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Niagara & Portland

Niagara St & Portland St · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

In Wellington Place, in the downtown core, Niagara & Portland is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,133
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 30, 2026
3,058 pedestrians · 1,262 cyclists · #2134 busiest
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3428 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
6 streetcar routes · within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 37 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 220 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 19% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.0 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 40.3% of vehicle volume, about 52× the typical share. On average 2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 6.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 33%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 8 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Niagara & Portland

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
511504508510501509 nearest 215 m
Blue Night
304310301307363
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Niagara St / Portland St 28 m · 11 docks · 60 stations, 1,215 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 (20)
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 373 m
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 534 m
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 534 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 575 m
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 711 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 743 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (48)
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park85 m
  • Draper Park130 m
  • Adelaide Place Parkette350 m
  • Northern Linear Park390 m
  • St. Andrew's Playground441 m
  • Canoe Landing452 m
  • and 42 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch370 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 190 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 272 m
  • The WellLandmark · 281 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 442 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 533 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 611 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 728 m
  • Toronto Music GardenNature/ Park · 731 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 120 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores, and 362 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Discreta Toronto, 44 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés120 within 300 m · 362 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Discreta Toronto · 18 Portland St None44 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bar Wellington · 520 Wellington St W68 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Columbus Cafe & Co. - Portland · 530 Front St92 mPassed, May 2026
Cherry's High Dive/Goodnight Cocktail Club · 488 Wellington St W119 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Souk Tabule · 500 Front St E None130 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Pop · 67 Portland St136 mPassed, May 2026
Chica · 79 Portland St151 mPassed, Jun 2025
Little Baba By Amal · 75 Portland St161 mPassed, May 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 Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 473 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 102 m away at Victoria Memorial Square Park.

  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 95 Fort York Blvd
    View centre hours
    473 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    712 m
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    811 m
Drinking water
Victoria Memorial Square Park drinking fountain · 102 m; St. Andrew's Playground dog fountain · 415 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,472 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Macaulay - the Well (176 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,472 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 16
  • Macaulay - the Well · 486 Front St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    176 m
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 Bathurst St
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    257 m
  • Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha · 20 Brant St
    26 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    373 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Child Care · 26 Brunel Crt
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    526 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 1 km33 Claremont St
Police52 Division · 1.5 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 1 km339 Queens Quay 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

25 registered apartment buildings with 5,070 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 Portland St (120 m, 232 units, 10 storeys, built 2005), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 74 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 33 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings25 · 5,070 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202674 across the 25
Open fire-code violations33
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 20260120 m
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 202510139 m
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 20241255 m
125 Queens Wharf RdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin737199093 · Aug 20262285 m
450 Front St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services592462023100 · Jul 20252294 m
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 20241302 m
150 Dan Leckie WayToronto Community Housing · Greenwin29841201293 · Aug 20262320 m
146 Fort York BlvdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin257200090 · Sep 20240349 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 lots637 lots · ≈23,030 spaces · 69.1 ha
Within 500 m59 lots · ≈1,660 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 4,064 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Portland St · 521 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking135 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 60 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2 Portland St · Garage91 m3797% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface571 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface588 m2295% (Q1 2026)
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface668 m110 *
15 Denison Ave · Surface668 m12054% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈12 spaces; 65 m away, ≈26 spaces; 69 m away, ≈13 spaces; 102 m away, ≈13 spaces; 181 m away, ≈98 spaces; 193 m away, ≈43 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Palmerston Ave (812 m, 2 ports); 10 Soho St. (933 m, 4 ports); 40 York St (1.3 km, 12 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, Jun 30, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The west leg carries the load — 1,705 eastbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 496. Most cyclists arrived from the north (567 of 1,262). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 295 vehicles in the hour from 3:45 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (248). Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north932southbound · 567 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west1,705eastbound · 260 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles3,1333,058 pedestrians · 1,262 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south496northbound · 432 bikes · 7.7% heavy
AM peak hour248 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour295 vehicles from 3:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 30, 2026

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 Niagara St between Lane E of Bathurst and S of Wellington and Bathurst St (193 m away) recorded an average of 21 km/h in its 7-day count in July 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 30 km/h. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. Portland St between Stewart St and Lane S of King and W of Portland measured slower: 16 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 25 km/h (Jul 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Portland St · Stewart St – Lane S of King and W of Portland · 168 mJul 2025 · 3 days6,46916 km/h25 km/h30 km/h
Niagara St · Lane E of Bathurst and S of Wellington – Bathurst St · 193 mJul 2026 · 7 days2,21421 km/h30 km/h35 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

2019 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 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 Jan 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3428 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only17
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201425latest Jan 1, 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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle820street/outdoor (8)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 19, 2025. 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 Wellington Place.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Niagara & Portland a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Niagara & Portland?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2134 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 19% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Niagara & Portland?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Niagara St between Lane E of Bathurst and S of Wellington and Bathurst St (July 2026), found an average of 21 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 30 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Niagara & Portland?

The nearest Green P car park is 2 Portland St (91 m away, 37 spaces, 97% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 637 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,030 spaces — 59 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (521 m).

How do I get to Niagara & Portland by transit?

Streetcar routes 511, 504, 508, 510 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 215 m away.

What restaurants are near Niagara & Portland?

120 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 362 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Discreta Toronto (44 m), Bar Wellington (68 m), Columbus Cafe & Co. - Portland (92 m), Cherry's High Dive/Goodnight Cocktail Club (119 m) and Souk Tabule (130 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 Niagara & Portland?

The nearest is Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 95 Fort York Blvd, 473 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (712 m); Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (811 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 Niagara & Portland?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,472 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - the Well (176 m, 62 spaces), City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (257 m, 72 spaces) and Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (373 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Niagara & Portland?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,070 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 Portland St (120 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 39 Niagara St (139 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 435 Wellington St W (255 m, 160 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 125 Queens Wharf Rd (285 m, 73 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 93 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.

How many thefts are reported at Niagara & Portland?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts 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 Wellington Place page.

What neighbourhood is Niagara & Portland in?

Niagara & Portland is in Wellington Place (City of Toronto neighbourhood 164). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Toronto Downtown West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined