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Sorauren & Columbus

Sorauren Ave & Columbus Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Roncesvalles · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Sorauren & Columbus sits in Roncesvalles. At the City's last count here, in 2017, it was a lightly travelled intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
2,833
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 6, 2017
477 pedestrians · 194 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
10 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
44/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 474 m

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Sorauren & Columbus

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 · Mar 6, 2017

The south leg carries the load — 1,485 northbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 64. Most cyclists arrived from the south (112 of 194). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 469 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 452 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north1,199southbound · 66 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west64eastbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,833477 pedestrians · 194 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east85westbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,485northbound · 112 bikes · 0.5% heavy

Peak hours: 469 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 452 from 4:45 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

2017 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 18% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 15, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11
With an injury2
Property damage only8
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2022

The City's counter on Sorauren Ave between Geoffrey St and Grenadier Rd (110 m away) recorded an average of 23 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 30 km/h. That segment carries about 3,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sorauren Ave · Geoffrey St – Grenadier Rd · 110 mJun 2022 · 7 days3,63023 km/h30 km/h34 km/h

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
505 506 504 nearest 101 m
TTC bus
402 47 168 nearest 101 m
Blue Night
305 306 304 300
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Sorauren Ave installed 2014
Bike Share
Sorauren Ave / Geoffrey St - SMART 157 m · 16 docks · 12 stations, 205 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
9 car parks · about 482 spaces
EV charging
430 Roncesvalles Ave · 641 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 2251 Dundas St W (771 m), 2285 Dundas St W (846 m)
Bike parking
18 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
26 mapped lots within 500 m, 358 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2201 Dundas St W · Surface647 m1070% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface1.1 km3471% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface1.3 km4247% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface1.4 km3371% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1.4 km187 *—

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 Master Supermarket, 474 m away; 7 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 110 eating places within a kilometre — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tina Coffee, 95 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Margis Pharmacy, 508 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. Joseph's Health Centre, 1.9 km away. Family Service Toronto runs a seniors' active living programme 711 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tina Coffee · 1975 Dundas St W95 m
  • Hue Atelier · 2005 Dundas St W173 m
  • Pho Nho · 2060 Dundas St W304 m · 4 min
  • High Notes Coffee + Vinyl · 2057 Dundas St W305 m · 4 min
  • The Commoner · 2065 Dundas St W328 m · 4 min
2 within 300 m · 110 within 1 km
Grocery
Master Supermarket 474 m · 6 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
Fantail Bakery 487 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Margis Pharmacy 508 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Tiny Explorers Academy · 134 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day612 m · 7 min
  • My School Co-Operative Nursery School · 24 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day645 m · 8 min
  • St. Vincent Sunshine · 50 spaces, kindergarten, school age645 m · 8 min
12 licensed centres · 1,056 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible397 m · 5 min
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs896 m · 11 min
Drinking water: Columbus Parkette 131 m (off); Sorauren Avenue Park 210 m (off)
Health and care
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre · hospital site1.9 km · 22 min
  • Family Service Toronto · seniors' active living centre711 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 (13)
  • Columbus Parkette121 m
  • Charles G. Williams Park411 m · 5 min
  • Sorauren Avenue Park438 m · 5 min
  • Ritchie Avenue Parkette617 m · 7 min
  • Dundas - St.clarens Parkette657 m · 8 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (16)
  • Academy of Enlightened MindsPrivate · 158 m
  • St Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 646 m · 8 min
  • Westminster Classical Christian Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 711 m · 8 min
  • Howard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 753 m · 9 min
  • Saint Frere Andre Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 787 m · 9 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch911 m · 11 min
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 771 m · 9 min
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.2 km · 15 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 care or retirement home.

44of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food13/30

    7 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit14/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 911 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 12 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

11 registered apartment buildings with 279 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 310 Roncesvalles Ave (514 m, 13 units, 4 storeys, built 1914), which scored 91 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 11 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
310 Roncesvalles Ave · Orchard Park Property Management134191491 · Nov 2025514 m · 6 min
320 Roncesvalles Ave · Orchard Park Property Management164191891 · Jul 2025626 m · 7 min
301 Lansdowne Ave355193226 · Jul 2024635 m · 8 min
467 Roncesvalles Ave · Ez Property Management Ltd.154192089 · Jul 2024656 m · 8 min
469 Roncesvalles Ave · 1584062 Ontario Ltd.154193083 · Sep 2025656 m · 8 min
256 Roncesvalles Ave · Yu Shan Chiu153194073 · Jul 2026766 m · 9 min

11 registered buildings · 279 units · tallest 5 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 no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000—
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (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 Roncesvalles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sorauren & Columbus 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 Sorauren & Columbus?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Mar 6, 2017, 31% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Sorauren & Columbus a walkable intersection?

Sorauren & Columbus scores 44 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: 3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km; 5 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 12 licensed child cares within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Sorauren & Columbus?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sorauren Ave between Geoffrey St and Grenadier Rd (June 2022), found an average of 23 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 30 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Sorauren & Columbus?

The nearest Green P car park is 2201 Dundas St W (647 m away, 10 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 358 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,290 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (641 m).

How do I get to Sorauren & Columbus by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 506, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 101 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 168 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Sorauren & Columbus?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 110 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tina Coffee (95 m), Hue Atelier (173 m), Pho Nho (304 m), High Notes Coffee + Vinyl (305 m) and The Commoner (328 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Sorauren & Columbus?

The nearest is Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 289 Sorauren Ave, 397 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Macgregor Playground Washroom (896 m).

Is there child care near Sorauren & Columbus?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,056 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Tiny Explorers Academy (612 m, 134 spaces), My School Co-Operative Nursery School (645 m, 24 spaces) and St. Vincent Sunshine (645 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sorauren & Columbus?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 279 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 310 Roncesvalles Ave (514 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 320 Roncesvalles Ave (626 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 301 Lansdowne Ave (635 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 26) and 467 Roncesvalles Ave (656 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 84 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Sorauren & Columbus?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Roncesvalles page.

What neighbourhood is Sorauren & Columbus in?

Sorauren & Columbus is in Roncesvalles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 086). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined