Toronto · intersection

Queen & Duncan

Queen St W & Duncan St · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Queen Street West BIA

In Wellington Place, in the downtown core, Queen & Duncan is a mid-volume intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It has 2 schools within 250 m, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Osgoode Station (Line 1) 286 m away.

Traffic
9,165
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 9, 2025
29,994 pedestrians · 2,131 cyclists
Collisions
47
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2170 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Osgoode Station 286 m · 18 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
90/100
city median 48 · #45 of 5,672
88 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 222 m

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Queen & Duncan

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 9, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 4,476 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 999. Most cyclists arrived from the west (981 of 2,131). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 831 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 15% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (725). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 14 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 49 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,690eastbound · 981 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles9,16529,994 pedestrians · 2,131 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east4,476westbound · 826 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south999northbound · 275 bikes · 3.2% heavy

Peak hours: 725 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 831 from 5:15 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

2019 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2170 of 5,519
With an injury4
Property damage only33
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist3#870 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Queen St W between University Ave and Simcoe St (202 m away, Nov 2019) recorded volume only — about 6,604 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St W · University Ave – Simcoe St · 202 mNov 2019 · 4 days6,604———

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.

The crossing
Signal 2502, activated 2020 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/East/West · transit priority

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Osgoode Station (Line 1)286 m · 3 min; St Andrew Station (Line 1)553 m · 7 min; St Patrick Station (Line 1)609 m · 7 min; Queen Station (Line 1)884 m · 11 min
Streetcar
501 504 508 505 510 503 nearest 83 m
TTC bus
19 97 13 nearest 617 m · 7 min
Blue Night
301 304 305 310 320
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St West at St Patrick St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St W / John St 167 m · 23 docks · 60 stations, 1,241 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
17 car parks · about 6,231 spaces
EV charging
10 Soho St. · 405 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (811 m), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (811 m)
Bike parking
246 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 69 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (811 m)
Other lots
29 mapped lots within 500 m, 583 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
110 Queen St W · Garage514 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface765 m2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface788 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface855 m3979% (Q1 2026)
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface921 m27 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: Moss Park Market is 222 m away, one of two grocery stores within 300 m. A specialist food shop is closer still: Shah's Halal Food Duncan, 37 m away. There are 88 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 371 eating places within a kilometre — 9.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Aristos Souvlaki & Gyros, 6 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 212 m away, one of two within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is SickKids, 901 m away, then Toronto Rehab University Centre at 948 m. For seniors' housing: Mon Sheong Home For the Aged, a long-term care home 745 m away. University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 369 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Aristos Souvlaki & Gyros · 265 Queen St W6 m
  • The Zen · 263 Queen St W Flr-112 m
  • Subway · 267 Queen St W14 m
  • Touhenboku · 261 Queen St W23 m
  • Ginger Restaurant · 212 Queen St W23 m
88 within 300 m · 371 within 1 km
Grocery
Moss Park Market 222 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Shah's Halal Food Duncan 37 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 212 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 97 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day163 m
  • Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. · 62 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day273 m · 3 min
  • Life-Bridge Child Care · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day286 m · 3 min
17 licensed centres · 1,134 spaces within 1 km · 11 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Harrison Pool Washroom · hours not listed200 m
  • Grange Park South Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible365 m · 4 min
Drinking water: St. Patricks Square 140 m; Grange Park 404 m · 5 min (off)
Health and care
  • SickKids · hospital site901 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Rehab University Centre · hospital site948 m · 11 min
  • Mon Sheong Home For the Aged · long-term care home745 m · 9 min
  • University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre · seniors' active living centre369 m · 4 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (29)
  • St. Patricks Square153 m
  • Grange Park436 m · 5 min
  • David Pecaut Square460 m · 5 min
  • Grasett Park470 m · 6 min
  • Gallery Park527 m · 6 min
and 24 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (26)
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 194 m
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 216 m
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 306 m · 4 min
  • OCAD University - Main Building 416 977-6000University · 384 m · 5 min
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 453 m · 5 min
and 21 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch835 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.4 km · 17 min
Places of interest
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 144 m
  • Onsite Gallery [at] OCADUGallery · 194 m
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 212 m
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 213 m

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

90of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #45 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 88 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit22/28

    Osgoode Station 0.3 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 18 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 835 m away · 8 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

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

  • Schools and child care8/8

    8 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

19 registered apartment buildings with 2,126 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 20 St Patrick St (130 m, 256 units, 14 storeys, built 1982), which scored 82 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited25614198282 · Aug 2024130 m
168 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1807197994 · Jul 2025207 m
190 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation264199293 · Aug 2026299 m · 4 min
50 Stephanie St · Bernada Properties28424196680 · Jul 2025381 m · 5 min
127 St Patrick St Toronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 2024480 m · 6 min
11 Sullivan St Toronto Community Housing · TCH173192383 · Sep 2024531 m · 6 min

19 registered buildings · 2,126 units · 12 social housing · tallest 36 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.6 a year before that. 62% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 44% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1300street/outdoor (8), commercial premises (3)
Bicycle theft940street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (4)

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 Queen & Duncan 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 Queen & Duncan?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 9, 2025, 57% of the median for a counted intersection, and #34 for pedestrians.

Is Queen & Duncan a walkable intersection?

Queen & Duncan scores 90 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #45 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 88 places to eat within 300 m; 4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 8 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Queen & Duncan?

The nearest Green P car park is 110 Queen St W (514 m away, 1,636 spaces, 28% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 583 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,880 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (405 m).

How do I get to Queen & Duncan by transit?

Osgoode Station (Line 1) is 286 m away; streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 83 m away; bus routes 19, 97, 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St West at St Patrick St, 617 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Duncan?

88 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 371 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Aristos Souvlaki & Gyros (6 m), The Zen (12 m), Subway (14 m), Touhenboku (23 m) and Ginger Restaurant (23 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Queen & Duncan?

The nearest is Harrison Pool Washroom, 15 Stephanie St, 200 m away. Next nearest: Grange Park South Washroom (365 m); Grange Park North Washroom (412 m).

Is there child care near Queen & Duncan?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,134 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kinder College Early Learning Centre (163 m, 97 spaces), Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. (273 m, 62 spaces) and Life-Bridge Child Care (286 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Duncan?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,126 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 St Patrick St (130 m, 256 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 168 John St (207 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 190 John St (299 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 50 Stephanie St (381 m, 284 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Queen & Duncan?

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wellington Place page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Duncan in?

Queen & Duncan 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 Queen Street West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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