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Wellington & Portland

Wellington St W & Portland St · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

Wellington & Portland is a lightly travelled intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Wellington Place, in the downtown core. It has a protected bikeway and parks at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
4,169
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 8, 2026
14,265 pedestrians · 3,923 cyclists · #2062 busiest
Collisions
62
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 47 property damage · #1749 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
6 streetcar routes · within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Bi-Directional Cycle Track
Bike Share: 26 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 300 vehicles, 26% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 3.4 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 94.1% of vehicle volume, about 121× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 6.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 14.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 3.0× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 45%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 22 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Wellington & Portland

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508511510501509 nearest 151 m
Blue Night
304310301307363
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bi-Directional Cycle Track on Portland St installed 2023; Bi-Directional Cycle Track on Wellington St W installed 2023
Bike Share
Portland St / Wellington St W 25 m · 15 docks · 60 stations, 1,219 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 (22)
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 309 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 512 m
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 599 m
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 599 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 709 m
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 787 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (49)
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park76 m
  • Draper Park167 m
  • Adelaide Place Parkette280 m
  • St. Andrew's Playground370 m
  • Portland Street Parkette397 m
  • Northern Linear Park439 m
  • and 43 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch436 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 199 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 203 m
  • The WellLandmark · 302 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 374 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 542 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 570 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 653 m
  • Toronto Music GardenNature/ Park · 804 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 128 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores, and 362 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bar Wellington, 22 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés128 within 300 m · 362 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bar Wellington · 520 Wellington St W22 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Pop · 67 Portland St63 mPassed, May 2026
Chica · 79 Portland St75 mPassed, Jun 2025
Little Baba By Amal · 75 Portland St88 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Maxime's · 75 Portland St89 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Cherry's High Dive/Goodnight Cocktail Club · 488 Wellington St W89 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Discreta Toronto · 18 Portland St None115 mPassed, Aug 2026
Jrew's House · 83 Portland St, Unit-Outside117 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 538 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 118 m away at Victoria Memorial Square Park.

  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 95 Fort York Blvd
    View centre hours
    538 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    700 m
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    789 m
Drinking water
Victoria Memorial Square Park drinking fountain · 118 m; St. Andrew's Playground dog fountain · 343 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,593 spaces; 14 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Macaulay - the Well (223 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,593 spaces
Fee subsidy14 of 18
  • Macaulay - the Well · 486 Front St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    223 m
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 Bathurst St
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    286 m
  • Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha · 20 Brant St
    26 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    309 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Child Care · 26 Brunel Crt
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    591 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (0.9 km), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 0.9 km33 Claremont St
Police52 Division · 1.5 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 1.1 km339 Queens Quay 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

27 registered apartment buildings with 5,134 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 Portland St (49 m, 232 units, 10 storeys, built 2005), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 74 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 33 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings27 · 5,134 units · 12 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202674 across the 27
Open fire-code violations33
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 2026049 m
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 202510165 m
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 20241259 m
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 20241304 m
450 Front St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services592462023100 · Jul 20252318 m
125 Queens Wharf RdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin737199093 · Aug 20262357 m
552 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 20250361 m
575 Adelaide St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 20241373 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 lots653 lots · ≈23,370 spaces · 70.1 ha
Within 500 m64 lots · ≈1,770 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 4,064 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Portland St · 450 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking145 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 60 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2 Portland St · Garage166 m3797% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface526 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface546 m2295% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface594 m12054% (Q1 2026)
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface742 m110 *

Nearest lots: 49 m away, ≈26 spaces; 93 m away, ≈13 spaces; 101 m away, ≈12 spaces; 130 m away, ≈13 spaces; 170 m away, ≈43 spaces; 176 m away, ≈98 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Palmerston Ave (749 m, 2 ports); 10 Soho St. (881 m, 4 ports); 40 York St (1.3 km, 12 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 — 14-hour, Jul 8, 2026

The north leg carries the load — 1,948 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 2. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 427 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 44% above the morning peak from 8:45 a.m. (297). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,948southbound · 721 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west2eastbound · 1,255 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles4,16914,265 pedestrians · 3,923 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east1,090westbound · 1,079 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south1,129northbound · 868 bikes · 3.5% heavy
AM peak hour297 vehicles from 8:45 a.m.
PM peak hour427 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 8, 2026

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 Wellington St W between Draper St and Portland St (70 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 4,600 vehicles a day. Portland St between Stewart St and Lane S of King and W of Portland measured slower: 16 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 25 km/h (Jul 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wellington St W · Draper St – Portland St · 70 mSep 2023 · 3 days4,59029 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Portland St · Stewart St – Lane S of King and W of Portland · 93 mJul 2025 · 3 days6,46916 km/h25 km/h30 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

2019 was the peak year (15 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 14.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions62#1749 of 5,508
With an injury6#2517 of 4,660
Property damage only47
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian4#1011 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2248 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201470latest Feb 18, 2026

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 four thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 88% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft811street/outdoor (7), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 22, 2026. 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 Wellington Place.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Wellington & Portland a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 62 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 Wellington & Portland?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2062 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 26% of the median for a counted intersection, and #140 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Wellington & Portland?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Wellington St W between Draper St and Portland St (September 2023), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Wellington & Portland?

The nearest Green P car park is 2 Portland St (166 m away, 37 spaces, 97% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 653 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,370 spaces — 64 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (450 m).

How do I get to Wellington & Portland by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 511, 510 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 151 m away.

What restaurants are near Wellington & Portland?

128 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 362 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bar Wellington (22 m), Pop (63 m), Chica (75 m), Little Baba By Amal (88 m) and Maxime's (89 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 Wellington & Portland?

The nearest is Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 95 Fort York Blvd, 538 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (700 m); Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (789 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 Wellington & Portland?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,593 spaces in total; 14 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - the Well (223 m, 62 spaces), City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (286 m, 72 spaces) and Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (309 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wellington & Portland?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,134 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 Portland St (49 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 39 Niagara St (165 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 435 Wellington St W (259 m, 160 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 425 Wellington St W (304 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 92 out of 100. 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 Wellington & Portland?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Wellington Place page.

What neighbourhood is Wellington & Portland in?

Wellington & Portland is in Wellington Place (City of Toronto neighbourhood 164). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Toronto Downtown West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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