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The Queensway & North Queen

The Queensway & North Queen St · Toronto, Ontario · Etobicoke City Centre · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Etobicoke City Centre, The Queensway & North Queen is a major arterial intersection. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2009 that issued 186 tickets in 2025.

Traffic
39,678
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 2, 2026
924 pedestrians · 65 cyclists · #120 busiest
Collisions
301
police-reported · 2016–2025
3 killed or seriously injured · #293 of 5,519
Getting there
3
TTC stops within 100 m
2 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
32/100
city median 48
43 places to eat within 300 m

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The Queensway & North Queen

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets, and the red-light camera

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jul 2, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 13,431 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 34% of the total, against 4,428 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 3,571 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 2,585 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north10,032southbound · 13 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the west11,787eastbound · 19 bikes · 5.2% heavy
Total vehicles39,678924 pedestrians · 65 cyclists · 5.3% heavy
From the east13,431westbound · 20 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the south4,428northbound · 13 bikes · 0.8% heavy

Peak hours: 2,585 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,571 from 2:00 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 worst year was 2016, with 41 collisions; 2025 recorded 35. 54 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 37 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 9 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 33 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

Of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 cyclist and 2 motorcyclists were among those hurt. 2 of the 3 happened in darkness — 67%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Oct 10, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 5.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions301#293 of 5,519
With an injury54#203 of 4,669
Property damage only215
Fail to remain37
Involving a pedestrian8#310 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist1
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified31
Since January 2026 (outside the window)33
Killed or seriously injured3#93 of 1,505
Fatal1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#51 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist2
In darkness267% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20065latest Oct 10, 2024

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 The Queensway between Queensway W and North Queen St, 163 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2023 put the average speed at 56 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 67 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 74 km/h or more. That segment carries about 23,700 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The Queensway · Queensway W – North Queen St · 163 mJun 2023 · 3 days23,66356 km/h67 km/h74 km/h
North Queen St · Nova Rd – The Queensway · 217 mSep 2012 · 3 days9,333———

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.

Red-light camera
In operation since 2009; 186 tickets in 2025, 80 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Etobicoke and York.
The crossing
Signal 0917, activated 1971

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
80 123 nearest 28 m
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — The Queensway at North Queen St; North Queen St at the Queensway
Regional
MiWay 4 North Service Road at The West Mall at the Queensway657 m · 8 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
11 mapped lots within 500 m, 204 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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. Four specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Mrs. Fields Bakehouse at 178 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 43 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 61. The nearest is Earls Kitchen + Bar, 51 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Sherway Pharmasave, 199 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Queensway Health Centre, 931 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Earls Kitchen + Bar · 199 North Queen St51 m
  • Jimmy John's Sandwiches · 197 North Queen St Bldg-C129 m
  • Pokeworks · 197 North Queen St129 m
  • Playa Bowls · 197 North Queen St129 m
  • A-Ok Cafe · 25 the West Mall Unit-1998a178 m
43 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Food shops
Mrs. Fields Bakehouse 178 m · 4 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Pharmacy
Sherway Pharmasave 199 m · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Sunshine Kids · 74 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age873 m · 10 min
1 licensed centre · 74 spaces within 1 km
Health and care
  • Queensway Health Centre · hospital site931 m · 11 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

Places of interest
  • CF Sherway GardensLandmark · 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 grocery store, a park, a community centre, a school, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

32of 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 food15/30

    43 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit11/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 2 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go1/14

    1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation0/10

    none within a walk

  • Schools and child care1/8

    1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot4/10

    traffic signal

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

30 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 13 in 2023–2025, about 4.3 a year, against 2.6 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle30130street/outdoor (18), commercial premises (11)
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (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 Etobicoke City Centre.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is The Queensway & North Queen a dangerous intersection?

By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #93 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. 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 The Queensway & North Queen?

A major arterial intersection. It ranks #120 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection.

Is The Queensway & North Queen a walkable intersection?

The Queensway & North Queen scores 32 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: 43 places to eat within 300 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 2 routes within 1 km; 1 licensed child care within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal.

Is there a red-light camera at The Queensway & North Queen?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at The Queensway & North Queen since 2009, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 186 tickets in 2025 (219 in 2024) and 80 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 2,517 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at The Queensway & North Queen?

186 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 219 in 2024, and 80 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 2,517 tickets since 2009. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.

How fast do cars go at The Queensway & North Queen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on The Queensway between Queensway W and North Queen St (June 2023), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near The Queensway & North Queen?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 204 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,810 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to The Queensway & North Queen by transit?

Bus routes 80, 123 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Queensway at North Queen St, 28 m); MiWay route 4 North Service Road at The West Mall at the Queensway.

What restaurants are near The Queensway & North Queen?

43 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 61 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Earls Kitchen + Bar (51 m), Jimmy John's Sandwiches (129 m), Pokeworks (129 m), Playa Bowls (129 m) and A-Ok Cafe (178 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near The Queensway & North Queen?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 74 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunshine Kids (873 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at The Queensway & North Queen?

Toronto Police place 30 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 Etobicoke City Centre page.

What neighbourhood is The Queensway & North Queen in?

The Queensway & North Queen is in Etobicoke City Centre (City of Toronto neighbourhood 159). 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