Ontario & Winchester

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jul 27, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 114 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 98% of the total, against 2 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 22 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 15 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.2% 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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: 15 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 22 from 4:00 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

The worst year was 2023, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 100% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 28, 2023.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

At the school-zone speed sign on Sherbourne St (200 m away, 30 km/h limit), 19% of the 126,351 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Winchester Street between Ontario St and Parliament St.

Speed sign

Sherbourne St (northbound), 200 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 32 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 19% at 40 km/h or more. 126,351 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Winchester Street (Ontario St – Parliament St): 2 speed humps

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.

• Groceries and food28/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 10 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit14/28

  5 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go12/14

  library 483 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot2/10

  traffic calming

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.

Within a kilometre there are 98 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 12,245 rental units, 6.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — 31 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 510 Ontario St (23 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1880), which scored 75 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 98 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

98 registered buildings · 12,245 units · 31 social housing · tallest 51 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.

22 thefts from vehicles and nine bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.1 a year. 91% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 33% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jul 27, 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: School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 13 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: 43.66531, -79.37122 · centreline node 13464246.