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Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement

Dora Spencer Rd & Charlton Settlement Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Dennis · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement, in Mount Dennis, is a low-volume local intersection. Nearby is 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,041
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 30, 1999
62 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3860 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
10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 130 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 11% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 17 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 1.4 reported collisions a year, 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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Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
89405733579321587117127 nearest 221 m
Express
989935
Blue Night
335334
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Jane St / Weston Rd 336 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 76 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 (13)
  • York Humber High SchoolEnglish Public · 301 m
  • Portage Trail CommunityschoolEnglish Public · 346 m
  • Bala Avenue Community SchoolEnglish Public · 574 m
  • Westmount Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Darul Arqam Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Roselands Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Portage Gardens Park250 m
  • Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park535 m
  • Denison Park573 m
  • Fergy Brown Park840 m
  • Raymore Park842 m
  • Eglinton Flats865 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Dennis branch1.5 km

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; 28 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Susan Cafe, 338 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Susan Cafe · 150 Emmett Ave Flr-Main Floor338 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Uhn Reactivation Care Centre (Receiving Kitchen) · 82 Buttonwood Ave Bsmt-G58340 mPassed, May 2026
Irving Tissue · 1551 Weston Rd340 mPassed, May 2025
Irving Tissue · 1551 Weston Rd341 mPassed, Jul 2026
Emmett Convenience · 55 Emmett Ave, Unit-1grocery343 mPassed, Mar 2025
7-Eleven · 1390 Weston Rdgrocery356 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Freshii · 170 Emmett Ave372 mPassed, Sep 2026
Second Cup/ Chocolato · 170 Emmett Ave372 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom, 589 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 561 m away at Denison Park.

  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    589 m
  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    644 m
  • Fergy Brown Park Washroom · 3700 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    823 m
Drinking water
Denison Park drinking fountain · 561 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 390 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is York Humber Child Care (301 m, 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 390 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • York Humber Child Care · 100 Emmett Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    301 m
  • Jubilee Child Care Centre · 55 Emmett Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    344 m
  • Learning Jungle Buttonwood · 100 Sidney Belsey Cres
    88 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    346 m
  • Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start · 1288 Weston Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    845 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 442 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 442 · 1.2 km2015 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 1.6 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.2 km2015 Lawrence Ave W

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 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,457 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Dora Spencer Rd (76 m, 125 units, 9 storeys, built 1992), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 126 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 3,457 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026126 across the 26
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Dora Spencer Rdsocial housing1259199293 · Aug 2026276 m
333 Sidney Belsey Cres · Akelius Canada Ltd26412200892 · Aug 202414 · 12 fire257 m
7 Edmund Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation686192890 · Nov 20251277 m
12 Buttonwood Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.404197792 · Nov 20250293 m
55 Emmett Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.26723196879 · Nov 202524344 m
80 Clouston Ave · Qhn Corporation173196888 · Aug 20264425 m
65 Emmett Ave · State Building Group41924197180 · Nov 202521426 m
24 Pinehill Cres · La Valette Property Management294196972 · Jul 20265453 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 lots412 lots · ≈32,230 spaces · 96.7 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈2,990 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 81 spaces
EV charging (City)1812 Weston Rd · 1.1 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.3 km34 *
1169 Weston Rd · Surface1.3 km3658% (Q1 2026)
271A Scarlett Rd · Surface1.5 km1117% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 91 m away, ≈39 spaces; 130 m away, ≈8 spaces; 225 m away, ≈29 spaces; 228 m away, ≈76 spaces; 268 m away, ≈10 spaces; 269 m away, ≈21 spaces. More EV charging: 2000 Weston Rd (1.6 km, 1 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, Sep 30, 1999

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 333 and 373 vehicles. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 296 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 90% above the afternoon peak from 4:00 p.m. (156). 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 27 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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 north335southbound · 3 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,04162 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east373westbound · 0 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south333northbound · 2 bikes · 4.8% heavy
AM peak hour296 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour156 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 30, 1999

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

At the school-zone speed sign on Sidney Belsey Cres (248 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 17,346 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

School-zone speed sign 248 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 34 km/h
Over the limit0.5%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Sidney Belsey Cres (westbound), 70, Sidney Belsey Cres · 17,346 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 4 collisions. 1 collision (7%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 29, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3860 of 5,508
With an injury1#4210 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2395 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201415latest Dec 29, 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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 8, 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 Mount Dennis.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 30, 1999, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement?

The nearest Green P car park is 4 Rosemount Avenue (1.3 km away, 34 spaces). The City's mapping shows 412 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,230 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (1.1 km).

How do I get to Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement by transit?

Bus routes 89, 405, 73, 35, 79, 32, 158, 71 and 4 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement?

None within 300 m, and 28 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Susan Cafe (338 m), Uhn Reactivation Care Centre (Receiving Kitchen) (340 m), Irving Tissue (340 m), Irving Tissue (341 m) and Freshii (372 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 Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement?

The nearest is Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom, 101 Emmett Ave, 589 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom (644 m); Fergy Brown Park Washroom (823 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 Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 390 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are York Humber Child Care (301 m, 41 spaces), Jubilee Child Care Centre (344 m, 62 spaces) and Learning Jungle Buttonwood (346 m, 88 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,457 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Dora Spencer Rd (76 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 333 Sidney Belsey Cres (257 m, 264 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 7 Edmund Ave (277 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 12 Buttonwood Ave (293 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 87 out of 100; 1 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 Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement?

Toronto Police place four 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 Mount Dennis page.

What neighbourhood is Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement in?

Dora Spencer & Charlton Settlement is in Mount Dennis (City of Toronto neighbourhood 115), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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