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Northumberland & Delaware

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

Northumberland & Delaware sits in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto. At the City's last count here, in 2006, it was a quiet local crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: Ossington Station and parks. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
943
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 30, 2006
1,365 pedestrians · 211 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
Ossington Station
subway station within 250 m
14 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
75/100
city median 48 · #537 of 5,672
34 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 205 m

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Northumberland & Delaware

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 30, 2006 · weekend

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 16,177 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 21 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

Peak hours: 129 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 142 from 4:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

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, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 5, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14
With an injury0
Property damage only8
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2019

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. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 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) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 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; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)91 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)552 m · 7 min; Christie Station (Line 2)919 m · 11 min
TTC bus
161 94 63 29 402 26 126 nearest 105 m
Express
929
Blue Night
300 363 329
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Bloor St W 214 m · 15 docks · 13 stations, 233 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
16 car parks · about 746 spaces
EV charging
685 Dovercourt Rd · 404 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 705 Shaw St (668 m), 273 Christie St (1.5 km)
Bike parking
89 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 54 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
37 mapped lots within 500 m, 430 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface284 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface376 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface467 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1.1 km4963% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface1.1 km3468% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Strictly Bulk, 205 m away. For everything else there are two convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 34 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 132 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Concord Cafe, 123 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Bloor Court Pharmacy, 124 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: The O'neill Centre, a long-term care home 1.0 km away; New Horizons Tower, a retirement home 714 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Concord Cafe · 298 Concord Ave123 m
  • Laziza Mediterranean Cuisine · 950 Bloor St W125 m
  • Ambassador Pizza Co. · 946 Bloor St W126 m
  • Fat Bastard Burrito · 930 Bloor St W153 m
  • Macs Pizza · 759 Dovercourt Rd171 m
34 within 300 m · 132 within 1 km
Grocery
Strictly Bulk 205 m · 5 within 1 km
Food shops
Vince Gasparro's Meat Market 443 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Bloor Court Pharmacy 124 m · 9 within 1 km
Child care
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 106 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day176 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day216 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day350 m · 4 min
6 licensed centres · 461 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.637 m · 8 min
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed803 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Northumberland Playground 180 m; Salem Parkette 271 m · 3 min
Health and care
  • The O'neill Centre · long-term care home1 km · 12 min
  • New Horizons Tower · retirement home714 m · 9 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (18)
and 13 more within 1.5 km
Schools (16)
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 730 m · 9 min
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 759 m · 9 min
  • Bloor C.i. & Alpha Ii AlternativeEnglish Public · 852 m · 10 min
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 877 m · 10 min
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 906 m · 11 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch638 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.4 km · 16 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

75of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #537 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 34 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Ossington Station · 9 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 638 m away

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,092 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 15 scored below 70; the average is 79, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 202544 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 2025137 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 2026353 m · 4 min
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 2026414 m · 5 min
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 2025419 m · 5 min
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 2026480 m · 6 min

15 registered buildings · 1,092 units · 3 social housing · tallest 20 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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

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

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 at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Apr 30, 2006, 10% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Northumberland & Delaware a walkable intersection?

Northumberland & Delaware scores 75 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #537 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Ossington Station · 9 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 34 places to eat within 300 m; 4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

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 (284 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 430 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,690 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (404 m).

How do I get to Northumberland & Delaware by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 91 m away; bus routes 161, 94, 63, 29, 402, 26, 126, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Northumberland & Delaware?

34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 132 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Concord Cafe (123 m), Laziza Mediterranean Cuisine (125 m), Ambassador Pizza Co. (126 m), Fat Bastard Burrito (153 m) and Macs Pizza (171 m). 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, 637 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (803 m); Christie Pits Park Washroom (900 m).

Is there child care near Northumberland & Delaware?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 461 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (176 m, 106 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (216 m, 49 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (350 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Northumberland & Delaware?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,092 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 220 Delaware Ave (44 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 767 Dovercourt Rd (137 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1019 Bloor St W (353 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 63) and 357 Rusholme Rd (414 m, 267 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 79 out of 100; 3 scored below 70.

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. 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