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Chisholm & Doncaster

Chisholm Ave & Doncaster Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Woodbine-Lumsden · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Chisholm & Doncaster is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Woodbine-Lumsden. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Main Street Station (Line 2) 326 m away and Danforth GO 647 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,797
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 30, 2007
909 pedestrians · 272 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4982 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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Main Street Station 326 m · 1 streetcar route · 11 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 220 vehicles an hour, 19% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.0 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 15.1% of vehicle volume, about 20× the typical share. On average 0.5 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Chisholm & Doncaster

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Main Street Station (Line 2)326 m; Woodbine Station (Line 2)822 m
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East647 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 360 m
TTC bus
6287232011313564404919392 nearest 62 m
Blue Night
306300
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Doncaster Ave at Main St West Side; Doncaster Ave at Main St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lumsden Ave / Eastdale Ave 434 m · 20 docks · 11 stations, 206 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 (15)
  • Secord Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 239 m
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 385 m
  • William J McCordic SchoolEnglish Public · 453 m
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 579 m
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 611 m
  • D A Morrison Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 726 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (27)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1.3 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 85. The nearest is Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre, 239 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 85 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre · 101 Barrington Ave239 mPassed, Aug 2026
Muppets Children's Centre · 314 Main St354 mPassed, Jul 2026
Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill · 510 Main St361 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
KFC · 2500 Danforth Ave375 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
L.b. Supermarket · 391 Lumsden Avegrocery393 mPassed, Aug 2024
Sultan · 2558 Danforth Ave Unit-1396 mPassed, Jun 2026
Gateway Newstands · 2550 Danforth Ave399 mPassed, Sep 2024 · 1 infraction
Pavillion Pastries · 2554 Danforth Ave None400 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 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 Secord Community Centre Washroom, 237 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 427 m away at Coleman Park.

  • Secord Community Centre Washroom · 91 Barrington Ave
    View centre hours
    237 m
  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · 245 Main St
    View centre hours
    608 m
  • Taylor Creek Park Washroom · 260 Dawes Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    759 m
Drinking water
Coleman Park drinking fountain · 427 m; Gledhill Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 430 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 874 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) (239 m, 158 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 874 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 14
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) · 101 Barrington Ave
    158 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    239 m
  • Secord School Age YMCA · 91 Barrington Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    239 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 316 · 316 Main St
    26 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    345 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 314 · 314 Main St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    355 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 696 m away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.1 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 2.7 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 696 m105 Cedarvale Ave

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 39 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,944 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 114 Barrington Ave (180 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 96 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 76 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings39 · 4,944 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202696 across the 39
Open fire-code violations76
Tallest42 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
114 Barrington Ave123196891 · Aug 20250180 m
156 Barrington Ave · 1979017 Ontario Inc.123196093 · Aug 20250272 m
2 Secord Ave · Preston Group30322197197 · Aug 20259299 m
165 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management26519196594 · Aug 20262 · 8 fire300 m
2526 Danforth Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc487198892 · Sep 20250383 m
195 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management23417196786 · Aug 20244 · 9 fire402 m
90 Eastdale Ave · Preston Group - Toronto, On38324196997 · Oct 202420438 m
94 Eastdale Ave · Dbs Communities807202498 · Sep 20253457 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 lots456 lots · ≈19,730 spaces · 59.2 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈860 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 322 spaces
EV charging (City)216 Oakcrest Ave · 653 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface753 m3550% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface889 m5050% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.3 km173 *
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.7 km2275% (Q1 2026)
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface1.9 km1862% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 75 m away, ≈12 spaces; 126 m away, ≈14 spaces; 242 m away, ≈60 spaces; 290 m away, ≈71 spaces; 339 m away, ≈18 spaces; 345 m away, ≈53 spaces. More EV charging: 2219 Gerrard Street East (918 m, 2 ports); 2231 Gerrard Street East (939 m, 1 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (1 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 — 8-hour, Aug 30, 2007

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 781 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 43% of the total, against 168 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 266 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 202 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north781southbound · 93 bikes · 4.9% heavy
From the west168eastbound · 45 bikes · 4.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,797909 pedestrians · 272 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east507westbound · 52 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the south341northbound · 82 bikes · 0.6% heavy
AM peak hour202 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour266 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 30, 2007

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 Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave, 175 m from the corner, a 2-day count in November 2013 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,900 vehicles a day. Chisholm Ave between Doncaster Ave and Epsom Ave measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Nov 2023). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Palmer St. (334 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.5% of the 7,536 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Doncaster Avenue between Westlake Ave and Chisholm Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Chisholm Ave · Doncaster Ave – Epsom Ave · 41 mNov 2023 · 3 days2,01632 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Doncaster Ave · Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster – Barrington Ave · 175 mNov 2013 · 2 days4,93643 km/h49 km/h54 km/h

School-zone speed sign 334 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct16 · 28 km/h
Over the limit5.8%
40 km/h or more1.5%

Palmer St. (southbound), 101 Barrington Avenue · 7,536 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Doncaster Avenue · Westlake Ave – Chisholm Ave
    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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 9, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4982 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20146latest Jun 9, 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 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 vehicle200street/outdoor (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 10, 2020. 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 Woodbine-Lumsden.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Chisholm & Doncaster a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Chisholm & Doncaster?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Aug 30, 2007, 19% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Chisholm & Doncaster?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave (November 2013), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 334 m away (30 km/h), 1.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Chisholm & Doncaster?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (753 m away, 35 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 456 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,730 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 216 Oakcrest Ave (653 m).

How do I get to Chisholm & Doncaster by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 326 m away; Danforth GO is 647 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 360 m away; bus routes 62, 87, 23, 20, 113, 135, 64, 404 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Doncaster Ave at Main St West Side, 62 m).

What restaurants are near Chisholm & Doncaster?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 85 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre (239 m), Muppets Children's Centre (354 m), Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill (361 m), KFC (375 m) and Sultan (396 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 Chisholm & Doncaster?

The nearest is Secord Community Centre Washroom, 91 Barrington Ave, 237 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Main Square Community Centre Washroom (608 m); Taylor Creek Park Washroom (759 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 Chisholm & Doncaster?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 874 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) (239 m, 158 spaces), Secord School Age YMCA (239 m, 30 spaces) and Muppets Children's Centre 316 (345 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Chisholm & Doncaster?

39 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,944 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 114 Barrington Ave (180 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 156 Barrington Ave (272 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2 Secord Ave (299 m, 303 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 165 Barrington Ave (300 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 39 is 93 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 Chisholm & Doncaster?

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 Woodbine-Lumsden page.

What neighbourhood is Chisholm & Doncaster in?

Chisholm & Doncaster is in Woodbine-Lumsden (City of Toronto neighbourhood 060). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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