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Elm & Dunblaine

Elm Rd & Dunblaine Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Elm & Dunblaine is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. Nearby is 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,781
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 19, 2018
32 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5257 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
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 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 220 vehicles an hour, 19% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 56 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 0.3 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Elm & Dunblaine

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
619616597 nearest 171 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
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 (13)
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 518 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 699 m
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 707 m
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 771 m
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Grey Parkette695 m
  • Old Orchard Park706 m
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette747 m
  • Yonge Boulevard Parkette1.1 km
  • Brookdale Park1.1 km
  • York Mills Valley Park1.1 km
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch440 m

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 27 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 66. The nearest is Darbar Persian Grill, 167 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés27 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bruno's Fine Foods · 2055 Avenue Rdgrocery161 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Darbar Persian Grill · 2015 Avenue Rd167 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Your Gelato · 2009 Avenue Rd174 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Your Gelato · 2009 Avenue Rd174 mPassed, Aug 2026
Hakka Khazana Restaurant · 2003 Avenue Rd180 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 2005 Avenue Rd180 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pheasant and Firkin · 1999 Avenue Rd181 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Sibel · 1997 Avenue Rd200 mPassed, Nov 2025

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 Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 457 m away, View centre hours.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    457 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 777 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (346 m, 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 777 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 8
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    346 m
  • Armour Heights Child Care Program · 148 Wilson Ave
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    518 m
  • Plasp St. Margaret C.s. · 85 Carmichael Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    699 m
  • Temple Sinai Nursery School · 210 Wilson Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    707 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 1.6 km10 William Carson Cres
Police53 Division · 3.6 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 1.9 km4135 Bathurst 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

Within a kilometre there are 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,130 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (296 m, 90 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings19 · 1,130 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 19
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241296 m
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260312 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260388 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250426 m
193 Wilson AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 20240497 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252504 m
2175 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Aug 20260561 m
2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc.15216196999 · Jul 20250564 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 lots405 lots · ≈17,140 spaces · 51.4 ha
Within 500 m44 lots · ≈1,250 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
246 Brooke Ave · Surface405 m9467% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface486 m3232% (Q1 2026)
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.1 km13929% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.4 km26 *
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.5 km4254% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 131 m away, ≈8 spaces; 137 m away, ≈50 spaces; 150 m away, ≈25 spaces; 168 m away, ≈2 spaces; 174 m away, ≈2 spaces; 184 m away, ≈4 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 — 8-hour, Apr 19, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 880 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 321 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 398 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 249 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north580southbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west321eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.3% heavy
Total vehicles1,78132 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 1.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south880northbound · 2 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour249 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour398 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 19, 2018

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 Elm Rd between Felbrigg Ave and Haddington Ave, 150 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2013 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 46 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. Dunblaine Ave between Elm Rd and Lane E of Avenue and S of Dunblaine measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 41 km/h (Nov 2013). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dunblaine Ave · Elm Rd – Lane E of Avenue and S of Dunblaine · 65 mNov 2013 · 24 h98834 km/h41 km/h44 km/h
Elm Rd · Felbrigg Ave – Haddington Ave · 150 mMay 2013 · 24 h1,84339 km/h46 km/h50 km/h

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 1 collision. 1 collision (33%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 16, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5257 of 5,508
With an injury1#4242 of 4,660
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20145latest Dec 16, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elm & Dunblaine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Elm & Dunblaine?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 19, 2018, 19% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Dunblaine?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elm Rd between Felbrigg Ave and Haddington Ave (May 2013), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 46 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elm & Dunblaine?

The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (405 m away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 405 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,140 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Dunblaine by transit?

Bus routes 61, 96, 165, 97, 996 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Elm & Dunblaine?

27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 66 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Darbar Persian Grill (167 m), Your Gelato (174 m), Your Gelato (174 m), Hakka Khazana Restaurant (180 m) and Tim Hortons (180 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 Elm & Dunblaine?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 457 m away (View centre hours). 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 Elm & Dunblaine?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 777 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (346 m, 98 spaces), Armour Heights Child Care Program (518 m, 110 spaces) and Plasp St. Margaret C.s. (699 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Dunblaine?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (296 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2125 Avenue Rd (312 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2135 Avenue Rd (388 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 161 Wilson Ave (426 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 97 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.

What neighbourhood is Elm & Dunblaine in?

Elm & Dunblaine is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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