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Madison & Macpherson

Madison Ave & Macpherson Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Casa Loma · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's · Dupont by the Castle BIA

Madison & Macpherson, in Casa Loma, is a low-volume local intersection. It has Dupont Station, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,070
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 11, 2020
211 pedestrians · 24 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5039 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
Dupont Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 130 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 12% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.2% of vehicle volume, about 2.9× the typical share. On average 0.5 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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Madison & Macpherson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dupont Station (Line 1)144 m; Spadina Station (Line 1)659 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 1 km
TTC bus
1272619137 nearest 123 m
Blue Night
306307
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Macpherson Ave / Spadina Rd 64 m · 15 docks · 19 stations, 297 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 (38)
  • Waldorf Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 137 m
  • George Brown College - Casa Loma CampusCollege · 379 m
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 408 m
  • Huron Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 692 m
  • Jackman Institute of Child Study Elementary SchoolUniversity · 725 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - AdvancementPrivate · 780 m
  • and 32 more
Community centres
Parks (53)
  • Walmer Rd Parkette195 m
  • Spadina Park281 m
  • Boulton Drive Parkette306 m
  • Glen Edyth Drive Parkette314 m
  • High Level Pumping Station and Park393 m
  • Austin Terrace Boulevard Lands443 m
  • and 47 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch0.9 km
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 328 m
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 351 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 542 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.1 km
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 1.2 km
  • Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 87 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Casa Mezcal, 98 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 87 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Casa Mezcal · 252 Dupont St98 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Dulzura Mexican Dessert · 260 Dupont St108 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 268 Dupont St115 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Subway · 268 Dupont St115 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ezra's Pound · 238 Dupont St120 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Euphoria Cake & Dessert · 258 Dupont St129 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 3 infractions
Gleam & Sip · 215 Madison Ave130 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions
Country Style · 272 Dupont St151 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 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 Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 553 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 252 m away at Spadina Park.

  • Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom · 50 Kendal Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    553 m
  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    914 m
  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    923 m
Drinking water
Spadina Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 252 m; Jean Sibelius Square drinking fountain · 550 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,200 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison (137 m, 31 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,200 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 14
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison · 250 Madison Ave
    31 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    137 m
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre · 263 Spadina Rd
    44 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    142 m
  • George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre · 160 Kendal Ave
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    379 m
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre · 240 Avenue Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    682 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (565 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 344 · 565 m240 Howland Ave
Police52 Division · 2.8 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.1 km135 Davenport 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

78 registered apartment buildings with 4,908 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 200 Madison Ave (58 m, 82 units, 6 storeys, built 2019), which scored 95 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 78 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 93 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 35 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings78 · 4,908 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202693 across the 78
Open fire-code violations35
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Madison Ave · Madison View Homes826201995 · Nov 2025058 m
661 Huron St · Dash Property Management153191881 · Jul 20263219 m
155 Kendal Avesocial housing · Greenwin Corp.595199296 · Aug 20261287 m
280 St George St · Westdale Properties8516196786 · Sep 20250341 m
359 Davenport Rd · 741476 Ontario Inc.174190079 · Jul 20260343 m
276 St George St · Cromwell Management Inc.889196597 · Sep 20260387 m
277-283 St George St · 720745 Ontario Inc.7410197185 · Sep 20255 · 5 fire390 m
267 St George St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.6310195891 · Sep 20253443 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 lots833 lots · ≈22,850 spaces · 68.6 ha
Within 500 m70 lots · ≈1,770 spaces
Green P (public)29 car parks · about 3,263 spaces
EV charging (City)19 Spadina Rd · 939 m · 6 Level 2 ports
Bike parking98 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface501 m4024% (Q1 2026)
19 Spadina Road · Surface922 m65 *
9 Madison Ave. · Surface1 km38 *
465 Huron Street · Surface1 km15 *
4 Spadina Road · Surface1 km51 *

Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈16 spaces; 81 m away, ≈37 spaces; 101 m away, ≈18 spaces; 112 m away, ≈64 spaces; 122 m away, ≈21 spaces; 134 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 365 Lippincott St. (1.2 km, 10 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.3 km, 9 ports); 273 Christie St (1.3 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, Feb 11, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 520 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 230. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 211 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (181). Trucks and buses were 7.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north230southbound · 5 bikes · 10.9% heavy
From the west520eastbound · 16 bikes · 6.3% heavy
Total vehicles1,070211 pedestrians · 24 cyclists · 7.3% heavy
From the east320westbound · 3 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour181 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour211 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 11, 2020

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 Macpherson Ave between Madison Ave and Spadina Rd (49 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 41 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Madison Ave between Macpherson Ave and Davenport Rd measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (May 2024). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Macpherson Ave · Madison Ave – Spadina Rd · 49 mNov 2021 · 3 days1,56932 km/h41 km/h48 km/h
Madison Ave · Macpherson Ave – Davenport Rd · 93 mMay 2024 · 3 days71426 km/h37 km/h43 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 (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 20% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Jan 28, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5039 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2095 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20146latest Jan 28, 2025

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 one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 13, 2022. 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 Madison & Macpherson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Madison & Macpherson?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 11, 2020, 12% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Madison & Macpherson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Macpherson Ave between Madison Ave and Spadina Rd (November 2021), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Madison & Macpherson?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (501 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 833 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,850 spaces — 70 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (939 m).

How do I get to Madison & Macpherson by transit?

Dupont Station (Line 1) is 144 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 1.0 km away; bus routes 127, 26, 19, 13, 7 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Madison & Macpherson?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 87 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Casa Mezcal (98 m), Dulzura Mexican Dessert (108 m), Subway (115 m), Subway (115 m) and Ezra's Pound (120 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 Madison & Macpherson?

The nearest is Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 50 Kendal Ave, 553 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Ramsden Park Washroom (914 m); Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom (923 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 Madison & Macpherson?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,200 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison (137 m, 31 spaces), Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre (142 m, 44 spaces) and George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre (379 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Madison & Macpherson?

78 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,908 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Madison Ave (58 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 661 Huron St (219 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 155 Kendal Ave (287 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 280 St George St (341 m, 85 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 78 is 90 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 Madison & Macpherson?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 Madison & Macpherson in?

Madison & Macpherson is in Casa Loma (City of Toronto neighbourhood 096). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow. The corner falls inside the Dupont by the Castle Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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