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Richmond & Victoria

Richmond St E & Victoria St · Toronto, Ontario · Downtown Yonge East · Ward 13, Toronto Centre · Old Town Toronto BIA

In Downtown Yonge East, in the downtown core, Richmond & Victoria is a busier-than-typical intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has Queen Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner.

Traffic
17,819
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 9, 2025
15,516 pedestrians · 2,927 cyclists · #1063 busiest
Collisions
140
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #770 of 5,519
Getting there
Queen Station
subway station within 250 m
26 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
91/100
city median 48 · #36 of 5,672
60 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 31 m

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Richmond & Victoria

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 9, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 13,137 westbound vehicles, or 74% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 3. Most cyclists arrived from the east (2,191 of 2,927). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,525 vehicles in the hour from 6:00 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:45 a.m. (1,299). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north2,377southbound · 296 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west3eastbound · 76 bikes · 33.3% heavy
Total vehicles17,81915,516 pedestrians · 2,927 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east13,137westbound · 2,191 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south2,302northbound · 364 bikes · 4.2% heavy

Peak hours: 1,299 vehicles in the hour from 8:45 a.m. and 1,525 from 6:00 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

2019 was the peak year (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 14 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 23, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jul 21, 2015.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions140#770 of 5,519
With an injury19#940 of 4,669
Property damage only108
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian8#368 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist5#482 of 2,576
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)14
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20063latest Jul 21, 2015

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 E between Victoria St and Berti St (58 m away, Oct 2007) recorded volume only — about 19,512 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Richmond St E · Victoria St – Berti St · 58 mOct 2007 · 3 days19,512———
Victoria St · Scott St – King St E · 335 mJun 2007 · 3 days1,708———

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 0027, activated 1927 · 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
Queen Station (Line 1)158 m; King Station (Line 1)340 m · 4 min; TMU Station (Line 1)590 m · 7 min; Osgoode Station (Line 1)763 m · 9 min; Union Station (Line 1)900 m · 11 min; St Andrew Station (Line 1)908 m · 11 min
Streetcar
501 503 504 508 505 506 509 510 nearest 134 m
TTC bus
97 19 121 114 202 75 nearest 110 m
Blue Night
301 304 305 306 310 320
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Richmond St E installed 2015
Bike Share
Richmond St E / Yonge St (2) 83 m · 17 docks · 60 stations, 1,455 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
23 car parks · about 7,243 spaces
EV charging
Yonge Street at Dundas St. · 616 m · 8 Level 2 ports; also Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (620 m), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (620 m)
Bike parking
196 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (620 m)
Other lots
16 mapped lots within 500 m, 588 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
37 Queen St E · Garage169 m63152% (Q1 2026)
87 Richmond St E · Surface306 m2092% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage515 m26258% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage571 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
323 Richmond St E · Garage768 m25253% (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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Rabba Fine Foods is 31 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Bakery (o&b), 239 m away. There are 60 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 373 eating places within a kilometre — 9.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Osteria Ciceri / La Bettola Di Terroni, 17 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 128 m away, one of five within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is St. Michael's Hospital, 280 m away, then SickKids at 1.4 km. Haven Toronto runs a seniors' active living programme 668 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Osteria Ciceri / La Bettola Di Terroni · 106 Victoria St17 m
  • Bob's Bulgogi · 105 Victoria St, Unit-Co325 m
  • House of McGrath · 75 Victoria St61 m
  • Greenbox · 151 Yonge St112 m
  • Melt N Dip · 26 Lombard St 5130 m
60 within 300 m · 373 within 1 km
Grocery
Rabba Fine Foods 31 m · 6 within 1 km
Food shops
Bakery (o&b) 239 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Rexall 128 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kids & Company Scotia Plaza · 64 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day299 m · 4 min
  • Bloomsbury Academy · 44 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten465 m · 6 min
  • Mothercraft Toronto Eaton Centre · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day576 m · 7 min
11 licensed centres · 742 spaces within 1 km · 8 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed633 m · 8 min
  • City Hall · Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm · accessible704 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Cloud Gardens 205 m; Courthouse Square Park 378 m · 5 min (off)
Health and care
  • St. Michael's Hospital · hospital site280 m · 3 min
  • SickKids · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
  • Haven Toronto · seniors' active living centre668 m · 8 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 (28)
  • Cloud Gardens213 m
  • Courthouse Square Park373 m · 4 min
  • 45 Dalhousie St Park482 m · 6 min
  • Berczy Park518 m · 6 min
  • St. James Park556 m · 7 min
and 23 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (28)
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 106 m
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 259 m · 3 min
  • St Michael's Choir School - Gymnasium BldgEnglish Separate · 362 m · 4 min
  • St Michael's Choir School - Choral BldgEnglish Separate · 413 m · 5 min
  • St Michael's Choir School - ElementaryEnglish Separate · 487 m · 6 min
and 23 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch644 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1 km · 12 min
Places of interest
  • Hudson's BayLandmark · 213 m
  • Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 259 m · 3 min
  • Massey HallPerforming Arts · 273 m · 3 min
  • CAA Ed Mirvish TheatrePerforming Arts · 409 m · 5 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.

