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Royal York & Saunders (South)

Royal York Rd & Saunders Cres (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Stonegate-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Stonegate-Queensway, Royal York & Saunders (South) is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a bike lane and a park. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
7,991
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 22, 2023
150 pedestrians · 237 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4107 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1315 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,000 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 53 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 3.0% of vehicle volume, about 3.8× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 12 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Royal York & Saunders (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
15768066 nearest 8 m
Blue Night
315
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Royal York Rd at Tenby St
Cycling
Bike Lane on Royal York Rd installed 2004
Bike Share
Uno Dr / The Queensway 135 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (17)
  • St Louis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 277 m
  • Etobicoke School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 356 m
  • Karen Kain School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 447 m
  • Behaviour Innovations, Children's CollegePrivate · 619 m
  • Behaviour Innovations, Children's CollegePrivate · 619 m
  • Bishop Allen AcademyEnglish Separate · 759 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Saunders Crescent Parkette40 m
  • Queensway Park324 m
  • Winslow - Dalesford Parkette501 m
  • Jeff Healey Park721 m
  • Berry Road Park730 m
  • Alan - Oxford Parkette755 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Humber Bay branch1 km

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 21 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 67. The nearest is Pizza Pizza, 141 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 67 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Pizza · 742 the Queensway141 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pizza Nova · 731 the Queensway150 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cosimos's No Frills · 748 the Queensway, Unit-1grocery150 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bua Thai · 743 the Queensway188 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mojo Cafe · 715 the Queensway191 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tokyo Sushi · 751 the Queensway191 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Tokyo Sushi · 751 the Queensway192 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Hoai Huong Vietnamese Restaurant · 716 the Queensway192 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom, 291 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1 Third St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    291 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 506 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Louis C.s. (277 m, 73 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 506 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • Plasp St. Louis C.s. · 11 Morgan Ave
    73 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    277 m
  • Le Jardin de Moliere · 866 the Queensway
    22 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    637 m
  • Grand Avenue Montessori School - 602 · 602 the Queensway
    32 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    679 m
  • Grand Avenue Montessori School - 600 · 600 the Queensway
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    693 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 433 (42 m), the nearest police station 22 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.8 km away.

FireFire Station 433 · 42 m615 Royal York Rd
Police22 Division · 2.7 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.8 km259 Horner Ave

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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 129 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 773 The Queensway (266 m, 63 units, 3 storeys, built 1993), which scored 97 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 129 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest3 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
773 The Queenswaysocial housing · Greenwin Corp.633199397 · Nov 20250266 m
781 The Queenswaysocial housing · Greenwin Corp.663199397 · Jun 20240325 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 lots722 lots · ≈56,490 spaces · 169.5 ha
Within 500 m58 lots · ≈2,480 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 182 spaces
EV charging (City)625 The Queensway · 550 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
575 Royal York Rd · Surface82 m2832% (Q1 2026)
5 Dayton Ave · Surface234 m1632% (Q1 2026)
WOOLGAR LANEWAY REAR OF 1124 THE QUEENSWAY · Surface1.4 km11 *
2300 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · Surface1.7 km2428% (Q1 2026)
16 Superior Ave · Surface1.8 km2343% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 25 m away, ≈16 spaces; 34 m away, ≈6 spaces; 54 m away, ≈13 spaces; 68 m away, ≈11 spaces (Green P); 102 m away, ≈28 spaces; 107 m away, ≈33 spaces. More EV charging: 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (1.7 km, 7 ports); 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.8 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, Jun 22, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,159 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 40 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (118 of 237). Evening rush dominates here: 1,167 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,039 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north4,159southbound · 117 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the west40eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,991150 pedestrians · 237 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,792northbound · 118 bikes · 5.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,039 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,167 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 22, 2023

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 McCallum Crt and Yorkview Dr, 294 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2019 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 17,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Royal York Rd · McCallum Crt – Yorkview Dr · 294 mApr 2019 · 2 days16,98143 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 2021, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 4 collisions (33%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 20, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4107 of 5,508
With an injury4#3081 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian1#2957 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 201413latest Dec 20, 2024

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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Apr 6, 2016.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1315 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#753 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Apr 6, 2016

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 & Saunders (South) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1315 of 1,505), out of 12 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Saunders (South)?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 22, 2023, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Royal York & Saunders (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Royal York Rd between McCallum Crt and Yorkview Dr (April 2019), 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 & Saunders (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 575 Royal York Rd (82 m away, 28 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 722 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 56,490 spaces — 58 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 625 The Queensway (550 m).

How do I get to Royal York & Saunders (South) by transit?

Bus routes 15, 76, 80, 66 within 1 km (nearest stop: Royal York Rd at Tenby St, 8 m).

What restaurants are near Royal York & Saunders (South)?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 67 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Pizza (141 m), Pizza Nova (150 m), Bua Thai (188 m), Mojo Cafe (191 m) and Tokyo Sushi (191 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 & Saunders (South)?

The nearest is Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom, 1 Third St, 291 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Royal York & Saunders (South)?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 506 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp St. Louis C.s. (277 m, 73 spaces), Le Jardin de Moliere (637 m, 22 spaces) and Grand Avenue Montessori School - 602 (679 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Saunders (South)?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 129 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 773 The Queensway (266 m, 63 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 781 The Queensway (325 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 97 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 & Saunders (South) in?

Royal York & Saunders (South) is in Stonegate-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 016). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

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