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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 volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,183 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,209 from 5:15 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 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.
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 | 11 | 0.8 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 5 | |
| Property damage only | 5 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 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 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. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 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). At the school-zone speed sign on Montgomery Rd (388 m away, 40 km/h limit), 6.9% of the 50,131 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varley Lane · Willingdon Blvd – Royal York Rd · 57 m | Mar 2007 · 2 days | 783 | 30 km/h | 38 km/h | 42 km/h |
| Royal York Rd · Belvedere Blvd – Lynngrove Ave · 254 m | Nov 2022 · 3 days | 12,666 | 45 km/h | 52 km/h | 58 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Montgomery Rd (northbound), 388 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 46 km/h; 6.9% at 50 km/h or more. 50,131 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Royal York Station (Line 2)217 m
- TTC bus
- 15 76 73 48 149 66 nearest 110 m
- Blue Night
- 315 373 300
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Sharrows - Arterial - Connector on Royal York Rd installed 2013
- Bike Share
- 9 Willingdon Blvd 236 m · 39 docks · 4 stations, 104 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
- 11 car parks · about 1,537 spaces
- EV charging
- 8 Kings Lynn Rd · 778 m · 1 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- 25 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 54 mapped lots within 500 m, 248 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Willingdon Blvd · Surface | 218 m | 64 | 57% (Q1 2026) |
| 9 Willingdon Blvd · Surface | 231 m | 116 | 23% (Q1 2026) |
| 934 Royal York Rd · Surface | 244 m | 11 | 64% (Q1 2026) |
| 7 Jackson Ave · Surface | 337 m | 40 | 38% (Q1 2026) |
| 11 Grenview Blvd N · Surface | 429 m | 83 | 41% (Q1 2026) |
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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Young's Produce, 206 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 42. The nearest is La Veranda Osteria, 151 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 167 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- La Veranda Osteria · 946 Royal York Rd151 m
- Noodle Box · 3014 Bloor St W Unit-Rear158 m
- Second Cup · 3014 Bloor St W Unit-Front158 m
- Heron Restaurant · 3008 Bloor St W, Unit-A206 m
- Green Mango · 3006 Bloor St W271 m · 3 min
- Food shops
- Young's Produce 206 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 167 m · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Treasured Moments - Bloor · 78 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day580 m · 7 min
- Our Lady of Sorrows School Age YMCA · 187 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day657 m · 8 min
- Prince Edward Montessori School of Toronto · 32 spaces, preschool670 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Central Arena Washroom · hours not listed779 m · 9 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 (7)
- Birchview Boulevard Parkette370 m · 4 min
- Jackson Parkette641 m · 8 min
- Tom Riley Park1 km · 12 min
- Spring Garden Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Kingsway Gate Parkette1.2 km · 14 min
- Community centres
- Central Arena911 m · 11 min
- Memorial Pool and Health Club1.1 km · 13 min
- Montgomery's Inn1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools
- Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 657 m · 8 min
- The Learning CommonPrivate · 764 m · 9 min
- Sunnylea Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Etobicoke Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch297 m · 4 min
- Places of interest
- Montgomery's InnMuseum · 1.4 km · 17 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 grocery store or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,241 of 5,672. 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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 32 rental units. The nearest is 2846 Bloor St W (809 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 95 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2846 Bloor St W | 16 | 4 | 1955 | 95 · Dec 2025 | 809 m · 10 min |
| 2844 Bloor St W | 16 | 3 | 1955 | 88 · Jul 2024 | 848 m · 10 min |
2 registered buildings · 32 units · tallest 4 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
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.
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. Its latest count is from Oct 23, 2024, about the median for a counted intersection.
Is Royal York & Varley a walkable intersection?
Royal York & Varley scores 54 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,241 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: Royal York Station · 9 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; library 297 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km.
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), 6.9% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Royal York & Varley?
The nearest Green P car park is 12 Willingdon Blvd (218 m away, 64 spaces, 57% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 248 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,320 spaces — 54 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (778 m).
How do I get to Royal York & Varley by transit?
Royal York Station (Line 2) is 217 m away; bus routes 15, 76, 73, 48, 149, 66 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Royal York & Varley?
9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are La Veranda Osteria (151 m), Noodle Box (158 m), Second Cup (158 m), Heron Restaurant (206 m) and Green Mango (271 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Royal York & Varley?
The nearest is Central Arena Washroom, 50 Montgomery Rd, 779 m away.
Is there child care near Royal York & Varley?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 551 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Treasured Moments - Bloor (580 m, 78 spaces), Our Lady of Sorrows School Age YMCA (657 m, 187 spaces) and Prince Edward Montessori School of Toronto (670 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Varley?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 32 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2846 Bloor St W (809 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 2844 Bloor St W (848 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 92 out of 100.
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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 23, 2024.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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: 43.64885, -79.51202 · centreline node 13467224.