91of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #36 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 · 60 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Queen Station · 9 stops within 300 m · 26 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 644 m away · 7 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    6 schools within 500 m · 2 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

26 registered apartment buildings with 3,883 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 17 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 60 Richmond St E (150 m, 50 units, 8 storeys, built 1990), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
60 Richmond St E Toronto Community Housing · Co-Operative Housing Federation of Toronto508199090 · Aug 2026150 m
90 Adelaide St E · Park Property Management Inc.608198092 · Jul 2025398 m · 5 min
25 Dalhousie St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc240302024100 · Nov 2025443 m · 5 min
252 Victoria St · Oben PM Inc.33737201796 · Jul 2026453 m · 5 min
30 Mutual St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc302312024100 · Nov 2025463 m · 6 min
25 Mutual St Toronto Community Housing · Greenwin9711198395 · Jul 2026496 m · 6 min

26 registered buildings · 3,883 units · 17 social housing · tallest 37 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 14 thefts from vehicles and 17 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 16 in 2023–2025, about 5.3 a year, against 2.1 a year before that. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 53% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 18, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1484street/outdoor (14)
Bicycle theft1780street/outdoor (9), apartment parking (5)

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 Downtown Yonge East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Richmond & Victoria a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 140 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 & Victoria?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1063 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #122 for pedestrians.

Is Richmond & Victoria a walkable intersection?

Richmond & Victoria scores 91 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #36 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: Queen Station · 9 stops within 300 m · 26 routes within 1 km; 6 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 60 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Richmond & Victoria?

The nearest Green P car park is 37 Queen St E (169 m away, 631 spaces, 52% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 588 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,360 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Yonge Street at Dundas St. (616 m).

How do I get to Richmond & Victoria by transit?

Queen Station (Line 1) is 158 m away; streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 508 and 4 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 134 m away; bus routes 97, 19, 121, 114, 202, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Richmond & Victoria?

60 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 373 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Osteria Ciceri / La Bettola Di Terroni (17 m), Bob's Bulgogi (25 m), House of McGrath (61 m), Greenbox (112 m) and Melt N Dip (130 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Richmond & Victoria?

The nearest is Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom, 100 Queen St W, 633 m away. Next nearest: City Hall (704 m); St Lawrence North (791 m).

Is there child care near Richmond & Victoria?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 742 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company Scotia Plaza (299 m, 64 spaces), Bloomsbury Academy (465 m, 44 spaces) and Mothercraft Toronto Eaton Centre (576 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Richmond & Victoria?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,883 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 60 Richmond St E (150 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 90 Adelaide St E (398 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 25 Dalhousie St (443 m, 240 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 252 Victoria St (453 m, 337 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Richmond & Victoria?

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and 17 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 4 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Downtown Yonge East page.

What neighbourhood is Richmond & Victoria in?

Richmond & Victoria is in Downtown Yonge East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 168). 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