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Dundas & University

Dundas St W & University Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Bay Corridor · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

At its last City count, in 2022, Dundas & University, in Yonge-Bay Corridor, in the downtown core, was a busier-than-typical intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a red-light camera in place since 2021 that issued 1,453 tickets in 2025, a live City traffic camera and St Patrick Station at the corner.

Traffic
10,145
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 5, 2022
8,371 pedestrians · 547 cyclists
Collisions
342
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #236 of 5,519
Getting there
St Patrick Station
subway station within 250 m
22 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
92/100
city median 48 · #24 of 5,672
75 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 261 m

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Dundas & University

Traffic and safety

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

Live traffic camera RESCU 8033 · 29 m

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Live camera RESCU 8033 · University Ave & Dundas St · 29 m from the node
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Live camera · RESCU 8033 · University Ave & Dundas St
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Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 5, 2022 · weekend

The south leg carries the load — 3,003 northbound vehicles, or 30% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,652. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,035 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 123% above the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. (914). Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north1,652southbound · 131 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the west2,937eastbound · 167 bikes · 3.4% heavy
Total vehicles10,1458,371 pedestrians · 547 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east2,553westbound · 160 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south3,003northbound · 89 bikes · 1.1% heavy

Peak hours: 914 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,035 from 5:00 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

2017 was the peak year (51 collisions), and 2025 closed with 30. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 47 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 20 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 3, 2026.

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 Apr 24, 2019. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions342#236 of 5,519
With an injury50#236 of 4,669
Property damage only252
Fail to remain47
Involving a pedestrian12#162 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist21#18 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified40
Since January 2026 (outside the window)20
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20064latest Apr 24, 2019

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

The City's most recent midblock count on Dundas St W between Bay St and Elizabeth St (320 m away, Mar 2021) recorded volume only — about 5,030 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on St. Patrick St (179 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 35,064 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
University Ave · Dundas St W – Edward St · 39 mSep 2012 · 3 days27,558———
Dundas St W · Bay St – Elizabeth St · 320 mMar 2021 · 7 days5,030———
Speed sign
St. Patrick St, 179 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 27 km/h; 0.1% at 40 km/h or more. 35,064 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.

Red-light camera
In operation since 2021; 1,453 tickets in 2025, 737 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Toronto and East York.
The crossing
Signal 0081, activated 1928 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Patrick Station (Line 1)57 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)369 m · 4 min; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)525 m · 6 min; TMU Station (Line 1)664 m · 8 min; St Andrew Station (Line 1)779 m · 9 min; Queen Station (Line 1)1 km · 12 min
Streetcar
505 506 501 510 504 508 503 nearest 37 m
TTC bus
13 19 97 nearest 271 m · 3 min
Blue Night
305 306 301 310 304 320
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Dundas St West at University Ave - St Patrick Station
Cycling
Cycle Track on University Ave installed 2020
Bike Share
Dundas St W / St. Patrick St 105 m · 19 docks · 50 stations, 1,136 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
17 car parks · about 4,373 spaces
EV charging
91 Elizabeth St · 560 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also Yonge Street at Dundas St. (619 m), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (773 m)
Bike parking
210 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 67 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (773 m)
Other lots
38 mapped lots within 500 m, 650 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface259 m27 *—
205 Mc Caul St · Surface610 m3979% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage738 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage751 m33231% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage762 m26258% (Q1 2026)

