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Lonsdale & Forest Hill

Lonsdale Rd & Forest Hill Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Casa Loma · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Lonsdale & Forest Hill is a lightly travelled intersection. It sits in Casa Loma. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: St Clair Station (Line 1) 935 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,687
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 20, 2022
526 pedestrians · 68 cyclists
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3346 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair Station 935 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 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 460 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 40% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 2.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 9%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lonsdale & Forest Hill

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair Station (Line 1)935 m; Davisville Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
512 nearest 482 m
TTC bus
133397147488 nearest 146 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Avenue Rd / Lonsdale Rd 162 m · 11 docks · 15 stations, 249 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)
  • Upper Canada Prep SchoolPrivate · 63 m
  • Upper Canada College SchoolPrivate · 256 m
  • Bishop Strachan SchoolPrivate · 358 m
  • City High SchoolPrivate · 458 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 547 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 549 m
  • and 17 more
Community centres
Parks (35)
  • Glenn Gould Park454 m
  • Amsterdam Square484 m
  • Montclair Avenue Parkette655 m
  • Dunvegan Parkette713 m
  • Suydam Park765 m
  • Lawton Parkette769 m
  • and 29 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 58 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Bistro Five61, 398 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bistro Five61 · 561 Avenue Rd398 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Imperial Event Space · 129 St Clair Ave W576 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
The Market · 111 St Clair Ave Wgrocery601 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Bento Sushi · 111 St Clair Ave W602 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
The Bradgate Arms · 54 Foxbar Rd620 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Village Chill · 325b Lonsdale Rd628 mPassed, Aug 2024
Greenhouse Juice Co. · 417 Spadina Rd633 mPassed, Feb 2024
Second Cup Coffee · 415 Spadina Rd633 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 Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 735 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 474 m away at Glenn Gould Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    735 m
  • Oriole Park Toronto Washroom · 201 Oriole Pkwy
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    870 m
Drinking water
Glenn Gould Park bottle filling station · 474 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 659 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (403 m, 92 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 659 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre · 300 Lonsdale Rd
    92 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    403 m
  • Mothercraft Robertson House (32 Heath Street West) · 32 Heath St W
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    669 m
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto · 454 Avenue Rd
    170 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    672 m
  • Oriole Nursery School · 1570 Yonge St
    32 spaces · preschool
    728 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 1 km20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 1.8 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.6 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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

102 registered apartment buildings with 6,874 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — 4.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 215 Lonsdale Rd (106 m, 177 units, 20 storeys, built 2022), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 113 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 21 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings102 · 6,874 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026113 across the 102
Open fire-code violations21
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
215 Lonsdale Rd · Dbs Developments177202022100 · Jul 20243106 m
606 Avenue Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.6211195585 · Jul 20261151 m
587 Avenue Rd · Hollyburn Properties223195685 · Jul 20262251 m
585 Avenue Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.5711195587 · Jul 20262266 m
567 Avenue Rd · Gossner & Hornar Management Ltd.6311195589 · Oct 20253343 m
494 Avenue Rd · Westdale Properties11813195693 · Aug 20263350 m
62 Oriole Gdns · Oriole Court Management133191876 · Sep 20250355 m
565 Avenue Rd · Realstar6312195290 · Oct 20250364 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 lots682 lots · ≈27,320 spaces · 81.9 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈1,350 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 1,953 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 773 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
453 Spadina Rd · Surface656 m5584% (Q1 2026)
10 Delisle Ave · Garage762 m24029% (Q1 2026)
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage801 m173 *
1501 Yonge Street · Surface861 m37 *
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage913 m26 *

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈11 spaces; 108 m away, ≈20 spaces; 151 m away, ≈21 spaces; 172 m away, ≈16 spaces; 189 m away, ≈71 spaces; 189 m away, ≈106 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (773 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (1.4 km, 2 ports); 75 Holly St. (1.9 km, 29 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, Apr 20, 2022

The west leg carries the load — 1,178 eastbound vehicles, or 32% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 745. Morning rush is the busier period: 775 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 576 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north889southbound · 11 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west1,178eastbound · 9 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles3,687526 pedestrians · 68 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east745westbound · 29 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south875northbound · 19 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour775 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour576 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 20, 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

The City's counter on Forest Hill Rd between Lonsdale Rd and Frybrook Rd (114 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 3,700 vehicles a day. Lonsdale Rd between Avenue Rd and Forest Hill Rd measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Jul 2008). The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Forest Hill Rd (148 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.1% of the 857 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lonsdale Rd · Avenue Rd – Forest Hill Rd · 77 mJul 2008 · 3 days3,88036 km/h45 km/h50 km/h
Forest Hill Rd · Lonsdale Rd – Frybrook Rd · 114 mOct 2017 · 3 days3,71241 km/h49 km/h54 km/h

School-zone speed sign 148 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit11%
40 km/h or more1.1%

Forest Hill Rd (northbound), E Side Forest Hill Rd Across Hse # 112/114 · 857 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2024 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3346 of 5,508
With an injury1#4379 of 4,660
Property damage only17
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2087 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201425latest Apr 28, 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

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 23, 2017. 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 Casa Loma.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lonsdale & Forest Hill a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 20, 2022, 40% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Forest Hill Rd between Lonsdale Rd and Frybrook Rd (October 2017), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 148 m away (30 km/h), 1.1% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

The nearest Green P car park is 453 Spadina Rd (656 m away, 55 spaces, 84% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 682 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,320 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (773 m).

How do I get to Lonsdale & Forest Hill by transit?

St Clair Station (Line 1) is 935 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 482 m away; bus routes 13, 33, 97, 14, 74, 88 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

None within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bistro Five61 (398 m), Imperial Event Space (576 m), Bento Sushi (602 m), The Bradgate Arms (620 m) and Village Chill (628 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 Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 735 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Oriole Park Toronto Washroom (870 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 Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 659 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (403 m, 92 spaces), Mothercraft Robertson House (32 Heath Street West) (669 m, 59 spaces) and Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (672 m, 170 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

102 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,874 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 215 Lonsdale Rd (106 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 606 Avenue Rd (151 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 587 Avenue Rd (251 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 585 Avenue Rd (266 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 102 is 91 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 Lonsdale & Forest Hill?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Casa Loma page.

What neighbourhood is Lonsdale & Forest Hill in?

Lonsdale & Forest Hill is in Casa Loma (City of Toronto neighbourhood 096). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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