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Royal York & Varley

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

Royal York & Varley is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Kingsway South. At the corner: Royal York Station and a bike lane. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
13,841
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 23, 2024
993 pedestrians · 172 cyclists · #1400 busiest
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4219 of 5,508 · +1 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
Royal York Station
subway station within 250 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Arterial - Connector
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 990 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 14 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 1.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 0.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Royal York & Varley

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Royal York Station (Line 2)135 m; Islington Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
73481576149663750 nearest 88 m
Express
937
Blue Night
315373300
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Royal York Station
Regional
MiWay 26 Burnhamthorpe at Cordova Ave at 90 Cordova Ave1 km
Cycling
Sharrows - Arterial - Connector on Royal York Rd installed 2013
Bike Share
Willingdon Blvd / Bloor St W (Green P) 151 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 134 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 (8)
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 563 m
  • The Learning CommonPrivate · 724 m
  • Sunnylea Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 824 m
  • Etobicoke Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 838 m
  • Lambton Kingsway Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Kingsway College SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Birchview Boulevard Parkette304 m
  • Jackson Parkette483 m
  • Tom Riley Park786 m
  • Spring Garden Park823 m
  • Donnybrook Park847 m
  • Kingsway Gate Parkette1 km
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch231 m
Places of interest
  • Montgomery's InnMuseum · 1.1 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 27 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 73. The nearest is La Veranda Osteria, 130 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés27 within 300 m · 73 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
La Veranda Osteria · 946 Royal York Rd130 mPassed, Aug 2026
Noodle Box · 3014 Bloor St W Unit-Rear145 mPassed, Jun 2026
Second Cup · 3014 Bloor St W Unit-Front145 mPassed, Jun 2026
Shoppers Drug Mart · 3010 Bloor St W, Bldg--grocery147 mPassed, Dec 2023
Kingsway Theatre · 3030 Bloor St W158 mPassed, Feb 2024
Heron Restaurant · 3008 Bloor St W, Unit-A160 mPassed, Sep 2025
Young's Produce · 3008 Bloor St Wgrocery160 mPassed, Dec 2023 · 1 infraction
Green Mango · 3006 Bloor St W160 mPassed, Jun 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 Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom, 613 m away, View centre hours.

  • Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom · 44 Montgomery Rd
    View centre hours
    613 m
  • Central Arena Washroom · 50 Montgomery Rd
    View arena hours
    633 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 625 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Treasured Moments - Bloor (444 m, 78 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 625 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 8
  • Treasured Moments - Bloor · 3107 Bloor St W
    78 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    444 m
  • Kingsway Nursery School · 85 the Kingsway
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    560 m
  • Prince Edward Montessori School of Toronto · 2850 Bloor St W
    32 spaces · preschool
    561 m
  • Our Lady of Sorrows School Age YMCA · 32 Montgomery Rd
    187 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    563 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 431 (636 m), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 431 · 636 m308 Prince Edward Dr S
Police22 Division · 1.5 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 1.2 km4219 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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 399 rental units. The nearest is 2846 Bloor St W (642 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 95 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings4 · 399 units
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 4
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2846 Bloor St W164195595 · Dec 20250642 m
2844 Bloor St W163195588 · Jul 20240664 m
8 Lomond Dr · Cogir Management Corporation GP18324197398 · Aug 20264 · 6 fire907 m
90 Cordova Ave · Ranee Management18413197796 · Nov 20253 · 10 fire948 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 lots422 lots · ≈24,840 spaces · 74.5 ha
Within 500 m73 lots · ≈1,470 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 1,596 spaces
EV charging (City)8 Kings Lynn Rd · 609 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking39 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
12 Willingdon Blvd · Surface123 m6457% (Q1 2026)
9 Willingdon Blvd · Surface164 m11623% (Q1 2026)
934 Royal York Rd · Surface238 m1164% (Q1 2026)
7 Jackson Ave · Surface247 m4038% (Q1 2026)
11 Grenview Blvd N · Surface336 m8341% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 98 m away, ≈48 spaces; 125 m away, ≈15 spaces; 127 m away, ≈8 spaces; 129 m away, ≈10 spaces; 139 m away, ≈60 spaces (Green P); 167 m away, ≈25 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 — 14-hour, Oct 23, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,111 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 646 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (91 of 172). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,183 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,209 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north7,111southbound · 91 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,841993 pedestrians · 172 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east646westbound · 4 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south6,084northbound · 76 bikes · 3.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,183 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,209 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 23, 2024

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 Belvedere Blvd and Lynngrove Ave, 254 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2022 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 52 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 12,700 vehicles a day. Varley Lane between Willingdon Blvd and Royal York Rd measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Mar 2007). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Montgomery Rd (388 m away, 40 km/h limit), 7.0% of the 53,884 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Varley Lane · Willingdon Blvd – Royal York Rd · 57 mMar 2007 · 2 days78330 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Royal York Rd · Belvedere Blvd – Lynngrove Ave · 254 mNov 2022 · 3 days12,66645 km/h52 km/h58 km/h

School-zone speed sign 388 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct38 · 46 km/h
Over the limit21%
50 km/h or more7.0%

Montgomery Rd (northbound), 21 Montgomery Road · 53,884 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 5 collisions (45%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (27%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4219 of 5,508
With an injury5#2791 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2961 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1337 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201414latest May 20, 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, though 2 have been reported since January 2026.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 29, 2026. 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 Kingsway South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Royal York & Varley a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 & Varley?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1400 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Royal York & Varley?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Royal York Rd between Belvedere Blvd and Lynngrove Ave (November 2022), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 388 m away (40 km/h), 7.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Royal York & Varley?

The nearest Green P car park is 12 Willingdon Blvd (123 m away, 64 spaces, 57% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 422 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,840 spaces — 73 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (609 m).

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

Royal York Station (Line 2) is 135 m away; bus routes 73, 48, 15, 76, 149, 66, 37, 50 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Royal York Station, 88 m); MiWay route 26 Burnhamthorpe at Cordova Ave at 90 Cordova Ave.

What restaurants are near Royal York & Varley?

27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 73 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are La Veranda Osteria (130 m), Noodle Box (145 m), Second Cup (145 m), Kingsway Theatre (158 m) and Heron Restaurant (160 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 & Varley?

The nearest is Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom, 44 Montgomery Rd, 613 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Central Arena Washroom (633 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 & Varley?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 625 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Treasured Moments - Bloor (444 m, 78 spaces), Kingsway Nursery School (560 m, 31 spaces) and Prince Edward Montessori School of Toronto (561 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Varley?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 399 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2846 Bloor St W (642 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2844 Bloor St W (664 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 8 Lomond Dr (907 m, 183 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 90 Cordova Ave (948 m, 184 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 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 & Varley in?

Royal York & Varley is in Kingsway South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 015). 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