Toronto · intersection · signal 849

Hallam & Dovercourt

Hallam St & Dovercourt Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 9, Davenport · Dovercourt Village BIA

Hallam & Dovercourt is an intersection of typical volume, with significant cycling traffic. It sits in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: Ossington Station (Line 2) 648 m away.

Traffic volume
7,042
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 14, 2021
1,235 pedestrians · 681 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 24 property damage · #2347 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
Ossington Station 648 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 880 vehicles an hour, 76% of the median counted intersection. 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 9.7% of vehicle volume, about 12× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 4.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 29%, from 24 in 2016–2020 to 17 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Hallam & Dovercourt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)648 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)726 m
TTC bus
16126632994127402126 nearest 15 m
Express
929
Blue Night
363329300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Dovercourt Rd at Hallam St
Cycling
Sharrows on Hallam St installed 2001
Bike Share
Westmoreland Ave / Fernbank Ave 213 m · 19 docks · 17 stations, 293 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 (23)
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 326 m
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 332 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 475 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 606 m
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 712 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 759 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (32)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch829 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch864 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1.4 km
Signal
0849, activated 1961 · FT · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 186 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Better Days Coffe & Donuts, 88 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 186 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mel's Bakery · 996 Dovercourt Rdgrocery15 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sunshine Variety Store & Grocery · 998 Dovercourt Rdgrocery16 mPassed, Aug 2026
Masa Deli · 985 Dovercourt Rdgrocery32 mPassed, Jun 2026
South Pacific Chinese/Polynesian Foods · 1002 Dovercourt Rdgrocery42 mPassed, Jun 2026
Better Days Coffe & Donuts · 963 Dovercourt Rd88 mPassed, Jun 2026
Actinolite Restaurant · 971 Ossington Ave299 mPassed, Apr 2026
James Five · 1022 1022 Ossington Ave Ave317 mPassed, Feb 2026
Macaulay Centres For Children · 228 Bartlett Ave332 mPassed, May 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 Dovercourt Park Washroom, 191 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 263 m away at Dovercourt Park.

  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    191 m
  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    613 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    822 m
Drinking water
Dovercourt Park drinking fountain · 263 m; Dovercourt Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 273 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 974 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids Korner Day Care (173 m, 24 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 974 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 12
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    173 m
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    332 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    332 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    478 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (517 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 626 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 517 m1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.8 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 626 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 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,585 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 177 Pendrith St (519 m, 54 units, 3 storeys, built 1964), which scored 85 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 1,585 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 19
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250519 m
331 Bartlett Ave NToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation133190574 · Sep 20240606 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250618 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250624 m
470 Melita CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation375198090 · Jun 20261694 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260733 m
740 Dupont St · Greystar Canada Property Management Services Ltd21092021100 · Dec 20250790 m
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 202610810 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 lots683 lots · ≈21,340 spaces · 64 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈480 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 1,117 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 875 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking32 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 28 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Salem Ave · Surface687 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface707 m3763% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface718 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1.1 km4963% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface1.2 km3468% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 101 m away, ≈14 spaces; 133 m away, ≈9 spaces; 280 m away, ≈10 spaces; 302 m away, ≈12 spaces; 311 m away, ≈5 spaces; 313 m away, ≈38 spaces. More EV charging: 273 Christie St (941 m, 2 ports); 705 Shaw St (1 km, 2 ports); 580 Christie St (1.5 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 14, 2021

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 2,746 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 907 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,164 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 973 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% 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 north2,466southbound · 98 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west907eastbound · 248 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles7,0421,235 pedestrians · 681 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east923westbound · 252 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south2,746northbound · 83 bikes · 3.5% heavy
AM peak hour973 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,164 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 14, 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 Dovercourt Rd between Dupont St and Geary Ave, 325 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 55 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 13,400 vehicles a day. Hallam St between Shaw St and Ossington Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Mar 2023). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Hallam Street between Dufferin St and Dovercourt Rd (installed 2006).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dovercourt Rd · Dupont St – Geary Ave · 325 mNov 2021 · 3 days13,42846 km/h55 km/h60 km/h
Hallam St · Shaw St – Ossington Ave · 398 mMar 2023 · 3 days1,02230 km/h38 km/h42 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Hallam Street · Dufferin St – Dovercourt Rd
    5 speed humps
    installed 2006

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 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 7 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), 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 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2347 of 5,508
With an injury7#2219 of 4,660
Property damage only24
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#2400 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1745 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201447latest Jun 25, 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

Four thefts from vehicles and three 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 vehicle400street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft320other (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 22, 2023. 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 Hallam & Dovercourt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 41 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 Hallam & Dovercourt?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Oct 14, 2021, 76% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Hallam & Dovercourt?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dovercourt Rd between Dupont St and Geary Ave (November 2021), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Hallam & Dovercourt?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Salem Ave (687 m away, 33 spaces, 74% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 683 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,340 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (875 m).

How do I get to Hallam & Dovercourt by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 648 m away; bus routes 161, 26, 63, 29, 94, 127, 402, 126 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Dovercourt Rd at Hallam St, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Hallam & Dovercourt?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 186 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Better Days Coffe & Donuts (88 m), Actinolite Restaurant (299 m), James Five (317 m) and Macaulay Centres For Children (332 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 Hallam & Dovercourt?

The nearest is Dovercourt Park Washroom, 155 Bartlett Ave, 191 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom (613 m); Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom (822 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 Hallam & Dovercourt?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 974 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids Korner Day Care (173 m, 24 spaces), Dover Gardens Nursery School (332 m, 16 spaces) and Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre (332 m, 131 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Hallam & Dovercourt?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,585 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 177 Pendrith St (519 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 331 Bartlett Ave N (606 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 220 Delaware Ave (618 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79) and 767 Dovercourt Rd (624 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 85 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 Hallam & Dovercourt?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three 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 Hallam & Dovercourt in?

Hallam & Dovercourt is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the Dovercourt Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined