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Gerrard & Sumach

Gerrard St E & Sumach St · Toronto, Ontario · Cabbagetown-South St.James Town · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Gerrard & Sumach is a mid-volume intersection, with significant cycling traffic. It sits in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, in the downtown core. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 15 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
9,073
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2022
1,497 pedestrians · 706 cyclists
Collisions
35
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2587 of 5,508 · +2 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,130 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 7.8% of vehicle volume, about 10× the typical share. That comes with about 3.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 6%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 17 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Gerrard & Sumach

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506505501504503508 nearest 14 m
TTC bus
121659475 nearest 198 m
Blue Night
306305301304365
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Gerrard St East at Sumach St
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Sumach St installed 2005
Bike Share
Gerrard St E / Nasmith Ave 96 m · 23 docks · 24 stations, 444 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 (33)
  • Sprucecourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 239 m
  • Monsignor Fraser - St Martin CampusEnglish Separate · 505 m
  • Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 511 m
  • Nelson Mandela Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 551 m
  • Winchester Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 835 m
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 853 m
  • and 27 more
Parks (52)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch547 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch733 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 348 m
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 424 m
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 575 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 713 m
  • Allan GardensNature/ Park · 1.1 km
  • Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 1.3 km
Signal
1390, activated 1980 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority · bicycle signal

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 215 — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs, 130 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 215 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs · 101 Spruce St130 mPassed, Jun 2026
Ethiopian Spice & Grocery Store · 368 Gerrard St Egrocery188 mPassed, Dec 2023
Sam's Food Store · 175 River Stgrocery248 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 654 Dundas St E268 mPassed, Jun 2026
Penguin Pickup · 650 Dundas St E, Unit-1269 mPassed, Oct 2025
Circle K · 660 Dundas St Egrocery272 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Circle K · 660 Dundas St Egrocery272 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Chatime · 662 Dundas St E294 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre Washroom, 217 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 182 m away at Regent Park.

  • Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre Washroom · 640 Dundas St E
    View centre hours
    217 m
  • Riverdale Park West Washroom · 375 Sumach St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    288 m
  • Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    444 m
Drinking water
Regent Park drinking fountain · 182 m; Regent Park drinking fountain · 249 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,105 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (239 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,105 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 16
  • Sprucecourt Child Care Centre · 70 Spruce St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    239 m
  • Momentum Montessori Regent Park Inc · 237 Sackville St
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    326 m
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 25 Nicholas Ave
    103 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    476 m
  • Cole Street Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 10 Cole St
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    484 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 325 (501 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 325 · 501 m475 Dundas St E
Police51 Division · 1.2 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.7 km58 Richmond St E

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 70 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 7,677 rental units, 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 39 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 434 Gerrard St E (28 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1891), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 70 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 162 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 23 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings70 · 7,677 units · 39 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026162 across the 70
Open fire-code violations23
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
434 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Homes First Society163189194 · Oct 2025028 m
259 Sumach StToronto Community Housing · TCH473200686 · Jul 20260104 m
26 Gifford St154193081 · Jun 20251178 m
230 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH253196196 · Nov 20250179 m
184 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH543200693 · Jul 20260184 m
210 Oak St26017196974 · Jul 20264245 m
230 Oak St · Akelius Canada Ltd32723197281 · Jun 202425 · 6 fire288 m
220 Oak StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation46927197285 · Jul 20266 · 8 fire301 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 lots884 lots · ≈28,470 spaces · 85.4 ha
Within 500 m49 lots · ≈1,290 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 2,912 spaces
EV charging (City)188 Carlton St · 859 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking40 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface632 m3555% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface707 m3675% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3072% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface1 km9175% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 78 m away, ≈9 spaces; 79 m away, ≈27 spaces; 95 m away, ≈29 spaces; 95 m away, ≈10 spaces; 142 m away, ≈41 spaces; 170 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 186 Carlton St (867 m, 1 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.6 km, 10 ports); 220 Carlaw Ave. (1.7 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 27, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,205 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 664 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (385 of 706). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,403 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,373 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 27 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,205eastbound · 207 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles9,0731,497 pedestrians · 706 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east4,204westbound · 385 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south664northbound · 87 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,403 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,373 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2022

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 Sumach St between Wyatt Ave and Dundas St E, 325 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2022 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 10 speed humps slow traffic on Sumach Street between Gerrard St E and Wellesley St E (installed 2002).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sumach St · Wyatt Ave – Dundas St E · 325 mMar 2022 · 3 days2,32829 km/h37 km/h42 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Sumach Street · Gerrard St E – Wellesley St E
    10 speed humps
    installed 2002

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 2023, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 7 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions35#2587 of 5,508
With an injury7#2240 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2514 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201441latest Jun 12, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft400house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 25, 2020. 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gerrard & Sumach a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 35 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 Gerrard & Sumach?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Gerrard & Sumach?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sumach St between Wyatt Ave and Dundas St E (March 2022), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Gerrard & Sumach?

The nearest Green P car park is 51 Aberdeen Ave (632 m away, 35 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 884 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,470 spaces — 49 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 188 Carlton St (859 m).

How do I get to Gerrard & Sumach by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 505, 501, 504 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 14 m away; bus routes 121, 65, 94, 75 within 1 km (nearest stop: Gerrard St East at Sumach St, 198 m).

What restaurants are near Gerrard & Sumach?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 215 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs (130 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (268 m), Penguin Pickup (269 m) and Chatime (294 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 Gerrard & Sumach?

The nearest is Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre Washroom, 640 Dundas St E, 217 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Riverdale Park West Washroom (288 m); Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom (444 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 Gerrard & Sumach?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,105 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (239 m, 56 spaces), Momentum Montessori Regent Park Inc (326 m, 79 spaces) and Kinder College Early Learning Centre (476 m, 103 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gerrard & Sumach?

70 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,677 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 434 Gerrard St E (28 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 259 Sumach St (104 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 26 Gifford St (178 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 230 River St (179 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 70 is 87 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 Gerrard & Sumach?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and four 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town page.

What neighbourhood is Gerrard & Sumach in?

Gerrard & Sumach is in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town (City of Toronto neighbourhood 071). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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