protected bikeway and 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Queen Station (Line 1) 302 m away and Union Station GO 907 m away.

Traffic volume
19,372
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 29, 2024
10,231 pedestrians · 2,959 cyclists · #930 busiest
Collisions
189
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
30 with an injury · 141 property damage · #546 of 5,508 · +9 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0 +1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016 · 1 since Jan 2026 (Mar 26, 2026)
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Queen Station 302 m · 8 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 101 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,380 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.20× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 15.3% of vehicle volume, about 20× the typical share. That comes with about 19 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 9.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.97× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 43%, from 120 in 2016–2020 to 69 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury. Since January 2026, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here.

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Church & Richmond

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Richmond St E & Church St — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8017 · Richmond St E & Church St
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Church & Richmond, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8017 · Richmond St E & Church St
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Queen Station (Line 1)302 m; King Station (Line 1)377 m; TMU Station (Line 1)579 m; Union Station (Line 1)809 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)905 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)915 m
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville907 m; GO bus 16 Hamilton / Toronto Express31 Guelph / Toronto21 Milton65 Newmarket / Toronto61 Richmond Hill68 Barrie / Newmarket71 Stouffville90 Lakeshore East18 Lakeshore West35 Union Pearson Express at Union Station Bus Terminal943 m
VIA Rail
Toronto 935 m
Streetcar
501503504508505506509510 nearest 25 m
TTC bus
97197512111420265 nearest 288 m
Blue Night
301304305306310320365
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Church St at Richmond St East; Church St at Queen St East
Cycling
Cycle Track on Richmond St E installed 2015
Bike Share
Church St / Lombard St 88 m · 17 docks · 60 stations, 1,471 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 (42)
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 212 m
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 233 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - Gymnasium BldgEnglish Separate · 338 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - Choral BldgEnglish Separate · 359 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - ElementaryEnglish Separate · 378 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - SecondaryEnglish Separate · 389 m
  • and 36 more
Parks (57)
  • Courthouse Square Park220 m
  • 45 Dalhousie St Park229 m
  • St. James Park263 m
  • Toronto Sculpture Garden324 m
  • Cloud Gardens371 m
  • Arena Gardens381 m
  • and 51 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch630 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch682 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • St. James ParkNature/ Park · 264 m
  • Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 323 m
  • Toronto Sculpture GardenFeatured Park · 324 m
  • Massey HallPerforming Arts · 332 m
  • Hudson's BayLandmark · 360 m
  • Toronto's First Post OfficeMuseum · 411 m
  • Mackenzie HouseMuseum · 430 m
  • CAA Ed Mirvish TheatrePerforming Arts · 445 m
Signal
0018, activated 1948 · FT · 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 68 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores, and 352 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is McVeigh's New Windsor Tavern, 15 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés68 within 300 m · 352 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McVeigh's New Windsor Tavern · 124 Church St Unit-215 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Makilala · 105 Church St16 mPassed, May 2026
Dominos Pizza · 67 Richmond St E44 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Bottega Della Piadina · 60 Richmond St E60 mPassed, Mar 2026
Crown Variety & Gifts · 75 Queen St Egrocery72 mPassed, Jun 2024
McDonalds · 127 Church St75 mPassed, Jun 2026
Gyukaku Japanese BBQ · 81 Church St84 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Ali Babas · 73 Queen St E87 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 4 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 St Lawrence North, 436 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 221 m away at Courthouse Square Park (currently off).

  • St Lawrence North · 92 Front Street East
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    436 m
  • St Lawrence South · 91 Front Street East
    Mon Closed, Tue-Fri 8:30am-7:30pm, Sat 6:30am-5:30pm, Sun 9:30am-5:30pm · accessible
    474 m
  • John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 150 Sherbourne St
    View centre hours
    528 m
Drinking water
Courthouse Square Park drinking fountain · 221 m · off; 45 Dalhousie Street Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 235 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 859 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bloomsbury Academy (210 m, 44 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km14 centres · 859 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 14
  • Bloomsbury Academy · 29 Dalhousie St
    44 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten
    210 m
  • Kids & Company Scotia Plaza · 104 Yonge St
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    368 m
  • Garderie La Farandole de Toronto Inc. · 14 Pembroke St
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    524 m
  • Mothercraft Toronto Eaton Centre · 14 Trinity Sq
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    534 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (778 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 98 m away.

