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Avenue & Balmoral

Avenue Rd & Balmoral Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-St.Clair · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Avenue & Balmoral is a major arterial intersection. It sits in Yonge-St.Clair. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: St Clair Station (Line 1) 693 m away.

Traffic volume
18,961
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 7, 2023
1,183 pedestrians · 153 cyclists
Collisions
202
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
17 with an injury · 162 property damage · #496 of 5,508 · +8 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair Station 693 m · 1 streetcar route · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,370 vehicles an hour, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 16 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 20 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 6.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 30%, from 119 in 2016–2020 to 83 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Avenue & Balmoral

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)693 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)759 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 264 m
TTC bus
13977488331926127 nearest 12 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Balmoral Ave; Avenue Rd at Balmoral Ave North Side
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Balmoral Ave installed 2005
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Avenue Rd 289 m · 15 docks · 17 stations, 250 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 (23)
  • Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 92 m
  • de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 309 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 435 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 443 m
  • City High SchoolPrivate · 473 m
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 590 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (40)
  • Amsterdam Square303 m
  • Glenn Gould Park306 m
  • Poplar Plains Parkette505 m
  • Roycroft Park Lands554 m
  • Lionel Conacher Park651 m
  • Robertson Davies Park677 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch810 m
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 854 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1 km
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
Signal
0111, activated 1953 · SAP · 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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 96. The nearest is The Bradgate Arms, 160 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 96 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Bradgate Arms · 54 Foxbar Rd160 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
South Hill Market Inc · 398 Avenue Rdgrocery231 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Imperial Event Space · 129 St Clair Ave W241 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Bento Sushi · 111 St Clair Ave W276 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
The Market · 111 St Clair Ave Wgrocery276 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Scaramouche · 1 Benvenuto Pl309 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Bistro Five61 · 561 Avenue Rd400 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Gatherings Resto Bar · 49 St Clair Ave W502 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 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 Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 633 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 288 m away at Glenn Gould Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    633 m
Drinking water
Glenn Gould Park bottle filling station · 288 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,178 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (92 m, 170 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,178 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 13
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto · 454 Avenue Rd
    170 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    92 m
  • Hopscotch Montessori Canada · 55 St Clair Ave W
    140 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    441 m
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    590 m
  • Trust Child Care Inc. · 29 Birch Ave
    150 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    721 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (558 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 558 m20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 2.4 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.2 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 80 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,677 rental units, 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 160 Balmoral Ave (43 m, 89 units, 12 storeys, built 1965), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 112 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 31 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings80 · 5,677 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026112 across the 80
Open fire-code violations31
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
160 Balmoral Ave · Glen Corporation8912196594 · Nov 2025143 m
2 Clarendon Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.494192997 · Aug 2025083 m
425 Avenue Rd · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.478196596 · Aug 20260122 m
400 Avenue Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd404192692 · Jul 20260180 m
398 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.396193797 · Aug 20261232 m
396 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.516193198 · Aug 20260250 m
394 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.416193193 · Aug 20250270 m
268 Poplar Plains Rd · Ranee Management5910195987 · Nov 20250319 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 lots718 lots · ≈28,980 spaces · 86.9 ha
Within 500 m48 lots · ≈1,660 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 2,241 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 683 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking14 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage579 m173 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage656 m24029% (Q1 2026)
21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage691 m557 *
1501 Yonge Street · Surface746 m37 *
251 Maherson Ave · Surface771 m4024% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 47 m away, ≈15 spaces; 48 m away, ≈16 spaces; 49 m away, ≈6 spaces; 74 m away, ≈13 spaces; 110 m away, ≈4 spaces; 116 m away, ≈28 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (683 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (1.3 km, 2 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.6 km, 9 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 — 8-hour, Jun 7, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,284 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 1,117 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,912 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,324 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north7,127southbound · 59 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west1,117eastbound · 26 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles18,9611,183 pedestrians · 153 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east1,433westbound · 27 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south9,284northbound · 41 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,324 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,912 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 7, 2023

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 Avenue Rd between Balmoral Ave and Foxbar Rd, 42 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2023 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,000 vehicles a day. Balmoral Ave between Avenue Rd and Poplar Plains Rd measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Oct 2022). 16 speed humps slow traffic on Balmoral Avenue between Avenue Rd and Yonge St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Balmoral Ave – Foxbar Rd · 42 mJun 2023 · 7 days18,95543 km/h58 km/h68 km/h
Balmoral Ave · Avenue Rd – Poplar Plains Rd · 100 mOct 2022 · 3 days1,47530 km/h39 km/h44 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Balmoral Avenue · Avenue Rd – Yonge St
    16 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 2017, with 36 collisions; 2025 recorded 17. 17 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions202#496 of 5,508
With an injury17#1018 of 4,660
Property damage only162
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian1#2156 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1537 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified23
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014242latest May 2, 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

One theft from a vehicle and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle102street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft200street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 23, 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 Avenue & Balmoral a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 202 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 Avenue & Balmoral?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 7, 2023, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Balmoral?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Balmoral Ave and Foxbar Rd (June 2023), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Balmoral?

The nearest Green P car park is 30 St. Clair Avenue West (579 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 718 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,980 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (683 m).

How do I get to Avenue & Balmoral by transit?

St Clair Station (Line 1) is 693 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 264 m away; bus routes 13, 97, 74, 88, 33, 19, 26, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Balmoral Ave, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Balmoral?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 96 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Bradgate Arms (160 m), Imperial Event Space (241 m), Bento Sushi (276 m), Scaramouche (309 m) and Bistro Five61 (400 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 Avenue & Balmoral?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 633 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Avenue & Balmoral?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,178 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (92 m, 170 spaces), Hopscotch Montessori Canada (441 m, 140 spaces) and Cottingham Child Care Centre (590 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Balmoral?

80 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,677 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 160 Balmoral Ave (43 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2 Clarendon Ave (83 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 425 Avenue Rd (122 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 400 Avenue Rd (180 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 80 is 91 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 Avenue & Balmoral?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 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 Yonge-St.Clair page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Balmoral in?

Avenue & Balmoral 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