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Lappin & Ward

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

Lappin & Ward is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Junction-Wallace Emerson. At the corner: a park. Nearby: Lansdowne Station (Line 2) 690 m away and Bloor GO 898 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
543
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 30, 2014
172 pedestrians · 56 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3890 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Lansdowne Station 690 m · 3 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 70 vehicles an hour, 6% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 10.3% of vehicle volume, about 13× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1.4 collisions a year here over 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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Lappin & Ward

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)690 m; Dundas West Station (Line 2)869 m
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener898 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 898 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
512504505 nearest 104 m
TTC bus
47261684022940127 nearest 96 m
Express
929
Blue Night
304305329340300
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Lansdowne Ave at Lappin Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Antler St / Campbell Ave - SMART 184 m · 20 docks · 21 stations, 360 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 (26)
  • St Luigi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 419 m
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 490 m
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 596 m
  • Pauline Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 666 m
  • Tamarack West Outdoor SchoolPrivate · 744 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Charles SauriolFrench Public · 761 m
  • and 20 more
Parks (35)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch250 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.1 km
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.2 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 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 157 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Cafeteca, 225 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 157 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dollarama · 800 Lansdowne Avegrocery97 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Cafeteca · 297 Campbell Ave225 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
C3x Juice Creations · 297 Campbell Ave226 mPassed, Dec 2025
Shoppers Drug Mart · 1400 Dupont Stgrocery244 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 3 infractions
Pga Convenience Store · 1375 Dupont St, Unit-104grocery248 mPassed, Oct 2024
Jr Cafe · 1005 Lansdowne Ave260 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Food Basics · 830 Lansdowne Ave Nonegrocery261 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cantanhede O Bairradino · 662 Lansdowne Ave283 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 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 Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 231 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 212 m away at Campbell Avenue Park.

  • Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 225 Campbell Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    231 m
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 350 Perth Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    495 m
  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    678 m
Drinking water
Campbell Avenue Park drinking fountain · 212 m; Perth Square Park drinking fountain · 410 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 796 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre (490 m, 192 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 796 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 8
  • Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre · 14 Ruskin Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    490 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre · 544 Lansdowne Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    648 m
  • Plasp Pauline Junior Public School · 100 Pauline Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    666 m
  • Centre de La Petite Enfance - Les Amis du Monde · 55 Pelham Ave
    279 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    761 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (764 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 764 m1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 1.3 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.4 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 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,306 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 800 Lansdowne Ave (78 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 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 55 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 3,306 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202655 across the 19
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
800 Lansdowne Ave · Berkley Property Management Inc.1384199282 · Jul 2025378 m
1407 Dupont St · Firm Capital Properties Inc745200892 · Jul 20269183 m
1401 Dupont St · Firm Capital Properties Inc1716200672 · Jul 202513186 m
973 Lansdowne Avesocial housing203200391 · Jul 20250187 m
1011 Lansdowne Ave · 1298781 Ontario Inc35221197376 · Aug 202412 · 1 fire292 m
730 St Clarens Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd27518197481 · Jul 20246308 m
156 Brandon Ave19476 · Jul 20250516 m
485 Perth Ave000580 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 lots672 lots · ≈25,700 spaces · 77.1 ha
Within 500 m43 lots · ≈1,980 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 942 spaces
EV charging (City)2285 Dundas St W · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking39 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 72 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface713 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface794 m4963% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface1.2 km3763% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1.3 km187 *
141 Greenlaw Ave · Surface1.3 km5445% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 25 m away, ≈40 spaces; 26 m away, ≈9 spaces; 104 m away, ≈385 spaces; 121 m away, ≈102 spaces; 133 m away, ≈7 spaces; 160 m away, ≈2 spaces. More EV charging: 64 Annette St (1.2 km, 2 ports); 2251 Dundas St W (1.2 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 30, 2014

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 225 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 19 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (30 of 56). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 96 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 28% above the afternoon peak from 4:00 p.m. (75). Trucks and buses were 12.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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 north136southbound · 30 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west19eastbound · 1 bikes · 47.4% heavy
Total vehicles543172 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · 12.3% heavy
From the east225westbound · 9 bikes · 11.1% heavy
From the south163northbound · 16 bikes · 17.2% heavy
AM peak hour96 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour75 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 30, 2014

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 Ward St between Slow Lane and Lappin Ave, 21 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2014 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. Lappin Ave between Lansdowne Ave and Ward St measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Apr 2012). The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Ward Street between Lappin Ave and Wallace Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ward St · Slow Lane – Lappin Ave · 21 mSep 2014 · 3 days1,15834 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Lappin Ave · Lansdowne Ave – Ward St · 48 mApr 2012 · 3 days92728 km/h37 km/h40 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Ward Street · Lappin Ave – Wallace Ave
    4 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 worst year was 2019, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 1 collision (7%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3890 of 5,508
With an injury1#4355 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2704 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201423latest Mar 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

22 thefts from vehicles and 28 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 8.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 5.0 a year. 59% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 61% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2281street/outdoor (13), apartment parking (7)
Bicycle theft2870apartment parking (17), street/outdoor (8)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 18, 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 Lappin & Ward a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Lappin & Ward?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 30, 2014, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lappin & Ward?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ward St between Slow Lane and Lappin Ave (September 2014), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lappin & Ward?

The nearest Green P car park is 695 Lansdowne Ave (713 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 672 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,700 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2285 Dundas St W (1.1 km).

How do I get to Lappin & Ward by transit?

Lansdowne Station (Line 2) is 690 m away; Bloor GO is 898 m away; streetcar routes 512, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 104 m away; bus routes 47, 26, 168, 402, 29, 40, 127, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lansdowne Ave at Lappin Ave, 96 m).

What restaurants are near Lappin & Ward?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 157 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cafeteca (225 m), C3x Juice Creations (226 m), Jr Cafe (260 m) and Cantanhede O Bairradino (283 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 Lappin & Ward?

The nearest is Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 225 Campbell Ave, 231 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Perth Square Park Washroom (495 m); Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom (678 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 Lappin & Ward?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 796 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre (490 m, 192 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (648 m, 39 spaces) and Plasp Pauline Junior Public School (666 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lappin & Ward?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,306 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 800 Lansdowne Ave (78 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 1407 Dupont St (183 m, 74 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1401 Dupont St (186 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 72) and 973 Lansdowne Ave (187 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 85 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 Lappin & Ward?

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and 28 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 Lappin & Ward in?

Lappin & Ward 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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