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Oxford & Spadina

Oxford St & Spadina Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Chinatown BIA

In Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, Oxford & Spadina is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Queen's Park Station (Line 1) 796 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
9,825
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 23, 2007
1,606 pedestrians · 307 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3047 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Queen's Park Station 796 m · 5 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,230 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 3.1% of vehicle volume, about 4.0× the typical share. That comes with about 2.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 47%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 9 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Oxford & Spadina

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Queen's Park Station (Line 1)796 m; St Patrick Station (Line 1)913 m
Streetcar
510506505511501 nearest 76 m
TTC bus
9413 nearest 728 m
Blue Night
310306305301307
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Spadina Ave at College St South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
College St / Huron St 193 m · 19 docks · 48 stations, 919 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 (45)
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 226 m
  • Lord Lansdowne Jr Sr & Da VinciEnglish Public · 311 m
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 334 m
  • Westside Montessori Elementary SchoolPrivate · 346 m
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 446 m
  • Heydon Park Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 449 m
  • and 39 more
Parks (42)
  • Glasgow Street Parkette93 m
  • Lillian H. Smith Park149 m
  • Julius Deutsch Park195 m
  • Sonya's Park216 m
  • The Doctors' Parkette366 m
  • Bellevue Square Park422 m
  • and 36 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch168 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch700 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 619 m
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 664 m
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 776 m
  • Queen's Park: Legislative Assembly of OntarioLandmark · 886 m
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 911 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 939 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 1 km
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km

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 172 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 26 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 356 — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tasty's Caribbean Restaurant, 25 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés172 within 300 m · 356 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience26 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Grilled Fish · 409 Spadina Avegrocery14 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tasty's Caribbean Restaurant · 405 Spadina Ave25 mPassed, Apr 2026
Chayan Toronto · 407 Spadina Ave26 mPassed, Aug 2026
A Szechuan Restaurant · 440 Spadina Ave26 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Kokumi · 407 Spadina Ave26 mPassed, Aug 2024 · 5 infractions
Hanbingo · 397 Spadina Ave33 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Jian Bing Club Chinese Street Food · 413 Spadina Avegrocery33 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Crimson Teas · 415 Spadina Ave36 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions

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 Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 405 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 87 m away at Glasgow Parkette.

  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    405 m
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    722 m
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    749 m
Drinking water
Glasgow Parkette bottle filling station · 87 m; Julius Deutsch Park drinking fountain · 177 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

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,547 spaces; 15 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Neighbourhood Group Lord Lansdowne Child Care (311 m, 142 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,547 spaces
Fee subsidy15 of 20
  • The Neighbourhood Group Lord Lansdowne Child Care · 33 Robert St
    142 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    311 m
  • Westside Montessori School · 95 Bellevue Ave
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool
    346 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care · 91 Bellevue Ave
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    349 m
  • Children's Primary Centre · 177 Beverley St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    446 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (421 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (840 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 421 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 840 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.5 km674 Markham St

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 32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,792 rental units — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 160 Huron St (125 m, 69 units, 5 storeys, built 1805), which scored 98 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 46 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings32 · 2,792 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202646 across the 32
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 20263125 m
162 Huron St · 1771105 Ontario Ltd184190397 · Jul 20260131 m
34 Oxford StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1895197989 · Aug 20250181 m
484 Spadina Ave · Fitzrovia Real Estate Inc16616202199 · Jun 20240 · 1 fire198 m
123 Huron St · Phymetrix Ltd.183191486 · Aug 20260226 m
210 Beverley St · Prudence Management Inc21418920325 m
87 Bellevue Avesocial housing · Homes First Society283188576 · Sep 20250331 m
99 Bellevue Ave · Fv Property Management164198872 · Jul 20260350 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 lots969 lots · ≈21,340 spaces · 64 ha
Within 500 m107 lots · ≈1,780 spaces
Green P (public)33 car parks · about 5,999 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 890 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking249 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 104 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 St Andrew St · Garage273 m41727% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface406 m91 *
40 Larch St · Garage467 m33231% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface572 m3979% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface927 m12054% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 18 m away, ≈9 spaces; 41 m away, ≈6 spaces; 59 m away, ≈3 spaces; 72 m away, ≈4 spaces; 79 m away, ≈5 spaces; 92 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (1.1 km, 4 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (1.1 km, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.2 km, 4 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, Apr 23, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 5,075 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 41 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (307 of 307). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,541 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,445 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 9.2% 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north4,709southbound · 307 bikes · 9.8% heavy
From the west41eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles9,8251,606 pedestrians · 307 cyclists · 9.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,075northbound · 0 bikes · 8.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,541 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,445 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 23, 2007

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 most recent midblock count on Spadina Ave between Nassau St and Cecil St (87 m away, Sep 2009) recorded volume only — about 11,058 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Robert St (287 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 15,276 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Spadina Ave · Nassau St – Cecil St · 87 mSep 2009 · 3 days11,058

School-zone speed sign 287 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct16 · 27 km/h
Over the limit2.4%
40 km/h or more0.4%

Robert St (northbound), Opp 30, Robert St · 15,276 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

The worst year was 2016, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3047 of 5,508
With an injury2#3965 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1365 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201437latest May 20, 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. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Aug 10, 2013.

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

29 thefts from vehicles and 14 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 7.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 4.9 a year before that. 90% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2930street/outdoor (26), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft1460commercial premises (6), street/outdoor (4)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 16, 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 Kensington-Chinatown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Oxford & Spadina a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 Oxford & Spadina?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 23, 2007, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Oxford & Spadina?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 St Andrew St (273 m away, 417 spaces, 27% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 969 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,340 spaces — 107 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (890 m).

How do I get to Oxford & Spadina by transit?

Queen's Park Station (Line 1) is 796 m away; streetcar routes 510, 506, 505, 511 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 76 m away; bus routes 94, 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: Spadina Ave at College St South Side, 728 m).

What restaurants are near Oxford & Spadina?

172 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 356 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tasty's Caribbean Restaurant (25 m), Chayan Toronto (26 m), A Szechuan Restaurant (26 m), Kokumi (26 m) and Hanbingo (33 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 Oxford & Spadina?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 405 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (722 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (749 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 Oxford & Spadina?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,547 spaces in total; 15 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Neighbourhood Group Lord Lansdowne Child Care (311 m, 142 spaces), Westside Montessori School (346 m, 73 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care (349 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Oxford & Spadina?

32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,792 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 160 Huron St (125 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 162 Huron St (131 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 34 Oxford St (181 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 484 Spadina Ave (198 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 32 is 87 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 Oxford & Spadina?

Toronto Police place 29 thefts from vehicles and 14 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 Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is Oxford & Spadina in?

Oxford & Spadina is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Chinatown Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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