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Spadina & Coulson

Spadina Rd & Coulson Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Forest Hill South · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's · Forest Hill Village BIA

Spadina & Coulson is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Forest Hill South. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 601 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
8,313
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 2, 2012
271 pedestrians · 86 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4224 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair West Station 601 m · 1 streetcar route · 5 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 1,040 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 31 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 1.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Spadina & Coulson

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)601 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 646 m
TTC bus
3371269013 nearest 60 m
Blue Night
312307
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Spadina Rd at Strathearn Blvd South Side; Spadina Rd at Strathearn Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lonsdale Rd / Spadina Rd 192 m · 15 docks · 12 stations, 188 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 (18)
  • Forest Hill TutoringPrivate · 155 m
  • Bishop Strachan SchoolPrivate · 322 m
  • Forest Hill Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 575 m
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 585 m
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 696 m
  • Upper Canada Prep SchoolPrivate · 722 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
Parks (33)
  • Suydam Park90 m
  • Montclair Avenue Parkette270 m
  • Cedarvale Ravine396 m
  • Vesta Parkette399 m
  • Tichester Park648 m
  • Ridgewood Parkette678 m
  • and 27 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.4 km
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 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 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 30 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks Coffee Co, 134 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Starbucks Coffee Co · 446 Spadina Rd134 mPassed, Mar 2026
Le Petit Pain · 431 Spadina Rd142 mPassed, Jul 2026
Edo-Ko · 425 Spadina Rd151 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
What A Bagel · 421 Spadina Rd157 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Greenhouse Juice Co. · 417 Spadina Rd167 mPassed, Feb 2024
Second Cup Coffee · 415 Spadina Rd171 mPassed, Jun 2026
Village Chill · 325b Lonsdale Rd198 mPassed, Aug 2024
Pizza Banfi · 333 Lonsdale Rd198 mPassed, Dec 2025

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, 769 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 60 m away at Suydam Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    769 m
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 145 Hilton Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    910 m
Drinking water
Suydam Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 60 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 284 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (300 m, 92 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 284 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 4
  • Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre · 300 Lonsdale Rd
    92 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    300 m
  • Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd
    86 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    575 m
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 540 St Clair Ave W
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    1 km
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 94 Vaughan Rd
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 135 · 1.5 km325 Chaplin Cres
Police53 Division · 2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.4 km643 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

121 registered apartment buildings with 7,069 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 464 Spadina Rd (64 m, 24 units, 4 storeys, built 1929), which scored 82 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 120 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 40 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings121 · 7,069 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026120 across the 121
Open fire-code violations40
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
464 Spadina Rd · Cogir Real Estate244192982 · Nov 2025364 m
448 Spadina Rd · Cogir Real Estate324193589 · Nov 20252103 m
30 Thelma Ave323196294 · Jul 20251148 m
340 Lonsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.366195795 · Jul 20260169 m
320 Lonsdale Rd · Qmw Properties Inc.324192370 · Sep 20250177 m
316 Lonsdale Rd · Qmw Properties Inc.104192393 · Jul 20260178 m
312 Lonsdale Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management194192794 · Sep 20252193 m
310 Lonsdale Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management154192794 · Sep 20251204 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 lots656 lots · ≈26,760 spaces · 80.3 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈510 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 1,742 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 1.4 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking19 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
453 Spadina Rd · Surface81 m5584% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage492 m26 *
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface933 m4887% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface1.1 km2568% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface1.3 km1866% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈11 spaces; 55 m away, ≈12 spaces; 72 m away, ≈46 spaces (Green P); 79 m away, ≈13 spaces (Green P); 148 m away, ≈8 spaces; 180 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (1.4 km, 4 ports); 580 Christie St (1.5 km, 2 ports); 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.6 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, May 2, 2012

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 4,129 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 281. Most cyclists arrived from the south (51 of 86). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,310 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 1,148 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, 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 north3,903southbound · 26 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles8,313271 pedestrians · 86 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east281westbound · 9 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south4,129northbound · 51 bikes · 3.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,310 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,148 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 2, 2012

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 Coulson Ave between Dunloe Rd and Spadina Rd (76 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Coulson Avenue between Spadina Rd and Russell Hill Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Coulson Ave · Dunloe Rd – Spadina Rd · 76 mMay 2012 · 3 days1,45333 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Spadina Rd · Lonsdale Rd – Thelma Ave · 137 mSep 2009 · 3 days7,014

Traffic calming

  • Coulson Avenue · Spadina Rd – Russell Hill Rd
    4 speed humps

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

2018 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 18% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4224 of 5,508
With an injury2#3968 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#3026 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201416latest Feb 18, 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

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 12, 2022. 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 Forest Hill South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Spadina & Coulson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 & Coulson?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from May 2, 2012, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Spadina & Coulson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Coulson Ave between Dunloe Rd and Spadina Rd (May 2012), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Spadina & Coulson?

The nearest Green P car park is 453 Spadina Rd (81 m away, 55 spaces, 84% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 656 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,760 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (1.4 km).

How do I get to Spadina & Coulson by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 601 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 646 m away; bus routes 33, 7, 126, 90, 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: Spadina Rd at Strathearn Blvd South Side, 60 m).

What restaurants are near Spadina & Coulson?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Starbucks Coffee Co (134 m), Le Petit Pain (142 m), Edo-Ko (151 m), What A Bagel (157 m) and Greenhouse Juice Co. (167 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 & Coulson?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 769 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wells Hill Park Washroom (910 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 Spadina & Coulson?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 284 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (300 m, 92 spaces), Dunloe Children's Centre (575 m, 86 spaces) and St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (1.0 km, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Spadina & Coulson?

121 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,069 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 464 Spadina Rd (64 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 448 Spadina Rd (103 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 30 Thelma Ave (148 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 340 Lonsdale Rd (169 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 121 is 90 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 Spadina & Coulson?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Forest Hill South page.

What neighbourhood is Spadina & Coulson in?

Spadina & Coulson is in Forest Hill South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 101). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow. The corner falls inside the Forest Hill Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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