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Church & Shuter

Church St & Shuter St · Toronto, Ontario · Downtown Yonge East · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Church & Shuter, in Downtown Yonge East, in the downtown core, is an intersection of typical volume, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a protected bikeway, 4 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Queen Station (Line 1) 301 m away.

Traffic volume
15,846
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 29, 2024
12,545 pedestrians · 2,554 cyclists · #1228 busiest
Collisions
150
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 106 property damage · #714 of 5,508 · +11 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Queen Station 301 m · 6 streetcar routes · 9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 37 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,130 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 16.1% of vehicle volume, about 21× the typical share. On average 15 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 9.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.91× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 19%, from 83 in 2016–2020 to 67 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Church & Shuter

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)301 m; TMU Station (Line 1)370 m; King Station (Line 1)591 m; College Station (Line 1)775 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)906 m; St Patrick Station (Line 1)931 m
Streetcar
505506501503504508 nearest 186 m
TTC bus
977519941211365114202 nearest 287 m
Blue Night
305306301304320365
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Shuter St installed 2003
Bike Share
Church St / Shuter St 26 m · 14 docks · 60 stations, 1,454 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)
  • St Michael's Choir School - ElementaryEnglish Separate · 120 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - SecondaryEnglish Separate · 129 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - Choral BldgEnglish Separate · 133 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - Gymnasium BldgEnglish Separate · 134 m
  • Toronto Metropolitan University - School of Interior DesignUniversity · 319 m
  • TMU - Heidelberg Centre School of Graphic Comm'ns MgmtUniversity · 346 m
  • and 45 more
Parks (56)
  • 45 Dalhousie St Park91 m
  • Arena Gardens137 m
  • Toronto Metropolitan University Square392 m
  • Moss Park434 m
  • Trinity Square437 m
  • Cloud Gardens483 m
  • and 50 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch615 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch839 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Mackenzie HouseMuseum · 183 m
  • Massey HallPerforming Arts · 222 m
  • CAA Ed Mirvish TheatrePerforming Arts · 242 m
  • Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 308 m
  • Sankofa Square (formerly known as Yonge-Dundas Square)Landmark · 342 m
  • CF Toronto Eaton CentreLandmark · 346 m
  • The Image Centre (formerly known as Ryerson Image Centre)Gallery · 395 m
  • Little CanadaAttraction · 409 m
Signal
0020, 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 71 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 364 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is A & W, 59 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés71 within 300 m · 364 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
A & W · 167 Church St Unit-359 mPassed, Mar 2026
Hasty Market · 167 Church St Unit-7grocery59 mPassed, Jan 2026
I Am A Cake · 167 Church St60 mPassed, Feb 2026
Subway · 167 Church St60 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Mast Coffee · 68 Shuter St75 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Felice's No Frills · 75 Shuter Stgrocery88 mPassed, Feb 2026
Famo Sandwich Creations · 25 Dalhousie St109 mPassed, Jul 2026
Soi Thaifoon · 25 Dalhousie St 1109 mPassed, Aug 2026

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 John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 497 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 80 m away at 45 Dalhousie Street Park.

  • John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 150 Sherbourne St
    View centre hours
    497 m
  • City Hall · 100 Queen Street West
    Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm · accessible
    622 m
  • Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 100 Queen St W
    View outdoor rink hours
    669 m
Drinking water
45 Dalhousie Street Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 80 m; Arena Gardens drinking fountain, dog fountain · 143 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 798 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bloomsbury Academy (111 m, 44 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km14 centres · 798 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 14
  • Bloomsbury Academy · 29 Dalhousie St
    44 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten
    111 m
  • Garderie La Farandole de Toronto Inc. · 14 Pembroke St
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    386 m
  • Mothercraft Toronto Eaton Centre · 14 Trinity Sq
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    405 m
  • Toronto Metropolitan University Early Learning Centre (TMU Elc) · 350 Victoria St
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    459 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 267 m away.

