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Dewson & Rusholme

Dewson St & Rusholme Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Dufferin Grove · Ward 9, Davenport

Dewson & Rusholme is a low-volume local intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Dufferin Grove, in central Toronto. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: Dufferin Station (Line 2) 678 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,282
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 25, 2024
1,508 pedestrians · 758 cyclists · #2306 busiest
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4457 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
Dufferin Station 678 m · 2 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 90 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 8% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.2 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 59.1% of vehicle volume, about 76× the typical share. On average 0.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dewson & Rusholme

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dufferin Station (Line 2)678 m; Ossington Station (Line 2)701 m
Streetcar
506505 nearest 307 m
TTC bus
29402639416147 nearest 355 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306305329363300
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Dewson St installed 2015
Bike Share
Havelock St / Dewson St 97 m · 15 docks · 24 stations, 424 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 (28)
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 328 m
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 409 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 500 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 622 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 629 m
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 701 m
  • and 22 more
Parks (29)
  • Dufferin Grove Park275 m
  • Salem Parkette638 m
  • Westmoreland Avenue Parkette646 m
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette694 m
  • George Ben Park745 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground783 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch601 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch723 m
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 346 eating places within a kilometre — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Trillium Investment Group of Companies Inc, 143 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 346 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 54 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Trillium Investment Group of Companies Inc · 137 Havelock St143 mPassed, Mar 2026
St. Michael's House · 277 Rusholme Rd278 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lardo · 970 College St280 mPassed, Aug 2026
Garraferia · 966 College St282 mPassed, Jul 2026
Oroshi Fish · 962 College Stgrocery283 mPassed, Apr 2026
Takja BBQ · 962 College St283 mPassed, Apr 2025
Smart Convenience · 958 College Stgrocery288 mPassed, Apr 2026
Gateau Ghost · 974 College St288 mPassed, Jun 2026

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 Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 282 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 212 m away at Dufferin Grove Park.

  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    282 m
  • Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    View outdoor rink hours
    383 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 155 Roxton Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    782 m
Drinking water
Dufferin Grove Park drinking fountain · 212 m; Dufferin Grove Park drinking fountain · 289 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 1,229 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Westside Montessori School (314 m, 35 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,229 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 15
  • Westside Montessori School · 57 Sylvan Ave
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool
    314 m
  • West End Jr YMCA · 931 College St
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    370 m
  • Denisa Childcare · 1065 College St
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    386 m
  • Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    409 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (562 m) and the nearest ambulance station 658 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 1.4 km140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 562 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 658 m760 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

35 registered apartment buildings with 2,050 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 46 Delaware Ave (243 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 2007), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 35 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 49 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 2,050 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202649 across the 35
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
46 Delaware Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 20251243 m
1 Havelock St · Havelock Apartments183190581 · Jul 20250293 m
1044 College St · Hannah Property Management Ltd.433193083 · Sep 20260305 m
34 Heydon Park Rd · Cogir Real Estate313192594 · Jul 20265359 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511361 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260382 m
410 Dovercourt Rd133193090 · Jul 20260387 m
1094 College St193195088 · Jul 20250406 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 lots733 lots · ≈21,060 spaces · 63.2 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈630 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 1,206 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 423 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking17 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bonar Pl · Surface506 m3471% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface613 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface646 m3763% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface710 m7968% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface787 m4667% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈7 spaces; 256 m away, ≈9 spaces; 267 m away, ≈10 spaces; 274 m away, ≈10 spaces; 280 m away, ≈31 spaces; 281 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (791 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (878 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (1.1 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 — 14-hour, Jun 25, 2024

The north leg carries the load — 613 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 2. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 144 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 29% above the morning peak from 9:00 a.m. (112). Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% 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 north613southbound · 98 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the west59eastbound · 276 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles1,2821,508 pedestrians · 758 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east608westbound · 299 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south2northbound · 85 bikes · 50.0% heavy
AM peak hour112 vehicles from 9:00 a.m.
PM peak hour144 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 25, 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 Rusholme Rd between Dewson St and Hepbourne St (162 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. Dewson St between Bill Cameron Lane and Rusholme Rd measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Sep 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dewson St · Bill Cameron Lane – Rusholme Rd · 36 mSep 2025 · 3 days1,18323 km/h32 km/h35 km/h
Rusholme Rd · Dewson St – Hepbourne St · 162 mSep 2025 · 3 days99427 km/h35 km/h40 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

2016 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 11% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Jun 1, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4457 of 5,508
With an injury1#4521 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2317 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20149latest Jun 1, 2024

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 11 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 36% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1131house driveway/garage (4), street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft300house driveway/garage (2), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 3, 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 Dufferin Grove.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dewson & Rusholme a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Dewson & Rusholme?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2306 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dewson & Rusholme?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Rusholme Rd between Dewson St and Hepbourne St (September 2025), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dewson & Rusholme?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bonar Pl (506 m away, 34 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 733 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,060 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (423 m).

How do I get to Dewson & Rusholme by transit?

Dufferin Station (Line 2) is 678 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 307 m away; bus routes 29, 402, 63, 94, 161, 47, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dewson & Rusholme?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 346 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Trillium Investment Group of Companies Inc (143 m), St. Michael's House (278 m), Lardo (280 m), Garraferia (282 m) and Takja BBQ (283 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 Dewson & Rusholme?

The nearest is Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 875 Dufferin St, 282 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (383 m); Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom (782 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 Dewson & Rusholme?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,229 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Westside Montessori School (314 m, 35 spaces), West End Jr YMCA (370 m, 85 spaces) and Denisa Childcare (386 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dewson & Rusholme?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,050 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 46 Delaware Ave (243 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 1 Havelock St (293 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1044 College St (305 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 34 Heydon Park Rd (359 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 85 out of 100; 3 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 Dewson & Rusholme?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Dufferin Grove page.

What neighbourhood is Dewson & Rusholme in?

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

Sources

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