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Runnymede & Deforest

Runnymede Rd & Deforest Rd · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Runnymede & Deforest, in High Park-Swansea, is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Runnymede Station (Line 2) 350 m away.

Traffic volume
2,700
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 4, 2005
444 pedestrians · 88 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4456 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1316 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Runnymede Station 350 m · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Wayfinding
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 340 vehicles an hour, 29% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 3.3% of vehicle volume, about 4.2× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 9 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Runnymede & Deforest

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Runnymede Station (Line 2)350 m; Jane Station (Line 2)629 m; High Park Station (Line 2)753 m
TTC bus
77717920327265514930189 nearest 13 m
Express
935
Blue Night
300335
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Runnymede Rd at Deforest Rd
Cycling
Sharrows - Wayfinding on Runnymede Rd installed 2006; Sharrows - Wayfinding on Deforest Rd installed 2006
Bike Share
Glendonwynne Rd / Bloor St W 351 m · 19 docks · 14 stations, 303 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 (15)
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 236 m
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 400 m
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 582 m
  • St Pius X Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 806 m
  • Runnymede Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 816 m
  • Ursula Franklin AcademyEnglish Public · 884 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (27)
  • Neil McLellan Park338 m
  • Kennedy - Margdon Parkette427 m
  • George Chater Parkette440 m
  • Willard Gardens Parkette480 m
  • Rambert Crescent Parkette538 m
  • Waller Avenue Ravine Lands620 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch243 m
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch365 m
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 331 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 88 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is La Petite Ecole, 233 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés17 within 300 m · 88 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
La Petite Ecole · 130 Kennedy Ave233 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Swan A Firkin Pub · 2205 Bloor St W253 mPassed, Apr 2026
The Healing Source Pharmacy · 2209 Bloor St W255 mPassed, Apr 2025
Shadi Shawarma · 2209 Bloor St W255 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Healing Source Pharmacy · 2209 Bloor St W255 mPassed, Apr 2025
Lermer · 242 Runnymede Rd255 mPassed, Apr 2026
Craig's Cookies Bloor West Village · 2237 Bloor St W256 mPassed, Jul 2026
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 2221 Bloor St W259 mPassed, Jun 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 Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom, 525 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 423 m away at Rennie Park (currently off).

  • Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom · 1 Rennie Terr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    525 m
  • Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 15 Waller Ave
    View centre hours
    551 m
  • High Park Sport Field Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    762 m
Drinking water
Rennie Park bottle filling station · 423 m · off; Willard Gardens Parkette drinking fountain · 464 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,077 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is La Petite Ecole (232 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,077 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 14
  • La Petite Ecole · 130 Kennedy Ave
    16 spaces · preschool
    232 m
  • Humberside Montessori School · 121 Kennedy Ave
    120 spaces · preschool
    236 m
  • Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori · 2271 Bloor St W
    142 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    309 m
  • Windermere Kids Inc. · 356 Windermere Ave
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    411 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (237 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 644 m away.

FireFire Station 425 · 237 m83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 2.7 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 644 m9 Clendenan Ave

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

23 registered apartment buildings with 1,536 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 109 Runnymede Rd (189 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1952), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 1,536 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 23
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
109 Runnymede Rd113195287 · Jul 20240189 m
111 Runnymede Rd164196088 · Aug 20261 · 1 fire203 m
117 Runnymede Rd424192790 · Aug 20261219 m
93 Lavinia Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc685199395 · Aug 20260252 m
1 Runnymede Rd284196790 · Jul 20251310 m
2 Kennedy Ave254196792 · Jul 20250315 m
9 Morningside Ave · Westside Storeys Limited364195793 · Aug 20240381 m
2001 Bloor St W · Travi Inc.604193094 · Jul 20260461 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 lots478 lots · ≈17,220 spaces · 51.7 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈660 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,307 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 574 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking27 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 14 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface325 m5665% (Q1 2026)
265 Durie St · Surface379 m14470% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface551 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface644 m14458% (Q1 2026)
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface892 m9552% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 180 m away, ≈10 spaces; 197 m away, ≈20 spaces; 213 m away, ≈10 spaces; 225 m away, ≈66 spaces; 235 m away, ≈7 spaces; 239 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 115 High Park Avenue (1.2 km, 2 ports); 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.4 km, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (2 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 — 8-hour, Jul 4, 2005

The north leg carries the load — 1,298 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 301. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 494 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (403). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north1,298southbound · 34 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west304eastbound · 21 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,700444 pedestrians · 88 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east301westbound · 12 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south797northbound · 21 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour403 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour494 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 4, 2005

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 Deforest Rd between Lavinia Ave and Windermere Ave (305 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 2-day count in September 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Runnymede Rd between Deforest Rd and Bloor St W measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Mar 2025). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Runnymede Rd · Deforest Rd – Bloor St W · 138 mMar 2025 · 3 days4,61133 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Deforest Rd · Lavinia Ave – Windermere Ave · 305 mSep 2018 · 2 days1,62333 km/h40 km/h45 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 44% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 22% 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 Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4456 of 5,508
With an injury2#3935 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian2#1978 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201411latest Jun 30, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Mar 16, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1316 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#754 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Mar 16, 2018

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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 26, 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Runnymede & Deforest a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1316 of 1,505), out of 9 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Runnymede & Deforest?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jul 4, 2005, 29% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Runnymede & Deforest?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Deforest Rd between Lavinia Ave and Windermere Ave (September 2018), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Runnymede & Deforest?

The nearest Green P car park is 255 Kennedy Ave (325 m away, 56 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 478 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,220 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (574 m).

How do I get to Runnymede & Deforest by transit?

Runnymede Station (Line 2) is 350 m away; bus routes 77, 71, 79, 203, 27, 26, 55, 149 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Runnymede Rd at Deforest Rd, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Runnymede & Deforest?

17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 88 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are La Petite Ecole (233 m), The Swan A Firkin Pub (253 m), The Healing Source Pharmacy (255 m), Shadi Shawarma (255 m) and The Healing Source Pharmacy (255 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 Runnymede & Deforest?

The nearest is Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom, 1 Rennie Terr, 525 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom (551 m); High Park Sport Field Washroom (762 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 Runnymede & Deforest?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,077 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are La Petite Ecole (232 m, 16 spaces), Humberside Montessori School (236 m, 120 spaces) and Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori (309 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Runnymede & Deforest?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,536 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 109 Runnymede Rd (189 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 111 Runnymede Rd (203 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 117 Runnymede Rd (219 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 93 Lavinia Ave (252 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 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 Runnymede & Deforest?

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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Runnymede & Deforest in?

Runnymede & Deforest is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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