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Yonge & Bloor

Yonge St & Bloor St · Toronto, Ontario · Church-Wellesley · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Bloor-Yorkville BIA

In Church-Wellesley, in central Toronto, Yonge & Bloor is a busier-than-typical intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, Yonge Station and a protected bikeway.

Traffic
16,676
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 25, 2025
42,513 pedestrians · 6,294 cyclists · #1176 busiest
Collisions
362
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #217 of 5,519
Getting there
Yonge Station
subway station within 250 m
18 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
92/100
city median 48 · #18 of 5,672
92 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 188 m

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Yonge & Bloor

Traffic and safety

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

Live traffic camera RESCU 8042 · 16 m

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Live camera RESCU 8042 · Yonge St & Bloor St
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Live camera · RESCU 8042 · Yonge St & Bloor St
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 5,290 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 32% of the total, against 3,149 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,403 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:00 p.m., against 1,245 in the morning peak from 9:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,244southbound · 1,222 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the west4,993eastbound · 1,987 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles16,67642,513 pedestrians · 6,294 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east5,290westbound · 2,123 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the south3,149northbound · 962 bikes · 5.1% heavy

Peak hours: 1,245 vehicles in the hour from 9:15 a.m. and 1,403 from 7:00 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 2017, with 62 collisions; 2025 recorded 28. 48 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 59 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 25 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 20 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 30, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions362#217 of 5,519
With an injury48#250 of 4,669
Property damage only259
Fail to remain59
Involving a pedestrian8#325 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist17#35 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
Severity not classified55
Since January 2026 (outside the window)20
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

On Yonge St between Irwin Ave and Isabella St, 361 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2025 put the average speed at 27 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 43 km/h or more. That segment carries about 14,200 vehicles a day. Bloor St E between Church St and St Paul's Sq measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Sep 2026).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St E · Church St – St Paul's Sq · 339 mSep 2026 · 7 days20,24527 km/h37 km/h42 km/h
Yonge St · Irwin Ave – Isabella St · 361 mOct 2025 · 3 days14,16227 km/h38 km/h43 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.

The crossing
Signal 0040, activated 1925 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Yonge Station (Line 2)112 m; Bloor Station (Line 1)154 m; Bay Station (Line 2)318 m · 4 min; Wellesley Station (Line 1)594 m · 7 min; Rosedale Station (Line 1)707 m · 8 min; Museum Station (Line 1)777 m · 9 min; Sherbourne Station (Line 2)893 m · 11 min; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)1 km · 12 min
Streetcar
506 nearest 616 m · 7 min
TTC bus
97 19 94 13 82 75 nearest 27 m
Blue Night
306 300 320
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St East at Yonge St; Yonge St at Bloor St West - Bloor Station
Cycling
Cycle Track on Yonge St installed 2021; Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2020; Cycle Track on Bloor St E installed 2020
Bike Share
Yonge St / Bloor St 35 m · 19 docks · 31 stations, 650 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 2,768 spaces
EV charging
20 Charles St E. · 270 m · 22 Level 2 + 1 fast ports; also 74 Yorkville Ave (515 m), 9 Wellesley St W. (680 m)
Bike parking
134 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 72 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
34 mapped lots within 500 m, 623 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Charles St E · Garage201 m64618% (Q1 2026)
13 Isabella St · Surface403 m3073% (Q1 2026)
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage589 m17575% (Q1 2026)
1010 Yonge St. · Surface683 m48 *—
15 Wellesley St E · Surface704 m12654% (Q1 2026)

