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College & Delaware

College St & Delaware Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 9, Davenport · College Promenade BIA

College & Delaware sits in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto. At the City's last count here, in 2014, it was a moderately travelled crossing, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: Ossington Station (Line 2) 1.0 km away.

Traffic
8,004
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 22, 2014
1,260 pedestrians · 1,436 cyclists
Collisions
33
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2657 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Ossington Station 1 km · 14 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
72/100
city median 48 · #709 of 5,672
44 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 28 m

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College & Delaware

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 22, 2014

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,948 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 264 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (663 of 1,436). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,141 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,140 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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 north264southbound · 111 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west3,948eastbound · 663 bikes · 5.9% heavy
Total vehicles8,0041,260 pedestrians · 1,436 cyclists · 6.0% heavy
From the east3,792westbound · 662 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,141 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,140 from 4:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 8 collisions. 5 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — 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 Sep 30, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions33#2657 of 5,519
With an injury5
Property damage only24
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist2#1056 of 2,576
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Delaware Ave between College St and Dewson St, 149 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2017 put the average speed at 32 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Concord Ave (153 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 30,404 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Delaware Ave · College St – Dewson St · 149 mMay 2017 · 3 days49232 km/h42 km/h49 km/h
Speed sign
Concord Ave (northbound), 153 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 18 km/h, 85th percentile 25 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 30,404 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)1 km · 11 min
Streetcar
506 505 nearest 96 m
TTC bus
63 29 94 402 161 nearest 211 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306 305 363 329 300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — College St at Dovercourt Rd
Cycling
Sharrows - Arterial on College St installed 2010
Bike Share
Ossington Ave / College St 220 m · 11 docks · 13 stations, 230 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
18 car parks · about 915 spaces
EV charging
283 Ossington Ave · 671 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 685 Dovercourt Rd (796 m), 248 Shaw St (1 km)
Bike parking
94 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
23 mapped lots within 500 m, 447 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
146 Harrison St · Surface556 m7968% (Q1 2026)
157 Beatrice St · Surface759 m1864% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface759 m3471% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface857 m3786% (Q1 2026)
74 Clinton Street · Garage1.1 km79 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

Two grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Pj's No Frills, 28 m away. Four specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Barbershop Patisserie at 143 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 44 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 262 — 6.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ladybug Tavern, 4 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Wellcare College Pharmacy, 286 m away; 8 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.8 km away, then Kensington Eye Institute at 1.8 km. For seniors' housing: Bill McMurray Residence, a retirement home 861 m away. West Neighbourhood House - Social Integration runs a seniors' active living programme 796 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Ladybug Tavern · 890 College St4 m
  • Shawarma Moose · 898 College St29 m
  • Delicious Empanadas & Latin Cafe · 921 College St36 m
  • The Emmet Ray · 924 College St46 m
  • Taberna Nacional Brewhouse · 928 College St70 m
44 within 300 m · 262 within 1 km
Grocery
Pj's No Frills 28 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Barbershop Patisserie 143 m · 4 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Wellcare College Pharmacy 286 m · 3 min · 8 within 1 km
Child care
  • West End Jr YMCA · 70 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day96 m
  • Lullaboo Childcare Center (College) · 149 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day139 m
  • Dewson Street YMCA · 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day308 m · 4 min
11 licensed centres · 887 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible556 m · 7 min
  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible942 m · 11 min
Drinking water: 150 Harrison Street Park 487 m · 6 min; Fred Hamilton Playground 552 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.8 km · 22 min
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site1.8 km · 22 min
  • Bill McMurray Residence · retirement home861 m · 10 min
  • West Neighbourhood House - Social Integration · seniors' active living centre796 m · 9 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (18)
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette507 m · 6 min
  • George Ben Park513 m · 6 min
  • Fred Hamilton Playground547 m · 7 min
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette751 m · 9 min
  • Roxton Road Parkette787 m · 9 min
and 13 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (19)
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 308 m · 4 min
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 314 m · 4 min
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 433 m · 5 min
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 589 m · 7 min
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 736 m · 9 min
and 14 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch435 m · 5 min
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km · 17 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

72of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #709 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 44 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Ossington Station 1 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go8/14

    library 435 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    3 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,556 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 410 Dovercourt Rd (177 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1930), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 25 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
410 Dovercourt Rd133193090 · Jul 2026177 m
34 Heydon Park Rd · Cogir Real Estate313192594 · Jul 2026225 m
46 Delaware Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 2025226 m
394 Dovercourt Rd · McCor Management (East) Inc203192453 · Jul 2026249 m
382 Dovercourt Rd · McCor Management (East) Inc183196074 · Jul 2025289 m · 3 min
805 College St · Aykler Real Estate Inc.724192992 · Aug 2026315 m · 4 min

25 registered buildings · 1,556 units · 5 social housing · tallest 20 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Five thefts from vehicles and eight bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 38% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle520street/outdoor (4), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft830apartment parking (3), house driveway/garage (2)

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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is College & Delaware a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 33 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 College & Delaware?

A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2014. Its latest count is from Apr 22, 2014, about today's median for a counted intersection.

Is College & Delaware a walkable intersection?

College & Delaware scores 72 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #709 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 44 places to eat within 300 m; 3 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; Ossington Station 1 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at College & Delaware?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Delaware Ave between College St and Dewson St (May 2017), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 153 m away (30 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near College & Delaware?

The nearest Green P car park is 146 Harrison St (556 m away, 79 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 447 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,910 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 283 Ossington Ave (671 m).

How do I get to College & Delaware by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 96 m away; bus routes 63, 29, 94, 402, 161, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: College St at Dovercourt Rd, 211 m).

What restaurants are near College & Delaware?

44 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 262 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ladybug Tavern (4 m), Shawarma Moose (29 m), Delicious Empanadas & Latin Cafe (36 m), The Emmet Ray (46 m) and Taberna Nacional Brewhouse (70 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near College & Delaware?

The nearest is Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 155 Roxton Rd, 556 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom (942 m).

Is there child care near College & Delaware?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 887 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are West End Jr YMCA (96 m, 70 spaces), Lullaboo Childcare Center (College) (139 m, 149 spaces) and Dewson Street YMCA (308 m, 127 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College & Delaware?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,556 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 410 Dovercourt Rd (177 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 34 Heydon Park Rd (225 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 46 Delaware Ave (226 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 394 Dovercourt Rd (249 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 53). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 85 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at College & Delaware?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is College & Delaware in?

College & Delaware is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the College Promenade Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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