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Carlton & Sumach

Carlton St & Sumach St · Toronto, Ontario · Cabbagetown-South St.James Town · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Carlton & Sumach is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, in the downtown core. At the corner: a bike lane, 2 schools within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,057
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2022
934 pedestrians · 235 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 9 property damage · #3918 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 130 vehicles, 11% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.1 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 22.2% of vehicle volume, about 29× the typical share. That comes with about 1.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Carlton & Sumach

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506505504 nearest 287 m
TTC bus
121659475 nearest 365 m
Blue Night
306305304365300
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Sumach St installed 2005
Bike Share
Sumach St / Carlton St (Riverdale Farm) 19 m · 15 docks · 23 stations, 492 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 (30)
  • Sprucecourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 171 m
  • Monsignor Fraser - St Martin CampusEnglish Separate · 225 m
  • Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 648 m
  • Winchester Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 678 m
  • Nelson Mandela Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 842 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 917 m
  • and 24 more
Parks (48)
  • Riverdale Park West243 m
  • Wellesley Park436 m
  • Regent Park521 m
  • Oak Street Park528 m
  • Oak Street Parkette539 m
  • Anniversary Park562 m
  • and 42 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch617 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch758 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 156 m
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 377 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 579 m
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 627 m
  • Allan GardensNature/ Park · 1.1 km
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 1.3 km

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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 170 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs, 167 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 170 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs · 101 Spruce St167 mPassed, Jun 2026
Ethiopian Spice & Grocery Store · 368 Gerrard St Egrocery334 mPassed, Dec 2023
Sumac Community Food Centre · 340 Gerrard St Egrocery375 mPassed, Jul 2026
Maya Bay · 252 Carlton St412 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St 2444 mPassed, Jul 2026
Powpow Gelato · 459 Parliament St445 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
La Gloria Mexican Coffee · 453 Parliament St453 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Star Fruit Market · 523 Parliament Stgrocery457 mPassed, Feb 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 Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 178 m away, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A drinking fountain is 92 m away at Riverdale Park West.

  • Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    178 m
  • Riverdale Park West Washroom · 375 Sumach St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    252 m
  • Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    271 m
Drinking water
Riverdale Park West bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 92 m; Riverdale Park West bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 187 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,527 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (171 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,527 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 18
  • Sprucecourt Child Care Centre · 70 Spruce St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    171 m
  • Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St
    32 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    444 m
  • Momentum Montessori Regent Park Inc · 237 Sackville St
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    590 m
  • The Yonge Street Mission / Davis Centre · 270 Gerrard St E
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    597 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 325 (728 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 325 · 728 m475 Dundas St E
Police51 Division · 1.5 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.9 km58 Richmond St E

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 61 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,302 rental units, 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection — 30 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 230 River St (268 m, 25 units, 3 storeys, built 1961), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 61 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 175 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 35 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings61 · 8,302 units · 30 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026175 across the 61
Open fire-code violations35
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
230 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH253196196 · Nov 20250268 m
434 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Homes First Society163189194 · Oct 20250269 m
26 Gifford St154193081 · Jun 20251278 m
259 Sumach StToronto Community Housing · TCH473200686 · Jul 20260393 m
330 Gerrard St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation817197681 · Jul 20242414 m
210 Oak St26017196974 · Jul 20264416 m
184 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH543200693 · Jul 20260417 m
230 Oak St · Akelius Canada Ltd32723197281 · Jun 202425 · 6 fire437 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 lots866 lots · ≈25,640 spaces · 76.9 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈990 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 3,701 spaces
EV charging (City)188 Carlton St · 815 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking16 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface537 m3555% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface754 m3675% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface893 m9175% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3072% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.2 km2273% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 59 m away, ≈24 spaces; 174 m away, ≈3 spaces; 194 m away, ≈36 spaces; 220 m away, ≈53 spaces; 223 m away, ≈12 spaces; 286 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 186 Carlton St (824 m, 1 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.4 km, 10 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (1.7 km, 8 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, Oct 27, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 840 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 79% of the total, against 102 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the south (139 of 235). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 178 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 174 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. 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 north0southbound · 14 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west115eastbound · 54 bikes · 5.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,057934 pedestrians · 235 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east102westbound · 28 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south840northbound · 139 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour178 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour174 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2022

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 Carlton St between Bowman St and Rawlings Ave, 86 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2001 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 51 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. Sumach St between Geneva Ave and Gordon Sinclair Lane measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Aug 2001). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sumach St · Geneva Ave – Gordon Sinclair Lane · 59 mAug 2001 · 24 h2,00131 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Carlton St · Bowman St – Rawlings Ave · 86 mAug 2001 · 24 h1,40635 km/h43 km/h51 km/h

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 2023, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 18, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3918 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only9
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201418latest Feb 18, 2025

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 five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft500street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 22, 2022. 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Carlton & Sumach a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Carlton & Sumach?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2022, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlton & Sumach?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Carlton St between Bowman St and Rawlings Ave (August 2001), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Carlton & Sumach?

The nearest Green P car park is 51 Aberdeen Ave (537 m away, 35 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 866 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,640 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 188 Carlton St (815 m).

How do I get to Carlton & Sumach by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 505, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 287 m away; bus routes 121, 65, 94, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Carlton & Sumach?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 170 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs (167 m), Maya Bay (412 m), Buds and Blossoms (444 m), Powpow Gelato (445 m) and La Gloria Mexican Coffee (453 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 Carlton & Sumach?

The nearest is Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 201 Winchester St, 178 m away (open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Next nearest: Riverdale Park West Washroom (252 m); Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom (271 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 Carlton & Sumach?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,527 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (171 m, 56 spaces), Buds and Blossoms (444 m, 32 spaces) and Momentum Montessori Regent Park Inc (590 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlton & Sumach?

61 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,302 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 230 River St (268 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 434 Gerrard St E (269 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 26 Gifford St (278 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 259 Sumach St (393 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 61 is 87 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.

How many thefts are reported at Carlton & Sumach?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town page.

What neighbourhood is Carlton & Sumach in?

Carlton & Sumach is in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town (City of Toronto neighbourhood 071). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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