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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 · Jul 17, 2019
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The north leg carries the load — 984 southbound vehicles, or 71% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 144. Most cyclists arrived from the north (277 of 543). Morning rush is the busier period: 219 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 183 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 7.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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: 219 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 183 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 21% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 14% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Nov 2, 2025.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 14 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 7 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1157 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| 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
The City's counter on Harrison St between Shaw St and Lane W of Shaw and N of Harrison (24 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 3-day count in February 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Shaw St between Harrison St and Fred Hamilton Playground Trl measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Jun 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Ossington Ave (204 m away, 30 km/h limit), 23% of the 140,029 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison St · Shaw St – Lane W of Shaw and N of Harrison · 24 m | Feb 2020 · 3 days | 1,472 | 29 km/h | 35 km/h | 39 km/h |
| Shaw St · Harrison St – Fred Hamilton Playground Trl · 83 m | Jun 2022 · 7 days | 2,358 | 26 km/h | 33 km/h | 38 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Ossington Ave (northbound), 204 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 34 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 23% at 40 km/h or more. 140,029 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
- Streetcar
- 505 506 501 nearest 197 m
- TTC bus
- 63 94 nearest 297 m · 4 min
- Blue Night
- 305 306 301 363
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Bike Lane - Contraflow on Shaw St installed 2001
- Bike Share
- Ossington Ave / Harrison St 219 m · 19 docks · 16 stations, 322 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
- 22 car parks · about 2,029 spaces
- EV charging
- 248 Shaw St · 243 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 283 Ossington Ave (270 m), 74 Clinton Street (1 km)
- Bike parking
- 28 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 68 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 17 mapped lots within 500 m, 488 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1117 Dundas St W · Surface | 366 m | 37 | 86% (Q1 2026) |
| 146 Harrison St · Surface | 457 m | 79 | 68% (Q1 2026) |
| 157 Beatrice St · Surface | 633 m | 18 | 64% (Q1 2026) |
| 201 Claremont St · Surface | 798 m | 43 | 61% (Q1 2026) |
| 18 Ossington Ave · Surface | 928 m | 20 | over 100% (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
The nearest grocery store is Metro, 463 m away; 6 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 325 eating places within a kilometre — 7.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sonndr Cafe, 180 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 408 m away; 8 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.3 km away, then Kensington Eye Institute at 1.8 km. For seniors' housing: Maynard Nursing Home, a long-term care home 409 m away. West Neighbourhood House - Social Integration runs a seniors' active living programme 395 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Sonndr Cafe · 1068 Dundas St W180 m
- Misc Coffee · 299 Ossington Ave207 m
- Gelato Stop · 256 Crawford St283 m · 3 min
- Morning Parade Coffee Bar · 256 Crawford St287 m · 3 min
- Youthful Vengeance · 1110 Dundas St W302 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Metro 463 m · 6 min · 6 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Nova Era Bakery & Pastry Inc. 434 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 408 m · 5 min · 8 within 1 km
- Child care
- Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day221 m
- West End Parents Day Care Satellite · 112 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day433 m · 5 min
- Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. · 28 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day638 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible299 m · 4 min
- Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible685 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.3 km · 16 min
- Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site1.8 km · 21 min
- Maynard Nursing Home · long-term care home409 m · 5 min
- West Neighbourhood House - Social Integration · seniors' active living centre395 m · 5 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 (17)
- Roxton Road Parkette142 m
- Fred Hamilton Playground248 m
- George Ben Park295 m · 4 min
- Lakeview Avenue Parkette467 m · 6 min
- Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette486 m · 6 min
- Community centres
- Trinity Community Recreation Centre785 m · 9 min
- Scadding Court Community Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools (15)
- Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 221 m
- Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 433 m · 5 min
- Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 619 m · 7 min
- Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 652 m · 8 min
- Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 760 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch425 m · 5 min
- Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.3 km · 15 min
- Places of interest
- The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,194 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
18 registered apartment buildings with 700 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 300 Shaw St (133 m, 32 units, 3 storeys, built 1966), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 18 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 Shaw St social housing | 32 | 3 | 1966 | 90 · Jul 2026 | 133 m |
| 11 Churchill Ave · Admp Property Management Inc. | 17 | 3 | 1958 | 89 · Jul 2026 | 405 m · 5 min |
| 805 College St · Aykler Real Estate Inc. | 72 | 4 | 1929 | 92 · Aug 2026 | 423 m · 5 min |
| 677 College St | 32 | 3 | 1912 | 88 · Sep 2024 | 568 m · 7 min |
| 1289 Dundas St W social housing · Villa Luso Non Profit Housing Corp | 149 | 7 | 1986 | 98 · Aug 2026 | 688 m · 8 min |
| 255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc | 16 | 3 | 1912 | 85 · Aug 2025 | 715 m · 9 min |
18 registered buildings · 700 units · 6 social housing · tallest 7 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
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | other (1), house driveway/garage (1) |
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 Trinity-Bellwoods.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Shaw & Harrison a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Shaw & Harrison?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2019. Its latest count is from Jul 17, 2019, 15% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Shaw & Harrison a walkable intersection?
Shaw & Harrison scores 54 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,194 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: 5 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; library 425 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km.
How fast do cars go at Shaw & Harrison?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Harrison St between Shaw St and Lane W of Shaw and N of Harrison (February 2020), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 204 m away (30 km/h), 23% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Shaw & Harrison?
The nearest Green P car park is 1117 Dundas St W (366 m away, 37 spaces, 86% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 488 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,840 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 248 Shaw St (243 m).
How do I get to Shaw & Harrison by transit?
Streetcar routes 505, 506, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 197 m away; bus routes 63, 94 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Shaw & Harrison?
4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 325 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sonndr Cafe (180 m), Misc Coffee (207 m), Gelato Stop (283 m), Morning Parade Coffee Bar (287 m) and Youthful Vengeance (302 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Shaw & Harrison?
The nearest is Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 155 Roxton Rd, 299 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom (685 m); Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (700 m).
Is there child care near Shaw & Harrison?
12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,180 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) (221 m, 71 spaces), West End Parents Day Care Satellite (433 m, 112 spaces) and Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. (638 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Shaw & Harrison?
18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 700 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 300 Shaw St (133 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 11 Churchill Ave (405 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 805 College St (423 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 677 College St (568 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 87 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Shaw & Harrison?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Trinity-Bellwoods page.
What neighbourhood is Shaw & Harrison in?
Shaw & Harrison is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.
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 Jul 17, 2019.
- 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 11 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: 43.65144, -79.41891 · centreline node 13466577.