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Bloor & Sterling

Bloor St W & Sterling Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Dufferin Grove · Ward 9, Davenport

Bloor & Sterling is a busier-than-typical intersection, with significant cycling traffic. It sits in Dufferin Grove. At the corner: Dundas West Station, a protected bikeway and a park. Nearby: Bloor GO 174 m away.

Traffic volume
16,458
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 25, 2025
3,960 pedestrians · 2,878 cyclists · #1178 busiest
Collisions
36
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2523 of 5,508 · +3 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
Dundas West Station
subway station within 250 m
4 streetcar routes · 9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,180 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 17.5% of vehicle volume, about 23× the typical share. On average 3.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 20%, from 20 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Bloor & Sterling

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dundas West Station (Line 2)245 m; Lansdowne Station (Line 2)503 m; Keele Station (Line 2)873 m
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener174 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 174 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
512504505506 nearest 300 m
TTC bus
168402404780418926189 nearest 26 m
Express
941989
Blue Night
304305306300340341
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at Sterling Rd; Symington Ave at Bloor St West
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2022
Bike Share
Randolph Ave / Perth Ave 201 m · 19 docks · 22 stations, 382 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 (27)
  • Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 338 m
  • Tamarack West Outdoor SchoolPrivate · 521 m
  • Westminster Classical Christian Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 634 m
  • St Luigi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 685 m
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 715 m
  • Saint Frere Andre Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 770 m
  • and 21 more
Community centres
Parks (25)
  • Perth Avenue Parkette232 m
  • Erwin Krickhahn Park279 m
  • Ritchie Avenue Parkette383 m
  • West Toronto Railpath392 m
  • Chelsea Avenue Playground618 m
  • Macgregor Playground659 m
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch946 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 372 m
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 593 m
Signal
1062, activated 1974 · SAP · leading pedestrian interval 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 215 — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Low Bar, 2 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 215 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Low Bar · 1426 Bloor St W2 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Martin Espresso Bar · 1421 Bloor St W2 mPassed, Feb 2026
Thai Nyyom · 1419 Bloor St W25 mPassed, Apr 2026
Kibo Market · 1415 Bloor St Wgrocery38 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
3 Jit Variety · 1452 Bloor St Wgrocery63 mPassed, Dec 2025
Ethica Coffee Roasters · 213 Sterling Rd 104302 mPassed, Mar 2026
Forno Cultura · 158 Sterling Rd337 mPassed, May 2024
Bishop Marrocco Breakfast Program · 1515 Bloor St W351 mPassed, Nov 2025

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 Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 635 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 222 m away at Perth Avenue Parkette.

  • Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 225 Campbell Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    635 m
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 346 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    680 m
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 350 Perth Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    847 m
Drinking water
Perth Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 222 m; Erwin Krickhahn Park bottle filling station · 249 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 888 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (58 m, 75 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 888 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 10
  • Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) · 1411 Bloor St W
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    58 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre · 544 Lansdowne Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    445 m
  • The Village Nursery School · 2241 Dundas St W
    18 spaces · preschool
    466 m
  • Ola Day Care Inc. · 2211 Dundas St W
    36 spaces · toddler, preschool
    507 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.4 km1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 1.9 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.5 km760 Dovercourt 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 23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,863 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 55 Rankin Cres (161 m, 176 units, 9 storeys, built 1992), which scored 94 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 30 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 2,863 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202630 across the 23
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
55 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · TCH1769199294 · Jun 20252 · 1 fire161 m
77 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1217199292 · Sep 20240 · 1 fire200 m
11 Randolph AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation956199488 · Jun 20250209 m
2350 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd45729197694 · Sep 20245341 m
2360 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd63829197694 · Aug 20252346 m
2376 Dundas St W · Dun West Properties Ltd3942720230359 m
10 Dora Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc.1348199597 · Jul 20251368 m
685 Lansdowne Ave · Gbs Properties Ltd.303198580 · Jul 20250474 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 lots623 lots · ≈22,340 spaces · 67 ha
Within 500 m54 lots · ≈3,440 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 628 spaces
EV charging (City)2285 Dundas St W · 403 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking27 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 90 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface470 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
2201 Dundas St W · Surface501 m1070% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface682 m4963% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface748 m187 *
9 Bonar Pl · Surface1.2 km3471% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈4 spaces; 119 m away, ≈41 spaces; 134 m away, ≈37 spaces; 234 m away, ≈627 spaces; 244 m away, ≈21 spaces; 269 m away, ≈12 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (438 m, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (634 m, 2 ports); 64 Annette St (1.3 km, 2 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 25, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,410 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 1,442 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (1,259 of 2,878). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,330 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,288 from 5:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% 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 north4,230southbound · 278 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west6,410eastbound · 1,259 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles16,4583,960 pedestrians · 2,878 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east4,376westbound · 1,224 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south1,442northbound · 117 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,330 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,288 vehicles from 5:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 25, 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 Bloor St W between Perth Ave and Dundas St W, 258 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,700 vehicles a day. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Sterling Road between Perth Ave and Bloor St W (installed 2005).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St W · Perth Ave – Dundas St W · 258 mApr 2026 · 3 days18,74033 km/h40 km/h45 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Sterling Road · Perth Ave – Bloor St W
    3 speed humps
    installed 2005

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 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 5 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions36#2523 of 5,508
With an injury5#2634 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2260 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1629 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201453latest May 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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 20, 2018. 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 Dufferin Grove.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bloor & Sterling a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 36 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 Bloor & Sterling?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1178 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #476 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Bloor & Sterling?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Perth Ave and Dundas St W (April 2026), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bloor & Sterling?

The nearest Green P car park is 695 Lansdowne Ave (470 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 623 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,340 spaces — 54 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2285 Dundas St W (403 m).

How do I get to Bloor & Sterling by transit?

Dundas West Station (Line 2) is 245 m away; Bloor GO is 174 m away; streetcar routes 512, 504, 505, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 300 m away; bus routes 168, 402, 40, 47, 80, 41, 89, 26 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at Sterling Rd, 26 m).

What restaurants are near Bloor & Sterling?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 215 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Low Bar (2 m), Martin Espresso Bar (2 m), Thai Nyyom (25 m), Ethica Coffee Roasters (302 m) and Forno Cultura (337 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 Bloor & Sterling?

The nearest is Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 225 Campbell Ave, 635 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Macgregor Playground Washroom (680 m); Perth Square Park Washroom (847 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 Bloor & Sterling?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 888 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (58 m, 75 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (445 m, 39 spaces) and The Village Nursery School (466 m, 18 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bloor & Sterling?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,863 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Rankin Cres (161 m, 176 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 77 Rankin Cres (200 m, 121 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 11 Randolph Ave (209 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 2350 Dundas St W (341 m, 457 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 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 Bloor & Sterling?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Dufferin Grove page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Sterling in?

Bloor & Sterling is in Dufferin Grove (City of Toronto neighbourhood 083). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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