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Harbord & St George

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

Harbord & St George is a moderately travelled crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in University, in the downtown core. It has a protected bikeway, 3 schools within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: St George Station (Line 1, Line 2) 505 m away.

Traffic
11,238
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 25, 2025
9,934 pedestrians · 3,154 cyclists
Collisions
77
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1423 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St George Station 505 m · 16 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
74/100
city median 48 · #609 of 5,672
22 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 828 m

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Harbord & St George

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 4,458 westbound vehicles, or 40% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,134. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,132 vehicles in the hour from 5:30 p.m., 56% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (725). Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north2,665southbound · 1,220 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the west1,134eastbound · 303 bikes · 7.2% heavy
Total vehicles11,2389,934 pedestrians · 3,154 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east4,458westbound · 511 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the south2,981northbound · 1,120 bikes · 4.2% heavy

Peak hours: 725 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,132 from 5:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2017 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 18% 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 Jul 29, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Nov 22, 2013.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions77#1423 of 5,519
With an injury13#1361 of 4,669
Property damage only53
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian5#723 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist9#162 of 2,576
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Nov 22, 2013

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Harbord St between St George St and Huron St (78 m away, Nov 2010) recorded volume only — about 14,133 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Hoskin Ave · Devonshire Pl – St George St · 64 mNov 2010 · 3 days15,163———
St George St · Hoskin Ave – Sussex Ave · 76 mNov 2010 · 3 days9,526———
Harbord St · St George St – Huron St · 78 mNov 2010 · 24 h14,133———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 0838, activated 1948 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)505 m · 6 min; Museum Station (Line 1)515 m · 6 min; Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)785 m · 9 min; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)1 km · 12 min
Streetcar
506 510 511 nearest 348 m · 4 min
TTC bus
94 13 26 127 19 nearest 23 m
Blue Night
306 310 300 307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Hoskin Ave at St George St; Harbord St at St George St
Cycling
Cycle Track on Harbord St installed 2001; Bike Lane on St George St installed 2001; Cycle Track on Hoskin Ave installed 2001
Bike Share
St. George St / Hoskin Ave 51 m · 15 docks · 30 stations, 584 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
22 car parks · about 2,860 spaces
EV charging
19 Spadina Rd · 842 m · 6 Level 2 ports; also 9 Wellesley St W. (1.2 km), 365 Lippincott St. (1.2 km)
Bike parking
143 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
37 mapped lots within 500 m, 764 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
465 Huron Street · Surface612 m15 *—
9 Madison Ave. · Surface712 m38 *—
4 Spadina Road · Surface740 m51 *—
9 Bedford Rd · Garage742 m37151% (Q1 2026)
19 Spadina Road · Surface867 m65 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is Metro, 828 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Cookee Cookie, 268 m away. There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 195 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pauls Coffee Ltd, 75 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Snowdon Guardian Pharmacy, 430 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Kensington Eye Institute, 1.1 km away, then Women's College Hospital at 1.2 km. For seniors' housing: St. George Community, a long-term care home 1.0 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Pauls Coffee Ltd · 130 St George St75 m
  • Meal Queen · 130 St George St76 m
  • Starbucks Coffee · 130 St George St76 m
  • Dai, Chua-Kuan/Ching, Kim-Mau · 110 St George St None112 m
  • Furusato International · 110 St George St None112 m
22 within 300 m · 195 within 1 km
Grocery
Metro 828 m · 10 min
Food shops
Cookee Cookie 268 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Snowdon Guardian Pharmacy 430 m · 5 min · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day286 m · 3 min
  • University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris · 96 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day291 m · 3 min
  • Huron Playschool Co-Operative · 16 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day367 m · 4 min
12 licensed centres · 955 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site1.1 km · 14 min
  • Women's College Hospital · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
  • St. George Community · long-term care home1 km · 12 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (33)
  • Huron - Washington Parkette465 m · 6 min
  • Queen's Park519 m · 6 min
  • Bloor - Bedford Parkette557 m · 7 min
  • Matt Cohen Park674 m · 8 min
  • Paul Martel Park736 m · 9 min
and 28 more within 1.5 km
Schools (34)
  • Rotman School of Management - U of T, Bldg 134University · 147 m
  • Munk School of Global Affairs at Trinity - U of T, Bldg 12aUniversity · 196 m
  • Munk School of Global Affairs Graham Library - U of T, Bldg 12cUniversity · 199 m
  • School of Graduate Studies - U of T, Bldg 43University · 266 m · 3 min
  • School of Continuing Studies - U of T, Bldg 103University · 350 m · 4 min
and 29 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch809 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch842 m · 10 min
Places of interest
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 272 m · 3 min
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 414 m · 5 min
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 417 m · 5 min
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 461 m · 5 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a community centre or a public washroom.

74of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #609 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food20/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 22 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit22/28

    St George Station 0.5 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 809 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    5 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

37 registered apartment buildings with 3,687 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 409 Huron St (428 m, 42 units, 4 storeys, built 1898), which scored 53 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 37 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
409 Huron St · Impressions Group424189853 · Sep 2025428 m · 5 min
666 Spadina Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.33424197194 · Aug 2024468 m · 6 min
341 Bloor St W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation32618198082 · Sep 2025525 m · 6 min
710 Spadina Ave · Camden Property Management627195987 · Aug 2025574 m · 7 min
145 St George St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.13012196096 · Aug 2026590 m · 7 min
149 St George St487196888 · Sep 2025602 m · 7 min

37 registered buildings · 3,687 units · 4 social housing · tallest 26 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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 45 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 6.6 a year before that. 84% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (2), school/campus (1)
Bicycle theft4520school/campus (38), street/outdoor (6)

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 & St George a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 77 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 & St George?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 25, 2025, 69% of the median for a counted intersection, and #212 for pedestrians.

Is Harbord & St George a walkable intersection?

Harbord & St George scores 74 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #609 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 5 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; library 809 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m; St George Station 0.5 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Harbord & St George?

The nearest Green P car park is 465 Huron Street (612 m away, 15 spaces). The City's mapping shows 764 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,890 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (842 m).

How do I get to Harbord & St George by transit?

St George Station (Line 1, Line 2) is 505 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510, 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 348 m away; bus routes 94, 13, 26, 127, 19 within 1 km (nearest stop: Hoskin Ave at St George St, 23 m).

What restaurants are near Harbord & St George?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 195 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pauls Coffee Ltd (75 m), Meal Queen (76 m), Starbucks Coffee (76 m), Dai, Chua-Kuan/Ching, Kim-Mau (112 m) and Furusato International (112 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Harbord & St George?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 540 m away at Queen's Park.

Is there child care near Harbord & St George?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 955 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care (286 m, 49 spaces), University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris (291 m, 96 spaces) and Huron Playschool Co-Operative (367 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Harbord & St George?

37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,687 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 409 Huron St (428 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 53), 666 Spadina Ave (468 m, 334 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 341 Bloor St W (525 m, 326 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 710 Spadina Ave (574 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 37 is 88 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Harbord & St George?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and 45 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the University page.

What neighbourhood is Harbord & St George in?

Harbord & St George 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