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Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres

Toronto, Ontario · Casa Loma · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Casa Loma, Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres is a low-volume local intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Dupont Station (Line 1) 608 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,835
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 6, 2017
166 pedestrians · 114 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5305 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Dupont Station 608 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 230 vehicles an hour, 20% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 11 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 6.2% of vehicle volume, about 8.0× the typical share. On average 0.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dupont Station (Line 1)608 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 724 m
TTC bus
1326191273397 nearest 341 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Poplar Plains Rd installed 2001
Bike Share
Glen Edyth Dr / Davenport Rd 284 m · 15 docks · 13 stations, 189 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 (37)
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 57 m
  • Waldorf Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 416 m
  • de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 485 m
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 601 m
  • Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 613 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 697 m
  • and 31 more
Community centres
Parks (51)
  • Poplar Plains Parkette76 m
  • Glen Edyth Drive Parkette162 m
  • Boulton Drive Parkette200 m
  • Roycroft Park Lands221 m
  • High Level Pumping Station and Park226 m
  • Macpherson Avenue Parkette404 m
  • and 45 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 422 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 545 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 945 m
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.4 km
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 1.4 km
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 1.4 km
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 1.4 km
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.5 km

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; 85 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Scaramouche, 332 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 85 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Scaramouche · 1 Benvenuto Pl332 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Barberia Uno · 274 Avenue Rd380 mPassed, Dec 2025
South Hill Market Inc · 398 Avenue Rdgrocery381 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
6ix Iron · 146 Dupont St 201383 mPassed, Sep 2026
Louf · 501 Davenport Rd394 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Playa Cabana · 111 Dupont St416 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Circle K · 150 Dupont Stgrocery419 mPassed, Jan 2026
Tim Hortons · 150 Dupont St419 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 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, 684 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 458 m away at Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    684 m
  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    744 m
  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    942 m
Drinking water
Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 458 m; Spadina Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 463 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 830 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison (416 m, 31 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 830 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 9
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison · 250 Madison Ave
    31 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    416 m
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre · 263 Spadina Rd
    44 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    464 m
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre · 240 Avenue Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    500 m
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    601 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 948 m away.

FireFire Station 311 · 1 km20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 948 m135 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

68 registered apartment buildings with 4,727 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 326 Avenue Rd (314 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1925), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 97 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 19 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings68 · 4,727 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202697 across the 68
Open fire-code violations19
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
326 Avenue Rd183192596 · Nov 20251314 m
320 Avenue Rd244192596 · Aug 20260314 m
330 Avenue Rd193192593 · Jul 20262314 m
340 Avenue Rd244192597 · Jul 20262318 m
342 Avenue Rd244192594 · Jul 20260321 m
159 Russell Hill Rd · Pinedale Properties Ltd184195797 · Jul 20250349 m
394 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.416193193 · Aug 20250364 m
396 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.516193198 · Aug 20260372 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 lots781 lots · ≈30,300 spaces · 90.9 ha
Within 500 m44 lots · ≈1,290 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 3,194 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 1.2 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface321 m4024% (Q1 2026)
15 Price St · Surface1 km71 *
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage1.1 km173 *
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage1.2 km26 *
1010 Yonge St. · Surface1.2 km48 *

Nearest lots: 51 m away, ≈3 spaces; 79 m away, ≈12 spaces; 149 m away, ≈102 spaces; 242 m away, ≈17 spaces; 257 m away, ≈18 spaces; 275 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (1.2 km, 4 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.3 km, 6 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.3 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, Mar 6, 2017

The south leg carries the load — 1,717 northbound vehicles, or 94% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 118. Most cyclists arrived from the south (114 of 114). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 375 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 21% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (311). 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 is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,835166 pedestrians · 114 cyclists · 1.1% heavy
From the east118westbound · 0 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the south1,717northbound · 114 bikes · 1.2% heavy
AM peak hour311 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour375 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 6, 2017

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 Cres between Rathnelly Ave and Poplar Plains Rd (64 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 800 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). 2 speed humps slow traffic on Poplar Plains Road between Poplar Plains Cres and Russell Hill Rd, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Poplar Plains Cres · Rathnelly Ave – Poplar Plains Rd · 64 mOct 2025 · 3 days83029 km/h38 km/h43 km/h
Poplar Plains Rd · Macpherson Ave – Boulton Dr · 282 mMar 2026 · 3 days2,93023 km/h32 km/h35 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Poplar Plains Road · Poplar Plains Cres – Russell Hill Rd
    2 speed humps
  • Poplar Plains Road · Cottingham St – Poplar Plains Cres
    2 speed humps
    installed 2006

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

2024 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 33% of collisions here involved an injury. People walking or cycling were involved in 33% 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 Jan 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5305 of 5,508
With an injury1#4474 of 4,660
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2247 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20144latest Jan 28, 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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410other (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 23, 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 Casa Loma.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 6, 2017, 20% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Poplar Plains Cres between Rathnelly Ave and Poplar Plains Rd (October 2025), found an average of 29 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 Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (321 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 781 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,300 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (1.2 km).

How do I get to Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres by transit?

Dupont Station (Line 1) is 608 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 724 m away; bus routes 13, 26, 19, 127, 33, 97 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

None within 300 m, and 85 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Scaramouche (332 m), Barberia Uno (380 m), 6ix Iron (383 m), Louf (394 m) and Playa Cabana (416 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 Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 684 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Ramsden Park Washroom (744 m); Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (942 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 Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 830 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 (416 m, 31 spaces), Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre (464 m, 44 spaces) and Unicorn Day Care Centre (500 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

68 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,727 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 326 Avenue Rd (314 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 320 Avenue Rd (314 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 330 Avenue Rd (314 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 340 Avenue Rd (318 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 68 is 91 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 Rd & Poplar Plains Cres?

Toronto Police place four 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 Rd & Poplar Plains Cres in?

Poplar Plains Rd & Poplar Plains Cres 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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