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Hallam & Salem

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

In Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto, Hallam & Salem is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Dufferin Station (Line 2) 646 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,928
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 14, 2021
659 pedestrians · 474 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4617 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
Dufferin Station 646 m · 1 streetcar route · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 240 vehicles an hour, 21% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 24.6% of vehicle volume, about 32× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Hallam & Salem

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dufferin Station (Line 2)646 m; Ossington Station (Line 2)717 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 945 m
TTC bus
1612926634029412747 nearest 198 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329363300
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Hallam St installed 2001
Bike Share
Westmoreland Ave / Fernbank Ave 205 m · 19 docks · 17 stations, 272 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 (21)
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 133 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 345 m
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 420 m
  • Pauline Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 614 m
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 636 m
  • St Mary of the Angels Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 785 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (30)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch749 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 180 eating places within a kilometre — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Macaulay Centres For Children, 133 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 180 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Macaulay Centres For Children · 228 Bartlett Ave133 mPassed, May 2026
South Pacific Chinese/Polynesian Foods · 1002 Dovercourt Rdgrocery200 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mel's Bakery · 996 Dovercourt Rdgrocery204 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sunshine Variety Store & Grocery · 998 Dovercourt Rdgrocery205 mPassed, Aug 2026
Masa Deli · 985 Dovercourt Rdgrocery222 mPassed, Jun 2026
Better Days Coffe & Donuts · 963 Dovercourt Rd222 mPassed, Jun 2026
Stop BBQ Chicken & Stuff · 1216 Dufferin St316 mPassed, Jun 2026
Creamland By Sj Kitchen · 1216 Dufferin St A336 mPassed, Jun 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, 172 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 197 m away at Dovercourt Park.

  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    172 m
  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    424 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Dovercourt Park drinking fountain · 197 m; Dovercourt Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 209 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 917 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dover Gardens Nursery School (133 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 917 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 11
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    133 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    133 m
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    149 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    527 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (330 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 646 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 330 m1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.8 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 646 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

20 registered apartment buildings with 2,182 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 331 Bartlett Ave N (543 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1905), which scored 74 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 64 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 2,182 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202664 across the 20
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
331 Bartlett Ave NToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation133190574 · Sep 20240543 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250660 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250675 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250692 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260721 m
1121 Bloor St W · Charles Dieu114192690 · Jul 20250769 m
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 202610802 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514864 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 lots679 lots · ≈22,810 spaces · 68.4 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈1,280 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 1,073 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 894 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking20 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 28 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface646 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface658 m3374% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface828 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface939 m4963% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface1.1 km16over 100% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 251 m away, ≈23 spaces; 254 m away, ≈14 spaces; 255 m away, ≈9 spaces; 297 m away, ≈7 spaces; 312 m away, ≈26 spaces; 317 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (1.1 km, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (1.1 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 14, 2021

The east leg carries the load — 918 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 53. Most cyclists arrived from the east (203 of 474). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 370 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 47% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (251). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north138southbound · 45 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west819eastbound · 182 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles1,928659 pedestrians · 474 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east918westbound · 203 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south53northbound · 44 bikes · 5.7% heavy
AM peak hour251 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour370 vehicles from 4:15 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

The City's counter on Hallam St between Westmoreland Ave and Salem Ave (51 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 3,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Hallam St · Westmoreland Ave – Salem Ave · 51 mSep 2021 · 3 days3,40026 km/h33 km/h35 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

2018 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 12, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4617 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201410latest Sep 12, 2022

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 three thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle310house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft410house driveway/garage (3), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 18, 2025. 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 & Salem a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 & Salem?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 14, 2021, 21% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Hallam & Salem?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Hallam St between Westmoreland Ave and Salem Ave (September 2021), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Hallam & Salem?

The nearest Green P car park is 7 Bartlett Ave (646 m away, 37 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 679 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,810 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (894 m).

How do I get to Hallam & Salem by transit?

Dufferin Station (Line 2) is 646 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 945 m away; bus routes 161, 29, 26, 63, 402, 94, 127, 47 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Hallam & Salem?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 180 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Macaulay Centres For Children (133 m), Better Days Coffe & Donuts (222 m), Stop BBQ Chicken & Stuff (316 m) and Creamland By Sj Kitchen (336 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 & Salem?

The nearest is Dovercourt Park Washroom, 155 Bartlett Ave, 172 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom (424 m); Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool 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 Hallam & Salem?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 917 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dover Gardens Nursery School (133 m, 16 spaces), Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre (133 m, 131 spaces) and Kids Korner Day Care (149 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Hallam & Salem?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,182 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 331 Bartlett Ave N (543 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 767 Dovercourt Rd (660 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 220 Delaware Ave (675 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79) and 177 Pendrith St (692 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 83 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 & Salem?

Toronto Police place three 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 Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Hallam & Salem in?

Hallam & Salem 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