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Richmond & Augusta

Richmond St W & Augusta Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

Richmond & Augusta, in Wellington Place, in the downtown core, was a low-volume local intersection — that was the City's last count here, in 2022. At the corner: a protected bikeway and parks. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
4,555
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 16, 2022
864 pedestrians · 129 cyclists
Collisions
32
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #2714 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
11 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
67/100
city median 48 · #1,085 of 5,672
91 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 249 m

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Richmond & Augusta

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 16, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,209 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 92% of the total, against 346 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (115 of 129). Evening rush dominates here: 896 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 384 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north346southbound · 14 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles4,555864 pedestrians · 129 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east4,209westbound · 115 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 384 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 896 from 4:00 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 worst year was 2022, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 5 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 7 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (22%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 8, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 22, 2019.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions32#2714 of 5,519
With an injury5
Property damage only23
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist5#483 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest May 22, 2019

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 Richmond St W between Mc Dougall Lane and Brant St (93 m away, Sep 2013) recorded volume only — about 16,915 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Augusta Ave · Richmond St W – Rush Lane · 21 mSep 2009 · 3 days1,982———
Richmond St W · Mc Dougall Lane – Brant St · 93 mSep 2013 · 3 days16,915———

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 510 511 504 508 505 nearest 98 m
Blue Night
301 310 304 305 307
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St West at Augusta Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Richmond St W installed 2014; Sharrows on Augusta Ave installed 2021; Bi-Directional Cycle Track on Richmond St W installed 2014
Bike Share
St. Andrew's Playground Park 162 m · 11 docks · 43 stations, 806 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
18 car parks · about 4,099 spaces
EV charging
10 Portland St · 34 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also 10 Soho St. (681 m), 10 Palmerston Ave (727 m)
Bike parking
160 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 88 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.8 km)
Other lots
56 mapped lots within 500 m, 562 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
15 Denison Ave · Surface171 m12054% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface431 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface456 m2295% (Q1 2026)
2 Portland St · Garage776 m3797% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage909 m33231% (Q1 2026)

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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Loblaws, 249 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Midnight Cookie-Queen at 144 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 91 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 365 — 8.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Hanoi Bites, 16 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Loblaw Pharmacy, 223 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.1 km away, then Kensington Eye Institute at 1.3 km. Scadding Court Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 826 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Hanoi Bites · 499 Richmond St W None16 m
  • Island Oysters · 499 Richmond St W Unit-K6 None16 m
  • Musoshin Waterworks · 499 Richmond St W Unit-K2 None16 m
  • Pizzeria Popolo · 499 Richmond St W, Unit-R8-B None16 m
  • Soi Thaifoon · 499 Richmond St W Unit-K 14-16 None16 m
91 within 300 m · 365 within 1 km
Grocery
Loblaws 249 m · 11 within 1 km
Food shops
Midnight Cookie-Queen 144 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Loblaw Pharmacy 223 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha · 26 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day272 m · 3 min
  • Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day373 m · 4 min
  • Studio 1,2,3 Early Learning Centre · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day409 m · 5 min
12 licensed centres · 901 spaces within 1 km · 8 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs741 m · 9 min
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs780 m · 9 min
Drinking water: St. Andrew's Playground 214 m
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.1 km · 13 min
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site1.3 km · 16 min
  • Scadding Court Community Centre · seniors' active living centre826 m · 10 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 (27)
  • St. Andrew's Playground210 m
  • Portland Street Parkette216 m
  • Randy Padmore Park326 m · 4 min
  • Adelaide Place Parkette446 m · 5 min
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park678 m · 8 min
and 22 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (22)
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 272 m · 3 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 500 m · 6 min
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 576 m · 7 min
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 604 m · 7 min
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
and 17 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch945 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.2 km · 14 min
Places of interest
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 130 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 387 m · 5 min
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 449 m · 5 min
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 492 m · 6 min

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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

67of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,085 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 91 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit12/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 945 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,299 rental units — 11 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 525 Richmond St W (104 m, 103 units, 10 storeys, built 2003), which scored 81 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
525 Richmond St W10310200381 · Aug 2024104 m
163 Portland St social housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.464199185 · Jul 2024143 m
20 Vanauley St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1358198690 · Sep 2024242 m
165 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Inc476191879 · Jul 2025372 m · 4 min
91 Augusta Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation25714196886 · Jul 2025401 m · 5 min
552 Adelaide St W social housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 2025444 m · 5 min

21 registered buildings · 3,299 units · 11 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

11 thefts from vehicles and 15 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 3.0 a year before that. 45% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 67% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1130street/outdoor (5), apartment parking (5)
Bicycle theft1520apartment parking (10), street/outdoor (3)

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 Richmond & Augusta a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 32 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Richmond & Augusta?

A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Nov 16, 2022, 49% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Richmond & Augusta a walkable intersection?

Richmond & Augusta scores 67 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,085 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 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 91 places to eat within 300 m; library 945 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m.

Where can I park near Richmond & Augusta?

The nearest Green P car park is 15 Denison Ave (171 m away, 120 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 562 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,530 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (34 m).

How do I get to Richmond & Augusta by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 510, 511, 504 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 98 m away.

What restaurants are near Richmond & Augusta?

91 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 365 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Hanoi Bites (16 m), Island Oysters (16 m), Musoshin Waterworks (16 m), Pizzeria Popolo (16 m) and Soi Thaifoon (16 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Richmond & Augusta?

The nearest is Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 275 Bathurst St, 741 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (780 m); Bellevue Square Park Washroom (847 m).

Is there child care near Richmond & Augusta?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 901 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (272 m, 26 spaces), Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (373 m, 36 spaces) and Studio 1,2,3 Early Learning Centre (409 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Richmond & Augusta?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,299 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 525 Richmond St W (104 m, 103 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 163 Portland St (143 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 20 Vanauley St (242 m, 135 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 165 Bathurst St (372 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 79). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Richmond & Augusta?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and 15 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 Richmond & Augusta in?

Richmond & Augusta 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