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

Four grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Loblaws City Market, 188 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Purdy's Chocolatier at 146 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 92 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 361 — 8.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Avant, 34 m away. Four pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Shoppers Drug Mart, 178 m away. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Grace Health Centre, 325 m away, then Holland Centre at 792 m. For seniors' housing: Belmont House, a long-term care home 704 m away; Belmont House, a retirement home 704 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Avant · 1 Bloor St E Unit-1a34 m
  • The Ballroom Bowl Yorkville · 1 Bloor St E Unit-634 m
  • Chick-Fil-A · 1 Bloor St E46 m
  • Chick-Fil-A · 709 Yonge St105 m
  • Oklahoma Burgers · 762 Yonge St105 m
92 within 300 m · 361 within 1 km
Grocery
Loblaws City Market 188 m · 4 within 300 m
Food shops
Purdy's Chocolatier 146 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 178 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • University of Toronto Childcare On Charles · 73 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day310 m · 4 min
  • Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site · 85 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day393 m · 5 min
  • Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day647 m · 8 min
4 licensed centres · 328 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.1 km · 11 min
Drinking water: George Hislop Park 266 m · 3 min; St. Mary Street Parkette 338 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Grace Health Centre · hospital site325 m · 4 min
  • Holland Centre · hospital site792 m · 9 min
  • Belmont House · long-term care home704 m · 8 min
  • Belmont House · retirement home704 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 (41)
  • Town Hall Square284 m · 3 min
  • George Hislop Park324 m · 4 min
  • St. Mary Street Parkette336 m · 4 min
  • Frank Stollery Parkette337 m · 4 min
  • Asquith Green Park363 m · 4 min
and 36 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (32)
  • Humber College - International Graduate SchoolCollege · 321 m · 4 min
  • McDonald International Academy SchoolPrivate · 513 m · 6 min
  • Rosedale Day SchoolPrivate · 515 m · 6 min
  • Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 692 m · 8 min
  • Career Quest - TorontoPrivate · 705 m · 8 min
and 27 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch239 m
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch297 m · 4 min
Places of interest
  • The Japan FoundationMuseum · 94 m
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 212 m
  • CAA Theatre (formerly Panasonic Theatre)Performing Arts · 268 m · 3 min
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 466 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.

92of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #18 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    4 grocery stores within 300 m · 92 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Yonge Station · 11 stops within 300 m · 18 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go14/14

    library 239 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    8 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

Within a kilometre there are 69 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 10,309 rental units, 4.6× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 88 Bloor St E (181 m, 336 units, 25 storeys, built 1972), which scored 79 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 69 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
88 Bloor St E · Maple Leaf Property Management33625197279 · Aug 2024181 m
44 Charles St W · Jll79351197291 · Aug 2024291 m · 3 min
30 Charles St E · 14792670 Canada Inc213191567 · Aug 2026312 m · 4 min
40 Asquith Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19217198481 · Sep 2025318 m · 4 min
18 Davenport Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation12816198089 · Aug 2024401 m · 5 min
25 St Mary St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.26025196592 · Jul 2024422 m · 5 min

69 registered buildings · 10,309 units · 4 social housing · tallest 51 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

19 thefts from vehicles and 102 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 20× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 12.1 a year. 58% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 56% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 25, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle19101street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (5)
Bicycle theft102211street/outdoor (57), commercial premises (25)

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 Church-Wellesley.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & Bloor a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 362 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 Yonge & Bloor?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1176 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #14 for pedestrians.

Is Yonge & Bloor a walkable intersection?

Yonge & Bloor scores 92 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #18 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: 4 grocery stores within 300 m · 92 places to eat within 300 m; Yonge Station · 11 stops within 300 m · 18 routes within 1 km; library 239 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Bloor?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between Irwin Ave and Isabella St (October 2025), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Yonge & Bloor?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 Charles St E (201 m away, 646 spaces, 18% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 623 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,530 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Charles St E. (270 m).

How do I get to Yonge & Bloor by transit?

Yonge Station (Line 2) is 112 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 616 m away; bus routes 97, 19, 94, 13, 82, 75 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St East at Yonge St, 27 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Bloor?

92 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 361 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Avant (34 m), The Ballroom Bowl Yorkville (34 m), Chick-Fil-A (46 m), Chick-Fil-A (105 m) and Oklahoma Burgers (105 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Yonge & Bloor?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Is there child care near Yonge & Bloor?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 328 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (310 m, 73 spaces), Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site (393 m, 85 spaces) and Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre (647 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Bloor?

69 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 10,309 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 88 Bloor St E (181 m, 336 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 44 Charles St W (291 m, 793 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 30 Charles St E (312 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 67) and 40 Asquith Ave (318 m, 192 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 69 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Yonge & Bloor?

Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and 102 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Church-Wellesley page.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Bloor in?

Yonge & Bloor is in Church-Wellesley (City of Toronto neighbourhood 167). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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