Toronto · intersection · signal 1779

Lawrence & Ralph

Lawrence Ave W & Ralph St · Toronto, Ontario · Weston · Ward 5, York South-Weston

In Weston, Lawrence & Ralph is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Weston GO 154 m away and 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,933
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 28, 2021
1,039 pedestrians · 9 cyclists
Collisions
86
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 57 property damage · #1294 of 5,508 · +8 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,370 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.18× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 11 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 8.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 15%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 46 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lawrence & Ralph

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Weston GO — Kitchener154 m
UP Express
Weston GO/UP 154 m — trains to Pearson
TTC bus
5279158893559 nearest 33 m
Express
952989935
Blue Night
352335
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Ralph St - Weston GO Station; Lawrence Ave West at Ralph St West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave W / Pine St 301 m · 15 docks · 7 stations, 128 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 (14)
  • C R Marchant Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 96 m
  • Weston Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 373 m
  • Islamic Education Guidance CentrePrivate · 386 m
  • Gap Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 448 m
  • Weston Memorial Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 588 m
  • H J Alexander Community SchoolEnglish Public · 667 m
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (23)
  • John Street Parkette460 m
  • Merrill Park549 m
  • Weston Lions Park559 m
  • James Trimbee Park573 m
  • Elm Park - York671 m
  • Raymore Park672 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Weston branch694 m
Signal
1779, activated 1997 · SA2

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 21 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 106. The nearest is Pizza Depot, 65 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 106 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Depot · 2013 Lawrence Ave W Unit-A465 mPassed, May 2026
Tacoz A Pata · 2013 Lawrence Ave W Unit-565 mPassed, Jan 2026
The Corner Store Convenience · 2013 Lawrence Ave Wgrocery65 mPassed, Jul 2026
Wendy's · 2013 Lawrence Ave W Unit-D65 mPassed, Mar 2026
Dt Shawarma · 2013 Lawrence Ave W 2a65 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Xaraf Restaurant · 2 Rosemount Ave Unit-15120 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 2013b Lawrence Ave W None123 mPassed, Jan 2026
Bakery & Restaurant El Quetzal · 2011 Lawrence Ave Wgrocery175 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Weston Lions Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 609 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 567 m away at James Trimbee Park.

  • Weston Lions Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 2125 Lawrence Ave W
    View outdoor pool hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    609 m
Drinking water
James Trimbee Park drinking fountain · 567 m; Weston Lions Park drinking fountain · 593 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 542 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Royal Day Care Weston Inc (299 m, 102 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 542 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 7
  • Royal Day Care Weston Inc · 1737 Weston Rd
    102 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    299 m
  • Weston Memorial B & A School Program · 200 John St
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    588 m
  • Macaulay - Hj Alexander Child Care Centre · 30 King St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    667 m
  • Macaulay - St. John the Evangelist Child Care Centre · 23 George St
    148 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    701 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 442 (59 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 59 m away.

FireFire Station 442 · 59 m2015 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 2.2 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 59 m2015 Lawrence Ave 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

Within a kilometre there are 35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,666 rental units — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1775 Weston Rd (196 m, 245 units, 25 storeys, built 1967), which scored 82 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 35 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 159 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 4,666 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026159 across the 35
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest31 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1775 Weston Rd · Weston Property Management24525196782 · Nov 202511 · 9 fire196 m
1765 Weston Rd · Weston Property Management24625196782 · Nov 202513227 m
29 South Station Stsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.12813198478 · Dec 20250260 m
1901 Weston RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation39117197388 · Nov 20254316 m
5 Bellevue CresToronto Community Housing · Del Managment32622197188 · Nov 20253 · 1 fire331 m
1906-1930 Weston Rd · Psn Properties Inc.11212197086 · Dec 20250431 m
2089 Lawrence Ave W · Greenwin Corp.12116196082 · Aug 202420454 m
22 John St · Rhapsody Property Management36931201894 · Jun 202412463 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 lots385 lots · ≈38,240 spaces · 114.7 ha
Within 500 m49 lots · ≈3,970 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 34 spaces
EV charging (City)1812 Weston Rd · 246 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface140 m34 *

Nearest lots: 79 m away, ≈1,393 spaces; 114 m away, ≈86 spaces (Green P); 135 m away, ≈35 spaces; 147 m away, ≈14 spaces; 208 m away, ≈75 spaces; 213 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 2000 Weston Rd (620 m, 1 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 28, 2021

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,846 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 829 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 1,897 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 1,685 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.8% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north829southbound · 2 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west4,846eastbound · 2 bikes · 6.1% heavy
Total vehicles10,9331,039 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 5.8% heavy
From the east4,419westbound · 5 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the south839northbound · 0 bikes · 1.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,685 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,897 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 28, 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

On Lawrence Ave W between Pine St and Lane E of Ralph and N of Lawrence, 205 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2013 put the average speed at 55 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 65 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 73 km/h or more. That segment carries about 21,100 vehicles a day. Ralph St between Boyd Ave and Macdonald Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Jun 2018). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ralph St · Boyd Ave – Macdonald Ave · 122 mJun 2018 · 24 h1,19830 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Lawrence Ave W · Pine St – Lane E of Ralph and N of Lawrence · 205 mOct 2013 · 24 h21,05255 km/h65 km/h73 km/h

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 2022, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 11. 16 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions86#1294 of 5,508
With an injury16#1121 of 4,660
Property damage only57
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian5#756 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2073 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014119latest May 15, 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 Nov 21, 2008.

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

Three thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 11, 2022. 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 Weston.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Ralph a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 86 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 Lawrence & Ralph?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 28, 2021, 1.18× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Ralph?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Pine St and Lane E of Ralph and N of Lawrence (October 2013), found an average of 55 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 65 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Ralph?

The nearest Green P car park is 4 Rosemount Avenue (140 m away, 34 spaces). The City's mapping shows 385 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,240 spaces — 49 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (246 m).

How do I get to Lawrence & Ralph by transit?

Weston GO is 154 m away; bus routes 52, 79, 158, 89, 35, 59, 952, 989 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Ralph St - Weston GO Station, 33 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Ralph?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 106 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Depot (65 m), Tacoz A Pata (65 m), Wendy's (65 m), Dt Shawarma (65 m) and Xaraf Restaurant (120 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 Lawrence & Ralph?

The nearest is Weston Lions Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 2125 Lawrence Ave W, 609 m away (View outdoor pool hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. 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 Lawrence & Ralph?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 542 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Royal Day Care Weston Inc (299 m, 102 spaces), Weston Memorial B & A School Program (588 m, 43 spaces) and Macaulay - Hj Alexander Child Care Centre (667 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Ralph?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,666 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1775 Weston Rd (196 m, 245 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 1765 Weston Rd (227 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 29 South Station St (260 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 1901 Weston Rd (316 m, 391 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 87 out of 100; 1 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 Lawrence & Ralph?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Weston page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Ralph in?

Lawrence & Ralph is in Weston (City of Toronto neighbourhood 113), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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