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Poplar & Cumber

Poplar Rd & Cumber Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Guildwood · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Poplar & Cumber is a lightly travelled intersection. It sits in Guildwood. At the corner: a school within 250 m. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,455
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 22, 2014
291 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4050 of 5,508 · +2 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 180 vehicles an hour, 16% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 1.2 collisions a year here over 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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Poplar & Cumber

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
116406 nearest 335 m
Blue Night
334
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eastview Park 681 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 22 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 (9)
  • Poplar Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 123 m
  • Jack Miner Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 443 m
  • Eastview Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 747 m
  • Maplewood High SchoolEnglish Public · 945 m
  • Academie Alexandre DumasFrench Public · 1.1 km
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier & Native Learning Ctr EastEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (11)
  • Poplar Park376 m
  • Galloway Park734 m
  • Eastview Park822 m
  • Guild Park and Gardens922 m
  • Guildwood Village Park930 m
  • Peter Secor Park1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Guildwood branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Guild Park and Gardens (formely known as Guildwood Park)Nature/ Park · 817 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner, though there is 1 grocery or convenience store; 4 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Greek Theatre (Guild Park and Garden), 633 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Hadfield Variety · 80 Dearham Woodgrocery74 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Greek Theatre (Guild Park and Garden) · 201 Guildwood Pkwy633 mPassed, Jul 2025
Guild Inn Estates Event Centre · 201 Guildwood Pkwy633 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Eastside Club · 100 Galloway Rd747 mPassed, May 2026
Eastview Jr. P.s. Snack Program · 20 Waldock St760 mPassed, Mar 2026
Jeprimo's Bakeshop · 153 Morningside Ave Unit-Agrocery1 kmPassed, Jul 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 Guild Park and Gardens East Washroom, 793 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Guild Park and Gardens East Washroom · 201 Guildwood Pkwy
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    793 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 254 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dearham Wood Daycare (123 m, 95 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 254 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Dearham Wood Daycare · 66 Dearham Wood
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    123 m
  • Eastside Club Day Care - 100 Galloway Road · 100 Galloway Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    747 m
  • East Scarb. Boys' & Girls' Club - Eastside Child Care Centre · 20 Waldock St
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    747 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 234 · 1 km40 Coronation Dr
Police43 Division · 2.1 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 2.1 km4331 Lawrence Ave E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots179 lots · ≈20,350 spaces · 61 ha
Within 500 m6 lots · ≈200 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 40 m away, ≈60 spaces; 91 m away, ≈22 spaces; 182 m away, ≈9 spaces; 405 m away, ≈51 spaces; 418 m away, ≈17 spaces; 450 m away, ≈41 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, Oct 22, 2014

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 536 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 37% of the total, against 132 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 275 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 154 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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 north264southbound · 0 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the west523eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
Total vehicles1,455291 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east536westbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south132northbound · 0 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour154 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour275 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 22, 2014

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 Poplar Rd between Dearham Wood and Portia St, 153 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 52 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. Cumber Ave between Morna Ave and Morningside Ave measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Jun 2010). At the school-zone speed sign on Dearham Wood (36 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 21,397 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Poplar Rd · Dearham Wood – Portia St · 153 mApr 2024 · 3 days1,00744 km/h52 km/h58 km/h
Cumber Ave · Morna Ave – Morningside Ave · 360 mJun 2010 · 24 h36729 km/h38 km/h43 km/h

School-zone speed sign 36 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct30 · 35 km/h
Over the limit20%
40 km/h or more2.6%

Dearham Wood (westbound), Opposite 79 Dearham Wood · 21,397 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2018, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (17%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4050 of 5,508
With an injury2#3673 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201415latest Feb 3, 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

Three thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle301street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 16, 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 Guildwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Poplar & Cumber a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 Poplar & Cumber?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 22, 2014, 16% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Poplar & Cumber?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Poplar Rd between Dearham Wood and Portia St (April 2024), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 36 m away (30 km/h), 2.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Poplar & Cumber?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 179 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,350 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Poplar & Cumber by transit?

Bus routes 116, 406 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Poplar & Cumber?

None within 300 m, and 4 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Greek Theatre (Guild Park and Garden) (633 m), Guild Inn Estates Event Centre (633 m), Eastside Club (747 m) and Eastview Jr. P.s. Snack Program (760 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 Poplar & Cumber?

The nearest is Guild Park and Gardens East Washroom, 201 Guildwood Pkwy, 793 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Poplar & Cumber?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 254 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dearham Wood Daycare (123 m, 95 spaces), Eastside Club Day Care - 100 Galloway Road (747 m, 49 spaces) and East Scarb. Boys' & Girls' Club - Eastside Child Care Centre (747 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Poplar & Cumber?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Guildwood page.

What neighbourhood is Poplar & Cumber in?

Poplar & Cumber is in Guildwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 140). It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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