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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- Subway
- St Clair Station (Line 1)888 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)943 m
- Streetcar
- 512 nearest 280 m
- TTC bus
- 1333971277488192690126 nearest 192 m
- Blue Night
- 312320
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Poplar Plains Rd installed 2001; Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Balmoral Ave installed 2005
- Bike Share
- St. Clair Ave W / Poplar Plains Rd 260 m · 11 docks · 17 stations, 250 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 (22)
- Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 179 m
- Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 294 m
- Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 300 m
- City High SchoolPrivate · 361 m
- de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 425 m
- The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 522 m
- and 16 more
- Community centres
- Parks (40)
- Glenn Gould Park341 m
- Amsterdam Square388 m
- Roycroft Park Lands394 m
- Poplar Plains Parkette399 m
- Sir Winston Churchill Park489 m
- Glen Edyth Drive Parkette586 m
- and 34 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch1 km
- Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.2 km
- Places of interest
- Spadina MuseumMuseum · 682 m
- Casa LomaAttraction · 828 m
- Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 100. The nearest is The Bradgate Arms, 287 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 4 infractions noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| South Hill Market Inc · 398 Avenue Rdgrocery | 283 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction |
| The Bradgate Arms · 54 Foxbar Rd | 287 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions |
| Scaramouche · 1 Benvenuto Pl | 343 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions |
| Imperial Event Space · 129 St Clair Ave W | 369 m | Passed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Bento Sushi · 111 St Clair Ave W | 424 m | Passed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction |
| The Market · 111 St Clair Ave Wgrocery | 424 m | Passed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Bistro Five61 · 561 Avenue Rd | 468 m | Passed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Barberia Uno · 274 Avenue Rd | 684 m | Passed, Dec 2025 |
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 Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 445 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 334 m away at Glenn Gould Park.
- Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.445 m
- Drinking water
- Glenn Gould Park bottle filling station · 334 m; Sir Winston Churchill Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 453 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
11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 869 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (179 m, 170 spaces, kindergarten, school age).
- Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto · 454 Avenue Rd
170 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day179 m - Hopscotch Montessori Canada · 55 St Clair Ave W
140 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age621 m - Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day698 m - Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison · 250 Madison Ave
31 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day802 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (757 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.
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 83 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,033 rental units, 3.6× the median for a Toronto intersection — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 160 Balmoral Ave (172 m, 89 units, 12 storeys, built 1965), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 106 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 41 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 Balmoral Ave · Glen Corporation | 89 | 12 | 1965 | 94 · Nov 2025 | 1 | 172 m |
| 2 Clarendon Ave · Cromwell Management Inc. | 49 | 4 | 1929 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 0 | 175 m |
| 400 Avenue Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd | 40 | 4 | 1926 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 0 | 222 m |
| 268 Poplar Plains Rd · Ranee Management | 59 | 10 | 1959 | 87 · Nov 2025 | 0 | 227 m |
| 425 Avenue Rd · O'shanter Development Company Ltd. | 47 | 8 | 1965 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 0 | 260 m |
| 398 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc. | 39 | 6 | 1937 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 1 | 284 m |
| 396 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc. | 51 | 6 | 1931 | 98 · Aug 2026 | 0 | 300 m |
| 221 Russell Hill Rd · Pinedale Properties Ltd | 18 | 4 | 1959 | 99 · Jul 2026 | 0 | 308 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 251 Maherson Ave · Surface | 742 m | 40 | 24% (Q1 2026) |
| 30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage | 760 m | 173 * | — |
| 10 Delisle Ave · Garage | 826 m | 240 | 29% (Q1 2026) |
| 21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage | 888 m | 557 * | — |
| 1501 Yonge Street · Surface | 923 m | 37 * | — |
Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈15 spaces; 155 m away, ≈6 spaces; 179 m away, ≈10 spaces; 180 m away, ≈16 spaces; 186 m away, ≈28 spaces; 189 m away, ≈15 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (853 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (1.5 km, 2 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.7 km, 9 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, Jan 16, 2014
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,481 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 85% of the total, against 253 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 408 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (374). Trucks and buses were 5.2% 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 13 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.
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 Balmoral Ave between Avenue Rd and Poplar Plains Rd, 100 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2022 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. Poplar Plains Rd between Balmoral Ave and Lynwood Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Feb 2024). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmoral Ave · Avenue Rd – Poplar Plains Rd · 100 m | Oct 2022 · 3 days | 1,475 | 30 km/h | 39 km/h | 44 km/h |
| Poplar Plains Rd · Balmoral Ave – Lynwood Ave · 108 m | Feb 2024 · 3 days | 1,444 | 30 km/h | 38 km/h | 42 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 2021, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 15, 2024.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 6 | #4905 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 5 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| All since 2014 | 8 | latest Sep 15, 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
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 no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), apartment parking (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 20, 2021. 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 Casa Loma.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South) a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Plains & Balmoral (South)?
A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 16, 2014, 19% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South)?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Balmoral Ave between Avenue Rd and Poplar Plains Rd (October 2022), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South)?
The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (742 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 721 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,460 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (853 m).
How do I get to Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South) by transit?
St Clair Station (Line 1) is 888 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 280 m away; bus routes 13, 33, 97, 127, 74, 88, 19, 26 and 2 more within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South)?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 100 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Bradgate Arms (287 m), Scaramouche (343 m), Imperial Event Space (369 m), Bento Sushi (424 m) and Bistro Five61 (468 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 Plains & Balmoral (South)?
The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 445 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 Plains & Balmoral (South)?
11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 869 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (179 m, 170 spaces), Hopscotch Montessori Canada (621 m, 140 spaces) and Cottingham Child Care Centre (698 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South)?
83 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,033 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 160 Balmoral Ave (172 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2 Clarendon Ave (175 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 400 Avenue Rd (222 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 268 Poplar Plains Rd (227 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 83 is 92 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 Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South)?
Toronto Police place three 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 Casa Loma page.
What neighbourhood is Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South) in?
Poplar Plains & Balmoral (South) is in Casa Loma (City of Toronto neighbourhood 096). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jan 16, 2014.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Aug 20, 2021.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 12 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.68379, -79.40291 · centreline node 13461113.