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Spadina & Ava

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

Spadina & Ava, in Forest Hill South, is a mid-volume intersection. Nearby is Chaplin Station (Line 5) 524 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,180
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 5, 2007
26 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4757 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Chaplin Station 524 m · 6 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 770 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 67% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 238 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 0.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Spadina & Ava

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)524 m; Forest Hill Station (Line 5)750 m; Avenue Station (Line 5)1 km
TTC bus
33143471361 nearest 75 m
Blue Night
334307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Spadina Rd at Old Forest Hill Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Beltline Trail / Chaplin Cres 653 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 81 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 (19)
  • Forest Hill Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 385 m
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 657 m
  • Robbins Hebrew AcademyPrivate · 694 m
  • Oriole Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 742 m
  • Alive Montessori and Private SchoolPrivate · 858 m
  • North Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 891 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (27)
  • Old Forest Hill Parkette338 m
  • Robert Bateman Parkette392 m
  • Rosemary Parkette424 m
  • Larratt Parkette548 m
  • Vesta Parkette591 m
  • Dunvegan Parkette658 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch562 m

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 Dunloe Children's Centre, 373 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd373 mPassed, Sep 2026
Cravewings Inc · 557 Eglinton Ave W Ground Floor564 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
The Mad Beans · 519 Eglinton Ave W614 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Papa John Pizza · 538 Eglinton Ave W615 mPassed, May 2025
Blooming Orchid · 525 Eglinton Ave W617 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Hotel Gelato · 532 Eglinton Ave W625 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Forest Hill C.i. · 730 Eglinton Ave W658 mPassed, Apr 2026
House of Chan · 514 Eglinton Ave W662 mPassed, May 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 Memorial Park Washroom, 774 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 369 m away at Robert Bateman Parkette.

  • Memorial Park Washroom · 340 Chaplin Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    774 m
Drinking water
Robert Bateman Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 369 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 596 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dunloe Children's Centre (385 m, 86 spaces, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 596 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd
    86 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    385 m
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) · 666 Eglinton Ave W
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    561 m
  • Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool · 1950 Bathurst St
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    690 m
  • Robbins Hebrew Academy · 1700 Bathurst St
    48 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    694 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (572 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 489 m away.

FireFire Station 135 · 572 m325 Chaplin Cres
Police53 Division · 1.6 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 489 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

Within a kilometre there are 50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,549 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 321 Chaplin Cres (463 m, 74 units, 8 storeys, built 1967), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 50 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 65 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 35 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 2,549 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202665 across the 50
Open fire-code violations35
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
321 Chaplin Cres · CAPREIT748196796 · Aug 20261463 m
45 Gardiner Rd · Prince Charles Terrace Apartments Limited416195496 · Aug 20240481 m
697 Eglinton Ave W · Cogir Real Estate334195093 · Aug 20262 · 8 fire496 m
699 Eglinton Ave W · Cogir Real Estate274195094 · Jul 20251502 m
701 Eglinton Ave W · Cogir Real Estate324195093 · Aug 20260512 m
540 Russell Hill Rd · Vesta Management Inc325193790 · Jun 20240520 m
600 Eglinton Ave W · Spicecart Property Management606196887 · Aug 20260527 m
650 Eglinton Ave W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1028196199 · Aug 20265531 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 lots554 lots · ≈14,270 spaces · 42.8 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈150 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,221 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 912 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface786 m15555% (Q1 2026)
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1 km2662% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage1 km6834% (Q1 2026)
453 Spadina Rd · Surface1 km5584% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.2 km3342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 266 m away, ≈30 spaces; 385 m away, ≈15 spaces; 416 m away, ≈9 spaces; 432 m away, ≈10 spaces; 452 m away, ≈10 spaces; 460 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 75 Holly St. (1.9 km, 29 ports); 20 Delisle Ave. (2 km, 4 ports); 10 Delisle St (2 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, Mar 5, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,133 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 104 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,041 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 17% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (890). Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north2,943southbound · 0 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west104eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles6,18026 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,133northbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,041 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour890 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 5, 2007

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

On Spadina Rd between Ardmore Rd and Silverwood Ave, 306 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2004 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 12,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Spadina Rd · Ardmore Rd – Silverwood Ave · 306 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 worst year was 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) 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 Nov 18, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4757 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20147latest Nov 18, 2024

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Spadina & Ava a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 Spadina & Ava?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 5, 2007, 67% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Spadina & Ava?

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 & Ava?

The nearest Green P car park is 125 Burnaby Blvd (786 m away, 155 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 554 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,270 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (912 m).

How do I get to Spadina & Ava by transit?

Chaplin Station (Line 5) is 524 m away; bus routes 33, 14, 34, 7, 13, 61 within 1 km (nearest stop: Spadina Rd at Old Forest Hill Rd, 75 m).

What restaurants are near Spadina & Ava?

None within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dunloe Children's Centre (373 m), Cravewings Inc (564 m), The Mad Beans (614 m), Papa John Pizza (615 m) and Blooming Orchid (617 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 & Ava?

The nearest is Memorial Park Washroom, 340 Chaplin Cres, 774 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Spadina & Ava?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 596 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 (385 m, 86 spaces), Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) (561 m, 34 spaces) and Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (690 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Spadina & Ava?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,549 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 321 Chaplin Cres (463 m, 74 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 45 Gardiner Rd (481 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 697 Eglinton Ave W (496 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 699 Eglinton Ave W (502 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 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 & Ava in?

Spadina & Ava 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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