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Evans & Colbeck

Evans Ave & Colbeck St · Toronto, Ontario · Runnymede-Bloor West Village · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Evans & Colbeck, in Runnymede-Bloor West Village, is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Jane Station (Line 2) 373 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,634
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 9, 2013
628 pedestrians · 10 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4541 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Jane Station 373 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 200 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 18% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 0.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Evans & Colbeck

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Jane Station (Line 2)373 m; Runnymede Station (Line 2)607 m; Old Mill Station (Line 2)885 m
TTC bus
26275514971797766 nearest 174 m
Express
935
Blue Night
335300
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
265 Armadale Ave 370 m · 45 docks · 10 stations, 220 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 (17)
  • St Pius X Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 249 m
  • Summit Micro SchoolPrivate · 411 m
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 492 m
  • Runnymede Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 584 m
  • Blyth Academy School - EtobicokePrivate · 680 m
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 775 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (29)
  • George Chater Parkette424 m
  • Beresford Park471 m
  • Lessard Park495 m
  • Neil McLellan Park580 m
  • Old Mill Site Park587 m
  • Etienne Brule Park609 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch811 m
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch822 m
  • Toronto Public Library Daniel G. Hill (formely Jane/Dundas) branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 757 m

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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 107. The nearest is St. Pius X Catholic School_snp, 248 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 107 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
St. Pius X Catholic School_snp · 71 Jane St248 mPassed, Dec 2025
Campo · 244 Jane St327 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Bellona · 276 Jane St391 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Yumi Japanese Restaurant · 2384 Bloor St W392 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Momo Ghar West · 2392 Bloor St W393 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Janchenkos Bakery · 2394 Bloor St Wgrocery394 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 4 infractions
Janchenkos Bakery · 2394 Bloor St Wgrocery394 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 3 infractions
Fat Bastard Burrito Co · 2400 Bloor St W395 mPassed, Jul 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 Etienne Brule Park Washroom, 727 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 467 m away at Beresford Park.

  • Etienne Brule Park Washroom · 13 Crosby Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    727 m
Drinking water
Beresford Park drinking fountain · 467 m; Lessard Park drinking fountain · 498 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,229 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Little Footsteps Childcare Inc. (225 m, 100 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,229 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 19
  • Little Footsteps Childcare Inc. · 404 Willard Ave
    100 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    225 m
  • Plasp St. Pius X Catholic School · 71 Jane St
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    249 m
  • Angelgate Daycare Ltd. 230 Jane Street · 230 Jane St
    24 spaces · toddler, school age · $10-a-day
    296 m
  • Angelgate Daycare Ltd. 232 Jane Street · 232 Jane St
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    298 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (764 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 425 · 764 m83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 2.7 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.1 km9 Clendenan Ave

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 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 659 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 35 Jane St (346 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1910), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 12 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 659 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202612 across the 20
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
35 Jane St · Biddington Property Managment Corp183191092 · Aug 20260 · 1 fire346 m
29 Jane St · Biddington Property Managment Corp183191096 · Nov 20250360 m
23 Jane St183195586 · Jul 20250375 m
2407 Bloor St W123192095 · Nov 20250459 m
392 Jane St · Biddington Property Management Corp.326196096 · Jul 20250624 m
117 Runnymede Rd424192790 · Aug 20261723 m
111 Runnymede Rd164196088 · Aug 20261 · 1 fire727 m
2520 Bloor St W · Landlord Property & Rental Management224192392 · Jul 20260735 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 lots544 lots · ≈19,410 spaces · 58.2 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈730 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 799 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 361 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
265 Armadale Ave · Surface356 m14458% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface373 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Durie St · Surface482 m14470% (Q1 2026)
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface521 m9552% (Q1 2026)
16 Riverview Gdns · Surface552 m5938% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 209 m away, ≈18 spaces; 267 m away, ≈42 spaces; 323 m away, ≈4 spaces; 340 m away, ≈4 spaces; 346 m away, ≈124 spaces (Green P); 349 m away, ≈17 spaces. More EV charging: 535 Runnymeade Rd (886 m, 2 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (1.4 km, 2 ports); 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.7 km, 1 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, Jan 9, 2013

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 753 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 174 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 333 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 336 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 north174southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west753eastbound · 6 bikes · 1.1% heavy
Total vehicles1,634628 pedestrians · 10 cyclists · 1.0% heavy
From the east707westbound · 4 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour333 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour336 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 9, 2013

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

On Evans Ave between Ardagh St and Lane N of Ardagh and W of Evans, 366 m from the corner, a 2-day count in November 2011 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. Colbeck St between Lane E of Jane and N of Colbeck and Jane St measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Feb 2001). The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Jane St (243 m away, 30 km/h limit), 65% of the 140,133 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Colbeck St · Lane E of Jane and N of Colbeck – Jane St · 154 mFeb 2001 · 7 days2,36233 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Evans Ave · Ardagh St – Lane N of Ardagh and W of Evans · 366 mNov 2011 · 2 days27233 km/h43 km/h49 km/h

School-zone speed sign 243 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct42 · 49 km/h
Over the limit86%
40 km/h or more65%

Jane St (southbound), 92 Jane Street · 140,133 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

The worst year was 2023, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (13%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 18, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4541 of 5,508
With an injury1#4249 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20148latest Aug 18, 2023

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 21, 2019. 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 Runnymede-Bloor West Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Evans & Colbeck a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Evans & Colbeck?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 9, 2013, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Evans & Colbeck?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Evans Ave between Ardagh St and Lane N of Ardagh and W of Evans (November 2011), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 243 m away (30 km/h), 65% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Evans & Colbeck?

The nearest Green P car park is 265 Armadale Ave (356 m away, 144 spaces, 58% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 544 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,410 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (361 m).

How do I get to Evans & Colbeck by transit?

Jane Station (Line 2) is 373 m away; bus routes 26, 27, 55, 149, 71, 79, 77, 66 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Evans & Colbeck?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 107 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St. Pius X Catholic School_snp (248 m), Campo (327 m), Bellona (391 m), Yumi Japanese Restaurant (392 m) and Momo Ghar West (393 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 Evans & Colbeck?

The nearest is Etienne Brule Park Washroom, 13 Crosby Ave, 727 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Evans & Colbeck?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,229 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Little Footsteps Childcare Inc. (225 m, 100 spaces), Plasp St. Pius X Catholic School (249 m, 43 spaces) and Angelgate Daycare Ltd. 230 Jane Street (296 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Evans & Colbeck?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 659 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 35 Jane St (346 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 29 Jane St (360 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 23 Jane St (375 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 2407 Bloor St W (459 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 92 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.

How many thefts are reported at Evans & Colbeck?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Runnymede-Bloor West Village page.

What neighbourhood is Evans & Colbeck in?

Evans & Colbeck is in Runnymede-Bloor West Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 089). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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