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Elm & Old Orchard

Elm Rd & Old Orchard Grv · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park North · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

In Lawrence Park North, Elm & Old Orchard is a quiet local crossing. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,587
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 19, 2018
172 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5136 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
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 320 vehicles an hour, 28% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Elm & Old Orchard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
619796165 nearest 281 m
Express
996
Blue Night
320396
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 772 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 45 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 (19)
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 496 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 721 m
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 839 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (19)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch897 m
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores, and 109 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 251 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 109 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Circle K · 1865 Avenue Rdgrocery251 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1865 Avenue Rd251 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Lee's Dumpling House · 399 Old Orchard Grv Unit-1258 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Freshii · 1853 Avenue Rd264 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Freshii · 1853 Avenue Rd264 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Camellia Convenience Store · 1851 Avenue Rdgrocery265 mPassed, Oct 2025
Le Jasmin Bakery · 1845 Avenue Rd Unit-Agrocery267 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Le Jasmin Bakery · 1845 Avenue Rd, Unit-Agrocery267 mPassed, Oct 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, 915 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 531 m away at Old Orchard Park.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    915 m
  • Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 160 Ledbury St
    View facility hours
    947 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 75 Woburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Old Orchard Park bottle filling station · 531 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,098 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (348 m, 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,098 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 13
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    348 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 1780 Avenue Rd
    140 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    397 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 375 Melrose Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    448 m
  • John Wanless Child Care · 245 Fairlawn Ave
    254 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    496 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 1.3 km3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 3.2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2.3 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

11 registered apartment buildings with 535 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (771 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 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 9 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings11 · 535 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 11
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest5 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241771 m
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260773 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260855 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250902 m
3474 Yonge St · Rkh Investment Ltd274194083 · Aug 20240911 m
3488 Yonge St223193788 · Jun 20266913 m
3464 Yonge St · Rkh Investment Ltd274194071 · Jun 20260913 m
193 Wilson AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 20240943 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 lots423 lots · ≈17,870 spaces · 53.6 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈850 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking16 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface298 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface366 m9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.1 km26 *
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.1 km4254% (Q1 2026)
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.3 km13929% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 260 m away, ≈26 spaces; 266 m away, ≈34 spaces (Green P); 286 m away, ≈120 spaces; 287 m away, ≈15 spaces; 287 m away, ≈7 spaces; 304 m away, ≈3 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

The south leg carries the load — 1,048 northbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 280. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 526 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 31% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (401). Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north901southbound · 2 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west358eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles2,587172 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 1.4% heavy
From the east280westbound · 0 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south1,048northbound · 5 bikes · 1.4% heavy
AM peak hour401 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour526 vehicles from 4:00 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

The City's counter on Elm Rd between Felbrigg Ave and Haddington Ave (327 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 46 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. Old Orchard Grv between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Sep 2018). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Old Orchard Grv · Elm Rd – Avenue Rd · 143 mSep 2018 · 3 days1,70834 km/h42 km/h46 km/h
Elm Rd · Felbrigg Ave – Haddington Ave · 327 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. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 11, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5136 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20144latest Feb 11, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle821house driveway/garage (4), other (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 25, 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 Lawrence Park North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elm & Old Orchard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 & Old Orchard?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 19, 2018, 28% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Old Orchard?

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 & Old Orchard?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (298 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 423 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,870 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Old Orchard by transit?

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

What restaurants are near Elm & Old Orchard?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 109 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (251 m), Lee's Dumpling House (258 m), Freshii (264 m) and Freshii (264 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 & Old Orchard?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 915 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (947 m); Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Old Orchard?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,098 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. (348 m, 98 spaces), Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (397 m, 140 spaces) and Mtt Melrose (448 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Old Orchard?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 535 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (771 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2125 Avenue Rd (773 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2135 Avenue Rd (855 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 161 Wilson Ave (902 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 89 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 Elm & Old Orchard?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and no 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 Lawrence Park North page.

What neighbourhood is Elm & Old Orchard in?

Elm & Old Orchard is in Lawrence Park North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 105). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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