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Poplar Plains & St Clair

Poplar Plains Rd & St Clair Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Casa Loma · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Casa Loma, Poplar Plains & St Clair is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a bike lane, 4 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: St Clair Station (Line 1) 880 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
17,091
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 18, 2025
1,438 pedestrians · 404 cyclists · #1115 busiest
Collisions
17
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3655 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
St Clair Station 880 m · 1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Arterial - Connector, Bike Lane
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,220 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 2.4% of vehicle volume, about 3.1× the typical share. On average 1.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Poplar Plains & St Clair

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)880 m; St Clair West Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
512 nearest 75 m
TTC bus
133374889712690 nearest 185 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave West at Dunvegan Rd
Cycling
Sharrows - Arterial - Connector on St Clair Ave W installed 2020; Bike Lane on Poplar Plains Rd installed 2001
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Poplar Plains Rd 17 m · 11 docks · 17 stations, 262 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 (21)
  • City High SchoolPrivate · 149 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 162 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 170 m
  • Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 248 m
  • Upper Canada Prep SchoolPrivate · 523 m
  • Bishop Strachan SchoolPrivate · 640 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (39)
  • Glenn Gould Park158 m
  • Amsterdam Square247 m
  • Sir Winston Churchill Park540 m
  • Roycroft Park Lands618 m
  • Poplar Plains Parkette662 m
  • Montclair Avenue Parkette702 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 868 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1 km
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
Signal
2454, activated 2019 · SAV · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 77 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is The Bradgate Arms, 268 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 77 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Bradgate Arms · 54 Foxbar Rd268 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Bistro Five61 · 561 Avenue Rd277 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Imperial Event Space · 129 St Clair Ave W299 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Bento Sushi · 111 St Clair Ave W362 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
The Market · 111 St Clair Ave Wgrocery362 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
South Hill Market Inc · 398 Avenue Rdgrocery529 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Scaramouche · 1 Benvenuto Pl599 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Gatherings Resto Bar · 49 St Clair Ave W653 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 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 Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 418 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 171 m away at Glenn Gould Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    418 m
Drinking water
Glenn Gould Park bottle filling station · 171 m; Sir Winston Churchill Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 420 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 653 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (248 m, 170 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 653 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto · 454 Avenue Rd
    170 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    248 m
  • Hopscotch Montessori Canada · 55 St Clair Ave W
    140 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    579 m
  • Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre · 300 Lonsdale Rd
    92 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    601 m
  • Mothercraft Robertson House (32 Heath Street West) · 32 Heath St W
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    743 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (797 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 797 m20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 2.2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.5 km135 Davenport Rd

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

89 registered apartment buildings with 5,832 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — 3.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 268 Poplar Plains Rd (55 m, 59 units, 10 storeys, built 1959), which scored 87 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 107 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 28 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings89 · 5,832 units
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026107 across the 89
Open fire-code violations28
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
268 Poplar Plains Rd · Ranee Management5910195987 · Nov 2025055 m
484 Avenue Rd · Westdale Properties11813195795 · Aug 20260180 m
494 Avenue Rd · Westdale Properties11813195693 · Aug 20263212 m
90 Warren Rd · Ninety Warren Road Apartments795196383 · Nov 20251246 m
82 Warren Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management497196595 · Aug 20265246 m
561 Avenue Rd · Kenair Apartments Limited6014195796 · Nov 20240276 m
265 Russell Hill Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd488196086 · Aug 20252295 m
565 Avenue Rd · Realstar6312195290 · Oct 20250295 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 lots707 lots · ≈28,980 spaces · 86.9 ha
Within 500 m54 lots · ≈1,320 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 2,107 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 762 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage708 m173 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage739 m24029% (Q1 2026)
453 Spadina Rd · Surface821 m5584% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage841 m26 *
1501 Yonge Street · Surface847 m37 *

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈11 spaces; 50 m away, ≈14 spaces; 53 m away, ≈4 spaces; 55 m away, ≈21 spaces; 73 m away, ≈44 spaces; 112 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (762 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (1.4 km, 2 ports); 580 Christie St (1.8 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 — 14-hour, Oct 18, 2025 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 8,975 westbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,054. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,498 vehicles in the hour from 5:30 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,258). Heavy vehicles made up 1.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,062eastbound · 128 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles17,0911,438 pedestrians · 404 cyclists · 1.1% heavy
From the east8,975westbound · 130 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south1,054northbound · 146 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,258 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,498 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 18, 2025 · weekend

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 Poplar Plains Rd between Balmoral Ave and Lynwood Ave (166 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 3-day count in February 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Poplar Plains Road between Boulton Dr and St Clair Ave W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave W · Glenn Gould Park Trl – Forest Hill Rd · 103 mMay 2011 · 3 days11,177
Poplar Plains Rd · Balmoral Ave – Lynwood Ave · 166 mFeb 2024 · 3 days1,44430 km/h38 km/h42 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Poplar Plains Road · Boulton Dr – St Clair Ave W
    7 speed humps

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 12% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17#3655 of 5,508
With an injury2#3974 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1371 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201421latest Mar 22, 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 no thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 63% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft840apartment parking (5), street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 6, 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 Casa Loma.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Poplar Plains & St Clair a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 & St Clair?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #1115 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Poplar Plains & St Clair?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Poplar Plains Rd between Balmoral Ave and Lynwood Ave (February 2024), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Poplar Plains & St Clair?

The nearest Green P car park is 30 St. Clair Avenue West (708 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 707 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,980 spaces — 54 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (762 m).

How do I get to Poplar Plains & St Clair by transit?

St Clair Station (Line 1) is 880 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 75 m away; bus routes 13, 33, 74, 88, 97, 126, 90 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave West at Dunvegan Rd, 185 m).

What restaurants are near Poplar Plains & St Clair?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 77 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Bradgate Arms (268 m), Bistro Five61 (277 m), Imperial Event Space (299 m), Bento Sushi (362 m) and Scaramouche (599 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 & St Clair?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 418 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 & St Clair?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 653 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (248 m, 170 spaces), Hopscotch Montessori Canada (579 m, 140 spaces) and Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (601 m, 92 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Poplar Plains & St Clair?

89 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,832 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 268 Poplar Plains Rd (55 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 484 Avenue Rd (180 m, 118 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 494 Avenue Rd (212 m, 118 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 90 Warren Rd (246 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 89 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 & St Clair?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and eight 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 & St Clair in?

Poplar Plains & St Clair is in Casa Loma (City of Toronto neighbourhood 096). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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