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Emerson & Millicent

Emerson Ave & Millicent St · Toronto, Ontario · Junction-Wallace Emerson · Ward 9, Davenport

Emerson & Millicent, in Junction-Wallace Emerson, is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: Lansdowne Station (Line 2) 580 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
557
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 20, 2021
268 pedestrians · 172 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 7 property damage · #3960 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
Lansdowne Station 580 m · 1 streetcar route · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 70 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 6% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.1 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 30.9% of vehicle volume, about 40× the typical share. On average 1.3 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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Emerson & Millicent

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lansdowne Station (Line 2)580 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)740 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 204 m
TTC bus
47262916840212716140 nearest 204 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329300340
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Emerson Ave installed 2025; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Millicent St installed 2025
Bike Share
Wallace Ave / Pauline Ave 307 m · 17 docks · 20 stations, 356 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)
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 319 m
  • Pauline Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 388 m
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 638 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 664 m
  • St Luigi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 699 m
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 774 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch543 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch892 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.1 km
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.4 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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 169 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Dairy King, 98 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 169 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dairy King · 115 Millicent St98 mPassed, Jun 2026
Dollarama · 800 Lansdowne Avegrocery222 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Pentone Cigar Store · 176 Wallace Ave225 mPassed, Dec 2023
Donna's · 827 Lansdowne Ave234 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Wallace Espresso · 188 Wallace Ave240 mPassed, Apr 2026
Cantanhede O Bairradino · 662 Lansdowne Ave250 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Paris Bakery & Pastry · 654 Lansdowne Avegrocery264 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pepper's Food and Drink · 189 Wallace Avegrocery283 mPassed, Apr 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, 437 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 474 m away at Campbell Avenue Park.

  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    437 m
  • Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 225 Campbell Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    471 m
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 350 Perth Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    796 m
Drinking water
Campbell Avenue Park drinking fountain · 474 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 505 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp Pauline Junior Public School (388 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 505 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Plasp Pauline Junior Public School · 100 Pauline Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    388 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre · 544 Lansdowne Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    570 m
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    638 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    638 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (507 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 507 m1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 1.6 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.1 km760 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 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,655 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 800 Lansdowne Ave (249 m, 138 units, 4 storeys, built 1992), which scored 82 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 46 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 1,655 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202646 across the 17
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
800 Lansdowne Ave · Berkley Property Management Inc.1384199282 · Jul 20253249 m
973 Lansdowne Avesocial housing203200391 · Jul 20250293 m
1401 Dupont St · Firm Capital Properties Inc1716200672 · Jul 202513353 m
730 St Clarens Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd27518197481 · Jul 20246371 m
1011 Lansdowne Ave · 1298781 Ontario Inc35221197376 · Aug 202412 · 1 fire406 m
1407 Dupont St · Firm Capital Properties Inc745200892 · Jul 20269407 m
156 Brandon Ave19476 · Jul 20250573 m
685 Lansdowne Ave · Gbs Properties Ltd.303198580 · Jul 20250620 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 lots669 lots · ≈23,070 spaces · 69.2 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈1,960 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 875 spaces
EV charging (City)2285 Dundas St W · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking22 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 78 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Emerson Ave · Surface614 m4963% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface616 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface904 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface1 km3374% (Q1 2026)
141 Greenlaw Ave · Surface1.4 km5445% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 146 m away, ≈2 spaces; 172 m away, ≈7 spaces; 286 m away, ≈4 spaces; 298 m away, ≈4 spaces; 309 m away, ≈9 spaces; 309 m away, ≈102 spaces. More EV charging: 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.3 km, 2 ports); 2251 Dundas St W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 91 Via Italia (1.4 km, 12 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 20, 2021

Evening rush dominates here: 114 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 64 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north557southbound · 90 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles557268 pedestrians · 172 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east0westbound · 21 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 61 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour64 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour114 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 20, 2021

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 Millicent St between Dufferin St and Lane E of Emerson and N of Millicent, 245 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2018 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. Emerson Ave between Paton Rd and Wallace Ave measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Mar 2024). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Millicent Street between Emerson Ave and Dufferin St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Millicent St · Dufferin St – Lane E of Emerson and N of Millicent · 245 mJun 2018 · 3 days46029 km/h39 km/h45 km/h
Emerson Ave · Paton Rd – Wallace Ave · 300 mMar 2024 · 3 days28725 km/h33 km/h37 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Millicent Street · Emerson Ave – Dufferin St
    6 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 46% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3960 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only7
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1836 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201417latest Feb 17, 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

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

Ten thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner 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. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1031street/outdoor (7), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft620house driveway/garage (3), apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 29, 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Emerson & Millicent a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 Emerson & Millicent?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 20, 2021, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Emerson & Millicent?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Millicent St between Dufferin St and Lane E of Emerson and N of Millicent (June 2018), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Emerson & Millicent?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Emerson Ave (614 m away, 49 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 669 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,070 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2285 Dundas St W (1.3 km).

How do I get to Emerson & Millicent by transit?

Lansdowne Station (Line 2) is 580 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 204 m away; bus routes 47, 26, 29, 168, 402, 127, 161, 40 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Emerson & Millicent?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 169 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dairy King (98 m), Pentone Cigar Store (225 m), Donna's (234 m), Wallace Espresso (240 m) and Cantanhede O Bairradino (250 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 Emerson & Millicent?

The nearest is Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 1260 Dufferin St, 437 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (471 m); Perth Square Park Washroom (796 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 Emerson & Millicent?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 505 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp Pauline Junior Public School (388 m, 28 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (570 m, 39 spaces) and Dover Gardens Nursery School (638 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Emerson & Millicent?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,655 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 800 Lansdowne Ave (249 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 973 Lansdowne Ave (293 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1401 Dupont St (353 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 72) and 730 St Clarens Ave (371 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 84 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 Emerson & Millicent?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and six 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson page.

What neighbourhood is Emerson & Millicent in?

Emerson & Millicent is in Junction-Wallace Emerson (City of Toronto neighbourhood 171). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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