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Dupont & Howland

Dupont St & Howland Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Annex · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Dupont by the Castle BIA

Dupont & Howland is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in the Annex. It has an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Dupont Station (Line 1) 405 m away.

Traffic volume
18,909
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 13, 2024
3,055 pedestrians · 874 cyclists · #962 busiest
Collisions
108
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
19 with an injury · 78 property damage · #1030 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Dupont Station 405 m · 3 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,350 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.17× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 4.6% of vehicle volume, about 6.0× the typical share. On average 11 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 35%, from 46 in 2016–2020 to 62 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dupont & Howland

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dupont Station (Line 1)405 m; Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)654 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)865 m
Streetcar
511506510 nearest 796 m
TTC bus
26712712619 nearest 13 m
Blue Night
306310307300
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dupont St at Howland Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Albany Ave / Dupont St 130 m · 15 docks · 22 stations, 396 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 (35)
  • George Brown College - Casa Loma CampusCollege · 267 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - AdvancementPrivate · 441 m
  • Royal St George's College School - Jr SchoolPrivate · 460 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - Main AddressPrivate · 493 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - See HousePrivate · 493 m
  • Royal St George's College- Sr SchoolPrivate · 535 m
  • and 29 more
Community centres
Parks (46)
  • Cawthra Playground310 m
  • Jean Sibelius Square346 m
  • Walmer Rd Parkette380 m
  • Vermont Square Park429 m
  • Austin Terrace Boulevard Lands512 m
  • The Tollkeeper's Park542 m
  • and 40 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch883 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 165 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 520 m
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 658 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1 km
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.2 km
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1.2 km
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 1.4 km
Signal
2086, activated 2007 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

There are 17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 175 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Fatpasha, 15 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés17 within 300 m · 175 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fatpasha · 414 Dupont St15 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Schmaltz Appetizing · 414 Dupont St15 mPassed, Jun 2026
Fanny Chadwick's · 268 Howland Ave16 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Project Essence · 408 Dupont St36 mPassed, May 2026
Creeds Coffee Bar · 420 Dupont St49 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Typist Studios · 390 Dupont St79 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
First and Last Coffee Shop · 346 Dupont St198 mPassed, Jul 2025
Detroit · 1093 Bathurst St207 mPassed, Dec 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 Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 310 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 303 m away at Cawthra Playground.

  • Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom · 50 Kendal Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    310 m
Drinking water
Cawthra Playground bottle filling station · 303 m; Jean Sibelius Square drinking fountain · 315 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,323 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre (267 m, 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,323 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 14
  • George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre · 160 Kendal Ave
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    267 m
  • St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool · 843 Palmerston Ave
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    401 m
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre · 263 Spadina Rd
    44 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    503 m
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison · 250 Madison Ave
    31 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    549 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (80 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 856 m away.

FireFire Station 344 · 80 m240 Howland Ave
Police14 Division · 2.7 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 856 m674 Markham St

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

59 registered apartment buildings with 3,568 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 399 Dupont St (47 m, 20 units, 3 storeys, built 1913), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 59 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 54 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 21 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings59 · 3,568 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202654 across the 59
Open fire-code violations21
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
399 Dupont St · Qmw Properties Inc.203191396 · Jul 20260 · 8 fire47 m
339 Albany Avesocial housing · Loft Community Services424199395 · Jul 20250259 m
2 Vermont Ave · Tse In Trust163190069 · Aug 20250277 m
155 Kendal Avesocial housing · Greenwin Corp.595199296 · Aug 20261321 m
1000 Bathurst St · Pad Inc14520260378 m
640 Davenport Rd · Atlantis Realty Services Inc255196795 · Jul 20260396 m
110 Walmer Rd · Charles Green Inc.10419200434 m
100 Spadina Rd · Park Property Management Inc.21623196979 · Aug 20256481 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 lots855 lots · ≈21,690 spaces · 65.1 ha
Within 500 m66 lots · ≈3,380 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 1,542 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 814 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking62 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
19 Spadina Road · Surface880 m65 *
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface1 km5580% (Q1 2026)
365 Lippincott St · Surface1 km13654% (Q1 2026)
4 Spadina Road · Surface1 km51 *
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface1 km19 *

Nearest lots: 54 m away, ≈10 spaces; 59 m away, ≈43 spaces; 79 m away, ≈32 spaces; 96 m away, ≈29 spaces; 109 m away, ≈81 spaces; 130 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Spadina Rd (898 m, 6 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (941 m, 10 ports); 580 Christie St (1.2 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, Aug 13, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 9,023 eastbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 64. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,885 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 20% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,574). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% 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 north1,804southbound · 232 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west9,023eastbound · 268 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles18,9093,055 pedestrians · 874 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east8,018westbound · 270 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south64northbound · 104 bikes · 7.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,574 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,885 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Aug 13, 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 Howland Ave between Lane N of Bridgman and E of Howland and Lane S of Davenport and E of Howland (249 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 5-day count in June 2006; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 13 speed humps slow traffic on Howland Avenue between Dupont St and Bloor St W (installed 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dupont St · Albany Ave – Bathurst St · 173 mApr 2010 · 3 days12,855
Howland Ave · Lane N of Bridgman and E of Howland – Lane S of Davenport and E of Howland · 249 mJun 2006 · 5 days49130 km/h42 km/h48 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Howland Avenue · Dupont St – Bloor St W
    13 speed humps
    installed 2025

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

2024 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 13. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions108#1030 of 5,508
With an injury19#922 of 4,660
Property damage only78
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian2#1700 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#321 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014137latest Mar 20, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 7, 2013.

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 four thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.6 a year. 83% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle421street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft1230apartment parking (10), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 26, 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 Annex.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dupont & Howland a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 108 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 Dupont & Howland?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #962 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.17× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dupont & Howland?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Howland Ave between Lane N of Bridgman and E of Howland and Lane S of Davenport and E of Howland (June 2006), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dupont & Howland?

The nearest Green P car park is 19 Spadina Road (880 m away, 65 spaces). The City's mapping shows 855 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,690 spaces — 66 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (814 m).

How do I get to Dupont & Howland by transit?

Dupont Station (Line 1) is 405 m away; streetcar routes 511, 506, 510 stop within 1 km, the nearest 796 m away; bus routes 26, 7, 127, 126, 19 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dupont St at Howland Ave, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Dupont & Howland?

17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 175 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fatpasha (15 m), Schmaltz Appetizing (15 m), Fanny Chadwick's (16 m), Project Essence (36 m) and Creeds Coffee Bar (49 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 Dupont & Howland?

The nearest is Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 50 Kendal Ave, 310 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Dupont & Howland?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,323 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre (267 m, 65 spaces), St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool (401 m, 69 spaces) and Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre (503 m, 44 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dupont & Howland?

59 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,568 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 399 Dupont St (47 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 339 Albany Ave (259 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2 Vermont Ave (277 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 69) and 155 Kendal Ave (321 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 59 is 88 out of 100; 2 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 Dupont & Howland?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and 12 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 Annex page.

What neighbourhood is Dupont & Howland in?

Dupont & Howland is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Dupont by the Castle Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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