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Pape & Sammon

Pape Ave & Sammon Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Pape & Sammon is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in Danforth East York. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Pape Station (Line 2) 539 m away.

Traffic volume
7,853
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 15, 2018
646 pedestrians · 155 cyclists
Collisions
69
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 51 property damage · #1591 of 5,508 · +5 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
Pape Station 539 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 980 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 85% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 6.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 23%, from 31 in 2016–2020 to 38 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Pape & Sammon

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)539 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)733 m; Chester Station (Line 2)812 m
TTC bus
7210062875182583 nearest 72 m
Express
925
Blue Night
325322300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Pape Ave at Fulton Ave South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Fulton Ave / Pape Ave 54 m · 19 docks · 12 stations, 242 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 (17)
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 158 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 399 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 522 m
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 703 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 788 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 797 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (23)
  • Agnes Macphail Square136 m
  • Aldwych Park463 m
  • Westwood Park506 m
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette570 m
  • Langford Parkette620 m
  • Logan Green Field647 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch672 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch826 m
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.1 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 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 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 189 eating places within a kilometre — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Hanamaru, 27 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 189 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Hanamaru · 862 Pape Ave27 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Goat Coffee Co. · 893 Pape Ave27 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Number One Chinese Restaurant · 897 Pape Ave36 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Lorenzo's Pizzeria · 852 Pape Ave62 mPassed, Mar 2026
Oliver Coffee Bar · 852 Pape Ave Unit-362 mPassed, Aug 2026
Oliver Coffee Bar · 852 Pape Ave, Unit-362 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Gianni's Pasta · 877 Pape Ave78 mPassed, Aug 2025
Storeasy Convenience & Grocery · 846 Pape Avegrocery80 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 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 East York Community Centre Washroom, 838 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 479 m away at Aldwych Park.

  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    838 m
  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
Aldwych Park drinking fountain · 479 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,968 spaces; 14 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Broad View French Montessori School (44 m, 33 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,968 spaces
Fee subsidy14 of 19
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 903 Pape Ave
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    44 m
  • Chester Jr YMCA · 115 Gowan Ave
    161 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    522 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre · 121 Cosburn Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    564 m
  • Network - Child's Nest Early Years and Child Care Centre - 123 Cosburn · 123 Cosburn Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    565 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (817 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 817 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 2.9 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1 km1300 Pape 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

76 registered apartment buildings with 5,401 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 160 Floyd Ave (372 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1952), which scored 77 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 76 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 134 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 61 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings76 · 5,401 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026134 across the 76
Open fire-code violations61
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
160 Floyd Ave123195277 · Jul 20251372 m
135 Sammon Ave · Town & Country Property Managers113195694 · Dec 20250374 m
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 20250380 m
156 Floyd Avesocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc416199293 · Oct 20250386 m
130 Gowan Ave · Greenwin Inc16012196898 · Jun 20247 · 2 fire508 m
100 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.12117196697 · Jun 20254536 m
111 Cosburn Ave · Mpct Dif Cosburn Avenue GP Inc.363195596 · Nov 20253545 m
101 Cosburn Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd7310196093 · Jul 20262547 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 lots466 lots · ≈14,380 spaces · 43.1 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈600 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 639 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 728 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking13 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
716 Pape Ave · Surface539 m7475% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface552 m70 *
77 Gough Ave · Surface552 m1783% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface569 m3065% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface584 m3543% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 28 m away, ≈4 spaces; 35 m away, ≈28 spaces; 38 m away, ≈14 spaces; 77 m away, ≈12 spaces; 86 m away, ≈29 spaces; 93 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (751 m, 8 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1.1 km, 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, May 15, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,970 northbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 363. Most cyclists arrived from the east (77 of 155). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,179 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 1,015 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north3,520southbound · 54 bikes · 6.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,853646 pedestrians · 155 cyclists · 6.2% heavy
From the east363westbound · 77 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south3,970northbound · 24 bikes · 6.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,179 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,015 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 15, 2018

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 Pape Ave between Canning Ave and Browning Ave (170 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. 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 · 170 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

2019 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions69#1591 of 5,508
With an injury9#1930 of 4,660
Property damage only51
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian2#1918 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2217 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201489latest Jun 12, 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 ten thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.0 a year. 40% 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 vehicle1030street/outdoor (4), house driveway/garage (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 9, 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pape & Sammon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 69 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 & Sammon?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from May 15, 2018, 85% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pape & Sammon?

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 & Sammon?

The nearest Green P car park is 716 Pape Ave (539 m away, 74 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 466 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,380 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (728 m).

How do I get to Pape & Sammon by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 539 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 62, 87, 51, 8, 25, 83 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Pape Ave at Fulton Ave South Side, 72 m).

What restaurants are near Pape & Sammon?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 189 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Hanamaru (27 m), Goat Coffee Co. (27 m), Number One Chinese Restaurant (36 m), Lorenzo's Pizzeria (62 m) and Oliver Coffee Bar (62 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 & Sammon?

The nearest is East York Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Pape Ave, 838 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Withrow Park North Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Sammon?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,968 spaces in total; 14 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Broad View French Montessori School (44 m, 33 spaces), Chester Jr YMCA (522 m, 161 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre (564 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pape & Sammon?

76 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,401 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 160 Floyd Ave (372 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 135 Sammon Ave (374 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 768 Pape Ave (380 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73) and 156 Floyd Ave (386 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 76 is 90 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 & Sammon?

Toronto Police place ten 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Pape & Sammon in?

Pape & Sammon is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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