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Richmond & Ontario

Richmond St E & Ontario St · Toronto, Ontario · Moss Park · Ward 13, Toronto Centre · Old Town Toronto BIA

In Moss Park, in the downtown core, Richmond & Ontario is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,041
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 2, 2022
759 pedestrians · 118 cyclists
Collisions
57
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 46 property damage · #1876 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 20 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,260 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 13 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 5.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged up 11%, from 27 in 2016–2020 to 30 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Richmond & Ontario

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503504508505506 nearest 118 m
TTC bus
7565121202114 nearest 214 m
Blue Night
301304305306365
Nearest stops
18 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Richmond St E installed 2015
Bike Share
Ontario St / Adelaide St E -SMART 48 m · 20 docks · 57 stations, 1,224 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 (36)
  • Liberty Prep SchoolPrivate · 199 m
  • George Brown College - St James CampusCollege · 422 m
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 436 m
  • Market Lane Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 481 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle RoyFrench Public · 539 m
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 588 m
  • and 30 more
Parks (54)
  • 40 Power St Park300 m
  • Moss Park374 m
  • Little Trinity Church Lands383 m
  • Orphan's Green399 m
  • Ontario Street Parkette412 m
  • Sackville Playground491 m
  • and 48 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch444 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch884 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 193 m
  • Toronto's First Post OfficeMuseum · 374 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 426 m
  • Young People's TheatrePerforming Arts · 463 m
  • Museum of Illusions TorontoMuseum · 486 m
  • St. James ParkNature/ Park · 617 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 662 m
  • St. Lawrence Market and Market GalleryAttraction · 701 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 47 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 339 — 4.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Meza Group, 26 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés47 within 300 m · 339 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Meza Group · 411 Richmond St E Bsmt-326 mPassed, Aug 2026
Mengrai Thai Restaurant · 82 Ontario St61 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
6ix Pickle · 102 Berkeley St82 mPassed, Jul 2025
Skip Express Lane · 381 Richmond St E93 mPassed, Nov 2024
Banknote Bar · 474 Adelaide St E122 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Hawa Beirut · 466 Adelaide St E123 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Kung Fu Tea · 442 Adelaide St E143 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Buvette Pacey · 141 Berkeley St158 mPassed, Jun 2025

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 John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 336 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 395 m away at Little Trinity Church Lands.

  • John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 150 Sherbourne St
    View centre hours
    336 m
  • St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 230 The Esplanade
    View centre hours
    485 m
  • Regent Park Community Centre Washroom · 402 Shuter St
    View centre hours
    629 m
Drinking water
Little Trinity Church Lands drinking fountain · 395 m; Ontario Street Parkette drinking fountain · 406 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,324 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Liberty Prep Parliament (199 m, 35 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,324 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 18
  • Liberty Prep Parliament · 162 Parliament St
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool
    199 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) · 80 Sackville St
    52 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    436 m
  • St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) · 230 the Esplanade
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    480 m
  • Garderie La Farandole de Toronto Inc. · 14 Pembroke St
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    539 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (382 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (428 m) and the nearest ambulance station 819 m away.

FireFire Station 333 · 382 m207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 428 m51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 819 m58 Richmond St E

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 91 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 10,074 rental units, 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 59 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 101 Ontario St (64 m, 52 units, 8 storeys, built 2005), which scored 92 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 91 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 158 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 99 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings91 · 10,074 units · 59 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026158 across the 91
Open fire-code violations99
Tallest31 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
101 Ontario Stsocial housing528200592 · Oct 2025064 m
132 Berkeley St · Concert Realty Services Ltd.177102013100 · Nov 20251123 m
501 Adelaide St EToronto Community Housing · Greenwin18013200990 · Nov 20250 · 1 fire188 m
285 Shuter StToronto Community Housing · TCH30015196477 · Nov 20257214 m
275 Shuter StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation29916196482 · Nov 20250234 m
155 Sherbourne StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30116197388 · Jul 20264 · 3 fire291 m
295 Shuter StToronto Community Housing · TCH30016196485 · Jun 20245298 m
205 Parliament Stsocial housing · Richmond Community Management Services Corp166199297 · Sep 20240332 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 lots781 lots · ≈27,890 spaces · 83.7 ha
Within 500 m89 lots · ≈2,770 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 7,056 spaces
EV charging (City)2 Church St. · 1 km · 24 Level 2 + 4 fast ports
Bike parking192 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 62 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
323 Richmond St E · Garage163 m25253% (Q1 2026)
271 Front Street East · Surface423 m83 *
44 Parliament Street · Surface525 m120 *
373 Front Street East · Surface617 m450 *
31A Parliament Street · Surface632 m230 *

Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈38 spaces; 77 m away, ≈13 spaces; 96 m away, ≈10 spaces; 101 m away, ≈49 spaces; 101 m away, ≈31 spaces; 103 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr. (1.1 km, 5 ports); 51 Dockside Dr (1.1 km, 6 ports); 186 Carlton St (1.1 km, 1 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, Mar 2, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 9,849 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 98% of the total, against 192 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (95 of 118). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,352 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,382 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 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 north192southbound · 6 bikes · 6.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles10,041759 pedestrians · 118 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east9,849westbound · 95 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 17 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,352 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,382 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 2, 2022

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 Richmond St E between Ontario St and Berkeley St, 60 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2005 put the average speed at 48 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 21 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Richmond St E · Ontario St – Berkeley St · 60 mOct 2005 · 24 h19,73648 km/h57 km/h64 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 worst year was 2018, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 5 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions57#1876 of 5,508
With an injury5#2782 of 4,660
Property damage only46
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian2#1960 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 201471latest Jun 6, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Feb 20, 2008.

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

19 thefts from vehicles and eight bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.7 a year. 79% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 63% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1930street/outdoor (15), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft841apartment parking (5), other (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 27, 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 Moss Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Richmond & Ontario a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 57 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 Richmond & Ontario?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 2, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Richmond & Ontario?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Richmond St E between Ontario St and Berkeley St (October 2005), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Richmond & Ontario?

The nearest Green P car park is 323 Richmond St E (163 m away, 252 spaces, 53% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 781 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,890 spaces — 89 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2 Church St. (1.0 km).

How do I get to Richmond & Ontario by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 508 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 118 m away; bus routes 75, 65, 121, 202, 114 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Richmond & Ontario?

47 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 339 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Meza Group (26 m), Mengrai Thai Restaurant (61 m), 6ix Pickle (82 m), Skip Express Lane (93 m) and Banknote Bar (122 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 Richmond & Ontario?

The nearest is John Innes Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 150 Sherbourne St, 336 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom (485 m); Regent Park Community Centre Washroom (629 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 Richmond & Ontario?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,324 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Liberty Prep Parliament (199 m, 35 spaces), Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) (436 m, 52 spaces) and St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) (480 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Richmond & Ontario?

91 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 10,074 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 101 Ontario St (64 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 132 Berkeley St (123 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 501 Adelaide St E (188 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 285 Shuter St (214 m, 300 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 91 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Richmond & Ontario?

Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Moss Park page.

What neighbourhood is Richmond & Ontario in?

Richmond & Ontario is in Moss Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 073). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise. The corner falls inside the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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