FireFire Station 333 · 1 km207 Front St E
Police52 Division · 1.1 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 267 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

Within a kilometre there are 93 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 12,329 rental units, 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 51 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Dalhousie St (109 m, 240 units, 30 storeys, built 2024), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 93 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 156 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 92 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings93 · 12,329 units · 51 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026156 across the 93
Open fire-code violations92
Tallest43 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Dalhousie St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc240302024100 · Nov 20251109 m
30 Mutual St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc302312024100 · Nov 20251 · 5 fire149 m
49 Mutual Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.204191887 · Jul 20261150 m
55 Mutual St · G.c. Rental Management403198998 · Jul 20260164 m
25 Mutual StToronto Community Housing · Greenwin9711198395 · Jul 20260179 m
90 Shuter Stsocial housing · Homes First Society7710198392 · Jun 20242 · 5 fire190 m
160 Jarvis Stsocial housing · Thed Salvation Army Toronto Harbourlight Ministries986200998 · Jul 20260 · 3 fire201 m
80 Dundas St Esocial housing · Richmond Community Management Services Corp.13815199592 · Oct 20250223 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 lots913 lots · ≈26,920 spaces · 80.8 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈1,510 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 8,376 spaces
EV charging (City)Yonge Street at Dundas St. · 396 m · 8 Level 2 ports
Bike parking208 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 54 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (618 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
37 Queen St E · Garage244 m63152% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage308 m26258% (Q1 2026)
87 Richmond St E · Surface314 m2092% (Q1 2026)
323 Richmond St E · Garage654 m25253% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage679 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈148 spaces; 96 m away, ≈24 spaces; 99 m away, ≈6 spaces; 118 m away, ≈10 spaces; 140 m away, ≈21 spaces; 167 m away, ≈32 spaces. More EV charging: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (618 m, 11 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (618 m, 40 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (870 m, 2 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

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,606 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 29% of the total, against 3,204 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,393 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,471 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north4,606southbound · 623 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west3,204eastbound · 659 bikes · 4.9% heavy
Total vehicles15,84612,545 pedestrians · 2,554 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east3,603westbound · 780 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the south4,433northbound · 492 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,393 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,471 vehicles from 4:30 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 (215 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 · 215 mMar 2021 · 7 days3,984
Shuter St · Jarvis St – Walnut Hall Pl · 240 mMar 2021 · 7 days3,046

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 2018, with 24 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 20 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 27 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 14 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 9.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions150#714 of 5,508
With an injury20#845 of 4,660
Property damage only106
Fail to remain27
Involving a pedestrian5#679 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist9#150 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified24
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11
All since 2014222latest Jun 21, 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 Oct 2, 2012.

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

89 thefts from vehicles and 51 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 23× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 31 in 2023–2025, about 10.3 a year, against 15.6 a year before that. 62% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle89201street/outdoor (55), apartment parking (28)
Bicycle theft51113apartment parking (22), street/outdoor (22)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 22, 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 Downtown Yonge East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Church & Shuter a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 150 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 & Shuter?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1228 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #162 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Church & Shuter?

The nearest Green P car park is 37 Queen St E (244 m away, 631 spaces, 52% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 913 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,920 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Yonge Street at Dundas St. (396 m).

How do I get to Church & Shuter by transit?

Queen Station (Line 1) is 301 m away; streetcar routes 505, 506, 501, 503 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 186 m away; bus routes 97, 75, 19, 94, 121, 13, 65, 114 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Church & Shuter?

71 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are A & W (59 m), I Am A Cake (60 m), Subway (60 m), Mast Coffee (75 m) and Famo Sandwich Creations (109 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 & Shuter?

The nearest is John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 150 Sherbourne St, 497 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: City Hall (622 m); Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (669 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 & Shuter?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 798 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bloomsbury Academy (111 m, 44 spaces), Garderie La Farandole de Toronto Inc. (386 m, 149 spaces) and Mothercraft Toronto Eaton Centre (405 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Church & Shuter?

93 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 12,329 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Dalhousie St (109 m, 240 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 30 Mutual St (149 m, 302 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 49 Mutual St (150 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 55 Mutual St (164 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 93 is 89 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 & Shuter?

Toronto Police place 89 thefts from vehicles and 51 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 Downtown Yonge East page.

What neighbourhood is Church & Shuter in?

Church & Shuter is in Downtown Yonge East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 168). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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