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Harbord & Huron

Harbord St & Huron St · Toronto, Ontario · University · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Harbord & Huron, in University, in the downtown core, is an intersection of typical volume, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2) 518 m away.

Traffic volume
8,554
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 1, 2009
5,206 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
37
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 25 property damage · #2496 of 5,508 · +2 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
Spadina Station 518 m · 3 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 39 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,070 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 3.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 46%, from 24 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Harbord & Huron

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)518 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)528 m; Museum Station (Line 1)630 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)822 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)890 m; Bay Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
506510511 nearest 166 m
TTC bus
9412713267 nearest 117 m
Blue Night
306310300307
Nearest stops
16 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Harbord St installed 2001
Bike Share
Huron St / Harbord St 21 m · 39 docks · 41 stations, 787 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 (50)
  • Rotman School of Management - U of T, Bldg 134University · 225 m
  • School of Graduate Studies - U of T, Bldg 43University · 280 m
  • Munk School of Global Affairs at Trinity - U of T, Bldg 12aUniversity · 321 m
  • Munk School of Global Affairs Graham Library - U of T, Bldg 12cUniversity · 325 m
  • School of Continuing Studies - U of T, Bldg 103University · 356 m
  • University of Toronto SchoolsPrivate · 393 m
  • and 44 more
Community centres
Parks (46)
  • Huron - Washington Parkette325 m
  • Matt Cohen Park406 m
  • Paul Martel Park518 m
  • Bloor - Bedford Parkette534 m
  • Sally Bird Park534 m
  • Margaret Fairley Park575 m
  • and 40 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch591 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch629 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 237 m
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 327 m
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 345 m
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 421 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 450 m
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 463 m
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 567 m
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 579 m
Signal
1145, activated 1975 · SAP · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 47 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 371 — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Dada Gimbap, 105 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés47 within 300 m · 371 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dada Gimbap · 364 Huron St105 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Toroast · 364 Huron St105 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Second Cup · 55 Harbord St107 mPassed, Mar 2026
Cookee Cookie · 364 Huron St C106108 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Pauls Coffee Ltd · 130 St George St134 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
The Red Truck · 120 St George St148 mPassed, May 2026
Caffe'in · 100 St George St156 mPassed, Mar 2026
Kees Fine Foods · 100 St George Stgrocery156 mPassed, Feb 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 527 m away at Sally Bird Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Sally Bird Park drinking fountain · 527 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

22 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,860 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris (99 m, 96 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km22 centres · 1,860 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 22
  • University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris · 7 Glen Morris St
    96 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    99 m
  • Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care · 370 Huron St
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    131 m
  • Kodomoen Childcare Centre · 630 Spadina Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    217 m
  • Huron Playschool Co-Operative · 383 Huron St
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    274 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (835 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 835 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 1.3 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.1 km674 Markham St

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 67 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,321 rental units, 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 666 Spadina Ave (247 m, 334 units, 24 storeys, built 1971), which scored 94 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 67 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 83 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 24 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings67 · 5,321 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202683 across the 67
Open fire-code violations24
Tallest26 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
666 Spadina Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.33424197194 · Aug 20244247 m
710 Spadina Ave · Camden Property Management627195987 · Aug 20251326 m
409 Huron St · Impressions Group424189853 · Sep 20253 · 14 fire351 m
341 Bloor St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation32618198082 · Sep 20255390 m
334 Bloor St W243191999 · Aug 20260491 m
360 Bloor St W · Maple Leaf Property Management17020197074 · Sep 20250547 m
153 Borden Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes453198774 · Sep 20252571 m
25 Madison AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation124198988 · Dec 20250579 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 lots1,031 lots · ≈24,920 spaces · 74.8 ha
Within 500 m61 lots · ≈1,780 spaces
Green P (public)31 car parks · about 5,094 spaces
EV charging (City)19 Spadina Rd · 581 m · 6 Level 2 ports
Bike parking192 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.8 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
465 Huron Street · Surface492 m15 *
4 Spadina Road · Surface497 m51 *
9 Madison Ave. · Surface502 m38 *
19 Spadina Road · Surface599 m65 *
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface644 m19 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈7 spaces; 60 m away, ≈4 spaces; 72 m away, ≈13 spaces; 129 m away, ≈35 spaces; 141 m away, ≈25 spaces; 153 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 365 Lippincott St. (801 m, 10 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.1 km, 9 ports); 9 Wellesley St W. (1.2 km, 8 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, 2009

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,821 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 585 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,238 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,273 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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 north660southbound · 0 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the west3,821eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles8,5545,206 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.5% heavy
From the east3,488westbound · 0 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the south585northbound · 0 bikes · 5.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,238 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,273 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 1, 2009

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 Huron St between Harbord St and Glen Morris St, 46 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2015 put the average speed at 28 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 36 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 1 speed hump slow traffic on Huron Street between Bloor St W and Harbord St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Huron St · Harbord St – Glen Morris St · 46 mMar 2015 · 24 h2,89828 km/h36 km/h39 km/h
Harbord St · St George St – Huron St · 72 mNov 2010 · 24 h14,133

Traffic calming

  • Huron Street · Bloor St W – Harbord St
    1 speed hump

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 2018, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 7 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (16%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions37#2496 of 5,508
With an injury7#2242 of 4,660
Property damage only25
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian3#1252 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#800 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201448latest Feb 13, 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

One theft from a vehicle and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft200school/campus (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 16, 2023. 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 University.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Harbord & Huron a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 37 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 Harbord & Huron?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Dec 1, 2009, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Harbord & Huron?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Huron St between Harbord St and Glen Morris St (March 2015), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 36 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Harbord & Huron?

The nearest Green P car park is 465 Huron Street (492 m away, 15 spaces). The City's mapping shows 1,031 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,920 spaces — 61 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (581 m).

How do I get to Harbord & Huron by transit?

Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2) is 518 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510, 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 166 m away; bus routes 94, 127, 13, 26, 7 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Harbord & Huron?

47 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 371 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dada Gimbap (105 m), Toroast (105 m), Second Cup (107 m), Cookee Cookie (108 m) and Pauls Coffee Ltd (134 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 Harbord & Huron?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 527 m away at Sally Bird Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Harbord & Huron?

22 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,860 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris (99 m, 96 spaces), Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care (131 m, 49 spaces) and Kodomoen Childcare Centre (217 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Harbord & Huron?

67 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,321 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 666 Spadina Ave (247 m, 334 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 710 Spadina Ave (326 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 409 Huron St (351 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 53) and 341 Bloor St W (390 m, 326 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 67 is 88 out of 100; 2 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 Harbord & Huron?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two 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 University page.

What neighbourhood is Harbord & Huron in?

Harbord & Huron is in University (City of Toronto neighbourhood 079). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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