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Portland & Stewart

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

Portland & Stewart is a low-volume local intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Wellington Place, in the downtown core. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
2,464
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 7, 2026
8,875 pedestrians · 1,520 cyclists · #2198 busiest
Collisions
47
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 27 property damage · #2168 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
7 streetcar routes · within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 57 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 180 vehicles, 15% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 3.6 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 61.7% of vehicle volume, about 80× the typical share. That comes with about 4.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 19.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 3.8× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 76%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 30 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Portland & Stewart

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508511510501509505 nearest 85 m
Blue Night
304310301305307363
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Portland St East Side; King St West at Portland St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Portland St / Wellington St W 97 m · 15 docks · 60 stations, 1,219 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 (26)
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 255 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 458 m
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 663 m
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 663 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 684 m
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 793 m
  • and 20 more
Parks (51)
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park123 m
  • Adelaide Place Parkette217 m
  • Draper Park221 m
  • St. Andrew's Playground305 m
  • Portland Street Parkette326 m
  • Northern Linear Park492 m
  • and 45 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch502 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1 km
Places of interest
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 133 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 238 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 313 m
  • The WellLandmark · 336 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 478 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 581 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 612 m
  • TIFF Bell LightboxLandmark · 809 m

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 139 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 11 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 362 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Chica, 5 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025.

Restaurants & cafés139 within 300 m · 362 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience11 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Chica · 79 Portland St5 mPassed, Jun 2025
Pop · 67 Portland St29 mPassed, May 2026
Little Baba By Amal · 75 Portland St30 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Maxime's · 75 Portland St30 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Jrew's House · 83 Portland St, Unit-Outside48 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction
6ixdonutz · 83 Portland St48 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
John's Mart · 581 King St W68 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Chamberlain's Pony Bar · 583 King St W68 mPassed, Apr 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, 602 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 168 m away at Victoria Memorial Square Park.

  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 95 Fort York Blvd
    View centre hours
    602 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    696 m
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    776 m
Drinking water
Victoria Memorial Square Park drinking fountain · 168 m; St. Andrew's Playground dog fountain · 277 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,729 spaces; 15 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (255 m, 26 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,729 spaces
Fee subsidy15 of 19
  • Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha · 20 Brant St
    26 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    255 m
  • Macaulay - the Well · 486 Front St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    279 m
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 Bathurst St
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    328 m
  • Studio 1,2,3 Early Learning Centre · 401 Richmond St W
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    603 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (900 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 900 m33 Claremont St
Police52 Division · 1.4 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 1.1 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

Within a kilometre there are 29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,024 rental units — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 Portland St (40 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 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 67 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 5,024 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202667 across the 29
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 2026040 m
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 202510214 m
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 20241280 m
552 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 20250298 m
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 20241323 m
575 Adelaide St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 20241329 m
450 Front St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services592462023100 · Jul 20252354 m
525 Richmond St W10310200381 · Aug 20240362 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 lots660 lots · ≈23,090 spaces · 69.3 ha
Within 500 m69 lots · ≈1,810 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 4,064 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Portland St · 384 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking195 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 · Garage237 m3797% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface491 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface513 m2295% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface523 m12054% (Q1 2026)
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface812 m110 *

Nearest lots: 105 m away, ≈26 spaces; 132 m away, ≈13 spaces; 165 m away, ≈9 spaces; 169 m away, ≈12 spaces; 173 m away, ≈23 spaces; 177 m away, ≈43 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Palmerston Ave (692 m, 2 ports); 10 Soho St. (834 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, Jul 7, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,194 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 123 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the south (774 of 1,520). Evening rush dominates here: 251 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:00 p.m., against 182 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,194southbound · 674 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the west1,017eastbound · 56 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles2,4648,875 pedestrians · 1,520 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east130westbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south123northbound · 774 bikes · 1.6% heavy
AM peak hour182 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour251 vehicles from 7:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 7, 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

On Stewart St between Portland St and Bathurst St, 111 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2022 put the average speed at 26 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 43 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,300 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). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Portland St · Stewart St – Lane S of King and W of Portland · 21 mJul 2025 · 3 days6,46916 km/h25 km/h30 km/h
Stewart St · Portland St – Bathurst St · 111 mNov 2022 · 3 days1,30626 km/h37 km/h43 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 10 collisions. 2 collisions (4%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), 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 Jun 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 19.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2168 of 5,508
With an injury2#3899 of 4,660
Property damage only27
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1302 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified18
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201453latest Jun 13, 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

12 thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.8 a year. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1241street/outdoor (8), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft611commercial premises (3), apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 11, 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 Wellington Place.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Portland & Stewart a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 47 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 Portland & Stewart?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2198 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 15% of the median for a counted intersection, and #242 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Portland & Stewart?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Stewart St between Portland St and Bathurst St (November 2022), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Portland & Stewart?

The nearest Green P car park is 2 Portland St (237 m away, 37 spaces, 97% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 660 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,090 spaces — 69 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (384 m).

How do I get to Portland & Stewart by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 511, 510 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 85 m away.

What restaurants are near Portland & Stewart?

139 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 Chica (5 m), Pop (29 m), Little Baba By Amal (30 m), Maxime's (30 m) and Jrew's House (48 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 Portland & Stewart?

The nearest is Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 95 Fort York Blvd, 602 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (696 m); Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (776 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 Portland & Stewart?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,729 spaces in total; 15 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (255 m, 26 spaces), Macaulay - the Well (279 m, 62 spaces) and City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (328 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Portland & Stewart?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,024 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 Portland St (40 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 39 Niagara St (214 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 435 Wellington St W (280 m, 160 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 552 Adelaide St W (298 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 91 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 Portland & Stewart?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Portland & Stewart in?

Portland & Stewart 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