Parliament & Spruce

Traffic volume14-hour count · Feb 25, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 5,280 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 338. Most cyclists arrived from the south (324 of 654). Morning rush is the busier period: 945 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 868 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 20 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 945 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 868 from 4:45 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 8 collisions. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 16% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 20, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Oct 1, 2015.

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2019

The City's counter on Spruce St between Gifford St and Nasmith Ave (358 m away) recorded an average of 18 km/h in its 2-day count in December 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 28 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Spruce Street between Parliament St and River St, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Traffic calming

Spruce Street (Parliament St – River St): 6 speed humps; Spruce Street (Parliament St – Sackville 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 food30/30

  3 grocery stores within 300 m · 44 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit15/28

  8 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go12/14

  library 218 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation10/10

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

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 4 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.

79 registered apartment buildings with 8,576 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 35 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 280 Gerrard St E (178 m, 26 units, 3 storeys, built 1991), which scored 90 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 79 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

79 registered buildings · 8,576 units · 35 social housing · tallest 32 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.

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and 15 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.3 a year. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 40% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 15, 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 25, 2025.
• 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: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; 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: 43.66321, -79.36754 · centreline node 13464595.