FireFire Station 333 · 778 m207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 1.1 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 98 m58 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

73 registered apartment buildings with 9,826 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 42 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 60 Richmond St E (60 m, 50 units, 8 storeys, built 1990), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 73 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 130 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 76 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings73 · 9,826 units · 42 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026130 across the 73
Open fire-code violations76
Tallest43 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
60 Richmond St EToronto Community Housing · Co-Operative Housing Federation of Toronto508199090 · Aug 2026160 m
90 Adelaide St E · Park Property Management Inc.608198092 · Jul 20250148 m
30 Mutual St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc302312024100 · Nov 20251 · 5 fire196 m
25 Dalhousie St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc240302024100 · Nov 20251197 m
25 Mutual StToronto Community Housing · Greenwin9711198395 · Jul 20260225 m
147 Queen St Esocial housing · Fred Victor Centre767190095 · Nov 20250260 m
160 Jarvis Stsocial housing · Thed Salvation Army Toronto Harbourlight Ministries986200998 · Jul 20260 · 3 fire275 m
49 Mutual Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.204191887 · Jul 20261326 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 lots868 lots · ≈25,980 spaces · 77.9 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈1,410 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 7,730 spaces
EV charging (City)Yonge Street at Dundas St. · 616 m · 8 Level 2 ports
Bike parking243 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 51 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (659 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
87 Richmond St E · Surface91 m2092% (Q1 2026)
37 Queen St E · Garage145 m63152% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage535 m26258% (Q1 2026)
323 Richmond St E · Garage563 m25253% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage669 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 62 m away, ≈106 spaces; 102 m away, ≈22 spaces (Green P); 170 m away, ≈15 spaces; 178 m away, ≈18 spaces; 189 m away, ≈30 spaces; 196 m away, ≈21 spaces. More EV charging: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (659 m, 11 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (659 m, 40 ports); 2 Church St. (693 m, 28 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, May 29, 2024

The east leg carries the load — 12,618 westbound vehicles, or 65% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 3. Most cyclists arrived from the east (1,876 of 2,959). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,767 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 1,400 from 5:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.2% 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 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north4,178southbound · 611 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the west3eastbound · 50 bikes · 66.7% heavy
Total vehicles19,37210,231 pedestrians · 2,959 cyclists · 5.2% heavy
From the east12,618westbound · 1,876 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the south2,573northbound · 422 bikes · 10.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,767 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,400 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 29, 2024

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 Ditty Lane and Queen St E (62 m away, Mar 2021) recorded volume only — about 3,984 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Church St · Ditty Lane – Queen St E · 62 mMar 2021 · 7 days3,984
Richmond St E · Church St – Jarvis St Richmond St E Ramp · 74 mOct 2007 · 3 days18,924

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

2018 was the peak year (29 collisions), and 2025 closed with 18. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 20 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% 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 Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 9.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions189#546 of 5,508
With an injury30#521 of 4,660
Property damage only141
Fail to remain20
Involving a pedestrian8#367 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist13#84 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified18
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
All since 2014248latest Jun 17, 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. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 motorcyclist involved), the latest on Mar 26, 2026. 1 older KSI collision is on file from before 2016.

2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions0
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11 motorcyclist · latest Mar 26, 2026
All KSI since 20062latest Mar 26, 2026

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 36 thefts from vehicles and 13 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 6.3 a year before that. 94% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 54% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle3630street/outdoor (34), other (1)
Bicycle theft1320street/outdoor (7), commercial premises (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 4, 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 Downtown Yonge East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Church & Richmond a dangerous intersection?

Not by the ten-year ranking: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 189 lesser collisions. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 & Richmond?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #930 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.20× the median for a counted intersection, and #201 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Church & Richmond?

The nearest Green P car park is 87 Richmond St E (91 m away, 20 spaces, 92% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 868 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,980 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Yonge Street at Dundas St. (616 m).

How do I get to Church & Richmond by transit?

Queen Station (Line 1) is 302 m away; Union Station GO is 907 m away; streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 508 and 4 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 25 m away; bus routes 97, 19, 75, 121, 114, 202, 65 within 1 km (nearest stop: Church St at Richmond St East, 288 m).

What restaurants are near Church & Richmond?

68 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 352 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McVeigh's New Windsor Tavern (15 m), Makilala (16 m), Dominos Pizza (44 m), Bottega Della Piadina (60 m) and McDonalds (75 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 & Richmond?

The nearest is St Lawrence North, 92 Front Street East, 436 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: St Lawrence South (474 m); John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom (528 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 Church & Richmond?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 859 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bloomsbury Academy (210 m, 44 spaces), Kids & Company Scotia Plaza (368 m, 64 spaces) and Garderie La Farandole de Toronto Inc. (524 m, 149 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Church & Richmond?

73 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,826 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 60 Richmond St E (60 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 90 Adelaide St E (148 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 30 Mutual St (196 m, 302 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 25 Dalhousie St (197 m, 240 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 73 is 88 out of 100; 1 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 & Richmond?

Toronto Police place 36 thefts from vehicles and 13 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 Downtown Yonge East page.

What neighbourhood is Church & Richmond in?

Church & Richmond is in Downtown Yonge East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 168). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise. The corner falls inside the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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