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Poplar Plains & Davenport

Poplar Plains Rd & Davenport Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Casa Loma · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's · Dupont by the Castle BIA

Poplar Plains & Davenport, in Casa Loma, is a mid-volume intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane and parks at the corner. Nearby: Dupont Station (Line 1) 485 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
13,828
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 4, 2025
921 pedestrians · 924 cyclists
Collisions
18
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Dupont Station 485 m · 5 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
63/100
city median 48 · #1,388 of 5,672
9 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 155 m

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Poplar Plains & Davenport

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 4, 2025

The south leg carries the load — 5,964 northbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 933. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,315 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 27% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,035). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,085southbound · 315 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west5,846eastbound · 233 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,828921 pedestrians · 924 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east933westbound · 34 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south5,964northbound · 342 bikes · 2.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,035 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,315 from 3:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2022 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 6% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 17% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 2025.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions181.3 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury1
Property damage only16
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist2
Severity not classified1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Davenport Rd between Macpherson Ave and Glen Edyth Dr (129 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 11,200 vehicles a day. Poplar Plains Rd between Macpherson Ave and Boulton Dr measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Mar 2026).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Poplar Plains Rd · Macpherson Ave – Boulton Dr · 24 mMar 2026 · 3 days2,93023 km/h32 km/h35 km/h
Davenport Rd · Macpherson Ave – Glen Edyth Dr · 129 mMar 2026 · 3 days11,24439 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Macpherson Ave · Huron St – Madison Ave · 231 mNov 2021 · 3 days1,39332 km/h42 km/h48 km/h
Poplar Plains Cres · Rathnelly Ave – Poplar Plains Rd · 328 mOct 2025 · 3 days83029 km/h38 km/h43 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Dupont Station (Line 1)485 m · 6 min
TTC bus
26 19 127 13 nearest 134 m
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Davenport Rd installed 2001; Bike Lane on Macpherson Ave installed 2001; Bike Lane on Poplar Plains Rd installed 2001
Bike Share
Glen Edyth Dr / Davenport Rd 264 m · 3 min · 15 docks · 9 stations, 138 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
18 car parks · about 2,774 spaces
EV charging
19 Spadina Rd · 1.3 km · 6 Level 2 ports; also 74 Yorkville Ave (1.5 km), 273 Christie St (1.8 km)
Bike parking
49 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
46 mapped lots within 500 m, 581 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface222 m4024% (Q1 2026)
9 Bedford Rd · Garage1.1 km37151% (Q1 2026)
465 Huron Street · Surface1.2 km15 *—
15 Price St · Surface1.2 km71 *—
9 Madison Ave. · Surface1.3 km38 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: New Forest Market is 155 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 57 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is 6ix Iron, 111 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 577 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: St. George Community, a long-term care home 614 m away; The Annex, a retirement home 878 m away (two within a kilometre). Sunshine Centres For Seniors - Sunshine@davenport runs a seniors' active living programme 571 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • 6ix Iron · 146 Dupont St 201111 m
  • Tim Hortons · 150 Dupont St123 m
  • Haute Coffee · 153 Dupont St142 m
  • Chilliy Pepper · 176 Dupont St203 m
  • The Practice · 360 Davenport Rd204 m
9 within 300 m · 57 within 1 km
Grocery
New Forest Market 155 m
Food shops
Anne's Confections 319 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 577 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison · 31 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day439 m · 5 min
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre · 44 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day516 m · 6 min
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day527 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 392 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible853 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Spadina Park 539 m · 6 min; Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette 540 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • St. George Community · long-term care home614 m · 7 min
  • The Annex · retirement home · 2 within 1 km878 m · 10 min
  • Sunshine Centres For Seniors - Sunshine@davenport · seniors' active living centre571 m · 7 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (39)
  • Boulton Drive Parkette129 m
  • High Level Pumping Station and Park141 m
  • Glen Edyth Drive Parkette292 m · 3 min
  • Macpherson Avenue Parkette406 m · 5 min
  • Poplar Plains Parkette412 m · 5 min
and 34 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (28)
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 289 m · 3 min
  • Waldorf Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 439 m · 5 min
  • George Brown College - Casa Loma CampusCollege · 732 m · 9 min
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 889 m · 11 min
  • Huron Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 895 m · 11 min
and 23 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.3 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 669 m · 8 min
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 711 m · 8 min
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 849 m · 10 min
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.2 km · 14 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,388 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 9 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit18/28

    Dupont Station 0.5 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1.3 km away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

48 registered apartment buildings with 3,358 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 359 Davenport Rd (209 m, 17 units, 4 storeys, built 1900), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
359 Davenport Rd · 741476 Ontario Inc.174190079 · Jul 2026209 m
661 Huron St · Dash Property Management153191881 · Jul 2026346 m · 4 min
200 Madison Ave · Madison View Homes826201995 · Nov 2025351 m · 4 min
280 St George St · Westdale Properties8516196786 · Sep 2025417 m · 5 min
277-283 St George St · 720745 Ontario Inc.7410197185 · Sep 2025425 m · 5 min
276 St George St · Cromwell Management Inc.889196597 · Sep 2026469 m · 6 min

48 registered buildings · 3,358 units · 3 social housing · tallest 25 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000—

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 & Davenport a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 & Davenport?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 4, 2025, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is Poplar Plains & Davenport a walkable intersection?

Poplar Plains & Davenport scores 63 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,388 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 9 places to eat within 300 m; 5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km.

How fast do cars go at Poplar Plains & Davenport?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Davenport Rd between Macpherson Ave and Glen Edyth Dr (March 2026), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Poplar Plains & Davenport?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (222 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 581 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,510 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (1.3 km).

How do I get to Poplar Plains & Davenport by transit?

Dupont Station (Line 1) is 485 m away; bus routes 26, 19, 127, 13 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Poplar Plains & Davenport?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 57 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are 6ix Iron (111 m), Tim Hortons (123 m), Haute Coffee (142 m), Chilliy Pepper (203 m) and The Practice (204 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Poplar Plains & Davenport?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 853 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Poplar Plains & Davenport?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 392 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison (439 m, 31 spaces), Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre (516 m, 44 spaces) and Unicorn Day Care Centre (527 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Poplar Plains & Davenport?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,358 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 359 Davenport Rd (209 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 661 Huron St (346 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 200 Madison Ave (351 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 280 St George St (417 m, 85 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Poplar Plains & Davenport?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Casa Loma page.

What neighbourhood is Poplar Plains & Davenport in?

Poplar Plains & Davenport is in Casa Loma (City of Toronto neighbourhood 096). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow. The corner falls inside the Dupont by the Castle Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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