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MacDonell & Rideau

MacDonell Ave & Rideau Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Roncesvalles · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In Roncesvalles, MacDonell & Rideau is a quiet local crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane and parks at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,650
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 15, 2023
307 pedestrians · 188 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4193 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 210 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 18% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 11.4% of vehicle volume, about 15× the typical share. On average 1.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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MacDonell & Rideau

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505506504501 nearest 375 m
TTC bus
4740229 nearest 118 m
Express
929
Blue Night
305306304301329
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on MacDonell Ave installed 2016; Sharrows on Rideau Ave installed 2016
Bike Share
Wright Ave / Sorauren Ave - SMART 191 m · 18 docks · 23 stations, 412 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 (22)
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 354 m
  • Academy of Enlightened MindsPrivate · 433 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 489 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 494 m
  • St Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 608 m
  • Saint Frere Andre Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 631 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (32)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch707 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch870 m
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 291 eating places within a kilometre — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is I Deal Coffee, 254 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 291 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 59 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Butcher By Charlie's World of Meat · 222 Lansdowne Avegrocery147 mPassed, Jan 2026
Fahmee Bakery & Jamaican Foods · 222 Lansdowne Ave, Unit-Bgrocery147 mPassed, Dec 2024
Mike's No Frills · 222 Lansdowne Avegrocery147 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Seafood By Easy Seafood Ltd. · 222 Lansdowne Avegrocery147 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
I Deal Coffee · 221 Sorauren Ave254 mPassed, Jun 2026
Wilson's Variety &grocery · 220 Sorauren Avegrocery256 mPassed, Jun 2026
I Deal On the Park · 250 Sorauren Ave288 mPassed, May 2026
Bairradino Rotisserie & Grill · 222 Lansdowne Ave B314 mPassed, Nov 2025

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 Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 261 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 201 m away at West Lodge Park.

  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 289 Sorauren Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    261 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    592 m
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 346 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    719 m
Drinking water
West Lodge Park drinking fountain · 201 m; Charles G. Williams Park bottle filling station · 209 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,231 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Shirley Street Jr YMCA (354 m, 103 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,231 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 13
  • Shirley Street Jr YMCA · 38 Shirley St
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    354 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated · 136 Sorauren Ave
    64 spaces · preschool
    405 m
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 78 Seaforth Ave
    177 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    489 m
  • Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group · 128 Fern Ave
    174 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    494 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (221 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 221 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1.3 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1 km1288 Queen St 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

57 registered apartment buildings with 4,309 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 105 West Lodge Ave (344 m, 371 units, 19 storeys, built 1965), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 57 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 128 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 35 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings57 · 4,309 units · 12 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026128 across the 57
Open fire-code violations35
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
105 West Lodge Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.37119196591 · Jul 202419 · 7 fire344 m
103 West Lodge Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.37118196585 · Jun 202517 · 9 fire414 m
301 Lansdowne Ave355193226 · Jul 20240449 m
267 Brock Ave · Signet Group Inc113188589 · Jul 20250520 m
20 West Lodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation29911195991 · Jul 20246601 m
128 Sheridan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc687196690 · Sep 20240610 m
150 Fermanagh Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd665195294 · Jul 20250660 m
12 Lansdowne Ave · Anchor Property Managers Inc263197990 · Aug 20260670 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 lots570 lots · ≈21,720 spaces · 65.2 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈1,050 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 1,469 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking30 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Fuller Ave · Surface666 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface820 m3371% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface831 m3294% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface853 m3471% (Q1 2026)
2201 Dundas St W · Surface1.1 km1070% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 224 m away, ≈77 spaces; 239 m away, ≈8 spaces; 258 m away, ≈11 spaces; 299 m away, ≈365 spaces; 300 m away, ≈5 spaces; 304 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 1224 KING ST W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (1.3 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, Feb 15, 2023

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 773 vehicles entering from the east to 877 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (92 of 188). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 299 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (267). Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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 north877southbound · 71 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,650307 pedestrians · 188 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east773westbound · 92 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 25 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour267 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour299 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 15, 2023

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 Rideau Ave between Lansdowne Ave and Macdonell Ave (51 m away) recorded an average of 25 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 3,700 vehicles a day. MacDonell Ave between Pearson Ave and Galley Ave measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Oct 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Fern Ave (389 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 23,705 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Rideau Ave · Lansdowne Ave – Macdonell Ave · 51 mOct 2024 · 3 days3,66425 km/h33 km/h37 km/h
MacDonell Ave · Pearson Ave – Galley Ave · 315 mOct 2024 · 3 days50023 km/h29 km/h33 km/h

School-zone speed sign 389 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct21 · 29 km/h
Over the limit2.8%
40 km/h or more0.5%

Fern Ave (westbound), 102/104 Fern Ave · 23,705 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

2021 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 9% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4193 of 5,508
With an injury1#4383 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201413latest May 23, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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 eight thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 0 in 2023–2025, about 0.0 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle801street/outdoor (5), house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft400street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 19, 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 Roncesvalles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is MacDonell & Rideau a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 MacDonell & Rideau?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 15, 2023, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at MacDonell & Rideau?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Rideau Ave between Lansdowne Ave and Macdonell Ave (October 2024), found an average of 25 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 389 m away (30 km/h), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near MacDonell & Rideau?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Fuller Ave (666 m away, 42 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 570 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,720 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.1 km).

How do I get to MacDonell & Rideau by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 506, 504, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 375 m away; bus routes 47, 402, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near MacDonell & Rideau?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 291 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are I Deal Coffee (254 m), I Deal On the Park (288 m) and Bairradino Rotisserie & Grill (314 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 MacDonell & Rideau?

The nearest is Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 289 Sorauren Ave, 261 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (592 m); Macgregor Playground Washroom (719 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 MacDonell & Rideau?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,231 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Shirley Street Jr YMCA (354 m, 103 spaces), Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated (405 m, 64 spaces) and Parkdale Childcare Centre (489 m, 177 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near MacDonell & Rideau?

57 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,309 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 105 West Lodge Ave (344 m, 371 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 103 West Lodge Ave (414 m, 371 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 301 Lansdowne Ave (449 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 26) and 267 Brock Ave (520 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 57 is 88 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 MacDonell & Rideau?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and four 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 Roncesvalles page.

What neighbourhood is MacDonell & Rideau in?

MacDonell & Rideau is in Roncesvalles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 086). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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