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College (South)

College St (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Dufferin Grove · Ward 9, Davenport · College West BIA

In Dufferin Grove, College (South) is a moderately travelled crossing, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane, 2 schools within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Lansdowne Station (Line 2) 1.0 km away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
5,540
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 23, 2019
449 pedestrians · 312 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
7
TTC stops within 100 m
Lansdowne Station 1 km · 4 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 41 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 690 vehicles, 60% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 12 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Cyclists were 5.6% of vehicle volume, about 7.3× the typical share.

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College (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lansdowne Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
506505504512 nearest 13 m
TTC bus
4740229168 nearest 42 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306305304329300
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — College St at Lansdowne Ave; Lansdowne Ave at College St
Cycling
Bike Lane on College St installed 2006
Bike Share
Dundas St W / St Helen's Ave - SMART 51 m · 26 docks · 24 stations, 417 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 (27)
  • Saint Frere Andre Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 194 m
  • Toronto Ouest Secondary SchoolFrench Public · 194 m
  • Brock Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 324 m
  • Academy of Enlightened MindsPrivate · 359 m
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 367 m
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 383 m
  • and 21 more
Parks (28)
  • Dundas - St.clarens Parkette167 m
  • Macgregor Playground302 m
  • Sorauren Avenue Park322 m
  • Charles G. Williams Park450 m
  • Columbus Parkette457 m
  • West Lodge Park552 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch929 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 579 m
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km

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 21 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 259 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ultramar, 34 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 259 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ultramar · 1762 Dundas St W34 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Papa Johns Pizza · 1269 College St Unit-135 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
S Market · 1269 College Stgrocery35 mPassed, Apr 2026
Tim Hortons · 1269 College St35 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Pasta Pot · 254 Lansdowne Ave44 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Bsmt 254 · 254 Lansdowne Ave45 mPassed, Dec 2024 · 2 infractions
Trane Studio · 252 Lansdowne Ave47 mPassed, Dec 2024
Town Wings · 258 Lansdowne Ave70 mPassed, Dec 2024 · 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 Macgregor Playground Washroom, 287 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 286 m away at Sorauren Avenue Park.

  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 346 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    287 m
  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 289 Sorauren Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    373 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    693 m
Drinking water
Sorauren Avenue Park drinking fountain · 286 m; Sorauren Avenue Park dog fountain · 290 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,359 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brock Early Learning Centre (324 m, 133 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,359 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 15
  • Brock Early Learning Centre · 93 Margueretta St
    133 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    324 m
  • Shirley Street Jr YMCA · 38 Shirley St
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    383 m
  • Westside Montessori School · 57 Sylvan Ave
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool
    748 m
  • My School Co-Operative Nursery School · 116 Fermanagh Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    751 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (643 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 643 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1.2 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.3 km1288 Queen St W

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 30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,162 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 301 Lansdowne Ave (77 m, 35 units, 5 storeys, built 1932), which scored 26 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 30 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 49 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 19 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings30 · 2,162 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202649 across the 30
Open fire-code violations19
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
301 Lansdowne Ave355193226 · Jul 2024077 m
267 Brock Ave · Signet Group Inc113188589 · Jul 20250446 m
128 Sheridan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc687196690 · Sep 20240462 m
1544 Dundas St W · Bentallgreenoak958201696 · Jul 20250 · 1 fire578 m
10 Dora Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc.1348199597 · Jul 20251644 m
1525 Dundas St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066195979 · Jul 20255662 m
1505 Dundas St W123191173 · Jul 20250679 m
105 West Lodge Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.37119196591 · Jul 202419 · 7 fire689 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 lots623 lots · ≈21,240 spaces · 63.7 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,770 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,387 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 895 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking32 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bonar Pl · Surface570 m3471% (Q1 2026)
2201 Dundas St W · Surface930 m1070% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface932 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1 km4963% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface1.1 km4247% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 43 m away, ≈24 spaces; 53 m away, ≈21 spaces; 59 m away, ≈7 spaces; 77 m away, ≈30 spaces; 80 m away, ≈24 spaces; 110 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (1 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (1.1 km, 2 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.4 km, 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 — 8-hour, May 23, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 2,886 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 16 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (226 of 312). Evening rush dominates here: 829 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 750 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 12.1% 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 16,183 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 north2,638southbound · 226 bikes · 12.2% heavy
From the west16eastbound · 1 bikes · 18.8% heavy
Total vehicles5,540449 pedestrians · 312 cyclists · 12.1% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,886northbound · 85 bikes · 12.0% heavy
AM peak hour750 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour829 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 23, 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

At the school-zone speed sign on Lansdowne Ave (117 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 16,574 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

School-zone speed sign 117 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct31 · 36 km/h
Over the limit0.2%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Lansdowne Ave (northbound), 353/355 Lansdowne Ave · 16,574 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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

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

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is College (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 College (South)?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from May 23, 2019, 60% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near College (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bonar Pl (570 m away, 34 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 623 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,240 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (895 m).

How do I get to College (South) by transit?

Lansdowne Station (Line 2) is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 506, 505, 504, 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 13 m away; bus routes 47, 402, 29, 168, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: College St at Lansdowne Ave, 42 m).

What restaurants are near College (South)?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 259 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ultramar (34 m), Papa Johns Pizza (35 m), Tim Hortons (35 m), The Pasta Pot (44 m) and Bsmt 254 (45 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 College (South)?

The nearest is Macgregor Playground Washroom, 346 Lansdowne Ave, 287 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom (373 m); Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (693 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 College (South)?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,359 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brock Early Learning Centre (324 m, 133 spaces), Shirley Street Jr YMCA (383 m, 103 spaces) and Westside Montessori School (748 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College (South)?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,162 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 301 Lansdowne Ave (77 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 26), 267 Brock Ave (446 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 128 Sheridan Ave (462 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1544 Dundas St W (578 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 86 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.

What neighbourhood is College (South) in?

College (South) is in Dufferin Grove (City of Toronto neighbourhood 083). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the College West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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