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Dundas & Willison

Dundas St W & Willison Pl · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Chinatown BIA

In Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, Dundas & Willison is a low-volume local intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles. Nearby is St Patrick Station (Line 1) 909 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
663
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2005
2,100 pedestrians · 0 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 · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Patrick Station 909 m · 7 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 12 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 80 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 7% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 3.2 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles.

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Dundas & Willison

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Patrick Station (Line 1)909 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
505510501511506504508 nearest 64 m
TTC bus
13 nearest 1 km
Blue Night
305310301306304307
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dundas St West at Spadina Ave; Spadina Ave at Dundas St West South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Spadina Ave / Dundas St W - SMART 97 m · 12 docks · 54 stations, 1,042 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 (35)
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 305 m
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 438 m
  • Heydon Park Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 448 m
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 449 m
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 507 m
  • Westside Montessori Elementary SchoolPrivate · 565 m
  • and 29 more
Parks (34)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch517 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch592 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 533 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 533 m
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 540 m
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 788 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 856 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 867 m
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 928 m
  • Onsite Gallery [at] OCADUGallery · 1 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 175 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 25 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 352 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Banh Mi Ba Le, 10 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés175 within 300 m · 352 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience25 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Banh Mi Ba Le · 538 Dundas St W10 mPassed, May 2026
Pho Pasteur · 525 Dundas St W12 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Tnl Zone · 525 Dundas St W12 mPassed, Dec 2025
Kai Fung Gourmet · 536 Dundas St W13 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Kl Kitchen - Indo - Malay Cuisine · 536 Dundas St W13 mPassed, Jun 2026
Golden Sea Lotto & Variety · 544 Dundas St Wgrocery16 mPassed, Apr 2024
Kim Vietnamese Restaurant · 546 Dundas St W21 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
8090 Karaoke · 530 Dundas St W Flr-225 mPassed, Apr 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 Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 261 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 302 m away at Bellevue Square Park.

  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    261 m
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    462 m
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    466 m
Drinking water
Bellevue Square Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 302 m; Randy Padmore Park drinking fountain · 361 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

22 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,698 spaces; 16 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (279 m, 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km22 centres · 1,698 spaces
Fee subsidy16 of 22
  • Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 75 Augusta Sq
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    279 m
  • George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre · 96 Denison Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    305 m
  • Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) · 96 Denison Ave
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    305 m
  • Ogden Day Care Centre · 33 Phoebe St
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    438 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (647 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (776 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 647 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 776 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.8 km58 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 36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,322 rental units — 18 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 170 Vanauley Walk (160 m, 40 units, 6 storeys, built 1969), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 52 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 3,322 units · 18 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202652 across the 36
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest36 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
170 Vanauley WalkToronto Community Housing · Atikson Co-Op406196988 · Aug 20260160 m
76 Grange AveToronto Community Housing · TCH113199380 · Jul 20250196 m
123 D'Arcy St · 583647 Ontario Limited243198588 · Sep 20250211 m
15 Larch StToronto Community Housing · TCH203199371 · Aug 20240213 m
164 Grange Ave · Grange Apartments Inc.243197071 · Jul 20250220 m
91 Augusta AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation25714196886 · Jul 20251 · 2 fire237 m
123 Huron St · Phymetrix Ltd.183191486 · Aug 20260411 m
20 Vanauley StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1358198690 · Sep 20240418 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 lots881 lots · ≈21,380 spaces · 64.1 ha
Within 500 m102 lots · ≈1,660 spaces
Green P (public)36 car parks · about 5,593 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 527 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking236 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 88 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 Larch St · Garage172 m33231% (Q1 2026)
20 St Andrew St · Garage195 m41727% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface366 m91 *
15 Denison Ave · Surface485 m12054% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface736 m3979% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 47 m away, ≈14 spaces; 59 m away, ≈29 spaces; 85 m away, ≈30 spaces; 93 m away, ≈12 spaces; 95 m away, ≈38 spaces; 110 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (617 m, 4 ports); 10 Palmerston Ave (860 m, 2 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (1.2 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, Mar 8, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 241 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 186 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 111 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 41 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 10.6% 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 22 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west186eastbound · 0 bikes · 9.7% heavy
Total vehicles6632,100 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 10.6% heavy
From the east241westbound · 0 bikes · 10.4% heavy
From the south236northbound · 0 bikes · 11.4% heavy
AM peak hour41 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour111 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 8, 2005

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 Dundas St W between Spadina Ave and Willison Pl (46 m away, Jan 2016) recorded volume only — about 6,557 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dundas St W · Spadina Ave – Willison Pl · 46 mJan 2016 · 7 days6,557

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 16, 2010.

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 Dundas & Willison 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 Dundas & Willison?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2005, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Dundas & Willison?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 Larch St (172 m away, 332 spaces, 31% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 881 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,380 spaces — 102 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (527 m).

How do I get to Dundas & Willison by transit?

St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 909 m away; streetcar routes 505, 510, 501, 511 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 64 m away; bus route 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dundas St West at Spadina Ave, 1.0 km).

What restaurants are near Dundas & Willison?

175 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 Banh Mi Ba Le (10 m), Pho Pasteur (12 m), Tnl Zone (12 m), Kai Fung Gourmet (13 m) and Kl Kitchen - Indo - Malay Cuisine (13 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 Dundas & Willison?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 261 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (462 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (466 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 Dundas & Willison?

22 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,698 spaces in total; 16 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (279 m, 36 spaces), George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre (305 m, 56 spaces) and Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) (305 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dundas & Willison?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,322 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 170 Vanauley Walk (160 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 76 Grange Ave (196 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 123 D'Arcy St (211 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 15 Larch St (213 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 71). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 87 out of 100. 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 Dundas & Willison in?

Dundas & Willison is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Chinatown Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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