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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Petra Avenue Market is 261 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Grange Green Farms, 262 m away. There are 75 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 368 eating places within a kilometre — 9.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Mr Sub, 31 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Mount Sinai Fertility Pharmacy, 112 m away, one of three within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is SickKids, 203 m away, then Toronto Rehab University Centre at 250 m. For seniors' housing: Mon Sheong Home For the Aged, a long-term care home 500 m away. University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 566 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Mr Sub · 438 University Ave Unit-10531 m
  • Tim Hortons · 438 University Ave31 m
  • Aaha! Truly South · 250 Dundas St W79 m
  • Cafe Plenty · 250 Dundas St W79 m
  • Ins · 250 Dundas St W, Unit-1479 m
75 within 300 m · 368 within 1 km
Grocery
Petra Avenue Market 261 m · 3 min · 8 within 1 km
Food shops
Grange Green Farms 262 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Mount Sinai Fertility Pharmacy 112 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day244 m
  • Orde Day Care Satellite (St. Patrick Street) · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day269 m · 3 min
  • Life-Bridge Child Care · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day395 m · 5 min
14 licensed centres · 980 spaces within 1 km · 11 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • City Hall · Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm · accessible506 m · 6 min
  • Grange Park South Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible562 m · 7 min
Drinking water: Larry Sefton Park 529 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • SickKids · hospital site203 m
  • Toronto Rehab University Centre · hospital site250 m · 3 min
  • Mon Sheong Home For the Aged · long-term care home500 m · 6 min
  • University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre · seniors' active living centre566 m · 7 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 (27)
  • Gallery Park266 m · 3 min
  • Larry Sefton Park471 m · 6 min
  • Toronto City Hall499 m · 6 min
  • Grange Park633 m · 8 min
  • McCaul - Orde Parkette664 m · 8 min
and 22 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (34)
  • Contact Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 269 m · 3 min
  • OCAD University - Rosalie Sharp PavilionUniversity · 280 m · 3 min
  • OCAD University - Annex BuildingUniversity · 288 m · 3 min
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 296 m · 4 min
  • OCAD University - Main Building 416 977-6000University · 429 m · 5 min
and 29 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch517 m · 6 min
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.2 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Textile Museum of CanadaMuseum · 177 m
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 418 m · 5 min
  • Osgoode HallLandmark · 460 m · 5 min
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 514 m · 6 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #24 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 75 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    St Patrick Station · 7 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 517 m away · 3 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

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

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

27 registered apartment buildings with 4,138 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 14 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 248 Simcoe St (179 m, 53 units, 12 storeys, built 1991), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
248 Simcoe St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation5312199192 · Aug 2024179 m
111 Chestnut St Toronto Community Housing · TCH14415198786 · Sep 2024267 m · 3 min
127 St Patrick St Toronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 2024270 m · 3 min
110 Edward St social housing · YWCA Toronto505201188 · Oct 2025291 m · 3 min
2 Murray St Toronto Community Housing · Deep Quongg Community Fund Inc866196182 · Sep 2024358 m · 4 min
150 Elizabeth St social housing · YWCA Toronto25017201185 · Dec 2025364 m · 4 min

27 registered buildings · 4,138 units · 14 social housing · tallest 43 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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 44% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft920street/outdoor (4), apartment parking (3)

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 Yonge-Bay Corridor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dundas & University a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 342 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 Dundas & University?

A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Mar 5, 2022, about today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Dundas & University a walkable intersection?

Dundas & University scores 92 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #24 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: St Patrick Station · 7 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km; 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 6 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

Is there a red-light camera at Dundas & University?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Dundas & University since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 1,453 tickets in 2025 (1,867 in 2024) and 737 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 7,966 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Dundas & University?

1,453 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 1,867 in 2024, and 737 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 7,966 tickets since 2021. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.

Where can I park near Dundas & University?

The nearest Green P car park is 130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal (259 m away, 27 spaces). The City's mapping shows 650 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,380 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Elizabeth St (560 m).

How do I get to Dundas & University by transit?

St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 57 m away; streetcar routes 505, 506, 501, 510 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 37 m away; bus routes 13, 19, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dundas St West at University Ave - St Patrick Station, 271 m).

What restaurants are near Dundas & University?

75 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 368 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Mr Sub (31 m), Tim Hortons (31 m), Aaha! Truly South (79 m), Cafe Plenty (79 m) and Ins (79 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Dundas & University?

The nearest is City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, 506 m away (Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Grange Park South Washroom (562 m); Grange Park North Washroom (609 m).

Is there child care near Dundas & University?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 980 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre (244 m, 62 spaces), Orde Day Care Satellite (St. Patrick Street) (269 m, 49 spaces) and Life-Bridge Child Care (395 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dundas & University?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,138 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 248 Simcoe St (179 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 111 Chestnut St (267 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 127 St Patrick St (270 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 110 Edward St (291 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Dundas & University?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Yonge-Bay Corridor page.

What neighbourhood is Dundas & University in?

Dundas & University is in Yonge-Bay Corridor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 170). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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