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Dixon & Celestine

Dixon Rd & Celestine Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

In Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview, Dixon & Celestine is an intersection of typical volume. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,274
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 22, 2023
404 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · #1521 busiest
Collisions
62
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 44 property damage · #1743 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 880 vehicles an hour, 76% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 30 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 6.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 18%, from 34 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Dixon & Celestine

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
524514546 nearest 20 m
Express
952945
Blue Night
352345
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Dixon Rd at Celestine Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (10)
  • Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 211 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Felix LeclercFrench Public · 421 m
  • Queen's CollegiatePrivate · 576 m
  • St Maurice Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 847 m
  • Kipling Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 902 m
  • Kingsview Village Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (8)
  • Blackfriar Park175 m
  • Martingrove Gardens Park476 m
  • Dixon Park663 m
  • Wincott Park897 m
  • Kingsview Park918 m
  • Westgrove Park1.4 km
  • and 2 more
Places of interest
  • Toronto Congress CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
Signal
0436, activated 1962 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 19 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Estrela Restaurant, 347 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Estrela Restaurant · 5 Lavington Dr, Unit-1a347 mPassed, Feb 2025
Martingrove Fish & Chips · 5 Lavington Drgrocery347 mPassed, Feb 2025
Montesanto Bakery · 5 Lavington Drgrocery348 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 3 infractions
Estrela Restaurant · 5 Lavington Dr Unit-1a348 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 3 infractions
Martingrove Fish & Chips · 5 Lavington Dr 5grocery348 mPassed, Sep 2026
Petro Canada Gas Bar · 365 Dixon Rdgrocery373 mPassed, May 2025
Dixon Foods Market · 1723 Kipling Ave, Unit-1grocery415 mPassed, Feb 2025
Garderie La Farandole - Felix Leclerc · 50 Celestine Dr420 mPassed, May 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 413 m away at Martingrove Gardens Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Martingrove Gardens Park drinking fountain · 413 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 394 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic School (210 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 394 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Plasp Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic School · 55 Ludstone Dr
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    210 m
  • Garderie La Farandole Felix-Leclerc · 50 Celestine Dr
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    421 m
  • Carefree Preschool Inc. · 370 Dixon Rd
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    582 m
  • Kingsview Child Care · 340 Dixon Rd
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    738 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 441 (776 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 441 · 776 m947 Martin Grove Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 13 · 1.8 km555 Martin Grove 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

Within a kilometre there are 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,065 rental units. The nearest is 10 Blackfriar Ave (77 m, 61 units, 5 storeys, built 1965), which scored 98 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 75 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 1,065 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202675 across the 14
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
10 Blackfriar Ave · CAPREIT615196598 · Jul 2025277 m
55 Bridesburg Dr · CAPREIT615196599 · Jul 20259144 m
25 Bridesburg Dr · CAPREIT625196588 · Sep 20247241 m
15 Bridesburg Dr · CAPREIT625196590 · Sep 202412275 m
41 Blackfriar Ave · CAPREIT326196591 · Sep 20245290 m
186 Kingsview Blvd · CAPREIT8111196592 · Jul 20246 · 1 fire323 m
345 Dixon Rd · Fieldgate Properties9510196987 · Sep 20264505 m
80 Blackfriar Ave · 1847548 Ontario Ltd.473196295 · Jul 20254541 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 lots261 lots · ≈78,660 spaces · 236 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈1,570 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈63 spaces; 125 m away, ≈76 spaces; 171 m away, ≈22 spaces; 174 m away, ≈32 spaces; 175 m away, ≈32 spaces; 236 m away, ≈17 spaces.

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, Nov 22, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 5,986 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 892 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,933 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,961 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west5,396eastbound · 2 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles12,274404 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east5,986westbound · 6 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south892northbound · 3 bikes · 1.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,933 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,961 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 22, 2023

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 most recent midblock count on Dixon Rd between Blackfriar Ave and Celestine Dr (33 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 15,139 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Ludstone Dr (178 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 14,720 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dixon Rd · Blackfriar Ave – Celestine Dr · 33 mNov 2011 · 3 days15,139

School-zone speed sign 178 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 36 km/h
Over the limit2.4%
50 km/h or more0.5%

Ludstone Dr (eastbound), 64 Ludstone Drive · 14,720 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

The worst year was 2019, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 9 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions62#1743 of 5,508
With an injury9#1860 of 4,660
Property damage only44
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian3#1201 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1729 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201469latest May 14, 2026

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jul 14, 2014.

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 no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 30, 2024. 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 Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dixon & Celestine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 62 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 Dixon & Celestine?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1521 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 76% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Dixon & Celestine?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 261 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 78,660 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dixon & Celestine by transit?

Bus routes 52, 45, 145, 46, 952, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dixon Rd at Celestine Dr, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Dixon & Celestine?

None within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Estrela Restaurant (347 m), Estrela Restaurant (348 m) and Garderie La Farandole - Felix Leclerc (420 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 Dixon & Celestine?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 413 m away at Martingrove Gardens Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Dixon & Celestine?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 394 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic School (210 m, 43 spaces), Garderie La Farandole Felix-Leclerc (421 m, 105 spaces) and Carefree Preschool Inc. (582 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dixon & Celestine?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,065 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 10 Blackfriar Ave (77 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 55 Bridesburg Dr (144 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 25 Bridesburg Dr (241 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 15 Bridesburg Dr (275 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 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 Dixon & Celestine?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview page.

What neighbourhood is Dixon & Celestine in?

Dixon & Celestine is in Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 007). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

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