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Northumberland & Delaware

Northumberland St & Delaware Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 9, Davenport

Northumberland & Delaware is a quiet local crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto. At the corner: Ossington Station and parks. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
943
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 30, 2006
1,365 pedestrians · 211 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3856 of 5,508 · +4 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
Ossington Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 120 vehicles an hour, 10% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.4 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 22.4% of vehicle volume, about 29× the typical share. On average 1.4 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Northumberland & Delaware

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)67 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)475 m; Christie Station (Line 2)783 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 1 km
TTC bus
16194632940212626 nearest 95 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306300363329
Nearest stops
17 surface stops within 300 m — Dovercourt Rd at Northumberland St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Bloor St W 150 m · 15 docks · 20 stations, 349 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 (27)
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 535 m
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 582 m
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 602 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 686 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 693 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 723 m
  • and 21 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch530 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.4 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 55 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 232 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Salvation Army Bloor Central, 101 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés55 within 300 m · 232 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Salvation Army Bloor Central · 789 Dovercourt Rd101 mPassed, Aug 2026
Laziza Mediterranean Cuisine · 950 Bloor St W103 mPassed, Sep 2026
Concord Cafe · 298 Concord Ave103 mPassed, Sep 2026
Fat Bastard Burrito · 930 Bloor St W112 mPassed, Sep 2026
Michael Collins Irish Pub · 926 Bloor St W113 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Ambassador Pizza Co. · 946 Bloor St W120 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Teddy Beer · 928 Bloor St W122 mPassed, May 2026
Bloorcourt Village Elc · 823 Dovercourt Rd124 mPassed, May 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, 477 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 176 m away at Northumberland Playground.

  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    477 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    587 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    655 m
Drinking water
Northumberland Playground drinking fountain · 176 m; Salem Parkette bottle filling station · 221 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 1,172 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (126 m, 106 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,172 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 14
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    126 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    180 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    247 m
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    502 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (945 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 148 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 945 m1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.3 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 148 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

Within a kilometre there are 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,259 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 220 Delaware Ave (44 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 82, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 37 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 1,259 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score82 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202637 across the 20
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 2025044 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250101 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260284 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514317 m
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 202610323 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260368 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250407 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511410 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 lots713 lots · ≈22,560 spaces · 67.7 ha
Within 500 m50 lots · ≈800 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 802 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 322 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking124 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 54 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface225 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface307 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface408 m3763% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface901 m3468% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1 km4963% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 37 m away, ≈6 spaces; 63 m away, ≈25 spaces; 66 m away, ≈6 spaces; 87 m away, ≈17 spaces; 92 m away, ≈6 spaces; 108 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (482 m, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (1.1 km, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.4 km, 4 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 30, 2006 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 292 and 329 vehicles. Evening rush dominates here: 142 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 129 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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 north0southbound · 60 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west322eastbound · 58 bikes · 0.3% heavy
Total vehicles9431,365 pedestrians · 211 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east329westbound · 51 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the south292northbound · 42 bikes · 0.7% heavy
AM peak hour129 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour142 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 30, 2006 · weekend

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 Northumberland St between Dovercourt Rd and Westmoreland Ave, 151 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2004 put the average speed at 24 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. Delaware Ave between Lane N of Bloor and E of Delaware and Northumberland St measured slower: 20 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Nov 2019). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Delaware Avenue between Hallam St and Northumberland St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Delaware Ave · Lane N of Bloor and E of Delaware – Northumberland St · 37 mNov 2019 · 2 days94720 km/h29 km/h33 km/h
Northumberland St · Dovercourt Rd – Westmoreland Ave · 151 mApr 2004 · 3 days63924 km/h35 km/h42 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Delaware Avenue · Hallam St – Northumberland St
    7 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 2020, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 64% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3856 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only8
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201421latest Apr 7, 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

Eight thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.1 a year. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle810street/outdoor (4), other (1)
Bicycle theft320transit property (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 21, 2024. 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 Northumberland & Delaware 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 Northumberland & Delaware?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 30, 2006, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Northumberland & Delaware?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Northumberland St between Dovercourt Rd and Westmoreland Ave (April 2004), found an average of 24 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Northumberland & Delaware?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (225 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 713 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,560 spaces — 50 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (322 m).

How do I get to Northumberland & Delaware by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 67 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 1.0 km away; bus routes 161, 94, 63, 29, 402, 126, 26, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dovercourt Rd at Northumberland St, 95 m).

What restaurants are near Northumberland & Delaware?

55 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 232 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Salvation Army Bloor Central (101 m), Laziza Mediterranean Cuisine (103 m), Concord Cafe (103 m), Fat Bastard Burrito (112 m) and Michael Collins Irish Pub (113 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 Northumberland & Delaware?

The nearest is Dovercourt Park Washroom, 155 Bartlett Ave, 477 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom (587 m); Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (655 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 Northumberland & Delaware?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,172 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (126 m, 106 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (180 m, 49 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (247 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Northumberland & Delaware?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,259 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 220 Delaware Ave (44 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 767 Dovercourt Rd (101 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1019 Bloor St W (284 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 63) and 730 Dovercourt Rd (317 m, 356 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 82 out of 100; 3 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 Northumberland & Delaware?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and three 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 Northumberland & Delaware in?

Northumberland & Delaware is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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