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Pape & Gertrude

Pape Ave & Gertrude Pl · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Pape & Gertrude is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in the Danforth. At the corner: Pape Station and a park. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,660
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 3, 2016
935 pedestrians · 20 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3812 of 5,508 · +1 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
Pape Station
subway station within 250 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 830 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 72% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 1.5 reported collisions a year, 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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Pape & Gertrude

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)92 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)505 m; Chester Station (Line 2)617 m
TTC bus
7210083625182587 nearest 55 m
Blue Night
325300322
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Pape Station
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Gough Ave 237 m · 25 docks · 12 stations, 222 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 (25)
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 374 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 500 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 544 m
  • Earl Grey Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 561 m
  • Jones Avenue Adult CentreEnglish Public · 590 m
  • Wilkinson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 664 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (23)
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette178 m
  • Langford Parkette316 m
  • Logan Green Field358 m
  • 24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park436 m
  • Logan Avenue Parkette459 m
  • Agnes Macphail Square594 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch213 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 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 44 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 190 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Swiss Chalet, 66 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés44 within 300 m · 190 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Swiss Chalet · 722 Pape Ave66 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 743 Pape Ave Unit-169 mPassed, Aug 2026
Good Brothers Fruit Market · 733 Pape Avegrocery105 mPassed, Sep 2025
Souv Like · 708 Pape Ave105 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Monopol Cafe · 706 Pape Ave Rm-1108 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Juicy Birds · 721 Pape Ave131 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
A & W · 654 Danforth Ave150 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Price War · 644 Danforth Ave151 mPassed, Aug 2024 · 1 infraction

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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 565 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 322 m away at Langford Parkette.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    565 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    641 m
  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    839 m
Drinking water
Langford Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 322 m; Logan Green Field bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 376 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,597 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Play Loft (244 m, 122 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,597 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 15
  • Play Loft · 583 Danforth Ave
    122 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    244 m
  • Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) · 690 Carlaw Ave
    115 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    374 m
  • Athletic Montessori Academy · 890 Danforth Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    490 m
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 903 Pape Ave
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    497 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (872 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 872 m away.

FireFire Station 323 · 872 m153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 2.6 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 872 m153 Chatham 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

Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,808 rental units — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 768 Pape Ave (87 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1990), which scored 73 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 28 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,808 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202628 across the 21
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 2025087 m
796 Carlaw Ave314192290 · Sep 20241261 m
39 Harcourt AveToronto Community Housing · TCH153198994 · Nov 20250374 m
98 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1006199296 · Aug 20251451 m
100 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation3007197797 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire453 m
135 Sammon Ave · Town & Country Property Managers113195694 · Dec 20250572 m
575 Pape Ave · D&d Property Management173193092 · Jul 20241634 m
51 Donlands Avesocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.535198594 · Jul 20240662 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 lots543 lots · ≈13,820 spaces · 41.5 ha
Within 500 m48 lots · ≈840 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 705 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Arundel Ave. · 524 m · 8 Level 2 ports
Bike parking68 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 80 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
716 Pape Ave · Surface80 m7475% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface127 m1783% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface131 m70 *
17 Eaton Ave · Surface184 m3065% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface249 m3543% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 47 m away, ≈13 spaces; 49 m away, ≈33 spaces; 70 m away, ≈48 spaces; 90 m away, ≈48 spaces (Green P); 105 m away, ≈14 spaces; 114 m away, ≈20 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 503 Jones Ave (636 m, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (771 m, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (802 m, 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, Mar 3, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,482 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 98 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,059 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 880 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 18.8% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 north3,080southbound · 9 bikes · 18.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,660935 pedestrians · 20 cyclists · 18.8% heavy
From the east98westbound · 0 bikes · 17.3% heavy
From the south3,482northbound · 11 bikes · 19.4% heavy
AM peak hour880 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,059 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 3, 2016

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 Pape Ave between Canning Ave and Browning Ave, 290 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2017 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 14,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pape Ave · Canning Ave – Browning Ave · 290 mAug 2017 · 3 days14,36845 km/h53 km/h58 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

The worst year was 2020, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (7%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3812 of 5,508
With an injury1#4450 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2866 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201419latest Apr 9, 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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 20, 2025. 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 Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pape & Gertrude a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 Pape & Gertrude?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 3, 2016, 72% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pape & Gertrude?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pape Ave between Canning Ave and Browning Ave (August 2017), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pape & Gertrude?

The nearest Green P car park is 716 Pape Ave (80 m away, 74 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 543 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,820 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Arundel Ave. (524 m).

How do I get to Pape & Gertrude by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 92 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 83, 62, 51, 8, 25, 87 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pape Station, 55 m).

What restaurants are near Pape & Gertrude?

44 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 190 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Swiss Chalet (66 m), Tim Hortons (69 m), Souv Like (105 m), Monopol Cafe (108 m) and Juicy Birds (131 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 Pape & Gertrude?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 565 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (641 m); Withrow Park South Washroom (839 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 Pape & Gertrude?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,597 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Play Loft (244 m, 122 spaces), Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) (374 m, 115 spaces) and Athletic Montessori Academy (490 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pape & Gertrude?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,808 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 768 Pape Ave (87 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 796 Carlaw Ave (261 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 39 Harcourt Ave (374 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 98 Cavell Ave (451 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 88 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 Pape & Gertrude?

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 Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Pape & Gertrude in?

Pape & Gertrude is in Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 066). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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