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Harbord & Major

Harbord St & Major St · Toronto, Ontario · University · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Harbord Street BIA

Harbord & Major is an intersection of typical volume, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in University, in the downtown core. It has a protected bikeway and a park at the corner. Nearby: Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2) 500 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
8,647
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 16, 2015
177 pedestrians · 2,344 cyclists
Collisions
27
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 20 property damage · #2965 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Spadina Station 500 m · 3 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,080 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 49 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Cyclists were 27.1% of vehicle volume, about 35× the typical share. On average 2.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 31%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Harbord & Major

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)500 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)603 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)760 m
Streetcar
506510511 nearest 204 m
TTC bus
9412772613 nearest 88 m
Blue Night
306310307300
Nearest stops
13 surface stops within 300 m — Harbord St at Brunswick Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Harbord St installed 2001
Bike Share
Spadina Ave / Sussex Ave 240 m · 15 docks · 42 stations, 821 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 (46)
  • Central Technical SchoolEnglish Public · 301 m
  • Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School & Miles Nadal Jewish Community CentrePrivate · 416 m
  • Lord Lansdowne Jr Sr & Da VinciEnglish Public · 458 m
  • City As School TorontoPrivate · 488 m
  • University of Toronto SchoolsPrivate · 488 m
  • King Edward Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Separate · 518 m
  • and 40 more
Parks (36)
  • Sally Bird Park153 m
  • Margaret Fairley Park257 m
  • Matt Cohen Park440 m
  • Huron - Washington Parkette492 m
  • Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park499 m
  • The Doctors' Parkette564 m
  • and 30 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch575 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch720 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch805 m
Places of interest
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 225 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 440 m
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 503 m
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 649 m
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 704 m
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 729 m
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 858 m
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 902 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 368 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Alebrije, 15 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés34 within 300 m · 368 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Harbord Bakery · 117 Harbord St Unit-1grocery11 mPassed, Jun 2026
Alebrije · 119 Harbord St15 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Musoshin Harbord · 130 Harbord St31 mPassed, Jul 2026
Harbord Esso Convenience · 132 Harbord Stgrocery34 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
The Harbord House · 124 Harbord St45 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 4 infractions
Haku Izakaya · 168 Major St67 mPassed, Jun 2026
Rasa · 196 Robert St74 mPassed, May 2026
Harbord Convenience · 99 Harbord Stgrocery77 mPassed, Mar 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 149 m away at Sally Bird Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Sally Bird Park drinking fountain · 149 m; Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 503 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,652 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kodomoen Childcare Centre (194 m, 24 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,652 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 18
  • Kodomoen Childcare Centre · 630 Spadina Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    194 m
  • University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris · 7 Glen Morris St
    96 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    338 m
  • Annex Montessori School · 427 Bloor St W
    68 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    400 m
  • Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care · 370 Huron St
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    402 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (631 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 781 m away.

FireFire Station 315 · 631 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 1.5 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 781 m674 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

64 registered apartment buildings with 4,282 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 153 Borden St (174 m, 45 units, 3 storeys, built 1987), which scored 74 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 64 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 61 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 36 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings64 · 4,282 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202661 across the 64
Open fire-code violations36
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
153 Borden Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes453198774 · Sep 20252174 m
666 Spadina Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.33424197194 · Aug 20244218 m
710 Spadina Ave · Camden Property Management627195987 · Aug 20251304 m
686 Bathurst St · Stein & Regency Construction Management Co.244194793 · Dec 20250440 m
334 Bloor St W243191999 · Aug 20260474 m
360 Bloor St W · Maple Leaf Property Management17020197074 · Sep 20250476 m
10 Walmer Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.13118196590 · Aug 20253 · 1 fire512 m
11 Walmer Rd · Cromewll Management Inc.637196598 · Sep 20251 · 1 fire529 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 lots1,008 lots · ≈24,320 spaces · 73 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈1,130 spaces
Green P (public)30 car parks · about 3,208 spaces
EV charging (City)365 Lippincott St. · 504 m · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parking101 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 46 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface392 m19 *
365 Lippincott St · Surface483 m13654% (Q1 2026)
4 Spadina Road · Surface490 m51 *
9 Madison Ave. · Surface585 m38 *
19 Spadina Road · Surface610 m65 *

Nearest lots: 21 m away, ≈11 spaces; 41 m away, ≈7 spaces; 44 m away, ≈4 spaces; 56 m away, ≈5 spaces; 82 m away, ≈5 spaces; 96 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Spadina Rd (596 m, 6 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.1 km, 4 ports); 705 Shaw St (1.4 km, 2 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, Apr 16, 2015

The west leg carries the load — 4,410 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 8. Most cyclists arrived from the west (1,362 of 2,344). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,615 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 67% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (965). Trucks and buses were 6.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north8southbound · 38 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,410eastbound · 1,362 bikes · 8.3% heavy
Total vehicles8,647177 pedestrians · 2,344 cyclists · 6.1% heavy
From the east4,183westbound · 884 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south46northbound · 60 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour965 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,615 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 16, 2015

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 Harbord St between Boys of Major Lane and Brunswick Ave (75 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 8,600 vehicles a day. Major St between Lane N of Sussex and E of Major and Leah Cohen Lane measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Sep 2025). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Borden St (223 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.1% of the 16,108 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Harbord St · Boys of Major Lane – Brunswick Ave · 75 mJun 2022 · 7 days8,55334 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Major St · Lane N of Sussex and E of Major – Leah Cohen Lane · 298 mSep 2025 · 7 days85227 km/h35 km/h40 km/h

School-zone speed sign 223 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 33 km/h
Over the limit11%
40 km/h or more1.1%

Borden St (northbound), 187 Borden St · 16,108 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

2024 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 19% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions27#2965 of 5,508
With an injury5#2689 of 4,660
Property damage only20
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian3#1253 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1156 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201438latest Apr 18, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Sep 23, 2011.

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 nine thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle911street/outdoor (9)
Bicycle theft610apartment parking (3), house driveway/garage (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 7, 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 University.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Harbord & Major a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 27 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 & Major?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Apr 16, 2015, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Harbord & Major?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Harbord St between Boys of Major Lane and Brunswick Ave (June 2022), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 223 m away (30 km/h), 1.1% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Harbord & Major?

The nearest Green P car park is 292 Brunswick Avenue (392 m away, 19 spaces). The City's mapping shows 1,008 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,320 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 365 Lippincott St. (504 m).

How do I get to Harbord & Major by transit?

Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2) is 500 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510, 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 204 m away; bus routes 94, 127, 7, 26, 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: Harbord St at Brunswick Ave, 88 m).

What restaurants are near Harbord & Major?

34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 368 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Alebrije (15 m), Musoshin Harbord (31 m), The Harbord House (45 m), Haku Izakaya (67 m) and Rasa (74 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 & Major?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 149 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 & Major?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,652 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kodomoen Childcare Centre (194 m, 24 spaces), University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris (338 m, 96 spaces) and Annex Montessori School (400 m, 68 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Harbord & Major?

64 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,282 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 153 Borden St (174 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 666 Spadina Ave (218 m, 334 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 710 Spadina Ave (304 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 686 Bathurst St (440 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 64 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 & Major?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 University page.

What neighbourhood is Harbord & Major in?

Harbord & Major is in University (City of Toronto neighbourhood 079). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Harbord Street Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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