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George & Symons

George St & Symons St · Toronto, Ontario · Mimico-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

George & Symons, in Mimico-Queensway, is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
559
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 1, 2021
129 pedestrians · 10 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5363 of 5,508 · +1 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
1 streetcar route · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 70 vehicles an hour, 6% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 0.2 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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George & Symons

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 262 m
TTC bus
7680 nearest 113 m
Blue Night
301
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Royal York Rd / Lake Shore Blvd W 500 m · 19 docks · 5 stations, 98 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 (13)
  • John English Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 449 m
  • Phoenix Montessori SchoolPrivate · 569 m
  • Mimico Adult CentreEnglish Public · 631 m
  • St Leo Catholic Elementary School (Future Address For Main Entrance)English Separate · 655 m
  • Second Street Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 697 m
  • St Leo Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 747 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (21)
  • Lake Crescent Park134 m
  • Mimico Memorial Park216 m
  • Vimy Ridge Parkette381 m
  • Lake Crescent Road End Parkette436 m
  • Miles Road End Parkette508 m
  • Hillside Park538 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mimico Centennial branch777 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, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is Ali's Wraps, 176 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ali's Wraps · 44 St George St176 mPassed, May 2026
Fiyu Food Truck · 44 St George Stgrocery176 mPassed, Feb 2025
Mimico Convenience Plus · 176 Royal York Rdgrocery421 mPassed, Sep 2025
Tc Tibetan Momo · 182a Royal York Rd Bldg-A448 mPassed, Apr 2026
Il Padre's Yummy Pizza · 196 Royal York Rd491 mPassed, Sep 2025
The Rec Room · 255 Royal York Rd597 mPassed, Apr 2026
Jeff's No Frills · 220 Royal York Rdgrocery600 mPassed, Mar 2025
7-Eleven · 2480 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery644 mPassed, Jun 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 Amos Waites Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 732 m away, View outdoor pool hours.

  • Amos Waites Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 2441 Lake Shore Blvd W
    View outdoor pool hours
    732 m
  • Amos Waites Park Washroom · 2441 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    738 m
  • New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom · 105 Fourth St
    View centre hours
    1 km

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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 868 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Mint School - Mimico (174 m, 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 868 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 10
  • The Mint School - Mimico · 74 Royal York Rd
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age
    174 m
  • John English YMCA · 95 Mimico Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    449 m
  • Phoenix Montessori School Inc. · 2 Station Rd
    125 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten
    569 m
  • The Rec Room Before & After School Program · 255 Royal York Rd
    180 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    631 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 435 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (4.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 435 · 1.3 km130 Eighth St
Police22 Division · 4.9 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.3 km259 Horner 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 50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,965 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2561 Lake Shore Blvd W (301 m, 14 units, 4 storeys, built 1952), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 57 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 1,965 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202657 across the 50
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2561 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc.144195288 · Aug 20261301 m
2555 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc.264195295 · Aug 20250324 m
2545 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc.264195293 · Aug 20250337 m
2543 Lake Shore Blvd W · CAPREIT Limited Partenership553195286 · Aug 20260357 m
2557 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc.264195282 · Aug 20262374 m
2547 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc.264195290 · Aug 20260383 m
2521 Lake Shore Blvd W · CAPREIT Limited Partnership373195297 · Sep 20252389 m
2559 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc.264195295 · Aug 20250418 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 lots539 lots · ≈29,500 spaces · 88.5 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,030 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 556 spaces
EV charging (City)2390 Lake Shore Blvd W · 924 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
16 Superior Ave · Surface773 m2343% (Q1 2026)
66 Third St · Surface938 m2434% (Q1 2026)
105 Fourth Street · Surface1 km22 *
140 Fifth St · Surface1.1 km5239% (Q1 2026)
139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface1.2 km11 *

Nearest lots: 68 m away, ≈9 spaces; 86 m away, ≈8 spaces; 135 m away, ≈16 spaces; 150 m away, ≈7 spaces; 197 m away, ≈20 spaces; 203 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (1.3 km, 7 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, Dec 1, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 247 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 84 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 90 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 88 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north84southbound · 1 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west228eastbound · 6 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles559129 pedestrians · 10 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east247westbound · 3 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour90 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour88 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 1, 2021

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 Symons St between George St and Royal York Rd, 53 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 31 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Symons St · George St – Royal York Rd · 53 mNov 2021 · 3 days1,00931 km/h38 km/h42 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5363 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20143latest Jan 8, 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

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 vehicle200house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 9, 2022. 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 Mimico-Queensway.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is George & Symons a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 George & Symons?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 1, 2021, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at George & Symons?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Symons St between George St and Royal York Rd (November 2021), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near George & Symons?

The nearest Green P car park is 16 Superior Ave (773 m away, 23 spaces, 43% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 539 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,500 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (924 m).

How do I get to George & Symons by transit?

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 262 m away; bus routes 76, 80 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near George & Symons?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ali's Wraps (176 m), Tc Tibetan Momo (448 m), Il Padre's Yummy Pizza (491 m) and The Rec Room (597 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 George & Symons?

The nearest is Amos Waites Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 2441 Lake Shore Blvd W, 732 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Amos Waites Park Washroom (738 m); New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 George & Symons?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 868 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Mint School - Mimico (174 m, 79 spaces), John English YMCA (449 m, 71 spaces) and Phoenix Montessori School Inc. (569 m, 125 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near George & Symons?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,965 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2561 Lake Shore Blvd W (301 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 2555 Lake Shore Blvd W (324 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2545 Lake Shore Blvd W (337 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 2543 Lake Shore Blvd W (357 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 90 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 George & Symons?

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 Mimico-Queensway page.

What neighbourhood is George & Symons in?

George & Symons is in Mimico-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 160). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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