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Yonge & Heath

Yonge St & Heath St W · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-St.Clair · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Yonge & Heath is a busier-than-typical intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Yonge-St.Clair. At the corner: St Clair Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m.

Traffic volume
17,288
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 3, 2025
14,186 pedestrians · 1,980 cyclists · #1097 busiest
Collisions
96
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 74 property damage · #1162 of 5,508 · +5 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
St Clair Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,230 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.2 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 11.5% of vehicle volume, about 15× the typical share. On average 9.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 32%, from 57 in 2016–2020 to 39 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Yonge & Heath

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair Station (Line 1)206 m; Davisville Station (Line 1)780 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)817 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 242 m
TTC bus
97748813111428 nearest 12 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Heath St West; Yonge St at Heath St East
Cycling
Cycle Track on Yonge St installed 2021
Bike Share
Lawton Blvd / Yonge St 104 m · 15 docks · 19 stations, 324 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 (25)
  • The York School - Jr CampusPrivate · 174 m
  • Deer Park Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 278 m
  • The Linden SchoolPrivate · 444 m
  • The York School - Mdl and Sr CampusPrivate · 638 m
  • Upper Canada College SchoolPrivate · 641 m
  • Upper Canada Prep SchoolPrivate · 764 m
  • and 19 more
Community centres
Parks (30)
  • Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park73 m
  • Lawton Parkette177 m
  • Inglewood Parkette602 m
  • Amsterdam Square606 m
  • Glenn Gould Park691 m
  • David A. Balfour Park835 m
  • and 24 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch266 m
Signal
1291, activated 1979 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 32 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 84. The nearest is Swiss Chalet, 57 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2025.

Restaurants & cafés32 within 300 m · 84 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Swiss Chalet · 1560 Yonge St57 mPassed, Sep 2025
Ambiyan On Yonge · 1560 Yonge St57 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 1560 Yonge St Unit-11957 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Sushi Gen Japanese Restaurant · 1560 Yonge St Unit-11857 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Yorkminster Park Meals On Wheels · 1585 Yonge St69 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pizza · 1521 Yonge St74 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1521 Yonge St74 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Mothercraft:robertson House (32 Heath Street West) · 32 Heath St W135 mPassed, Sep 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 David A. Balfour Park Washroom, 693 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 53 m away at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park (currently off).

  • David A. Balfour Park Washroom · 75 Rosehill Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    693 m
  • Oriole Park Toronto Washroom · 201 Oriole Pkwy
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    858 m
Drinking water
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park drinking fountain · 53 m · off; Lawton Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 142 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,224 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centennial Infant and Child Centre (61 m, 32 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,224 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 10
  • Centennial Infant and Child Centre · 1580 Yonge St
    32 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    61 m
  • Oriole Nursery School · 1570 Yonge St
    32 spaces · preschool
    71 m
  • Mothercraft Robertson House (32 Heath Street West) · 32 Heath St W
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    130 m
  • Montessori For Children (St. Clair) Inc · 25 Alvin Ave
    48 spaces · preschool
    206 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (477 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 477 m20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 1.8 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.7 km135 Davenport Rd

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

Within a kilometre there are 87 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,826 rental units, 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 7 Heath St E (87 m, 30 units, 3 storeys, built 1946), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 87 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 171 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 27 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings87 · 8,826 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026171 across the 87
Open fire-code violations27
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
7 Heath St E · Living Properties Inc303194693 · Jul 2026087 m
5 Mallory Gdns · Goldview Property Management Ltd.6011198295 · Sep 2026195 m
1 Mallory Gdns · Firm Capital Properties Inc354192098 · Aug 20260125 m
8 Mallory Gdns · Firm Capital Properties Inc364192094 · Aug 20264144 m
2 Glen Elm Ave · Glen Elm Investments496193494 · Aug 20250147 m
48 Lawton Blvd · Jdm Apartments Inc193192777 · Sep 20253194 m
40 Delisle Ave · Homestead Land Holdings10010196996 · Jul 20240 · 2 fire196 m
57 Lawton Blvd124192973 · Oct 20250207 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 · ≈28,640 spaces · 85.9 ha
Within 500 m62 lots · ≈1,900 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,858 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 115 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking93 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1501 Yonge Street · Surface115 m37 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage141 m24029% (Q1 2026)
30 Alvin Avenue · Surface211 m188 *
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage246 m173 *
21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage382 m557 *

Nearest lots: 39 m away, ≈11 spaces; 62 m away, ≈53 spaces; 63 m away, ≈11 spaces; 95 m away, ≈9 spaces; 105 m away, ≈40 spaces; 112 m away, ≈80 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (115 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (571 m, 2 ports); 75 Holly St. (1.8 km, 29 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, Jun 3, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 8,275 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 1,417 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (1,006 of 1,980). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,446 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,535 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,275southbound · 1,006 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west1,594eastbound · 141 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles17,28814,186 pedestrians · 1,980 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east1,417westbound · 148 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the south6,002northbound · 685 bikes · 4.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,446 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,535 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 3, 2025

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

On Yonge St between Glen Elm Ave and Lawton Parkette Trl, 140 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2026 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,600 vehicles a day. Heath St W between Yonge St and Bryce Ave measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Oct 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Yonge St (202 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.8% of the 71,266 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Heath Street West between Deer Park Cres and Yonge St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Heath St W · Yonge St – Bryce Ave · 105 mOct 2022 · 3 days4,24225 km/h33 km/h38 km/h
Yonge St · Glen Elm Ave – Lawton Parkette Trl · 140 mMay 2026 · 3 days19,59336 km/h43 km/h48 km/h

School-zone speed sign 202 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 46 km/h
Over the limit16%
50 km/h or more4.8%

Yonge St (southbound), West Side of Yonge St, North of No.1650 · 71,266 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Heath Street West · Deer Park Cres – Yonge St
    3 speed humps

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

The worst year was 2019, with 17 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 6 collisions (6%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions96#1162 of 5,508
With an injury6#2578 of 4,660
Property damage only74
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian1#3172 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2557 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014133latest Apr 29, 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

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, though 1 has been reported since January 2026.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 28, 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 Yonge-St.Clair.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & Heath a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 96 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 & Heath?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1097 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #143 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Heath?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between Glen Elm Ave and Lawton Parkette Trl (May 2026), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 202 m away (40 km/h), 4.8% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Yonge & Heath?

The nearest Green P car park is 1501 Yonge Street (115 m away, 37 spaces). The City's mapping shows 589 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,640 spaces — 62 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (115 m).

How do I get to Yonge & Heath by transit?

St Clair Station (Line 1) is 206 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 242 m away; bus routes 97, 74, 88, 13, 11, 14, 28 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Heath St West, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Heath?

32 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 84 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Swiss Chalet (57 m), Ambiyan On Yonge (57 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (57 m), Sushi Gen Japanese Restaurant (57 m) and Yorkminster Park Meals On Wheels (69 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 Yonge & Heath?

The nearest is David A. Balfour Park Washroom, 75 Rosehill Ave, 693 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Oriole Park Toronto Washroom (858 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 Yonge & Heath?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,224 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centennial Infant and Child Centre (61 m, 32 spaces), Oriole Nursery School (71 m, 32 spaces) and Mothercraft Robertson House (32 Heath Street West) (130 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Heath?

87 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,826 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 Heath St E (87 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 5 Mallory Gdns (95 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1 Mallory Gdns (125 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 8 Mallory Gdns (144 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 87 is 90 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.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Heath in?

Yonge & Heath is in Yonge-St.Clair (City of Toronto neighbourhood 097). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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