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Lake Shore & Strachan

Lake Shore Blvd W & Strachan Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Fort York-Liberty Village · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Lake Shore & Strachan is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It sits in Fort York-Liberty Village, in central Toronto. It has a red-light camera in place since 2017 that issued 178 tickets in 2025, a live City traffic camera and a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: Exhibition GO 831 m away and 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
48,755
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 6, 2024
1,962 pedestrians · 1,432 cyclists · #39 busiest
Collisions
308
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
39 with an injury · 250 property damage · #280 of 5,508 · +23 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 5 before 2016
Red-light camera
178
tickets in 2025
since 2017 · 121 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
4 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane, Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 36 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 3,480 vehicles, 3.0× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 25 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Cyclists were 2.9% of vehicle volume, about 3.8× the typical share. That comes with about 31 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 6.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 155 collisions in 2016–2020 and 153 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lake Shore & Strachan

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Lake Shore Blvd W & Strachan Ave / Remembrance Dr — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 9334 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Strachan Ave / Remembrance Dr
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Lake Shore & Strachan, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 9334 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Strachan Ave / Remembrance Dr
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West831 m
Streetcar
509511504508 nearest 221 m
TTC bus
2963 nearest 154 m
Blue Night
304307329363
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Princes' Blvd at Strachan Ave
Cycling
Bike Lane on Strachan Ave installed 2006; Bike Lane on Remembrance Dr installed 2001; Multi-Use Trail on Martin Goodman / Waterfront Trl installed 2017; Multi-Use Trail on Coronation Park Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Princes' Gates 30 m · 17 docks · 34 stations, 832 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 (8)
  • The Waterfront SchoolEnglish Public · 939 m
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 1.3 km
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre1.3 km
  • Lamport Stadium1.3 km
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre1.4 km
Parks (30)
  • The Gore171 m
  • Toronto Inukshuk Park246 m
  • Coronation Park - Toronto266 m
  • June Callwood Park450 m
  • Garrison Common461 m
  • Ordnance Park562 m
  • and 24 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch853 m
Places of interest
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 158 m
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 302 m
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 303 m
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 531 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 643 m
  • Budweiser StageSports / Entertainment Venue · 780 m
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 813 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
Signal
0222, activated 1961 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval West · bicycle signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 61 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 231 eating places within a kilometre — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Amazing Sichuan Cuisine - Fb 127/128 - Cne 2026, 121 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés61 within 300 m · 231 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Amazing Sichuan Cuisine - Fb 127/128 - Cne 2026 · 2 Strachan Ave None121 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gluten Free Sweet and Savoury - Fb 606/607/608 - Cne 2026 · 2 Strachan Ave None121 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Automotive Building · 105 Princes Blvd163 mPassed, May 2026
Fred Victor 24hr Respite · 701 Fleet St None198 mPassed, Jan 2026
Abokichi - Ecc 2309 - Cne 2025 · 100 Princes Blvd208 mPassed, Aug 2024
Alijandro's Kitchen - Ecc - Cne 2025 · 100 Princes Blvd208 mPassed, Aug 2025
Asian Burrito - Rawf 2024 · 100 Princes Blvd, Apt-Rawf 2023208 mPassed, Nov 2024
Algoma Highlands Wild Blueberry Farm and Winery (Rawf 2024) · 100 Princes Blvd208 mPassed, Nov 2024

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 the automated public toilet at 1 Strachan Ave, 175 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 268 m away at Coronation Park - Toronto.

  • Automated public toilet, 1 Strachan Ave
    24 hours · accessible
    175 m
  • Coronation Park Toronto Washroom · 711 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
    307 m
  • Little Norway Park Washroom · 659 Queens Quay W
    9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. · accessible
    832 m
Drinking water
Coronation Park - Toronto bottle filling station · 268 m; Coronation Park - Toronto bottle filling station · 310 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 347 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre (617 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 347 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre · 21 Western Battery Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    617 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care · 650 Queens Quay W
    36 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    806 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    849 m
  • Liberty Kids · 125 Western Battery Rd
    18 spaces · toddler, preschool
    881 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 346 · 1 km90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 2.3 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 1 km265 Manitoba Dr

