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Dundas & Willison

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

At its last City count, in 2005, Dundas & Willison, in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, was a low-volume local intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles. Nearby is St Patrick Station (Line 1) 1.0 km away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
663
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2005
2,100 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
St Patrick Station 1 km · 11 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
74/100
city median 48 · #602 of 5,672
111 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 116 m

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Dundas & Willison

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 · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 41 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 111 from 4:00 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

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

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 16, 2010.

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.

Traffic on these streets

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; 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
St Patrick Station (Line 1)1 km · 11 min
Streetcar
505 510 511 501 506 nearest 72 m
Blue Night
305 310 301 306 307
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Dundas St West at Spadina Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Spadina Ave / Dundas St W - SMART 168 m · 12 docks · 31 stations, 568 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
23 car parks · about 3,571 spaces
EV charging
10 Soho St. · 736 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also 10 Portland St (932 m), 10 Palmerston Ave (1.1 km)
Bike parking
146 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 88 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.7 km)
Other lots
53 mapped lots within 500 m, 638 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 Larch St · Garage182 m33231% (Q1 2026)
20 St Andrew St · Garage269 m41727% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface499 m91 *—
15 Denison Ave · Surface730 m12054% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface830 m14over 100% (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

Five grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Daikuang Wah Herb Market, 116 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Daan Go Cake Lab, 262 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 111 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 359 — 8.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Banh Mi Ba Le, 10 m away. Seven pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Vita Pharmacy, 21 m away. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 711 m away, then Kensington Eye Institute at 765 m. For seniors' housing: Mon Sheong Home For the Aged, a long-term care home 660 m away (two within a kilometre). Scadding Court Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 445 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Banh Mi Ba Le · 538 Dundas St W10 m
  • Pho Pasteur · 525 Dundas St W12 m
  • Tnl Zone · 525 Dundas St W12 m
  • Kai Fung Gourmet · 536 Dundas St W13 m
  • Kl Kitchen - Indo - Malay Cuisine · 536 Dundas St W13 m
111 within 300 m · 359 within 1 km
Grocery
Daikuang Wah Herb Market 116 m · 5 within 300 m
Food shops
Daan Go Cake Lab 262 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Vita Pharmacy 21 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day372 m · 4 min
  • Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) · 65 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day372 m · 4 min
  • Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day525 m · 6 min
14 licensed centres · 987 spaces within 1 km · 10 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.365 m · 4 min
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs516 m · 6 min
Drinking water: Bellevue Square Park 392 m · 5 min; Randy Padmore Park 562 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site711 m · 8 min
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site765 m · 9 min
  • Mon Sheong Home For the Aged · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km660 m · 8 min
  • Scadding Court Community Centre · seniors' active living centre445 m · 5 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 (21)
  • Bellevue Square Park357 m · 4 min
  • Randy Padmore Park570 m · 7 min
  • Glasgow Street Parkette595 m · 7 min
  • Alexandra Park601 m · 7 min
  • Julius Deutsch Park645 m · 8 min
and 16 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (26)
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 372 m · 4 min
  • Heydon Park Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 561 m · 7 min
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 621 m · 7 min
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 635 m · 8 min
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 660 m · 8 min
and 21 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch573 m · 7 min
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch818 m · 10 min
Places of interest
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 592 m · 7 min
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 751 m · 9 min
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 791 m · 9 min
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 1.1 km · 13 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 #602 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    5 grocery stores within 300 m · 111 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit21/28

    St Patrick Station 1 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go8/14

    library 573 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 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 30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,483 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 15 Larch St (270 m, 20 units, 3 storeys, built 1993), which scored 71 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
15 Larch St Toronto Community Housing · TCH203199371 · Aug 2024270 m · 3 min
123 D'Arcy St · 583647 Ontario Limited243198588 · Sep 2025283 m · 3 min
76 Grange Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH113199380 · Jul 2025300 m · 4 min
164 Grange Ave · Grange Apartments Inc.243197071 · Jul 2025463 m · 6 min
170 Vanauley Walk Toronto Community Housing · Atikson Co-Op406196988 · Aug 2026480 m · 6 min
91 Augusta Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation25714196886 · Jul 2025517 m · 6 min

30 registered buildings · 2,483 units · 16 social housing · tallest 24 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.

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 at the City's last count here, in 2005. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2005, 7% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Dundas & Willison a walkable intersection?

Dundas & Willison scores 74 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #602 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: 5 grocery stores within 300 m · 111 places to eat within 300 m; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m.

Where can I park near Dundas & Willison?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 Larch St (182 m away, 332 spaces, 31% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 638 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,080 spaces — 53 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (736 m).

How do I get to Dundas & Willison by transit?

St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 505, 510, 511, 501 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 72 m away.

What restaurants are near Dundas & Willison?

111 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 359 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. 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). 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, 365 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (516 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (563 m).

Is there child care near Dundas & Willison?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 987 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre (372 m, 56 spaces), Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) (372 m, 65 spaces) and Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (525 m, 36 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dundas & Willison?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,483 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Larch St (270 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 123 D'Arcy St (283 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 76 Grange Ave (300 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 164 Grange Ave (463 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 71). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 86 out of 100.

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

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