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Ormskirk & Ripley

Ormskirk Ave & Ripley Ave · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Ormskirk & Ripley is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in High Park-Swansea. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,939
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 20, 2005
63 pedestrians · 20 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 11 property damage · #4201 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 240 vehicles an hour, 21% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 31 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 1.1 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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Ormskirk & Ripley

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501508507 nearest 443 m
TTC bus
778066 nearest 34 m
Blue Night
301
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Ormskirk Ave at Ripley Ave East Side; South Kingsway at Ormskirk Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ripley Ave / Ormskirk Ave 14 m · 23 docks · 8 stations, 164 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 (6)
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 513 m
  • Etienne Brule Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • St Mark Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
  • Blyth Academy School - EtobicokePrivate · 1.3 km
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
Parks (25)
  • Riverside Drive Parkette122 m
  • Ormskirk Park199 m
  • Windermere Avenue Parkette249 m
  • Coe Hill Drive Parkette288 m
  • South Kingsway Parkette400 m
  • Rennie Park499 m
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 km
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 1.3 km
  • The Village PlayersPerforming 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

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 8 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Cheese Boutique, 103 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cheese Boutique · 45 Ripley Ave103 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hooked · 18 Ripley Ave114 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Cheese Boutique Giftware · 29 Ripley Ave Bldg--218 mPassed, Jul 2026
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery261 mPassed, Jul 2026
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery261 mPassed, Jan 2024
Petro Canada · 90 the Queenswaygrocery443 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sunshine Foods Convenience · 12 Windermere Avegrocery489 mPassed, Dec 2025
Windermere Early Learning · 103 the Queensway513 mPassed, Aug 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 Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 547 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 190 m away at Ormskirk Park (currently off).

  • Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 15 Waller Ave
    View centre hours
    547 m
  • Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom · 1 Rennie Terr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    594 m
  • High Park Lower Hillside Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Under Construction
    894 m
Drinking water
Ormskirk Park drinking fountain · 190 m · off; South Humber Park drinking fountain · 445 m · off

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 315 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Swansea Kids Place (513 m, 258 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 315 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Swansea Kids Place · 207 Windermere Ave
    258 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    513 m
  • Windermere Early Learning Centre · 103 the Queensway
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    572 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 425 · 1 km83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 3.8 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.6 km9 Clendenan Ave

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

25 registered apartment buildings with 900 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 75 Windermere Ave (343 m, 52 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings25 · 900 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 25
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
75 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.526196295 · Sep 20262343 m
101 Coe Hill Dr473195594 · Jul 20263369 m
65 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.926196295 · Jul 20253372 m
99 Coe Hill Dr · Trivest Developments Corporation864195794 · Jul 20255381 m
93 Coe Hill Dr · Aman's Renovations & Property Management384195889 · Jul 20263395 m
9 Morningside Ave · Westside Storeys Limited364195793 · Aug 20240754 m
134 Berry Rd · Gold Seal Management224195492 · Jul 20240787 m
1 Runnymede Rd284196790 · Jul 20251804 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 lots390 lots · ≈21,300 spaces · 63.9 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈1,450 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 1,202 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 1.3 km · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface799 m185 *
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface1.1 km187 *
265 Durie St · Surface1.3 km14470% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface1.3 km9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface1.4 km14458% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 52 m away, ≈18 spaces; 67 m away, ≈55 spaces; 87 m away, ≈24 spaces; 107 m away, ≈6 spaces; 109 m away, ≈12 spaces; 129 m away, ≈7 spaces.

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, Sep 20, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 893 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 289. Morning rush is the busier period: 311 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 287 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west757eastbound · 3 bikes · 4.6% heavy
Total vehicles1,93963 pedestrians · 20 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east893westbound · 12 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the south289northbound · 5 bikes · 1.0% heavy
AM peak hour311 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour287 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 20, 2005

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 Ormskirk Ave between Southport St and Ormskirk Crt (125 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. Ripley Ave between South Kingsway and Ormskirk Ave measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Apr 2024). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ormskirk Ave · Southport St – Ormskirk Crt · 125 mApr 2022 · 24 h2,15134 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Ripley Ave · South Kingsway – Ormskirk Ave · 164 mApr 2024 · 79 days87621 km/h30 km/h35 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

2023 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 9, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4201 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only11
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 201415latest Sep 9, 2024

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 five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% 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 vehicle510street/outdoor (5)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 3, 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ormskirk & Ripley a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Ormskirk & Ripley?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 20, 2005, 21% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ormskirk & Ripley?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ormskirk Ave between Southport St and Ormskirk Crt (April 2022), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ormskirk & Ripley?

The nearest Green P car park is 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) (799 m away, 185 spaces). The City's mapping shows 390 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,300 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (1.3 km).

How do I get to Ormskirk & Ripley by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 508, 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 443 m away; bus routes 77, 80, 66 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ormskirk Ave at Ripley Ave East Side, 34 m).

What restaurants are near Ormskirk & Ripley?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cheese Boutique (103 m), Hooked (114 m), Cheese Boutique Giftware (218 m) and Windermere Early Learning (513 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 Ormskirk & Ripley?

The nearest is Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 15 Waller Ave, 547 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom (594 m); High Park Lower Hillside Washroom (894 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 Ormskirk & Ripley?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 315 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Swansea Kids Place (513 m, 258 spaces) and Windermere Early Learning Centre (572 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ormskirk & Ripley?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 900 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 75 Windermere Ave (343 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 101 Coe Hill Dr (369 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 65 Windermere Ave (372 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 99 Coe Hill Dr (381 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 94 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 Ormskirk & Ripley?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Ormskirk & Ripley in?

Ormskirk & Ripley is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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