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,342 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 11 Ordnance St (505 m, 246 units, 24 storeys, built 2021), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 17 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings7 · 1,342 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 7
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest31 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Service246242021100 · Jul 20252505 m
15 Solidarity Way · Rhapsody Property Management440262021100 · Aug 20246532 m
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 20257534 m
679 Queens Quay WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066198894 · Aug 20260701 m
25 Bishop Tutu BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11910198788 · Aug 20260726 m
146 Fort York BlvdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin257200090 · Sep 20240942 m
125 Queens Wharf RdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin737199093 · Aug 202621 km

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 lots391 lots · ≈20,820 spaces · 62.5 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈1,910 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 1,358 spaces
EV charging (City)1051 Queen Street W · 1.4 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
300 Remembrance Drive · Surface154 m65 *
800 Fleet Street · Surface272 m94 *
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface353 m49 *
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface836 m110 *
34 Hanna Ave · Surface1 km14669% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 161 m away, ≈322 spaces; 163 m away, ≈15 spaces (Green P); 257 m away, ≈125 spaces; 293 m away, ≈43 spaces; 303 m away, ≈114 spaces; 310 m away, ≈48 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Palmerston Ave (1.4 km, 2 ports); 45 Abell St (1.4 km, 16 ports); 10 Portland St (1.6 km, 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 — 14-hour, Nov 6, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 25,469 eastbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 2. Most cyclists arrived from the north (666 of 1,432). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 4,055 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 4,121 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north6,726southbound · 666 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west25,469eastbound · 311 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles48,7551,962 pedestrians · 1,432 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east16,558westbound · 37 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south2northbound · 418 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour4,055 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour4,121 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 6, 2024

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 most recent midblock count on Strachan Ave between Lake Shore Blvd W and Lakeshore W (25 m away, Apr 2010) recorded volume only — about 12,117 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Strachan Ave · Lake Shore Blvd W – Lakeshore W · 25 mApr 2010 · 3 days12,117
Lake Shore Blvd W · Lakeshore W – Strachan Ave · 66 mMay 2011 · 3 days14,469

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

2023 was the peak year (50 collisions), and 2025 closed with 27. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 24 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 23 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions308#280 of 5,508
With an injury39#353 of 4,660
Property damage only250
Fail to remain24
Involving a pedestrian4#971 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist7#265 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified19
Since January 2026 (outside the window)23
All since 2014398latest Jun 27, 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. 5 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Oct 12, 2015.

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 30, 2014. 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 Fort York-Liberty Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore & Strachan a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 308 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 Lake Shore & Strachan?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #39 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.0× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Lake Shore & Strachan?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Lake Shore & Strachan since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 178 tickets in 2025 (364 in 2024) and 121 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 3,087 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Lake Shore & Strachan?

178 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 364 in 2024, and 121 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 3,087 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Strachan?

The nearest Green P car park is 300 Remembrance Drive (154 m away, 65 spaces). The City's mapping shows 391 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,820 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (1.4 km).

How do I get to Lake Shore & Strachan by transit?

Exhibition GO is 831 m away; streetcar routes 509, 511, 504, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 221 m away; bus routes 29, 63 within 1 km (nearest stop: Princes' Blvd at Strachan Ave, 154 m).

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Strachan?

61 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 231 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Amazing Sichuan Cuisine - Fb 127/128 - Cne 2026 (121 m), Gluten Free Sweet and Savoury - Fb 606/607/608 - Cne 2026 (121 m), Automotive Building (163 m), Fred Victor 24hr Respite (198 m) and Abokichi - Ecc 2309 - Cne 2025 (208 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 Lake Shore & Strachan?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1 Strachan Ave, 175 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Coronation Park Toronto Washroom (307 m); Little Norway Park Washroom (832 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 Lake Shore & Strachan?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 347 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre (617 m, 49 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care (806 m, 36 spaces) and Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (849 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Strachan?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,342 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Ordnance St (505 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 15 Solidarity Way (532 m, 440 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 25 Ordnance St (534 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 679 Queens Quay W (701 m, 106 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 95 out of 100. 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 Lake Shore & Strachan in?

Lake Shore & Strachan is in Fort York-Liberty Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 163). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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