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Parkside & Westminster

Parkside Dr & Westminster Ave · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Parkside & Westminster is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in High Park-Swansea. Nearby is 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,507
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 10, 2005
174 pedestrians · 88 cyclists
Collisions
34
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 28 property damage · #2641 of 5,508 · +2 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,560 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.35× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 72 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 3.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 11%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Parkside & Westminster

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506504501508505 nearest 236 m
TTC bus
80203402 nearest 83 m
Blue Night
306304301305
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Parkside Dr at Geoffrey St; Parkside Dr at High Park Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
High Park Blvd / Parkside Dr 151 m · 15 docks · 15 stations, 293 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 (12)
  • High Park Gardens Montessori SchoolPrivate · 320 m
  • Howard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 621 m
  • Garden Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 671 m
  • St Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 710 m
  • Westminster Classical Christian Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 810 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 850 m
  • and 6 more
Community centres
  • Keele Community Centre1.4 km
Parks (19)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch630 m
Places of interest
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 579 m
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 660 m
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 939 m
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 95 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is High Park Club, 418 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 95 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
High Park Club · 100 Indian Rd418 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Kids Zone · 76 Constance St465 mPassed, May 2026
The Artful Child · 214 Wright Ave584 mPassed, Jun 2024
Barque Smokehouse · 299 Roncesvalles Ave611 mPassed, Mar 2026
Affect Coffee Co. · 283 Roncesvalles Ave614 mPassed, Aug 2026
Sunnyside Provisions · 287 Roncesvalles Ave615 mPassed, May 2026
Anchor Fresh Seafood · 291 Roncesvalles Avegrocery615 mPassed, Aug 2026
Chicago Delicatesen and Bakery Store · 289 Roncesvalles Ave Unit-1grocery616 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 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 High Park Parkside Drive Washroom, 163 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 187 m away at High Park.

  • High Park Parkside Drive Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    163 m
  • High Park Children's Garden Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    591 m
  • High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    637 m
Drinking water
High Park bottle filling station · 187 m; High Park bottle filling station · 288 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,094 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is High Park Gardens Montessori School (320 m, 112 spaces, toddler, kindergarten).

Within 1 km11 centres · 1,094 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 11
  • High Park Gardens Montessori School · 35 High Park Gdns
    112 spaces · toddler, kindergarten
    320 m
  • Kids Zone Daycare On Constance · 76 Constance St
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    465 m
  • Sunnyside Day Care - Roncesvalles · 10 High Park Blvd
    87 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    500 m
  • Kids Zone Daycare Inc. · 123 Glendale Ave
    51 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    594 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 1.4 km140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 2.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.3 km9 Clendenan Ave

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 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 745 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 109 Indian Rd (433 m, 38 units, 8 storeys, built 1970), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 745 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 17
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
109 Indian Rd · Akelius Ltd388197096 · Jul 20250433 m
83 Indian Rd215196086 · Aug 20250479 m
246 Roncesvalles Ave · La Valette Property Management223196995 · Aug 20260581 m
244 Roncesvalles Ave224196795 · Aug 20260586 m
256 Roncesvalles Ave · Yu Shan Chiu153194073 · Jul 20260591 m
310 Roncesvalles Ave · Orchard Park Property Management134191491 · Nov 20250620 m
150 Fermanagh Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd665195294 · Jul 20250656 m
320 Roncesvalles Ave · Orchard Park Property Management164191891 · Jul 20251661 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 lots418 lots · ≈14,600 spaces · 43.8 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈620 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,239 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 814 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2201 Dundas St W · Surface944 m1070% (Q1 2026)
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1 km193 *
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface1.1 km187 *
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1.1 km187 *
1624 Queen St W · Surface1.3 km3371% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 164 m away, ≈6 spaces; 174 m away, ≈7 spaces; 294 m away, ≈3 spaces; 368 m away, ≈12 spaces; 380 m away, ≈4 spaces; 394 m away, ≈48 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (1 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (1.1 km, 2 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (1.5 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, Sep 10, 2005 (a weekend day)

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 5,629 and 6,878 vehicles. Most cyclists arrived from the north (44 of 88). Evening rush dominates here: 1,864 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,254 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north6,878southbound · 44 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,507174 pedestrians · 88 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,629northbound · 41 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,254 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,864 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 10, 2005 · weekend

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

On Parkside Dr between Wright Ave and High Park Trl, 165 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2022 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 56 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Parkside Dr · Wright Ave – High Park Trl · 165 mNov 2022 · 3 days18,47339 km/h49 km/h56 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 4 collisions (12%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions34#2641 of 5,508
With an injury4#3051 of 4,660
Property damage only28
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2871 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201440latest May 10, 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

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 10, 2019. 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Parkside & Westminster a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 34 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 Parkside & Westminster?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 10, 2005, 1.35× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Parkside & Westminster?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Parkside Dr between Wright Ave and High Park Trl (November 2022), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Parkside & Westminster?

The nearest Green P car park is 2201 Dundas St W (944 m away, 10 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 418 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,600 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (814 m).

How do I get to Parkside & Westminster by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 504, 501, 508 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 236 m away; bus routes 80, 203, 402 within 1 km (nearest stop: Parkside Dr at Geoffrey St, 83 m).

What restaurants are near Parkside & Westminster?

None within 300 m, and 95 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are High Park Club (418 m), Kids Zone (465 m), The Artful Child (584 m), Barque Smokehouse (611 m) and Affect Coffee Co. (614 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 Parkside & Westminster?

The nearest is High Park Parkside Drive Washroom, 1873 Bloor St W, 163 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Children's Garden Washroom (591 m); High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom (637 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 Parkside & Westminster?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,094 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are High Park Gardens Montessori School (320 m, 112 spaces), Kids Zone Daycare On Constance (465 m, 35 spaces) and Sunnyside Day Care - Roncesvalles (500 m, 87 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Parkside & Westminster?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 745 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 109 Indian Rd (433 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 83 Indian Rd (479 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 246 Roncesvalles Ave (581 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 244 Roncesvalles Ave (586 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 92 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 Parkside & Westminster?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Parkside & Westminster in?

Parkside & Westminster is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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