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Hanson & Blandford

Hanson Rd & Blandford St · Toronto, Ontario · Oakwood Village · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Hanson & Blandford, in Oakwood Village, is a lightly travelled intersection. Nearby is Oakwood Station (Line 5) 1.0 km away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
372
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 18, 2023
93 pedestrians · 9 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5369 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
Oakwood Station 1 km · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 50 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 4% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 4 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.4% of vehicle volume, about 3.1× the typical share. On average 0.2 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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Hanson & Blandford

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Oakwood Station (Line 5)1 km
TTC bus
63161902934 nearest 111 m
Express
929
Blue Night
363329334
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Alameda Ave / Vaughan Rd - SMART 332 m · 16 docks · 4 stations, 57 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)
  • D'arcy McGee Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 435 m
  • Rawlinson Community SchoolEnglish Public · 535 m
  • Leo Baeck Day School - South CampusPrivate · 716 m
  • J R Wilcox Community SchoolEnglish Public · 761 m
  • St John Bosco Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 815 m
  • Lycee Francais de TorontoPrivate · 865 m
  • and 16 more
Community centres
Parks (19)
  • Cy Townsend Park419 m
  • Charles Brereton Park446 m
  • Laughlin Park551 m
  • Arlington Parkette636 m
  • Fairbank Memorial Park681 m
  • Senator Peter Bosa Parkette742 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch302 m
  • Toronto Public Library Maria A. Shchuka branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair 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 16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 85 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Oakwood Pizzeria, 69 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés16 within 300 m · 85 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Oakwood Pizzeria · 434 Oakwood Ave69 mPassed, Apr 2026
La Cubana Supermarket · 456 Oakwood Avegrocery101 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Uhuru Bar · 380 Oakwood Ave168 mConditional pass, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Sushi Karu (2708399 Ontario Ltd.) · 378 Oakwood Ave176 mPassed, Dec 2025
Asmareeno Grocery Store · 373 Oakwood Ave, Unit-Agrocery179 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Portuguese Innovation Food · 373 Oakwood Avegrocery179 mPassed, Jul 2026
Caribbean Queen Jerk Drum Express · 371 Oakwood Ave192 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Churrasqueira Costa Verde · 370 Oakwood Ave195 mPassed, Mar 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 Fairbank Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 670 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 430 m away at Cy Townsend Park.

  • Fairbank Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 2213 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    670 m
  • Phil White Arena Washroom · 443 Arlington Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    773 m
Drinking water
Cy Townsend Park drinking fountain · 430 m; Charles Brereton Park drinking fountain · 443 m · off

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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 622 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lef - Vaughan Road Infant and Toddler Centre (389 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 622 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 9
  • Lef - Vaughan Road Infant and Toddler Centre · 529 Vaughan Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    389 m
  • St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre · 20 Bansley Ave
    56 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    435 m
  • Aboriginal Head Start - Epnigishmok · 20 Bansley Ave
    16 spaces · preschool
    435 m
  • Rawlinson B & A School Program · 231 Glenholme Ave
    198 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    534 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 341 (641 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.4 km away.

FireFire Station 341 · 641 m555 Oakwood Ave
Police13 Division · 1.1 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 30 · 2.4 km100 Turnberry Ave

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

35 registered apartment buildings with 1,988 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 460 Winona Dr (367 m, 55 units, 5 storeys, built 1958), which scored 73 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 59 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 1,988 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202659 across the 35
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
460 Winona Dr · Canlight Management Inc.555195873 · Oct 20256367 m
450 Winona Dr · 2298097 Ontario Inc1246196086 · Oct 20253 · 1 fire370 m
440 Winona Dr · Myriad Property Management1306195585 · Oct 20251370 m
481 Vaughan Rd · Medallion Corporation977195795 · Aug 20254439 m
642 Vaughan Rd · Astroid Management Ltd.234195779 · Aug 20264456 m
375 Westmount Ave · Olympia Properties Inc.303195388 · Jul 20240505 m
641 Vaughan Rd · Realstar454195593 · Aug 20260506 m
560 Oakwood Ave244196094 · Aug 20260514 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 lots565 lots · ≈17,180 spaces · 51.5 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈610 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 852 spaces
EV charging (City)91 Via Italia · 1.4 km · 12 Level 2 ports
Bike parking17 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
406 Oakwood Ave · Surface119 m1757% (Q1 2026)
341 Oakwood Avenue · Surface313 m22 *
2053 Dufferin Street · Surface538 m23 *
2054 Dufferin St · Surface568 m4925% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1 km2041% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 104 m away, ≈17 spaces (Green P); 112 m away, ≈6 spaces; 119 m away, ≈8 spaces (Green P); 132 m away, ≈10 spaces; 180 m away, ≈11 spaces; 192 m away, ≈17 spaces. More EV charging: 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.6 km, 4 ports); 580 Christie St (1.6 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, Jul 18, 2023

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 169 vehicles entering from the west to 203 from the east. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 70 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 49% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (47). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west169eastbound · 7 bikes · 3.6% heavy
Total vehicles37293 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east203westbound · 1 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour47 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour70 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 18, 2023

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 Hanson Rd between Oakwood Ave and Blandford St (43 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 24-hour count in October 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. Blandford St between Rogers Rd and Hanson Rd measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Jun 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Hanson Rd · Oakwood Ave – Blandford St · 43 mOct 2025 · 24 h1,11829 km/h37 km/h41 km/h
Blandford St · Rogers Rd – Hanson Rd · 108 mJun 2024 · 3 days53227 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

2023 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver 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 Dec 7, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5369 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20142latest Dec 7, 2023

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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 3, 2021. 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 Oakwood Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Hanson & Blandford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Hanson & Blandford?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jul 18, 2023, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Hanson & Blandford?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Hanson Rd between Oakwood Ave and Blandford St (October 2025), 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 Hanson & Blandford?

The nearest Green P car park is 406 Oakwood Ave (119 m away, 17 spaces, 57% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 565 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,180 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Via Italia (1.4 km).

How do I get to Hanson & Blandford by transit?

Oakwood Station (Line 5) is 1.0 km away; bus routes 63, 161, 90, 29, 34, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Hanson & Blandford?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 85 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Oakwood Pizzeria (69 m), Uhuru Bar (168 m), Sushi Karu (2708399 Ontario Ltd.) (176 m), Caribbean Queen Jerk Drum Express (192 m) and Churrasqueira Costa Verde (195 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 Hanson & Blandford?

The nearest is Fairbank Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 2213 Dufferin St, 670 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Phil White Arena Washroom (773 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 Hanson & Blandford?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 622 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lef - Vaughan Road Infant and Toddler Centre (389 m, 49 spaces), St. Bernadette's Family Resource Centre (435 m, 56 spaces) and Aboriginal Head Start - Epnigishmok (435 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Hanson & Blandford?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,988 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 460 Winona Dr (367 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 450 Winona Dr (370 m, 124 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 440 Winona Dr (370 m, 130 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 481 Vaughan Rd (439 m, 97 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 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 Hanson & Blandford?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no 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 Oakwood Village page.

What neighbourhood is Hanson & Blandford in?

Hanson & Blandford is in Oakwood Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 107). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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