Toronto · intersection

Shaw & Harrison

Shaw St & Harrison St · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Shaw & Harrison, in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,387
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 17, 2019
459 pedestrians · 543 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 7 property damage · #3878 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 170 vehicles an hour, 15% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 39.1% of vehicle volume, about 51× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Shaw & Harrison

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505506501 nearest 182 m
TTC bus
6394 nearest 219 m
Blue Night
305306301363
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Shaw St installed 2001
Bike Share
Ossington Ave / Harrison St 203 m · 19 docks · 25 stations, 497 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 (25)
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 171 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 329 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 392 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 515 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 589 m
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 627 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (42)
  • Roxton Road Parkette99 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground200 m
  • George Ben Park211 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette382 m
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette482 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park549 m
  • and 36 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch423 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.5 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 356 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sonndr Cafe, 167 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés20 within 300 m · 356 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sonndr Cafe · 1068 Dundas St W167 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gelato Stop · 256 Crawford St188 mPassed, Jun 2026
Misc Coffee · 299 Ossington Ave206 mPassed, Jun 2026
Morning Parade Coffee Bar · 256 Crawford St212 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Youthful Vengeance · 1110 Dundas St W214 mPassed, Nov 2025
Mickey Limbos · 249 Ossington Ave232 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mild Afro Lounge · 1116 Dundas St W239 mPassed, Apr 2025
Delta Sports Bar · 247 Ossington Ave Unit-1243 mPassed, May 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 Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 186 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 128 m away at Fred Hamilton Playground.

  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 155 Roxton Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    186 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    470 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    632 m
Drinking water
Fred Hamilton Playground drinking fountain · 128 m; Fred Hamilton Playground drinking fountain · 261 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,494 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) (171 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,494 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 15
  • Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) · 319 Ossington Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    171 m
  • West End Parents Day Care Satellite · 380 Ossington Ave
    112 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    329 m
  • Garderie La Farandole Sur Grace · 77 Grace St
    161 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    395 m
  • West End Parents Day Care Centre · 375 Dovercourt Rd
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    515 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (865 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (569 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 865 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 569 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.4 km1288 Queen 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

25 registered apartment buildings with 1,037 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 300 Shaw St (109 m, 32 units, 3 storeys, built 1966), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 25 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings25 · 1,037 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 25
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
300 Shaw Stsocial housing323196690 · Jul 20260109 m
11 Churchill Ave · Admp Property Management Inc.173195889 · Jul 20260295 m
805 College St · Aykler Real Estate Inc.724192992 · Aug 20261392 m
677 College St323191288 · Sep 20241408 m
255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc163191285 · Aug 20250531 m
72 Clinton StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1577198991 · Oct 20252 · 2 fire569 m
1289 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Villa Luso Non Profit Housing Corp1497198698 · Aug 20260579 m
382 Dovercourt Rd · McCor Management (East) Inc183196074 · Jul 20250581 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 lots864 lots · ≈23,750 spaces · 71.2 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈810 spaces
Green P (public)32 car parks · about 2,726 spaces
EV charging (City)283 Ossington Ave · 204 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking62 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 68 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1117 Dundas St W · Surface261 m3786% (Q1 2026)
157 Beatrice St · Surface411 m1864% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface456 m7968% (Q1 2026)
201 Claremont St · Surface617 m4361% (Q1 2026)
74 Clinton Street · Garage634 m79 *

Nearest lots: 83 m away, ≈12 spaces; 91 m away, ≈3 spaces; 107 m away, ≈4 spaces; 151 m away, ≈19 spaces; 166 m away, ≈33 spaces; 201 m away, ≈19 spaces. More EV charging: 248 Shaw St (241 m, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (616 m, 4 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (857 m, 2 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, 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 16,183 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.

From the north984southbound · 277 bikes · 7.7% heavy
From the west259eastbound · 39 bikes · 6.9% heavy
Total vehicles1,387459 pedestrians · 543 cyclists · 7.4% heavy
From the east144westbound · 10 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the south0northbound · 217 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour219 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour183 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 17, 2019

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

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. 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). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Ossington Ave (204 m away, 30 km/h limit), 22% of the 138,457 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Harrison St · Shaw St – Lane W of Shaw and N of Harrison · 24 mFeb 2020 · 3 days1,47229 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Shaw St · Harrison St – Fred Hamilton Playground Trl · 83 mJun 2022 · 7 days2,35826 km/h33 km/h38 km/h

School-zone speed sign 204 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 42 km/h
Over the limit48%
40 km/h or more22%

Ossington Ave (northbound), 293 Ossington Avenue · 138,457 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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3878 of 5,508
With an injury3#3305 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1157 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201416latest Nov 2, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft200other (1), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 5, 2025. 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. Its latest count is from Jul 17, 2019, 15% of the median for a counted intersection.

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), 22% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Shaw & Harrison?

The nearest Green P car park is 1117 Dundas St W (261 m away, 37 spaces, 86% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 864 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,750 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 283 Ossington Ave (204 m).

How do I get to Shaw & Harrison by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 506, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 182 m away; bus routes 63, 94 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Shaw & Harrison?

20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 356 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sonndr Cafe (167 m), Gelato Stop (188 m), Misc Coffee (206 m), Morning Parade Coffee Bar (212 m) and Youthful Vengeance (214 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 Shaw & Harrison?

The nearest is Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 155 Roxton Rd, 186 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom (470 m); Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (632 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 Shaw & Harrison?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,494 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Pope Francis (North York Little Prints Daycare) (171 m, 71 spaces), West End Parents Day Care Satellite (329 m, 112 spaces) and Garderie La Farandole Sur Grace (395 m, 161 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Shaw & Harrison?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,037 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 300 Shaw St (109 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 11 Churchill Ave (295 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 805 College St (392 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 677 College St (408 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 85 out of 100; 2 scored below 70. 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.

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. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. 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