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Dupont & Salem

Dupont St & Salem Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 9, Davenport

Dupont & Salem, in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto, is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Dufferin Station (Line 2) 933 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
10,988
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 5, 2015
528 pedestrians · 324 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3471 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Dufferin Station 933 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,370 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.19× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 21 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 2.9% of vehicle volume, about 3.8× the typical share. On average 1.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Dupont & Salem

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)933 m; Ossington Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
512 nearest 939 m
TTC bus
26161296312747 nearest 91 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329363300
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Dupont St at Bartlett Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bartlett Parkette 133 m · 23 docks · 14 stations, 230 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 (22)
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 274 m
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 277 m
  • St Mary of the Angels Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 524 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 622 m
  • Regal Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 643 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 793 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch811 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 24 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 94. The nearest is Blood Brothers Brewing, 111 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 94 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave Unit-West111 mPassed, Aug 2026
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave, Floor-Ground W111 mPassed, Dec 2024
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave, Unit-West111 mPassed, Oct 2025
Standard Time · 165 Geary Ave, Unit-2111 mPassed, Aug 2025
Kerala Nook · 1110 Dupont St148 mPassed, Sep 2025
Dark Horse Espresso Bar + Dear Grain · 120 Geary Ave Unit-108150 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Famiglia Baldassarre · 116 Geary Ave Unit-108a151 mPassed, Dec 2025
Freedom Jars Inc · 116 Geary Ave Rm-107c151 mPassed, Feb 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 Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 391 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 139 m away at Bartlett Parkette.

  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    391 m
  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    453 m
Drinking water
Bartlett Parkette drinking fountain · 139 m; Bristol Avenue Parkette West bottle filling station · 317 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 650 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dover Gardens Nursery School (277 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 650 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    277 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    277 m
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    426 m
  • Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset · 56 Somerset Ave
    46 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    510 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (315 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 934 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 315 m1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 2.1 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 934 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

Within a kilometre there are 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,600 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 331 Bartlett Ave N (255 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1905), which scored 74 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 42 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 1,600 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202642 across the 16
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
331 Bartlett Ave NToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation133190574 · Sep 20240255 m
10 Mount Royal Ave · 741476 Ontario Inc123191382 · Jun 20250674 m
2 Regal Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management1048195595 · Jul 20257730 m
470 Melita CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation375198090 · Jun 20261766 m
1060 Davenport Rdsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes104199282 · Nov 20250799 m
11 Winona Drsocial housing · Hellenic Home For the Aged Inc.1507198797 · Jul 20260807 m
156 Brandon Ave19476 · Jul 20250865 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250867 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 lots641 lots · ≈20,960 spaces · 62.9 ha
Within 500 m52 lots · ≈1,650 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 827 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking42 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 14 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface938 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface1 km3374% (Q1 2026)
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface1.1 km1380% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface1.1 km4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1.2 km4963% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 103 m away, ≈53 spaces; 110 m away, ≈39 spaces; 127 m away, ≈10 spaces; 128 m away, ≈41 spaces; 147 m away, ≈38 spaces; 149 m away, ≈23 spaces. More EV charging: 91 Via Italia (1.2 km, 12 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.2 km, 2 ports); 705 Shaw St (1.3 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 — 8-hour, Oct 5, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 5,655 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 141 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (171 of 324). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,564 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 2:00 p.m. (1,415). Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north141southbound · 1 bikes · 7.1% heavy
From the west5,655eastbound · 171 bikes · 5.0% heavy
Total vehicles10,988528 pedestrians · 324 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east5,040westbound · 134 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the south152northbound · 18 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,564 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,415 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 5, 2015

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

On Dupont St between Salem Ave and Bartlett Ave, 52 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2022 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 50 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 11 speed humps slow traffic on Salem Avenue between Bloor St W and Dupont St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dupont St · Salem Ave – Bartlett Ave · 52 mJun 2022 · 7 days18,58143 km/h50 km/h55 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Salem Avenue · Bloor St W – Dupont St
    11 speed humps

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 2016, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 5 collisions (26%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%). The most recent report on file is from Jul 4, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3471 of 5,508
With an injury5#2668 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1791 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201421latest Jul 4, 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

11 thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1130street/outdoor (7), house driveway/garage (4)
Bicycle theft200apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 12, 2025. 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 Dovercourt Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dupont & Salem a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 & Salem?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 5, 2015, 1.19× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dupont & Salem?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dupont St between Salem Ave and Bartlett Ave (June 2022), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dupont & Salem?

The nearest Green P car park is 7 Bartlett Ave (938 m away, 37 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 641 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,960 spaces — 52 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (1.1 km).

How do I get to Dupont & Salem by transit?

Dufferin Station (Line 2) is 933 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 939 m away; bus routes 26, 161, 29, 63, 127, 47, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dupont St at Bartlett Ave, 91 m).

What restaurants are near Dupont & Salem?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 94 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Blood Brothers Brewing (111 m), Blood Brothers Brewing (111 m), Blood Brothers Brewing (111 m), Standard Time (111 m) and Kerala Nook (148 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 & Salem?

The nearest is Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 1260 Dufferin St, 391 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Dovercourt Park Washroom (453 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 Dupont & Salem?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 650 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dover Gardens Nursery School (277 m, 16 spaces), Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre (277 m, 131 spaces) and Kids Korner Day Care (426 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dupont & Salem?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,600 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 331 Bartlett Ave N (255 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 10 Mount Royal Ave (674 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 2 Regal Rd (730 m, 104 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 470 Melita Cres (766 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 85 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 Dupont & Salem?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and two 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 Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Dupont & Salem in?

Dupont & Salem is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). 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