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Palmerston & Dupont

Palmerston Ave & Dupont St · Toronto, Ontario · Annex · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Palmerston & Dupont is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in the Annex. It has a bike lane and parks at the corner. Nearby: Dupont Station (Line 1) 818 m away.

Traffic volume
19,380
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 23, 2024
1,337 pedestrians · 563 cyclists · #929 busiest
Collisions
43
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 30 property damage · #2277 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Dupont Station 818 m · 1 streetcar route · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,380 vehicles, 1.20× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 14 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 2.9% of vehicle volume, about 3.7× the typical share. That comes with about 4.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 13%, from 23 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Palmerston & Dupont

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)818 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)854 m; Christie Station (Line 2)910 m; Spadina Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
511 nearest 807 m
TTC bus
267126127 nearest 15 m
Blue Night
307300
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dupont St at Palmerston Ave
Cycling
Sharrows on Palmerston Ave installed 2022
Bike Share
Palmerston Ave / Vermont Ave 140 m · 15 docks · 22 stations, 397 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 (31)
  • Palmerston Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 513 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - AdvancementPrivate · 586 m
  • George Brown College - Casa Loma CampusCollege · 593 m
  • Royal St George's College School - Jr SchoolPrivate · 600 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - Main AddressPrivate · 620 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - See HousePrivate · 620 m
  • and 25 more
Parks (47)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch861 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 404 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 840 m
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 1 km
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1 km
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.2 km
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 182 eating places within a kilometre — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is McDonald's, 98 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 182 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dollarama · 498 Dupont Stgrocery66 mPassed, May 2026
McDonald's · 492 Dupont St98 mPassed, May 2026
St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool · 843 Palmerston Ave159 mPassed, Jul 2026
Circle K · 1110 Bathurst Stgrocery191 mPassed, Mar 2025
Tim Hortons · 1110 Bathurst St191 mPassed, Jun 2026
Annex Social · 1078 Bathurst St201 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Rapido · 1089 Bathurst St204 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Vesta Lunch · 474 Dupont St205 mConditional pass, Sep 2026 · 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, 615 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 207 m away at Vermont Square Park.

  • Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom · 50 Kendal Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    615 m
  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    737 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    924 m
Drinking water
Vermont Square Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 207 m; Vermont Square Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 249 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,232 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool (160 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,232 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 12
  • St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool · 843 Palmerston Ave
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    160 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School · 256 Christie St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool
    439 m
  • Palmerston Community Daycare · 734 Palmerston Ave
    139 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    513 m
  • George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre · 160 Kendal Ave
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    593 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (397 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 785 m away.

FireFire Station 344 · 397 m240 Howland Ave
Police14 Division · 2.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 785 m674 Markham St

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

33 registered apartment buildings with 1,992 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2 Vermont Ave (176 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1900), which scored 69 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 33 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 25 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 14 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings33 · 1,992 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202625 across the 33
Open fire-code violations14
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2 Vermont Ave · Tse In Trust163190069 · Aug 20250176 m
1000 Bathurst St · Pad Inc14520260349 m
399 Dupont St · Qmw Properties Inc.203191396 · Jul 20260 · 8 fire373 m
339 Albany Avesocial housing · Loft Community Services424199395 · Jul 20250384 m
2 Lambertlodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation645198391 · Nov 20250497 m
922 Bathurst St · Aston Court Residences Inc183193093 · Jun 20260525 m
858 Davenport Rd · 1810036 Ontario Ltd.103192889 · Jul 20240539 m
38 Barton Ave · Castlehill Property Management184191976 · Oct 20251 · 5 fire556 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 lots820 lots · ≈20,060 spaces · 60.2 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈3,760 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 1,511 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 407 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking40 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface881 m5580% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface888 m4981% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface912 m3468% (Q1 2026)
365 Lippincott St · Surface1 km13654% (Q1 2026)
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface1.1 km19 *

Nearest lots: 19 m away, ≈3 spaces; 58 m away, ≈8 spaces; 71 m away, ≈19 spaces; 77 m away, ≈44 spaces; 83 m away, ≈28 spaces; 100 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 580 Christie St (1 km, 2 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (1 km, 10 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.1 km, 6 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 — 14-hour, Jul 23, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 9,514 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 47. Most cyclists arrived from the west (258 of 563). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,578 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,704 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north47southbound · 2 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west9,514eastbound · 258 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles19,3801,337 pedestrians · 563 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east9,334westbound · 240 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south485northbound · 63 bikes · 4.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,578 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,704 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 23, 2024

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 Dupont St between Skaters Lane and Hammond Pl (101 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 8,600 vehicles a day. Palmerston Ave between Vermont Ave and Dupont St measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Jun 2001). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Palmerston Ave · Vermont Ave – Dupont St · 58 mJun 2001 · 2 days1,06227 km/h34 km/h39 km/h
Dupont St · Skaters Lane – Hammond Pl · 101 mJun 2022 · 7 days8,61542 km/h49 km/h54 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

2019 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions43#2277 of 5,508
With an injury5#2667 of 4,660
Property damage only30
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1790 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201460latest Jun 19, 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 seven thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 29% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle730street/outdoor (6), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft721house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 18, 2026. 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 Annex.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Palmerston & Dupont a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 Palmerston & Dupont?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #929 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.20× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Palmerston & Dupont?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dupont St between Skaters Lane and Hammond Pl (June 2022), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Palmerston & Dupont?

The nearest Green P car park is 557 Palmerston Ave (881 m away, 55 spaces, 80% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 820 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,060 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (407 m).

How do I get to Palmerston & Dupont by transit?

Dupont Station (Line 1) is 818 m away; streetcar route 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 807 m away; bus routes 26, 7, 126, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dupont St at Palmerston Ave, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Palmerston & Dupont?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 182 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (98 m), St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool (159 m), Tim Hortons (191 m), Annex Social (201 m) and Rapido (204 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 Palmerston & Dupont?

The nearest is Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 50 Kendal Ave, 615 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Hillcrest Park Washroom (737 m); Christie Pits Park Washroom (924 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 Palmerston & Dupont?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,232 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool (160 m, 69 spaces), Odyssey Montessori School (439 m, 57 spaces) and Palmerston Community Daycare (513 m, 139 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Palmerston & Dupont?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,992 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Vermont Ave (176 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 1000 Bathurst St (349 m, 14 units), 399 Dupont St (373 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 339 Albany Ave (384 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 89 out of 100; 1 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 Palmerston & Dupont?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Annex page.

What neighbourhood is Palmerston & Dupont in?

Palmerston & Dupont is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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