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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) 857 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
1,282
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 25, 2024
1,508 pedestrians · 758 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Dufferin Station 857 m · 15 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
42/100
city median 48
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 437 m

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Dewson & Rusholme

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 112 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 144 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

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.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9
With an injury1
Property damage only7
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

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; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Dufferin Station (Line 2)857 m · 10 min; Ossington Station (Line 2)911 m · 11 min
Streetcar
506 505 nearest 392 m · 5 min
TTC bus
29 63 402 94 161 nearest 397 m · 5 min
Express
929
Blue Night
306 305 329 363 300
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Dewson St installed 2015
Bike Share
Havelock St / Dewson St 107 m · 15 docks · 15 stations, 265 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
16 car parks · about 688 spaces
EV charging
685 Dovercourt Rd · 543 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 705 Shaw St (1.1 km), 283 Ossington Ave (1.2 km)
Bike parking
3 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
16 mapped lots within 500 m, 396 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Salem Ave · Surface665 m3374% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface673 m3471% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface773 m3763% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface892 m7968% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface1.1 km4667% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is Sunshine Wholesome Market, 437 m away; 10 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 211 eating places within a kilometre — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is St. Michael's House, 298 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Wal - Mart Pharmacy, 689 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Bill McMurray Residence, a retirement home 874 m away (two within a kilometre).

Restaurants & cafés
  • St. Michael's House · 277 Rusholme Rd298 m · 4 min
  • Bairrada Churrasqueira · 1002 College St325 m · 4 min
  • Gateau Ghost · 974 College St326 m · 4 min
  • Bairrada Churrasqueira Grill and Patio · 1000 College St327 m · 4 min
  • Lardo · 970 College St330 m · 4 min
1 within 300 m · 211 within 1 km
Grocery
Sunshine Wholesome Market 437 m · 5 min · 10 within 1 km
Food shops
Bricolage Bakery 341 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Wal - Mart Pharmacy 689 m · 8 min · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Westside Montessori School · 35 spaces, toddler, preschool389 m · 5 min
  • West End Jr YMCA · 70 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day487 m · 6 min
  • Dewson Street YMCA · 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day519 m · 6 min
10 licensed centres · 805 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible397 m · 5 min
  • Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed514 m · 6 min
Drinking water: Dufferin Grove Park 343 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • Bill McMurray Residence · retirement home · 2 within 1 km874 m · 10 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (17)
  • Dufferin Grove Park400 m · 5 min
  • Westmoreland Avenue Parkette726 m · 9 min
  • Salem Parkette736 m · 9 min
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette843 m · 10 min
  • George Ben Park1.1 km · 13 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (18)
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 451 m · 5 min
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 519 m · 6 min
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 650 m · 8 min
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 693 m · 8 min
  • Bloor C.i. & Alpha Ii AlternativeEnglish Public · 912 m · 11 min
and 13 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch749 m · 9 min
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1 km · 12 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

42of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food11/30

    10 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit14/28

    Dufferin Station 0.9 km · 15 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 749 m away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

26 registered apartment buildings with 1,755 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 46 Delaware Ave (365 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 2007), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
46 Delaware Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 2025365 m · 4 min
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 2025369 m · 4 min
1 Havelock St · Havelock Apartments183190581 · Jul 2025402 m · 5 min
1044 College St · Hannah Property Management Ltd.433193083 · Sep 2026421 m · 5 min
34 Heydon Park Rd · Cogir Real Estate313192594 · Jul 2026425 m · 5 min
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 2026497 m · 6 min

26 registered buildings · 1,755 units · 3 social housing · tallest 20 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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)

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. Its latest count is from Jun 25, 2024, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Dewson & Rusholme a walkable intersection?

Dewson & Rusholme scores 42 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Dufferin Station 0.9 km · 15 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km.

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 Salem Ave (665 m away, 33 spaces, 74% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 396 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,920 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (543 m).

How do I get to Dewson & Rusholme by transit?

Dufferin Station (Line 2) is 857 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 392 m away; bus routes 29, 63, 402, 94, 161, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dewson & Rusholme?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 211 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are St. Michael's House (298 m), Bairrada Churrasqueira (325 m), Gateau Ghost (326 m), Bairrada Churrasqueira Grill and Patio (327 m) and Lardo (330 m). 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, 397 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (514 m).

Is there child care near Dewson & Rusholme?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 805 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Westside Montessori School (389 m, 35 spaces), West End Jr YMCA (487 m, 70 spaces) and Dewson Street YMCA (519 m, 127 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dewson & Rusholme?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,755 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 46 Delaware Ave (365 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 323 Rusholme Rd (369 m, 226 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1 Havelock St (402 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 1044 College St (421 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 85 out of 100; 3 scored below 70.

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. 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

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