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Halton & Shaw

Halton St & Shaw St · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Halton & Shaw, in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, is a lightly travelled intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,007
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 14, 2021
640 pedestrians · 1,137 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4557 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
5 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 47 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 380 vehicles an hour, 33% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 37.8% of vehicle volume, about 49× the typical share. On average 0.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Halton & Shaw

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505501506504508 nearest 111 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 243 m
Blue Night
305301306304363
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Shaw St installed 2001
Bike Share
Dundas St W / Crawford St 125 m · 47 docks · 31 stations, 615 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 · 289 m
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 403 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 465 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 577 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 674 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 688 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (39)
  • Roxton Road Parkette250 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park308 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette416 m
  • Osler Playground469 m
  • George Ben Park474 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground499 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch727 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 780 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 64 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 358 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is John Gibson House, 122 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés64 within 300 m · 358 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
John Gibson House · 229 Crawford St122 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sonndr Cafe · 1068 Dundas St W138 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gelato Stop · 256 Crawford St154 mPassed, Jun 2026
Morning Parade Coffee Bar · 256 Crawford St155 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Lucky's Exotic Bodega · 213 Ossington Ave187 mConditional pass, Aug 2026 · 8 infractions
Youthful Vengeance · 1110 Dundas St W199 mPassed, Nov 2025
Foxley · 207 Ossington Ave203 mPassed, Jun 2026
Casablanca · 1108 Dundas St W206 mPassed, Jul 2025

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 Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom, 345 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 224 m away at Trinity Bellwoods Park.

  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    345 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    350 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    372 m
Drinking water
Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 224 m; Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 226 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 1,562 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (289 m, 121 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,562 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 17
  • Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care · 49 Givins St
    121 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    289 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    350 m
  • Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) · 319 Ossington Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    403 m
  • Garderie La Farandole Sur Grace · 77 Grace St
    161 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    543 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (671 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (710 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 671 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 710 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.2 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

29 registered apartment buildings with 2,360 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 300 Shaw St (201 m, 32 units, 3 storeys, built 1966), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 29 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 41 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 2,360 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202641 across the 29
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
300 Shaw Stsocial housing323196690 · Jul 20260201 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241455 m
255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc163191285 · Aug 20250498 m
11 Churchill Ave · Admp Property Management Inc.173195889 · Jul 20260500 m
138 Claremont Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes183199490 · Aug 20250526 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260559 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240562 m
1289 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Villa Luso Non Profit Housing Corp1497198698 · Aug 20260610 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 lots847 lots · ≈26,390 spaces · 79.2 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈620 spaces
Green P (public)33 car parks · about 2,787 spaces
EV charging (City)248 Shaw St · 63 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking114 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 62 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1117 Dundas St W · Surface190 m3786% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface477 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface556 m7968% (Q1 2026)
201 Claremont St · Surface618 m4361% (Q1 2026)
157 Beatrice St · Surface661 m1864% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 109 m away, ≈12 spaces; 176 m away, ≈40 spaces (Green P); 181 m away, ≈10 spaces; 181 m away, ≈43 spaces; 198 m away, ≈4 spaces; 203 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 283 Ossington Ave (319 m, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (595 m, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (830 m, 4 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 14, 2021

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 1,410 vehicles entering from the south to 1,597 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the north (614 of 1,137). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 485 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 37% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (354). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north1,597southbound · 614 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 57 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles3,007640 pedestrians · 1,137 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,410northbound · 466 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour354 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour485 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 14, 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

The City's counter on Shaw St between Harrison St and Fred Hamilton Playground Trl (387 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 2,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Ossington Ave (343 m away, 30 km/h limit), 22% of the 138,457 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Shaw St · Harrison St – Fred Hamilton Playground Trl · 387 mJun 2022 · 7 days2,35826 km/h33 km/h38 km/h

School-zone speed sign 343 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 42 km/h
Over the limit48%
40 km/h or more22%

Ossington Ave (northbound), 293 Ossington Avenue · 138,457 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 25, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4557 of 5,508
With an injury1#4291 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 20148latest Sep 25, 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

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 four thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Feb 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle411street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft601apartment parking (3), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 22, 2026. 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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Halton & Shaw 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 Halton & Shaw?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 14, 2021, 33% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Halton & Shaw?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Shaw St between Harrison St and Fred Hamilton Playground Trl (June 2022), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 343 m away (30 km/h), 22% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Halton & Shaw?

The nearest Green P car park is 1117 Dundas St W (190 m away, 37 spaces, 86% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 847 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,390 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 248 Shaw St (63 m).

How do I get to Halton & Shaw by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 501, 506, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 111 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Halton & Shaw?

64 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 John Gibson House (122 m), Sonndr Cafe (138 m), Gelato Stop (154 m), Morning Parade Coffee Bar (155 m) and Lucky's Exotic Bodega (187 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 Halton & Shaw?

The nearest is Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom, 790 Queen St W, 345 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (350 m); Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (372 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 Halton & Shaw?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,562 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (289 m, 121 spaces), Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (350 m, 35 spaces) and Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) (403 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Halton & Shaw?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,360 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 300 Shaw St (201 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 900 Queen St W (455 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 255 Dovercourt Rd (498 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 11 Churchill Ave (500 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 85 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.

How many thefts are reported at Halton & Shaw?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is Halton & Shaw in?

Halton & Shaw is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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