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Sorauren & Columbus

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

Sorauren & Columbus, in Roncesvalles, is 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: Dundas West Station (Line 2) 913 m away and Bloor GO 826 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,833
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 6, 2017
477 pedestrians · 194 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4222 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Dundas West Station 913 m · 4 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 350 vehicles, 31% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 6.8% of vehicle volume, about 8.8× the typical share. That comes with about 1.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sorauren & Columbus

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dundas West Station (Line 2)913 m; Lansdowne Station (Line 2)1 km
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener826 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 826 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
505506504512 nearest 80 m
TTC bus
4024716840 nearest 80 m
Blue Night
305306304300340
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Dundas St West at Sorauren Ave
Cycling
Sharrows on Sorauren Ave installed 2014
Bike Share
Sorauren Ave / Geoffrey St - SMART 153 m · 16 docks · 19 stations, 338 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 (24)
  • Academy of Enlightened MindsPrivate · 138 m
  • Saint Frere Andre Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 375 m
  • Toronto Ouest Secondary SchoolFrench Public · 375 m
  • St Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 466 m
  • Westminster Classical Christian Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 578 m
  • Howard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 578 m
  • and 18 more
Parks (22)
  • Columbus Parkette92 m
  • Sorauren Avenue Park261 m
  • Macgregor Playground383 m
  • Charles G. Williams Park385 m
  • Ritchie Avenue Parkette489 m
  • Dundas - St.clarens Parkette515 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch668 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.4 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 458 m
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 214 eating places within a kilometre — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tina Coffee, 86 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 214 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tina Coffee · 1975 Dundas St W86 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tommy's Wine Club · 1977 Dundas St W Flr-1grocery87 mPassed, Aug 2026
Hue Atelier · 2005 Dundas St W134 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Shell Canada · 2010 Dundas St Wgrocery198 mPassed, Jul 2026
Nestle Canada · 72 Sterling Rd226 mPassed, Apr 2026
High Notes Coffee + Vinyl · 2057 Dundas St W263 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pho Nho · 2060 Dundas St W274 mPassed, May 2026
Dundas Park Kitchen · 2066 Dundas St W290 mPassed, Apr 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 Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 315 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 94 m away at Columbus Parkette.

  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 289 Sorauren Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    315 m
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 346 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    395 m
Drinking water
Columbus Parkette drinking fountain · 94 m; Sorauren Avenue Park drinking fountain · 198 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,414 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is My School Co-Operative Nursery School (465 m, 24 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,414 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 16
  • My School Co-Operative Nursery School · 116 Fermanagh Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    465 m
  • St. Vincent Sunshine · 116 Fermanagh Ave
    50 spaces · kindergarten, school age
    465 m
  • Tiny Explorers Academy · 404 Roncesvalles Ave
    134 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    500 m
  • Howard Park Children's Centre · 30 Marmaduke St
    198 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    578 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (781 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 781 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.5 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

26 registered apartment buildings with 3,345 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 310 Roncesvalles Ave (459 m, 13 units, 4 storeys, built 1914), which scored 91 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 50 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 19 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 3,345 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202650 across the 26
Open fire-code violations19
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
310 Roncesvalles Ave · Orchard Park Property Management134191491 · Nov 20250459 m
301 Lansdowne Ave355193226 · Jul 20240459 m
320 Roncesvalles Ave · Orchard Park Property Management164191891 · Jul 20251465 m
150 Fermanagh Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd665195294 · Jul 20250508 m
256 Roncesvalles Ave · Yu Shan Chiu153194073 · Jul 20260561 m
467 Roncesvalles Ave · Ez Property Management Ltd.154192089 · Jul 20240575 m
469 Roncesvalles Ave · 1584062 Ontario Ltd.154193083 · Sep 20251582 m
246 Roncesvalles Ave · La Valette Property Management223196995 · Aug 20260602 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 lots589 lots · ≈20,090 spaces · 60.3 ha
Within 500 m56 lots · ≈2,200 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 997 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 531 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking31 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2201 Dundas St W · Surface597 m1070% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface942 m3471% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface1 km16over 100% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1.1 km4963% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1.1 km187 *

Nearest lots: 43 m away, ≈59 spaces; 44 m away, ≈9 spaces; 48 m away, ≈11 spaces; 70 m away, ≈16 spaces; 120 m away, ≈12 spaces; 123 m away, ≈98 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (721 m, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (780 m, 2 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.7 km, 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, 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 16,183 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
AM peak hour469 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour452 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 6, 2017

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 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; 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

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. The most recent report on file is from Sep 6, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4222 of 5,508
With an injury2#3960 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2369 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201411latest Sep 6, 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 no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 16, 2023. 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. Its latest count is from Mar 6, 2017, 31% of the median for a counted intersection.

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 (597 m away, 10 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 589 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,090 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (531 m).

How do I get to Sorauren & Columbus by transit?

Dundas West Station (Line 2) is 913 m away; Bloor GO is 826 m away; streetcar routes 505, 506, 504, 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 80 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 168, 40 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dundas St West at Sorauren Ave, 80 m).

What restaurants are near Sorauren & Columbus?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 214 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tina Coffee (86 m), Hue Atelier (134 m), Nestle Canada (226 m), High Notes Coffee + Vinyl (263 m) and Pho Nho (274 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 Sorauren & Columbus?

The nearest is Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 289 Sorauren Ave, 315 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Macgregor Playground Washroom (395 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 Sorauren & Columbus?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,414 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are My School Co-Operative Nursery School (465 m, 24 spaces), St. Vincent Sunshine (465 m, 50 spaces) and Tiny Explorers Academy (500 m, 134 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sorauren & Columbus?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,345 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 310 Roncesvalles Ave (459 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 301 Lansdowne Ave (459 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 26), 320 Roncesvalles Ave (465 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 150 Fermanagh Ave (508 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 88 out of 100; 1 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 Sorauren & Columbus?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 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