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Richmond & Simcoe

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

Richmond & Simcoe, in Wellington Place, in the downtown core, is an intersection of typical volume, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: Osgoode Station, a protected bikeway and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Union Station GO 906 m away.

Traffic
12,259
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 15, 2025
15,643 pedestrians · 4,549 cyclists
Collisions
62
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1751 of 5,519
Getting there
Osgoode Station
subway station within 250 m
22 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
91/100
city median 48 · #37 of 5,672
70 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 106 m

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Richmond & Simcoe

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 · Oct 15, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 11,145 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 91% of the total, against 1 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the east (3,524 of 4,549). Evening rush dominates here: 1,139 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 798 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,073southbound · 296 bikes · 7.3% heavy
From the west1eastbound · 40 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,25915,643 pedestrians · 4,549 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east11,145westbound · 3,524 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south40northbound · 689 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 798 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,139 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 2018, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 9 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 3% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 8 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 14, 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 Jul 5, 2012.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions62#1751 of 5,519
With an injury9#1942 of 4,669
Property damage only52
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian4#1021 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist4#644 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20062latest Jul 5, 2012

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 Duncan St and John St (237 m away, Sep 2013) recorded volume only — about 16,891 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Simcoe St · Richmond St W – Lane S of Queen and W of Simcoe · 21 mJun 2007 · 3 days3,388———
Richmond St W · Duncan St – John St · 237 mSep 2013 · 3 days16,891———

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 2462, activated 2019 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Osgoode Station (Line 1)117 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)300 m · 4 min; St Patrick Station (Line 1)528 m · 6 min; Queen Station (Line 1)744 m · 9 min; Union Station (Line 1)801 m · 10 min; King Station (Line 1)909 m · 11 min
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville906 m · 11 min
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 762 m · 9 min — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 1 km · 11 min
Streetcar
501 504 508 503 505 510 506 nearest 137 m
TTC bus
19 97 13 nearest 536 m · 6 min
Blue Night
301 304 305 310 306 320
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Richmond St W installed 2014; Cycle Track - Contraflow on Simcoe St installed 2014
Bike Share
University Ave / Richmond St W 79 m · 15 docks · 60 stations, 1,298 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
16 car parks · about 6,183 spaces
EV charging
10 Soho St. · 658 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also 40 York St (673 m), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (730 m)
Bike parking
215 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 54 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (730 m)
Other lots
23 mapped lots within 500 m, 558 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
110 Queen St W · Garage433 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
40 York St · Garage698 m31141% (Q1 2026)
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface840 m27 *—
363 Adelaide St W · Surface848 m2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface871 m14over 100% (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 Rabba Marche, 106 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest May's Deli at 192 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 70 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 370 — 9.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 27 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 60 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is SickKids, 820 m away, then Toronto Rehab University Centre at 867 m. For seniors' housing: Mon Sheong Home For the Aged, a long-term care home 1.0 km away. University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 614 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 144 Simcoe St27 m
  • Jabistro · 222 Richmond St W86 m
  • Starbucks Coffee · 219 Queen St W None92 m
  • Subway · 126 Simcoe St106 m
  • Yuk Yuk's · 224 Richmond St W118 m
70 within 300 m · 370 within 1 km
Grocery
Rabba Marche 106 m · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
May's Deli 192 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Rexall 60 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 97 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day79 m
  • Life-Bridge Child Care · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day205 m
  • George Brown - Richmond Adelaide Childcare Centre · 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day350 m · 4 min
16 licensed centres · 1,092 spaces within 1 km · 11 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Harrison Pool Washroom · hours not listed446 m · 5 min
  • Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed489 m · 6 min
Drinking water: St. Patricks Square 386 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • SickKids · hospital site820 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Rehab University Centre · hospital site867 m · 10 min
  • Mon Sheong Home For the Aged · long-term care home1 km · 12 min
  • University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre · seniors' active living centre614 m · 7 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 (32)
  • St. Patricks Square399 m · 5 min
  • David Pecaut Square541 m · 6 min
  • Grasett Park553 m · 7 min
  • Cloud Gardens649 m · 8 min
  • Grange Park681 m · 8 min
and 27 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (23)
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 439 m · 5 min
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 461 m · 5 min
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 551 m · 7 min
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 558 m · 7 min
  • Contact Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 605 m · 7 min
and 18 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch754 m · 9 min
Places of interest
  • Onsite Gallery [at] OCADUGallery · 90 m
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 96 m
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 132 m
  • Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 163 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #37 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 · 70 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit27/28

    Osgoode Station · 5 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 754 m away · 8 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park 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 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

Within a kilometre there are 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,315 rental units — ten social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 20 St Patrick St (278 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 2024278 m · 3 min
168 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1807197994 · Jul 2025455 m · 5 min
248 Simcoe St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation5312199192 · Aug 2024499 m · 6 min
190 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation264199293 · Aug 2026545 m · 6 min
127 St Patrick St Toronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 2024585 m · 7 min
50 Stephanie St · Bernada Properties28424196680 · Jul 2025627 m · 7 min

16 registered buildings · 2,315 units · 10 social housing · tallest 29 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

Four thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (3), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft510street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (2)

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 & Simcoe a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 62 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 & Simcoe?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Oct 15, 2025, 76% of the median for a counted intersection, and #121 for pedestrians.

Is Richmond & Simcoe a walkable intersection?

Richmond & Simcoe scores 91 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #37 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 · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; Osgoode Station · 5 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 70 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Richmond & Simcoe?

The nearest Green P car park is 110 Queen St W (433 m away, 1,636 spaces, 28% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 558 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,490 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (658 m).

How do I get to Richmond & Simcoe by transit?

Osgoode Station (Line 1) is 117 m away; Union Station GO is 906 m away; streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 503 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 137 m away; bus routes 19, 97, 13 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Richmond & Simcoe?

70 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 370 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (27 m), Jabistro (86 m), Starbucks Coffee (92 m), Subway (106 m) and Yuk Yuk's (118 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Richmond & Simcoe?

The nearest is Harrison Pool Washroom, 15 Stephanie St, 446 m away. Next nearest: Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (489 m); Grange Park South Washroom (610 m).

Is there child care near Richmond & Simcoe?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,092 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 (79 m, 97 spaces), Life-Bridge Child Care (205 m, 57 spaces) and George Brown - Richmond Adelaide Childcare Centre (350 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Richmond & Simcoe?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,315 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 St Patrick St (278 m, 256 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 168 John St (455 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 248 Simcoe St (499 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 190 John St (545 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Richmond & Simcoe?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and five 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 & Simcoe in?

Richmond & Simcoe 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