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Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw

Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
365
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2021
309 pedestrians · 51 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
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 50 vehicles, 4% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.2 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 14.0% of vehicle volume, about 18× the typical share.

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Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505501504508506 nearest 242 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 103 m
Express
929
Blue Night
305301304306363329
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ossington Ave / Bruce St 210 m · 15 docks · 37 stations, 753 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 (20)
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 166 m
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 493 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 617 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 657 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 663 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 747 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (39)
  • Osler Playground333 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park352 m
  • Roxton Road Parkette359 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette412 m
  • Paul E. Garfinkel Park511 m
  • George Ben Park570 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch854 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 625 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.4 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.5 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.5 km
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 1.5 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 82 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 358 — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Matcha Tokyo, 77 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés82 within 300 m · 358 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Matcha Tokyo · 139 Ossington Ave77 mPassed, Sep 2026
Nutbar · 127 Ossington Ave87 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Delysees Desserts · 131 Ossington Ave88 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pink Nail Bar · 123 Ossington Ave108 mPassed, Sep 2026
Papi Chulo's Mexicana · 121 Ossington Ave108 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Reposado · 136 Ossington Ave108 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Bellwoods Brewery · 124 Ossington Ave110 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Pilot Coffee Roasters · 109 Ossington Ave110 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 Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom, 331 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 336 m away at Trinity Bellwoods Park.

  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    331 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    336 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    459 m
Drinking water
Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 336 m; Osler Playground bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 340 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,509 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (166 m, 121 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,509 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 17
  • Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care · 49 Givins St
    121 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    166 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    317 m
  • Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) · 319 Ossington Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    493 m
  • Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. · 1275 Dundas St W
    28 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    549 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (716 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (723 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 716 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 723 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.1 km1288 Queen St 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

Within a kilometre there are 31 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,155 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 300 Shaw St (326 m, 32 units, 3 storeys, built 1966), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 31 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 53 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings31 · 3,155 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202653 across the 31
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
300 Shaw Stsocial housing323196690 · Jul 20260326 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241369 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240413 m
255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc163191285 · Aug 20250442 m
11 Churchill Ave · Admp Property Management Inc.173195889 · Jul 20260564 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260573 m
1289 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Villa Luso Non Profit Housing Corp1497198698 · Aug 20260574 m
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261615 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 lots820 lots · ≈28,100 spaces · 84.3 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈590 spaces
Green P (public)32 car parks · about 2,651 spaces
EV charging (City)248 Shaw St · 208 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking126 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 62 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1117 Dundas St W · Surface226 m3786% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface324 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface526 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface562 m7968% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage655 m152 *

Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈5 spaces; 108 m away, ≈10 spaces; 120 m away, ≈7 spaces; 153 m away, ≈21 spaces; 153 m away, ≈10 spaces; 169 m away, ≈41 spaces. More EV charging: 283 Ossington Ave (382 m, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (438 m, 2 ports); 45 Abell St (775 m, 16 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, Oct 27, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 239 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 65% of the total, against 11 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 57 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 44 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% 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 north239southbound · 23 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west115eastbound · 7 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles365309 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east11westbound · 4 bikes · 9.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 17 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour44 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour57 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 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 Givins St between Bruce St and Argyle St, 115 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2025 put the average speed at 24 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 34 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Givins St · Bruce St – Argyle St · 115 mMay 2025 · 3 days41024 km/h34 km/h39 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

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

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw 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 Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2021, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Givins St between Bruce St and Argyle St (May 2025), found an average of 24 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw?

The nearest Green P car park is 1117 Dundas St W (226 m away, 37 spaces, 86% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 820 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,100 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 248 Shaw St (208 m).

How do I get to Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 501, 504, 508 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 242 m away; bus routes 63, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw?

82 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 358 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Matcha Tokyo (77 m), Nutbar (87 m), Delysees Desserts (88 m), Pink Nail Bar (108 m) and Papi Chulo's Mexicana (108 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 Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw?

The nearest is Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom, 790 Queen St W, 331 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (336 m); Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom (459 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 Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,509 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (166 m, 121 spaces), Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (317 m, 35 spaces) and Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) (493 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw?

31 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,155 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 300 Shaw St (326 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 900 Queen St W (369 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 100 Lower Ossington Ave (413 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 255 Dovercourt Rd (442 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 31 is 86 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw in?

Givins St & Lane N of Argyle and E of Ossington & Lane N of Argyle and W of Shaw is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

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