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Spadina & Archer

Spadina Rd & Archer Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Forest Hill South · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Spadina & Archer, in Forest Hill South, is an intersection of typical volume. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Chaplin Station (Line 5) 766 m away.

Traffic volume
5,943
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 27, 1991
174 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4756 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1352 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Chaplin Station 766 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 740 vehicles an hour, 64% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 34 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 0.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 7 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Spadina & Archer

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Chaplin Station (Line 5)766 m; Forest Hill Station (Line 5)935 m
TTC bus
337143413 nearest 13 m
Blue Night
307334
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Spadina Rd at Archer Rd; Spadina Rd at Elderwood Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Avenue Rd / Oxton Ave 845 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 64 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)
  • Forest Hill Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 169 m
  • Robbins Hebrew AcademyPrivate · 696 m
  • Bishop Strachan SchoolPrivate · 823 m
  • Forest Hill TutoringPrivate · 835 m
  • Oriole Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 872 m
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 894 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (23)
  • Old Forest Hill Parkette243 m
  • Vesta Parkette361 m
  • Rosemary Parkette381 m
  • Dunvegan Parkette541 m
  • Robert Bateman Parkette602 m
  • Larratt Parkette615 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch800 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 38 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dunloe Children's Centre, 154 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd154 mPassed, Sep 2026
Cravewings Inc · 557 Eglinton Ave W Ground Floor781 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Esso/ Circle K · 866 Avenue Rdgrocery807 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions
Starbucks Coffee Co · 446 Spadina Rd814 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Mad Beans · 519 Eglinton Ave W819 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Le Petit Pain · 431 Spadina Rd823 mPassed, Jul 2026
Blooming Orchid · 525 Eglinton Ave W826 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Edo-Ko · 425 Spadina Rd832 mPassed, Feb 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 575 m away at Robert Bateman Parkette.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Robert Bateman Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 575 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 573 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dunloe Children's Centre (169 m, 86 spaces, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 573 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 8
  • Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd
    86 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    169 m
  • Robbins Hebrew Academy · 1700 Bathurst St
    48 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    696 m
  • Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool · 1950 Bathurst St
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    800 m
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) · 666 Eglinton Ave W
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    800 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (819 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 727 m away.

FireFire Station 135 · 819 m325 Chaplin Cres
Police53 Division · 1.6 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 727 m643 Eglinton Ave W

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

58 registered apartment buildings with 2,149 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1701 Bathurst St (622 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1953), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 58 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 60 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings58 · 2,149 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202660 across the 58
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1701 Bathurst St · Hans Myrskog153195387 · Jul 20260622 m
1660 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management523194183 · Oct 20255629 m
1705 Bathurst St · Sholars Developments Ltd and Rachel Hersh103193759 · Jul 20240638 m
1650 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management253193093 · Aug 20260641 m
1654 Bathurst St · Brosko Property Management725195088 · Oct 20250645 m
1652 Bathurst St · Trivest Developments Corporation394195090 · Aug 20261647 m
321 Chaplin Cres · CAPREIT748196796 · Aug 20261707 m
1862 Bathurst St · Equiton Living757195184 · Aug 20247725 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 lots559 lots · ≈13,650 spaces · 40.9 ha
Within 500 m1 lot · ≈30 spaces
Green P (public)16 car parks · about 1,428 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 1.1 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
453 Spadina Rd · Surface763 m5584% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1 km15555% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage1.1 km6834% (Q1 2026)
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.1 km2662% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage1.1 km26 *

Nearest lots: 54 m away, ≈30 spaces; 566 m away, ≈11 spaces; 569 m away, ≈63 spaces; 592 m away, ≈9 spaces; 613 m away, ≈27 spaces; 627 m away, ≈18 spaces. More EV charging: 20 Delisle Ave. (1.8 km, 4 ports); 10 Delisle St (1.8 km, 4 ports); 75 Holly St. (1.9 km, 29 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, Jan 27, 1991 (a weekend day)

The north leg carries the load — 3,370 southbound vehicles, or 57% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 41. Morning rush is the busier period: 1,099 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 955 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 36 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1991, 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 north3,370southbound · 0 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west41eastbound · 0 bikes · 14.6% heavy
Total vehicles5,943174 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 1.6% heavy
From the east191westbound · 0 bikes · 0.5% heavy
From the south2,341northbound · 0 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,099 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour955 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 27, 1991 · 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 Spadina Rd between Ardmore Rd and Silverwood Ave (59 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 12,900 vehicles a day. Archer Rd between Browside Ave and Spadina Rd measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (May 2022). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Archer Rd · Browside Ave – Spadina Rd · 33 mMay 2022 · 24 h60024 km/h37 km/h42 km/h
Spadina Rd · Ardmore Rd – Silverwood Ave · 59 mMar 2004 · 3 days12,94947 km/h54 km/h59 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. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 8, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4756 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified1
All since 20148latest Apr 8, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jul 12, 2023. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1352 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Jul 12, 2023

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Spadina & Archer a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1352 of 1,505), out of 7 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 Spadina & Archer?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jan 27, 1991, 64% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Spadina & Archer?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Spadina Rd between Ardmore Rd and Silverwood Ave (March 2004), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Spadina & Archer?

The nearest Green P car park is 453 Spadina Rd (763 m away, 55 spaces, 84% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 559 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,650 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.1 km).

How do I get to Spadina & Archer by transit?

Chaplin Station (Line 5) is 766 m away; bus routes 33, 7, 14, 34, 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: Spadina Rd at Archer Rd, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Spadina & Archer?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dunloe Children's Centre (154 m), Cravewings Inc (781 m), Starbucks Coffee Co (814 m), The Mad Beans (819 m) and Le Petit Pain (823 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 Spadina & Archer?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 575 m away at Robert Bateman Parkette. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Spadina & Archer?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 573 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dunloe Children's Centre (169 m, 86 spaces), Robbins Hebrew Academy (696 m, 48 spaces) and Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (800 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Spadina & Archer?

58 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,149 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1701 Bathurst St (622 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1660 Bathurst St (629 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 1705 Bathurst St (638 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 59) and 1650 Bathurst St (641 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 58 is 90 out of 100; 1 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.

What neighbourhood is Spadina & Archer in?

Spadina & Archer is in Forest Hill South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 101). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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