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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 1, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,754 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 286 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 541 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 473 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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: 473 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 541 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 2017, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 8 collisions (33%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. The most recent report on file is from Dec 21, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 24 | |
| With an injury | 8 | #2117 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 16 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Royal York Rd between Hillside Ave and Macdonald St, 344 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2024 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,500 vehicles a day. Symons St between George St and Royal York Rd measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Nov 2021). 2 speed humps slow traffic on Symons Street between Royal York Rd and Central St.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symons St · George St – Royal York Rd · 53 m | Nov 2021 · 3 days | 1,009 | 31 km/h | 38 km/h | 42 km/h |
| Royal York Rd · Hillside Ave – Macdonald St · 344 m | Oct 2024 · 3 days | 8,454 | 45 km/h | 53 km/h | 58 km/h |
- Traffic calming
- Symons Street (Royal York Rd – Central St): 2 speed humps
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
- pedestrian crossover
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Streetcar
- 507 nearest 375 m · 4 min
- TTC bus
- 76 80 nearest 12 m
- Blue Night
- 301
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Royal York Rd at Symons St
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Royal York Rd installed 2004
- Bike Share
- Royal York Rd / Lake Shore Blvd W 486 m · 6 min · 19 docks · 2 stations, 39 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
- 8 car parks · about 272 spaces
- EV charging
- 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W · 1.2 km · 1 Level 2 ports; also 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (1.5 km)
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 24 mapped lots within 500 m, 420 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Superior Ave · Surface | 1.1 km | 23 | 43% (Q1 2026) |
| 66 Third St · Surface | 1.2 km | 24 | 34% (Q1 2026) |
| 140 Fifth St · Surface | 1.3 km | 52 | 39% (Q1 2026) |
| 105 Fourth Street · Surface | 1.3 km | 22 * | — |
| 139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface | 1.4 km | 11 * | — |
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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Jeff's No Frills, 633 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 18 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Ali's Wraps, 303 m away. The nearest pharmacy is The Drugstore Pharmcy, 637 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Ali's Wraps · 44 St George St303 m · 4 min
- Tc Tibetan Momo · 182a Royal York Rd Bldg-A435 m · 5 min
- Il Padre's Yummy Pizza · 196 Royal York Rd494 m · 6 min
- The Lunch Lady · 12 Drummond St779 m · 9 min
- Japanese Fast Food Ya (Nobuya) · 285 Royal York Rd808 m · 10 min
- Grocery
- Jeff's No Frills 633 m · 8 min
- Food shops
- Ati Pastry 949 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- The Drugstore Pharmcy 637 m · 8 min
- Child care
- The Mint School - Mimico · 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age123 m
- John English YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day610 m · 7 min
- The Rec Room Before & After School Program · 180 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day661 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 (16)
- Lake Crescent Park125 m
- Mimico Memorial Park367 m · 4 min
- Vimy Ridge Parkette589 m · 7 min
- Lake Crescent Road End Parkette615 m · 7 min
- Miles Road End Parkette656 m · 8 min
- Community centres
- Mimico Arena845 m · 10 min
- Lamp Community Health Centre1 km · 12 min
- Mimico-Coronation Club House1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools (7)
- John English Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 610 m · 7 min
- Mimico Adult CentreEnglish Public · 661 m · 8 min
- St Leo Catholic Elementary School (Future Address For Main Entrance)English Separate · 688 m · 8 min
- Phoenix Montessori SchoolPrivate · 807 m · 10 min
- Second Street Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 865 m · 10 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Mimico Centennial branch1.1 km · 13 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 public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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 33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,357 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 2561 Lake Shore Blvd W (413 m, 14 units, 4 storeys, built 1952), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2561 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc. | 14 | 4 | 1952 | 88 · Aug 2026 | 413 m · 5 min |
| 2555 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc. | 26 | 4 | 1952 | 95 · Aug 2025 | 439 m · 5 min |
| 2545 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc. | 26 | 4 | 1952 | 93 · Aug 2025 | 491 m · 6 min |
| 2557 Lake Shore Blvd W · Berkley Porperty Management Inc. | 26 | 4 | 1952 | 82 · Aug 2026 | 523 m · 6 min |
| 2543 Lake Shore Blvd W · CAPREIT Limited Partenership | 55 | 3 | 1952 | 86 · Aug 2026 | 524 m · 6 min |
| 2660 Lake Shore Blvd W · 2660 Lakeshore Inc. | 15 | 4 | 1960 | 81 · Jul 2025 | 537 m · 6 min |
33 registered buildings · 1,357 units · 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Five thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from other premises.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 0 | 0 | other (3), house driveway/garage (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Royal York & Symons a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 & Symons?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Dec 1, 2021, 37% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Royal York & Symons a walkable intersection?
Royal York & Symons scores 35 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: pedestrian crossover · traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Royal York & Symons?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Royal York Rd between Hillside Ave and Macdonald St (October 2024), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Royal York & Symons?
The nearest Green P car park is 16 Superior Ave (1.1 km away, 23 spaces, 43% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 420 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,620 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.2 km).
How do I get to Royal York & Symons by transit?
Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 375 m away; bus routes 76, 80 within 1 km (nearest stop: Royal York Rd at Symons St, 12 m).
What restaurants are near Royal York & Symons?
None within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ali's Wraps (303 m), Tc Tibetan Momo (435 m), Il Padre's Yummy Pizza (494 m), The Lunch Lady (779 m) and Japanese Fast Food Ya (Nobuya) (808 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Royal York & Symons?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 753 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Mint School - Mimico (123 m, 79 spaces), John English YMCA (610 m, 71 spaces) and The Rec Room Before & After School Program (661 m, 180 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Symons?
33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,357 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2561 Lake Shore Blvd W (413 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 2555 Lake Shore Blvd W (439 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2545 Lake Shore Blvd W (491 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 2557 Lake Shore Blvd W (523 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Royal York & Symons?
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Mimico-Queensway page.
What neighbourhood is Royal York & Symons in?
Royal York & Symons is in Mimico-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 160). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 1, 2021.
- 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; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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: 43.60758, -79.49479 · centreline node 13470241.