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Spadina & Castle View

Spadina Rd & Castle View Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Casa Loma · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's · Dupont by the Castle BIA

Spadina & Castle View, in Casa Loma, was a mid-volume intersection — that was the City's last count here, in 2020. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Dupont Station (Line 1) 551 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
6,436
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 11, 2020
73 pedestrians · 35 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Dupont Station 551 m · 12 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
51/100
city median 48 · #2,576 of 5,672
3 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 805 m

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Spadina & Castle View

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 11, 2020

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 3,013 and 3,423 vehicles. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 989 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m., 16% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (851). Trucks and buses were 7.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north3,013southbound · 21 bikes · 7.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,43673 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · 7.4% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,423northbound · 14 bikes · 7.7% heavy

Peak hours: 989 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 851 from 4:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 17, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2021

On Spadina Rd between Ardwold Gt and Russell Hill Dr, 188 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2021 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Spadina Rd · Ardwold Gt – Russell Hill Dr · 188 mOct 2021 · 24 h18,40246 km/h53 km/h59 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Dupont Station (Line 1)551 m · 7 min; St Clair West Station (Line 1)798 m · 10 min
Streetcar
512 nearest 638 m · 8 min
TTC bus
127 26 33 90 126 7 19 nearest 295 m · 4 min
Blue Night
312 307
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Spadina Rd / Austin Terrace 83 m · 17 docks · 8 stations, 126 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
18 car parks · about 1,204 spaces
EV charging
19 Spadina Rd · 1.4 km · 6 Level 2 ports; also 580 Christie St (1.8 km), 273 Christie St (1.9 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
9 mapped lots within 500 m, 548 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface1 km4024% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage1 km26 *—
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface1.1 km4887% (Q1 2026)
453 Spadina Rd · Surface1.2 km5584% (Q1 2026)
19 Spadina Road · Surface1.4 km65 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Loblaws, 805 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 36. The nearest is Blue Blood Steakhouse, 220 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 643 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: The Russell Hill Retirement Residence, a retirement home 863 m away (two within a kilometre).

Restaurants & cafés
  • Blue Blood Steakhouse · 1 Austin Ter220 m
  • Casa Loma · 1 Austin Ter220 m
  • Casa Loma Cafe · 1 Austin Ter220 m
  • Louf · 501 Davenport Rd361 m · 4 min
  • Pizza Nova · 603 Davenport Rd, Unit-2532 m · 6 min
3 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery
Loblaws 805 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 643 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre · 44 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day323 m · 4 min
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison · 31 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day381 m · 5 min
  • George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre · 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day574 m · 7 min
3 licensed centres · 140 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.725 m · 9 min
Drinking water: Spadina Park 199 m; Sir Winston Churchill Park 333 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • The Russell Hill Retirement Residence · retirement home · 2 within 1 km863 m · 10 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (28)
  • Casa Loma Parkette163 m
  • Spadina Park166 m
  • Austin Terrace Boulevard Lands275 m · 3 min
  • Spadina Road Park284 m · 3 min
  • Walmer Rd Parkette472 m · 6 min
and 23 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (21)
  • Waldorf Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 381 m · 5 min
  • George Brown College - Casa Loma CampusCollege · 574 m · 7 min
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 812 m · 10 min
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 906 m · 11 min
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 1 km · 12 min
and 16 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.1 km · 13 min
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.4 km · 17 min
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 125 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 229 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 849 m · 10 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

51of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,576 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food13/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 3 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit17/28

    Dupont Station 0.6 km · 1 stop within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    library 1.1 km away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,356 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 330 Spadina Rd (483 m, 141 units, 22 storeys, built 1967), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
330 Spadina Rd · CAPREIT14122196795 · Aug 2024483 m · 6 min
200 Madison Ave · Madison View Homes826201995 · Nov 2025505 m · 6 min
155 Kendal Ave social housing · Greenwin Corp.595199296 · Aug 2026517 m · 6 min
341 St Clair Ave W · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc.103192087 · Jun 2026600 m · 7 min
345 St Clair Ave W · Miramar Property Management154192087 · Sep 2025611 m · 7 min
300 St Clair Ave W · Realstar495196094 · Jun 2024653 m · 8 min

27 registered buildings · 2,356 units · 3 social housing · tallest 30 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Four thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

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 Spadina & Castle View a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 & Castle View?

A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2020. Its latest count is from Feb 11, 2020, 70% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Spadina & Castle View a walkable intersection?

Spadina & Castle View scores 51 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,576 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km; Dupont Station 0.6 km · 1 stop within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Spadina & Castle View?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Spadina Rd between Ardwold Gt and Russell Hill Dr (October 2021), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Spadina & Castle View?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (1.0 km away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 548 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,300 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (1.4 km).

How do I get to Spadina & Castle View by transit?

Dupont Station (Line 1) is 551 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 638 m away; bus routes 127, 26, 33, 90, 126, 7, 19 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Spadina & Castle View?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Blue Blood Steakhouse (220 m), Casa Loma (220 m), Casa Loma Cafe (220 m), Louf (361 m) and Pizza Nova (532 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Spadina & Castle View?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 725 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Is there child care near Spadina & Castle View?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 140 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre (323 m, 44 spaces), Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre-Madison (381 m, 31 spaces) and George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre (574 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Spadina & Castle View?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,356 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 330 Spadina Rd (483 m, 141 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 200 Madison Ave (505 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 155 Kendal Ave (517 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 341 St Clair Ave W (600 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Spadina & Castle View?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Casa Loma page.

What neighbourhood is Spadina & Castle View in?

Spadina & Castle View is in Casa Loma (City of Toronto neighbourhood 096). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow. The corner falls inside the Dupont by the Castle Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined