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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: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
4,169
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 8, 2026
14,265 pedestrians · 3,923 cyclists
Collisions
62
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1749 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
10 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
60/100
city median 48 · #1,657 of 5,672
55 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 305 m

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Wellington & Portland

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 297 vehicles in the hour from 8:45 a.m. and 427 from 4:30 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

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.

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

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions62#1749 of 5,519
With an injury6
Property damage only47
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian4#1011 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist1
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified9
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.

How fast traffic moves here

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; 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
504 508 511 510 501 509 nearest 167 m
Blue Night
304 310 301 307
Nearest stops
6 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 · 44 stations, 913 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
18 car parks · about 3,707 spaces
EV charging
10 Portland St · 627 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also 10 Palmerston Ave (1 km), 10 Soho St. (1.2 km)
Bike parking
116 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 60 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (1.6 km)
Other lots
37 mapped lots within 500 m, 481 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2 Portland St · Garage183 m3797% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface685 m12054% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface732 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface754 m2295% (Q1 2026)
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface1 km110 *—

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 Little Harvest Fresh Market, 305 m away; 11 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 55 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 364 eating places within a kilometre — 8.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bar Wellington, 22 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Wholehealth Phcy Fashion Dist, 274 m away; 11 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.4 km away, then Kensington Eye Institute at 1.7 km.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Bar Wellington · 520 Wellington St W22 m
  • Pop · 67 Portland St75 m
  • Chica · 79 Portland St75 m
  • Little Baba By Amal · 75 Portland St101 m
  • Maxime's · 75 Portland St101 m
55 within 300 m · 364 within 1 km
Grocery
Little Harvest Fresh Market 305 m · 4 min · 11 within 1 km
Food shops
Big Fat Cookies 305 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Wholehealth Phcy Fashion Dist 274 m · 3 min · 11 within 1 km
Child care
  • Macaulay - the Well · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day305 m · 4 min
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day330 m · 4 min
  • Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha · 26 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day479 m · 6 min
9 licensed centres · 551 spaces within 1 km · 8 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed744 m · 9 min
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible861 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Victoria Memorial Square Park 127 m; St. Andrew's Playground 438 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.4 km · 16 min
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site1.7 km · 21 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 (37)
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park85 m
  • Draper Park226 m
  • Adelaide Place Parkette360 m · 4 min
  • Portland Street Parkette413 m · 5 min
  • St. Andrew's Playground472 m · 6 min
and 32 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (11)
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 479 m · 6 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 691 m · 8 min
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 877 m · 10 min
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch600 m · 7 min
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 250 m · 3 min
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 254 m · 3 min
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 505 m · 6 min
  • The WellLandmark · 517 m · 6 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.

60of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,657 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    11 grocery stores within 1 km · 55 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    6 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 600 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • 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

17 registered apartment buildings with 3,174 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 Portland St (67 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.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 202667 m
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 2025174 m
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 2024293 m · 3 min
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 2024339 m · 4 min
552 Adelaide St W social housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 2025457 m · 5 min
450 Front St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services592462023100 · Jul 2025507 m · 6 min

17 registered buildings · 3,174 units · 8 social housing · tallest 46 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 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

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft811street/outdoor (7), apartment 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 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. Its latest count is from Jul 8, 2026, 26% of the median for a counted intersection, and #140 for pedestrians.

Is Wellington & Portland a walkable intersection?

Wellington & Portland scores 60 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,657 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; library 600 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m; 11 grocery stores within 1 km · 55 places to eat within 300 m.

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 (183 m away, 37 spaces, 97% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 481 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,070 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (627 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 167 m away.

What restaurants are near Wellington & Portland?

55 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bar Wellington (22 m), Pop (75 m), Chica (75 m), Little Baba By Amal (101 m) and Maxime's (101 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Wellington & Portland?

The nearest is Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom, 700 Wellington St W, 744 m away. Next nearest: Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (861 m); Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom (886 m).

Is there child care near Wellington & Portland?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 551 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - the Well (305 m, 62 spaces), City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (330 m, 72 spaces) and Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (479 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wellington & Portland?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,174 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 Portland St (67 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 39 Niagara St (174 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 435 Wellington St W (293 m, 160 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 425 Wellington St W (339 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 92 out of 100.

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. 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