Toronto · intersection · signal 2316

Front & Portland

Front St W & Portland St · Toronto, Ontario · Harbourfront-CityPlace · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · CityPlace and Fort York BIA

Front & Portland is an intersection of typical volume, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Harbourfront-CityPlace, in the downtown core. It has a multi-use trail, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,130
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 30, 2026
9,613 pedestrians · 1,917 cyclists · #1841 busiest
Collisions
66
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 50 property damage · #1662 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
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
6 streetcar routes · within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
Bike Share: 22 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 580 vehicles an hour, 50% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.2 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 23.6% of vehicle volume, about 30× the typical share. On average 6.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 8.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.64× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 6%, from 34 in 2016–2020 to 32 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Front & Portland

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
511504508510509501 nearest 239 m
Blue Night
304310301307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Bridge of Light installed 2015
Bike Share
Portland St / Front St W 25 m · 11 docks · 60 stations, 1,258 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 (15)
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 436 m
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 436 m
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 482 m
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 591 m
  • The Waterfront SchoolEnglish Public · 650 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 680 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (47)
  • Draper Park151 m
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park182 m
  • Northern Linear Park332 m
  • Canoe Landing337 m
  • Adelaide Place Parkette466 m
  • Clarence Square Park515 m
  • and 41 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch273 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 227 m
  • The WellLandmark · 288 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 390 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 494 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 554 m
  • Toronto Music GardenNature/ Park · 616 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 724 m
  • Rogers CentreSports / Entertainment Venue · 756 m
Signal
2316, activated 2012 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South · bicycle signal

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 87 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores, and 360 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Columbus Cafe & Co. - Portland, 47 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés87 within 300 m · 360 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Columbus Cafe & Co. - Portland · 530 Front St47 mPassed, May 2026
Discreta Toronto · 18 Portland St None86 mPassed, Aug 2026
Souk Tabule · 500 Front St E None96 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Bagels On Fire · 486 Front St W Unit-Wm54158 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Bear Steak Sandwiches · 486 Front St W158 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Bhc Chicken · 486 Front St W158 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Big Fat Cookies · 486 Front St W Unit-Wm53158 mPassed, Feb 2026
Blue Claw Lobster Shack · 486 Front St W Unit-Wm27158 mPassed, May 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 Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 379 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 168 m away at Victoria Memorial Square Park.

  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 95 Fort York Blvd
    View centre hours
    379 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    747 m
  • Little Norway Park Washroom · 659 Queens Quay W
    9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. · accessible
    820 m
Drinking water
Victoria Memorial Square Park drinking fountain · 168 m; Canoe Landing Park drinking fountain · 317 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,274 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Macaulay - the Well (158 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,274 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 14
  • Macaulay - the Well · 486 Front St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    158 m
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 Bathurst St
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    255 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Child Care · 26 Brunel Crt
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    429 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Before and After Program · 20 Brunel Crt
    396 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    436 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 334 (920 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 920 m away.

FireFire Station 334 · 920 m339 Queens Quay W
Police52 Division · 1.6 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 920 m339 Queens Quay 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

24 registered apartment buildings with 4,813 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, ten of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 39 Niagara St (173 m, 501 units, 19 storeys, built 2019), which scored 99 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 73 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 31 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 4,813 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202673 across the 24
Open fire-code violations31
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 202510173 m
125 Queens Wharf RdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin737199093 · Aug 20262174 m
150 Dan Leckie WayToronto Community Housing · Greenwin29841201293 · Aug 20262201 m
146 Fort York BlvdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin257200090 · Sep 20240234 m
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 20260239 m
450 Front St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services592462023100 · Jul 20252294 m
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 20241294 m
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 20241335 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 lots605 lots · ≈22,230 spaces · 66.7 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈1,040 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 3,818 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Portland St · 636 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking71 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2 Portland St · Garage37 m3797% (Q1 2026)
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface551 m110 *
105 Spadina Ave · Surface653 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface668 m2295% (Q1 2026)
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface772 m49 *

Nearest lots: 94 m away, ≈13 spaces; 112 m away, ≈12 spaces; 176 m away, ≈26 spaces; 178 m away, ≈2 spaces; 193 m away, ≈13 spaces; 223 m away, ≈36 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Palmerston Ave (917 m, 2 ports); 10 Soho St. (1 km, 4 ports); 40 York St (1.3 km, 12 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 — 14-hour, Jun 30, 2026

The east leg carries the load — 3,205 westbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 6. Most cyclists arrived from the west (854 of 1,917). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 769 vehicles in the hour from 5:45 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (645). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north2,149southbound · 471 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the west2,770eastbound · 854 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles8,1309,613 pedestrians · 1,917 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east3,205westbound · 172 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south6northbound · 420 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour645 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour769 vehicles from 5:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 30, 2026

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 counter on Front St W between Portland St and Bathurst St (111 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 8,100 vehicles a day. Portland St between Stewart St and Lane S of King and W of Portland measured slower: 16 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 25 km/h (Jul 2025). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Front St W · Portland St – Bathurst St · 111 mNov 2022 · 3 days8,09335 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Portland St · Stewart St – Lane S of King and W of Portland · 289 mJul 2025 · 3 days6,46916 km/h25 km/h30 km/h

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

2018 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions66#1662 of 5,508
With an injury5#2776 of 4,660
Property damage only50
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian2#1930 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 201485latest Jun 14, 2026

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place 26 thefts from vehicles and 37 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 11× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 7.9 a year before that. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 73% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2660street/outdoor (18), apartment parking (7)
Bicycle theft3720apartment parking (27), street/outdoor (7)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 13, 2025. 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 Harbourfront-CityPlace.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Front & Portland a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 66 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 Front & Portland?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1841 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 50% of the median for a counted intersection, and #215 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Front & Portland?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Front St W between Portland St and Bathurst St (November 2022), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Front & Portland?

The nearest Green P car park is 2 Portland St (37 m away, 37 spaces, 97% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 605 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,230 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (636 m).

How do I get to Front & Portland by transit?

Streetcar routes 511, 504, 508, 510 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 239 m away.

What restaurants are near Front & Portland?

87 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 360 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Columbus Cafe & Co. - Portland (47 m), Discreta Toronto (86 m), Souk Tabule (96 m), Bagels On Fire (158 m) and Bear Steak Sandwiches (158 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 Front & Portland?

The nearest is Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 95 Fort York Blvd, 379 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (747 m); Little Norway Park Washroom (820 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 Front & Portland?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,274 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - the Well (158 m, 62 spaces), City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (255 m, 72 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Child Care (429 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Front & Portland?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,813 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 39 Niagara St (173 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 125 Queens Wharf Rd (174 m, 73 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 150 Dan Leckie Way (201 m, 298 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 146 Fort York Blvd (234 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 93 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 Front & Portland?

Toronto Police place 26 thefts from vehicles and 37 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 Harbourfront-CityPlace page.

What neighbourhood is Front & Portland in?

Front & Portland is in Harbourfront-CityPlace (City of Toronto neighbourhood 165). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the CityPlace and Fort York Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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