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Royal York & Government

Royal York Rd & Government Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Kingsway South · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Royal York & Government, in Kingsway South, is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,271
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 4, 2015
141 pedestrians · 111 cyclists
Collisions
131
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
26 with an injury · 91 property damage · #815 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Arterial - Connector
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,530 vehicles an hour, 1.33× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 87 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 13 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 23%, from 74 in 2016–2020 to 57 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Royal York & Government

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
48734037 nearest 13 m
Blue Night
373337
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Royal York Rd at Dundas St West; Royal York Rd at Dundas St West South Side
Cycling
Sharrows - Arterial - Connector on Royal York Rd installed 2013
Bike Share
Dundas St W / Prince Edward Dr N 462 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 34 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 (9)
  • Kingsway College SchoolPrivate · 427 m
  • Lambton Kingsway Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 550 m
  • Etobicoke Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Humber Valley Village Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Mindwerx4kids Day SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Humbertown Park334 m
  • Joshua Glover Park399 m
  • Donnybrook Park633 m
  • Jackson Parkette647 m
  • Lambton - Kingsway Park662 m
  • Wimbleton Road South Parkette736 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Montgomery's InnMuseum · 1 km
  • James Garden ParkGarden / Conservatory · 1.5 km
Signal
2123, activated 2007 · PA - MPS · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 20 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Capi's, 232 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Capi's · 4247 Dundas St W232 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Ma Maison · 4243 Dundas St W257 mPassed, Aug 2026
Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate · 4242 Dundas St W, Unit-10293 mPassed, May 2025
Bruno's Fine Foods · 4242 Dundas St Wgrocery293 mPassed, Jun 2026
Magoo's · 4242 Dundas St W293 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Sanelli's Cookery · 4242 Dundas St W293 mPassed, Mar 2026
Starbucks · 4242 Dundas St W293 mPassed, Jul 2026
Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate · 4242 Dundas St W Unit-10293 mPassed, Jul 2026

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 Lambton - Kingsway Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 659 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 359 m away at Humbertown Park.

  • Lambton - Kingsway Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 37 Marquis Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    659 m
Drinking water
Humbertown Park bottle filling station · 359 m; Joshua Glover Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 399 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 234 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lambton - Kingsway Before & After School Program Inc. (550 m, 172 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 234 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 3
  • Lambton - Kingsway Before & After School Program Inc. · 525 Prince Edward Dr N
    172 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    550 m
  • Kingsway Nursery School · 85 the Kingsway
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    845 m
  • Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School · 86 Montgomery Rd
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 431 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 401 m away.

FireFire Station 431 · 1.5 km308 Prince Edward Dr S
Police22 Division · 1.9 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 401 m4219 Dundas St W

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 41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,199 rental units. The nearest is 1141 Royal York Rd (337 m, 91 units, 10 storeys, built 1963), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 8 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings41 · 1,199 units
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20268 across the 41
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1141 Royal York Rd · Princess Management9110196391 · Jul 20241337 m
1139 Royal York Rd · Princess Management9010196398 · Nov 20250374 m
1137 Royal York Rd · Princess Management12210196398 · Nov 20251394 m
571 Prince Edward Dr N · Dms Property Management Ltd11582019100 · Nov 20250561 m
8 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195299 · Jul 20260587 m
9 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195299 · Jul 20260601 m
10 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195296 · Aug 20250616 m
7 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195296 · Jul 20260616 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 lots320 lots · ≈14,950 spaces · 44.9 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈1,350 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 1,596 spaces
EV charging (City)8 Kings Lynn Rd · 1.3 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
12 Willingdon Blvd · Surface1.1 km6457% (Q1 2026)
9 Willingdon Blvd · Surface1.2 km11623% (Q1 2026)
7 Jackson Ave · Surface1.2 km4038% (Q1 2026)
11 Grenview Blvd N · Surface1.2 km8341% (Q1 2026)
934 Royal York Rd · Surface1.3 km1164% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 215 m away, ≈35 spaces; 266 m away, ≈371 spaces; 272 m away, ≈101 spaces; 288 m away, ≈8 spaces; 288 m away, ≈14 spaces; 357 m away, ≈102 spaces.

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, Jun 4, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,268 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 59% of the total, against 5,003 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the north (61 of 111). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,811 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,814 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north7,268southbound · 61 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,271141 pedestrians · 111 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,003northbound · 50 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,811 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,814 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 4, 2015

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 Royal York Rd between Kingsgrove Blvd and Usher Ave, 372 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2026 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 52 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 57 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,100 vehicles a day. Government Rd between Dunedin Dr and Strath Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Nov 2021).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Government Rd · Dunedin Dr – Strath Ave · 305 mNov 2021 · 3 days1,62736 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Royal York Rd · Kingsgrove Blvd – Usher Ave · 372 mMar 2026 · 3 days18,07343 km/h52 km/h57 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 2016, with 26 collisions; 2025 recorded 11. 26 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions131#815 of 5,508
With an injury26#626 of 4,660
Property damage only91
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian3#1379 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#885 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014186latest May 14, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Royal York & Government a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 131 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 Royal York & Government?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Jun 4, 2015, 1.33× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Royal York & Government?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Royal York Rd between Kingsgrove Blvd and Usher Ave (March 2026), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Royal York & Government?

The nearest Green P car park is 12 Willingdon Blvd (1.1 km away, 64 spaces, 57% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 320 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,950 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.3 km).

How do I get to Royal York & Government by transit?

Bus routes 48, 73, 40, 37 within 1 km (nearest stop: Royal York Rd at Dundas St West, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Royal York & Government?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 20 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Capi's (232 m), Ma Maison (257 m), Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate (293 m), Magoo's (293 m) and Sanelli's Cookery (293 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 Royal York & Government?

The nearest is Lambton - Kingsway Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 37 Marquis Ave, 659 m away (View outdoor pool hours). 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 Royal York & Government?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 234 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lambton - Kingsway Before & After School Program Inc. (550 m, 172 spaces), Kingsway Nursery School (845 m, 31 spaces) and Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School (1.0 km, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Government?

41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,199 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1141 Royal York Rd (337 m, 91 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1139 Royal York Rd (374 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1137 Royal York Rd (394 m, 122 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 571 Prince Edward Dr N (561 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 41 is 94 out of 100. 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.

What neighbourhood is Royal York & Government in?

Royal York & Government is in Kingsway South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 015). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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