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Shanly & Salem

Shanly St & Salem Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 9, Davenport · Dovercourt Village BIA

Shanly & Salem is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Dufferin Station (Line 2) 335 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,222
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 9, 2021
449 pedestrians · 68 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4351 of 5,508
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
Dufferin Station 335 m · 1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 150 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 13% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 5.6% of vehicle volume, about 7.2× the typical share. That comes with about 1 reported collision a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Shanly & Salem

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dufferin Station (Line 2)335 m; Ossington Station (Line 2)449 m; Lansdowne Station (Line 2)914 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 917 m
TTC bus
1612940263942647 nearest 199 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329300363
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Westmoreland Ave / Fernbank Ave 178 m · 19 docks · 22 stations, 401 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 (25)
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 161 m
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 401 m
  • Pauline Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 520 m
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 574 m
  • Bloor C.i. & Alpha Ii AlternativeEnglish Public · 577 m
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 668 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (31)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch437 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 241 eating places within a kilometre — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is San Wich, 209 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 241 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
San Wich · 616 Gladstone Ave209 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Bloorcourt Village Elc · 823 Dovercourt Rd268 mPassed, May 2026
The Salvation Army Bloor Central · 789 Dovercourt Rd305 mPassed, Aug 2026
Mellaci Variety Shop · 1117a Dufferin Stgrocery312 mPassed, Jun 2025
Better Days Coffe & Donuts · 963 Dovercourt Rd320 mPassed, Jun 2026
T & K Convenience · 1024 Bloor St Wgrocery332 mPassed, Jan 2026
United Boxing Cafe · 1034 Bloor St W332 mPassed, Sep 2026
Field Trip Cafe · 3 Westmoreland Ave336 mPassed, Apr 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 Dovercourt Park Washroom, 203 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 130 m away at Dovercourt Park.

  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    203 m
  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    648 m
  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    750 m
Drinking water
Dovercourt Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 130 m; Dovercourt Park drinking fountain · 142 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 727 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids Korner Day Care (226 m, 24 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 727 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 10
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    226 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    266 m
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    401 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    401 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (575 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 334 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 575 m1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 334 m760 Dovercourt 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

15 registered apartment buildings with 1,206 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 767 Dovercourt Rd (362 m, 19 units, 3 storeys, built 2008), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 15 scored below 70; the average is 82, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 36 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 1,206 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score82 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202636 across the 15
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250362 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260390 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250398 m
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 202610471 m
1121 Bloor St W · Charles Dieu114192690 · Jul 20250473 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514539 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511581 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250618 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 lots700 lots · ≈22,570 spaces · 67.7 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈590 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 1,067 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 572 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking9 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface320 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface324 m3374% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface605 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface756 m4963% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface1 km16over 100% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 188 m away, ≈19 spaces; 199 m away, ≈26 spaces; 206 m away, ≈7 spaces; 278 m away, ≈6 spaces; 291 m away, ≈9 spaces; 296 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (869 m, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (1.2 km, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.8 km, 4 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, Dec 9, 2021

The north leg carries the load — 519 southbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 34. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 246 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 70% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (145). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north519southbound · 28 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west227eastbound · 24 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles1,222449 pedestrians · 68 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east34westbound · 4 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the south442northbound · 12 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour145 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour246 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 9, 2021

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 Salem Ave between Salem Parkette Trl and Shanly St (147 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. Shanly St between Dovercourt Rd and Lane W of Dovercourt and N of Shanly measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Sep 2025). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Salem Ave · Salem Parkette Trl – Shanly St · 147 mNov 2019 · 2 days1,19926 km/h33 km/h37 km/h
Shanly St · Dovercourt Rd – Lane W of Dovercourt and N of Shanly · 178 mSep 2025 · 7 days2,06021 km/h29 km/h32 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. 10% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 29, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4351 of 5,508
With an injury1#4525 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201411latest Aug 29, 2025

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 three thefts from vehicles and four 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 vehicle320street/outdoor (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft440house driveway/garage (2), other (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 19, 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 Dovercourt Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Shanly & Salem a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Shanly & Salem?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 9, 2021, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Shanly & Salem?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Salem Ave between Salem Parkette Trl and Shanly St (November 2019), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Shanly & Salem?

The nearest Green P car park is 7 Bartlett Ave (320 m away, 37 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 700 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,570 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (572 m).

How do I get to Shanly & Salem by transit?

Dufferin Station (Line 2) is 335 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 917 m away; bus routes 161, 29, 402, 63, 94, 26, 47, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Shanly & Salem?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 241 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are San Wich (209 m), Bloorcourt Village Elc (268 m), The Salvation Army Bloor Central (305 m), Better Days Coffe & Donuts (320 m) and United Boxing Cafe (332 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 Shanly & Salem?

The nearest is Dovercourt Park Washroom, 155 Bartlett Ave, 203 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom (648 m); Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom (750 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 Shanly & Salem?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 727 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids Korner Day Care (226 m, 24 spaces), Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (266 m, 106 spaces) and Dover Gardens Nursery School (401 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Shanly & Salem?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,206 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 767 Dovercourt Rd (362 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1019 Bloor St W (390 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 63), 220 Delaware Ave (398 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79) and 357 Rusholme Rd (471 m, 267 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 82 out of 100; 2 scored below 70. 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 Shanly & Salem?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and four 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 Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Shanly & Salem in?

Shanly & Salem is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the Dovercourt Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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