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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · May 24, 2023
The east leg carries the load — 1,032 westbound vehicles, or 100% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 4. Most cyclists arrived from the east (105 of 147). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 162 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (146). Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.
Peak hours: 146 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 162 from 5:00 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
Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Admiral Rd between Lowther Ave and Bernard Ave (185 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 2-day count in September 2007; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 19 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Lowther Ave between Bedford Rd and Taddle Creek Park Trl measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Sep 2014) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Huron St (259 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 27,962 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowther Ave · Bedford Rd – Taddle Creek Park Trl · 68 m | Sep 2014 · 24 h | 2,806 | 30 km/h | 39 km/h | 44 km/h |
| Admiral Rd · Lowther Ave – Bernard Ave · 185 m | Sep 2007 · 2 days | 499 | 27 km/h | 39 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Huron St (northbound), 259 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 25 km/h, 85th percentile 31 km/h; 0.4% at 40 km/h or more. 27,962 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
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)293 m · 3 min; Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)455 m · 5 min; Bay Station (Line 2)759 m · 9 min; Museum Station (Line 1)792 m · 9 min; Dupont Station (Line 1)1 km · 12 min
- Streetcar
- 506 510 nearest 593 m · 7 min
- TTC bus
- 26 127 13 19 94 nearest 107 m
- Blue Night
- 306 310 300
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Lowther Ave installed 2001
- Bike Share
- Taddle Creek Park 100 m · 15 docks · 22 stations, 393 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
- 18 car parks · about 2,008 spaces
- EV charging
- 19 Spadina Rd · 601 m · 6 Level 2 ports; also 74 Yorkville Ave (744 m), 365 Lippincott St. (1.2 km)
- Bike parking
- 37 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 56 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 57 mapped lots within 500 m, 638 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Bedford Rd · Garage | 267 m | 371 | 51% (Q1 2026) |
| 465 Huron Street · Surface | 430 m | 15 * | — |
| 9 Madison Ave. · Surface | 548 m | 38 * | — |
| 19 Spadina Road · Surface | 577 m | 65 * | — |
| 74 Yorkville Ave · Garage | 656 m | 175 | 75% (Q1 2026) |
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 Whole Foods Market, 486 m away; 4 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 176 eating places within a kilometre — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Duke of York Restaurant, 236 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Snowdon Guardian Pharmacy, 390 m away; 8 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Grace Health Centre, 1.5 km away, then Women's College Hospital at 1.8 km. For seniors' housing: St. George Community, a long-term care home 447 m away; Hazelton Place Retirement Residence, a retirement home 654 m away (two within a kilometre). Sunshine Centres For Seniors - Sunshine@davenport runs a seniors' active living programme 743 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Duke of York Restaurant · 39 Prince Arthur Ave Unit-2236 m
- Opus Restaurant · 37 Prince Arthur Ave Unit-1267 m · 3 min
- Trattoria Fieramosca · 36a Prince Arthur Ave271 m · 3 min
- Starbucks Coffee · 1 Bedford Rd274 m · 3 min
- Tim Hortons · 246 Bloor St W343 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Whole Foods Market 486 m · 6 min · 4 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Anne's Confections 689 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Snowdon Guardian Pharmacy 390 m · 5 min · 8 within 1 km
- Child care
- Friends Day Care Centre · 22 spaces, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day83 m
- University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - O.I.S.E. · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day351 m · 4 min
- Huron Superfriends Inc. · 111 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day402 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Toronto Grace Health Centre · hospital site1.5 km · 18 min
- Women's College Hospital · hospital site1.8 km · 21 min
- St. George Community · long-term care home447 m · 5 min
- Hazelton Place Retirement Residence · retirement home · 2 within 1 km654 m · 8 min
- Sunshine Centres For Seniors - Sunshine@davenport · seniors' active living centre743 m · 9 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 (39)
- Taddle Creek Park77 m
- Huron Street Playground226 m
- Bloor - Bedford Parkette366 m · 4 min
- Boswell Parkette534 m · 6 min
- Paul Martel Park556 m · 7 min
- Schools (29)
- The Shire SchoolPrivate · 283 m · 3 min
- Huron Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 402 m · 5 min
- Munk School of Global Affairs at the Observatory - U of T, Bldg 89University · 464 m · 6 min
- Taddle Creek Montessori SchoolPrivate · 480 m · 6 min
- School of Continuing Studies - U of T, Bldg 103University · 494 m · 6 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch617 m · 7 min
- Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch1 km · 12 min
- Places of interest
- Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 412 m · 5 min
- Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 450 m · 5 min
- Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 451 m · 5 min
- Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 621 m · 7 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,420 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
60 registered apartment buildings with 5,023 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 85 Lowther Ave (95 m, 44 units, 8 storeys, built 1955), which scored 86 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 60 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 Lowther Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 44 | 8 | 1955 | 86 · Jun 2024 | 95 m |
| 153 St George St · Hollyburn Properties Ltd | 48 | 7 | 1962 | 95 · Aug 2026 | 111 m |
| 161 St George St · Cogir Real Estate | 62 | 7 | 1960 | 93 · Sep 2025 | 124 m |
| 151 St George St | 48 | 7 | 1952 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 126 m |
| 50 Prince Arthur Ave | 149 | 19 | 1968 | 86 · Aug 2024 | 143 m |
| 25 Bedford Rd · Firm Capital | 62 | 8 | 2004 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 167 m |
60 registered buildings · 5,023 units · 5 social housing · tallest 25 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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 8, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 2 | 1 | street/outdoor (2), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Annex.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lowther & Admiral a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 Lowther & Admiral?
A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from May 24, 2023, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Lowther & Admiral a walkable intersection?
Lowther & Admiral scores 62 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,420 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 617 m away · 3 places of interest within 500 m; St George Station 0.3 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Lowther & Admiral?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Admiral Rd between Lowther Ave and Bernard Ave (September 2007), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 259 m away (30 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Lowther & Admiral?
The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bedford Rd (267 m away, 371 spaces, 51% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 638 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,530 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (601 m).
How do I get to Lowther & Admiral by transit?
St George Station (Line 1, Line 2) is 293 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510 stop within 1 km, the nearest 593 m away; bus routes 26, 127, 13, 19, 94 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Lowther & Admiral?
4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 176 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Duke of York Restaurant (236 m), Opus Restaurant (267 m), Trattoria Fieramosca (271 m), Starbucks Coffee (274 m) and Tim Hortons (343 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Lowther & Admiral?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 117 m away at Taddle Creek Park.
Is there child care near Lowther & Admiral?
12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,023 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Friends Day Care Centre (83 m, 22 spaces), University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - O.I.S.E. (351 m, 26 spaces) and Huron Superfriends Inc. (402 m, 111 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lowther & Admiral?
60 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,023 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 85 Lowther Ave (95 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 153 St George St (111 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 161 St George St (124 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 151 St George St (126 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 60 is 88 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Lowther & Admiral?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Annex page.
What neighbourhood is Lowther & Admiral in?
Lowther & Admiral is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count May 24, 2023.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 11 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.67008, -79.39944 · centreline node 13463496.