Royal York & Lake Shore

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 14, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,185 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 108 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (37 of 72). Evening rush dominates here: 1,367 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,023 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. 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.

Peak hours: 1,023 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,367 from 5:00 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 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 13. 18 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 20 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 9 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 4, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The last one inside the window was in 2018. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here, the latest on Jun 29, 2026. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

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 Lake Shore Blvd W between Royal York Rd and Sand Beach Rd (187 m away, Aug 2015) recorded volume only — about 13,507 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

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 0233, activated 1960 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · bicycle signal

Not within a walk: a grocery store or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food3/30

  23 within 1 km

• Transit10/28

  4 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.4 km away

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care4/8

  nearest school 0.8 km · 1 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.

Within a kilometre there are 30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,055 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2660 Lake Shore Blvd W (81 m, 15 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 81 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

30 registered buildings · 1,055 units · 1 social housing · tallest 9 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.

Two thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Mimico-Queensway.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 14, 2022.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 3 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.60365, -79.49317 · centreline node 13470353.