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Dewhurst & Mortimer

Dewhurst Blvd N & Mortimer Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Danforth East York, Dewhurst & Mortimer is a mid-volume intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Donlands Station (Line 2) 718 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,914
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 27, 2024
365 pedestrians · 212 cyclists · #1702 busiest
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4332 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Donlands Station 718 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 710 vehicles an hour, 61% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 27 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Cyclists were 2.1% of vehicle volume, about 2.8× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1 collision a year here over 2016–2025 — 1.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dewhurst & Mortimer

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Donlands Station (Line 2)718 m; Pape Station (Line 2)809 m; Greenwood Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
6251877210083825 nearest 27 m
Blue Night
322325300
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Mortimer Ave at Dewhurst Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cosburn Ave / Donlands Ave 390 m · 19 docks · 9 stations, 153 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 (21)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 342 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 612 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 668 m
  • Wilkinson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 668 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 722 m
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 731 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (27)
  • Aldwych Park235 m
  • Agnes Macphail Square479 m
  • Gamble Playground602 m
  • 24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park722 m
  • Dieppe Park731 m
  • Langford Parkette736 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch782 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 121 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Eskimo Breeze, 196 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 121 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Eskimo Breeze · 263 Donlands Ave196 mPassed, May 2026
Shopping Basket · 299 Donlands Ave277 mPassed, Oct 2025
King's Drive-In · 919 Pape Ave433 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 5 infractions
La Grotta Pizzeria · 951 Pape Ave439 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 2 infractions
Zenku · 210 Mortimer Ave449 mPassed, Feb 2026
Number One Chinese Restaurant · 897 Pape Ave457 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Goat Coffee Co. · 893 Pape Ave465 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Phyllo Caffe · 920 Pape Ave480 mPassed, Apr 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 Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 736 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 253 m away at Aldwych Park.

  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    736 m
  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    781 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    796 m
Drinking water
Aldwych Park drinking fountain · 253 m; Gamble Playground drinking fountain · 591 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,421 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (342 m, 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,421 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 15
  • Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross · 299a Donlands Ave
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    342 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 249 Cosburn Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    387 m
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 903 Pape Ave
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    457 m
  • Network - Child's Nest Early Years and Child Care Centre - 123 Cosburn · 123 Cosburn Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    500 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (436 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 940 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 436 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 2.8 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 940 m1300 Pape 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

68 registered apartment buildings with 4,866 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 135 Sammon Ave (224 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1956), which scored 94 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 130 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 62 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings68 · 4,866 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026130 across the 68
Open fire-code violations62
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
135 Sammon Ave · Town & Country Property Managers113195694 · Dec 20250224 m
266 Donlands AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2548198694 · Jun 20240287 m
270 Donlands Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Services448201298 · Aug 20263338 m
205 Cosburn Ave · Ranee Management16012196788 · Jul 20267366 m
225 Cosburn Ave · Ranee Management958196589 · Jul 20240373 m
243 Cosburn Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.326200497 · Jul 20252380 m
185 Cosburn Ave · Golden Equity Properties376196070 · Jul 20262384 m
175 Cosburn Ave · Granview Property Management304196592 · Jul 20250403 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 lots506 lots · ≈16,180 spaces · 48.5 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈670 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 639 spaces
EV charging (City)132 Chatham Ave · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
31 Langford Ave · Surface726 m2761% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface748 m3543% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface783 m3065% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface806 m70 *
716 Pape Ave · Surface861 m7475% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 184 m away, ≈10 spaces; 188 m away, ≈5 spaces; 198 m away, ≈4 spaces; 224 m away, ≈6 spaces; 229 m away, ≈11 spaces; 307 m away, ≈32 spaces. More EV charging: 503 Jones Ave (1.1 km, 2 ports); 41 FULTON AVE (1.2 km, 2 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (1.2 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 — 14-hour, Aug 27, 2024

The east leg carries the load — 4,923 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 71. Most cyclists arrived from the west (90 of 212). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 895 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (786). Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north71southbound · 10 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the west4,752eastbound · 90 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles9,914365 pedestrians · 212 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east4,923westbound · 83 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south168northbound · 29 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour786 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour895 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Aug 27, 2024

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

The City's counter on Mortimer Ave between Lane E of Pape and S of Mortimer and Woodycrest Ave (306 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 41 km/h. That segment carries about 11,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Donlands Ave (231 m away, 40 km/h limit), 3.6% of the 182,733 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Mortimer Ave · Lane E of Pape and S of Mortimer – Woodycrest Ave · 306 mJun 2022 · 7 days11,40035 km/h41 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 231 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct37 · 45 km/h
Over the limit14%
50 km/h or more3.6%

Donlands Ave (northbound), 285 Donlands Avenue · 182,733 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2020 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 30% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4332 of 5,508
With an injury2#3858 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201413latest Jun 27, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection 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 vehicle220house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 20, 2023. 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dewhurst & Mortimer a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Dewhurst & Mortimer?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1702 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 61% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dewhurst & Mortimer?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Mortimer Ave between Lane E of Pape and S of Mortimer and Woodycrest Ave (June 2022), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 231 m away (40 km/h), 3.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Dewhurst & Mortimer?

The nearest Green P car park is 31 Langford Ave (726 m away, 27 spaces, 61% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 506 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,180 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (1.0 km).

How do I get to Dewhurst & Mortimer by transit?

Donlands Station (Line 2) is 718 m away; bus routes 62, 51, 87, 72, 100, 83, 8, 25 within 1 km (nearest stop: Mortimer Ave at Dewhurst Blvd, 27 m).

What restaurants are near Dewhurst & Mortimer?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 121 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Eskimo Breeze (196 m), Shopping Basket (277 m), King's Drive-In (433 m), La Grotta Pizzeria (439 m) and Zenku (449 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 Dewhurst & Mortimer?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 736 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: East York Community Centre Washroom (781 m); Dieppe Park Washroom (796 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 Dewhurst & Mortimer?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,421 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (342 m, 99 spaces), Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) (387 m, 59 spaces) and Broad View French Montessori School (457 m, 33 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dewhurst & Mortimer?

68 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,866 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 135 Sammon Ave (224 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 266 Donlands Ave (287 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 270 Donlands Ave (338 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 205 Cosburn Ave (366 m, 160 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 68 is 90 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 Dewhurst & Mortimer?

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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Dewhurst & Mortimer in?

Dewhurst & Mortimer is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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