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Russell Hill & St Clair

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

Russell Hill & St Clair is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Casa Loma. It has a bike lane, 3 schools within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 625 m away.

Traffic volume
16,152
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 18, 2025
2,602 pedestrians · 472 cyclists · #1199 busiest
Collisions
54
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 40 property damage · #1957 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair West Station 625 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane, Sharrows - Wayfinding
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,150 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. 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 2.9% of vehicle volume, about 3.8× the typical share. On average 5.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 46%, from 35 in 2016–2020 to 19 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Russell Hill & 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 West Station (Line 1)625 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 44 m
TTC bus
3313901267127 nearest 275 m
Blue Night
312307
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave West at Russell Hill Rd West Side; St Clair Ave West at Russell Hill Rd East Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Russell Hill Rd installed 2001; Sharrows - Wayfinding on Russell Hill Rd installed 2001
Bike Share
Russell Hill Rd / St. Clair Ave W 27 m · 19 docks · 13 stations, 209 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)
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 167 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 176 m
  • City High SchoolPrivate · 203 m
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 500 m
  • Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 529 m
  • Forest Hill TutoringPrivate · 549 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (40)
  • Sir Winston Churchill Park286 m
  • Montclair Avenue Parkette455 m
  • Nordheimer Ravine467 m
  • Spadina Road Park469 m
  • Glenn Gould Park487 m
  • Roycroft Park Lands561 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch853 m
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 709 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 824 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1.4 km
Signal
0478, activated 1953 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority

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; 42 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Cafe Landwer, 480 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cafe Landwer · 383 Spadina Rd480 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Mashu Mashu · 387 Spadina Rd492 mPassed, Dec 2025
The Kitchen Market · 389 Spadina Rdgrocery495 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Subway · 396 Spadina Rd499 mPassed, Jun 2026
Wilsetti · 396 Spadina Rd499 mPassed, Jul 2026
Village Chill · 325b Lonsdale Rd507 mPassed, Aug 2024
Sushi Lovers · 327 Lonsdale Rd510 mPassed, Feb 2026
Village Juicery · 406 Spadina Rd518 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions

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, 126 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 122 m away at Sir Winston Churchill Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    126 m
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 145 Hilton Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    760 m
Drinking water
Sir Winston Churchill Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 122 m; Sir Winston Churchill Park dog fountain · 371 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 775 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (486 m, 92 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 775 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 7
  • Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre · 300 Lonsdale Rd
    92 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    486 m
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto · 454 Avenue Rd
    170 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    529 m
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison · 250 Madison Ave
    31 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    905 m
  • Hopscotch Montessori Canada · 55 St Clair Ave W
    140 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    911 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 1.1 km20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 2.4 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.7 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

105 registered apartment buildings with 6,435 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 265 Russell Hill Rd (45 m, 48 units, 8 storeys, built 1960), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 95 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 20 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings105 · 6,435 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202695 across the 105
Open fire-code violations20
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
265 Russell Hill Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd488196086 · Aug 2025245 m
250 St Clair Ave W · Imperra General Managment454197090 · Sep 2025149 m
263 Russell Hill Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd527196093 · Jul 2026354 m
82 Warren Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management497196595 · Aug 2026590 m
276 St Clair Ave W · Medallion Corporation494195988 · Sep 2025397 m
90 Warren Rd · Ninety Warren Road Apartments795196383 · Nov 2025199 m
300 St Clair Ave W · Realstar495196094 · Jun 20240233 m
221 Russell Hill Rd · Pinedale Properties Ltd184195999 · Jul 20260296 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 lots702 lots · ≈27,680 spaces · 83 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈650 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 1,644 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 1.1 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 40 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage524 m26 *
453 Spadina Rd · Surface620 m5584% (Q1 2026)
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface865 m4887% (Q1 2026)
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage1 km173 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage1.1 km24029% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 47 m away, ≈17 spaces; 62 m away, ≈7 spaces; 92 m away, ≈15 spaces; 94 m away, ≈7 spaces; 125 m away, ≈11 spaces; 147 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (1.1 km, 4 ports); 580 Christie St (1.5 km, 2 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (1.7 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)

The east leg carries the load — 7,685 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 8. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,506 vehicles in the hour from 6:15 p.m., 26% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,199). Heavy vehicles made up 1.0% 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 north1,501southbound · 168 bikes · 0.5% heavy
From the west6,958eastbound · 158 bikes · 1.1% heavy
Total vehicles16,1522,602 pedestrians · 472 cyclists · 1.0% heavy
From the east7,685westbound · 127 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south8northbound · 19 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,199 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,506 vehicles from 6:15 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 Russell Hill Rd between Clarendon Ave and St Clair Ave W (166 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in February 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Russell Hill Rd · Clarendon Ave – St Clair Ave W · 166 mFeb 2024 · 3 days1,80236 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
St Clair Ave W · Sir Winston Churchill Park Trl – Spadina Rd · 222 mJan 2019 · 7 days10,454

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

2017 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions54#1957 of 5,508
With an injury8#2127 of 4,660
Property damage only40
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian1#3037 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#903 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201474latest Apr 10, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 12, 2008.

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 vehicle410street/outdoor (3), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 15, 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 Russell Hill & St Clair a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 54 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 Russell Hill & St Clair?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1199 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Russell Hill & St Clair?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Russell Hill Rd between Clarendon Ave and St Clair Ave W (February 2024), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Russell Hill & St Clair?

The nearest Green P car park is 320 Tweedsmuir Avenue (524 m away, 26 spaces). The City's mapping shows 702 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,680 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (1.1 km).

How do I get to Russell Hill & St Clair by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 625 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 44 m away; bus routes 33, 13, 90, 126, 7, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave West at Russell Hill Rd West Side, 275 m).

What restaurants are near Russell Hill & St Clair?

None within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cafe Landwer (480 m), Mashu Mashu (492 m), Subway (499 m), Wilsetti (499 m) and Village Chill (507 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 Russell Hill & St Clair?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 126 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wells Hill Park Washroom (760 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 Russell Hill & St Clair?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 775 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (486 m, 92 spaces), Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (529 m, 170 spaces) and Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison (905 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Russell Hill & St Clair?

105 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,435 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 265 Russell Hill Rd (45 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 250 St Clair Ave W (49 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 263 Russell Hill Rd (54 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 82 Warren Rd (90 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 105 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 Russell Hill & St Clair?

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 Russell Hill & St Clair in?

Russell Hill & 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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