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Spadina & Old Forest Hill

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

Spadina & Old Forest Hill is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Forest Hill South. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: Chaplin Station (Line 5) 584 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
11,023
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 13, 2026
452 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
30
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Chaplin Station 584 m · 8 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
50/100
city median 48 · #2,693 of 5,672
24 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 927 m

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Spadina & Old Forest Hill

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jan 13, 2026

The south leg carries the load — 3,791 northbound vehicles, or 34% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,622. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,123 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,044 from 3:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north3,764southbound · 6 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west1,622eastbound · 18 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles11,023452 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east1,846westbound · 14 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south3,791northbound · 7 bikes · 3.2% heavy

Peak hours: 1,123 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,044 from 3:00 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

2020 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 3% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 21, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions302.7 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury3
Property damage only26
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
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

The City's counter on Spadina Rd between Ardmore Rd and Silverwood Ave (397 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. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Old Forest Hill Rd between Spadina Rd and Gardiner Rd measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Nov 2021) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Old Forest Hill Road between Eglinton Ave W and Spadina Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Old Forest Hill Rd · Spadina Rd – Gardiner Rd · 63 mNov 2021 · 3 days4,34842 km/h49 km/h55 km/h
Spadina Rd · Ardmore Rd – Silverwood Ave · 397 mMar 2004 · 3 days12,94947 km/h54 km/h59 km/h
Traffic calming
Old Forest Hill Road (Eglinton Ave W – Spadina Rd): 7 speed humps

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.

The crossing
Signal 0853, activated 1967 · leading pedestrian interval North/East/West

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Chaplin Station (Line 5)584 m · 7 min; Forest Hill Station (Line 5)744 m · 9 min
TTC bus
33 34 14 7 nearest 16 m
Blue Night
334 307
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Spadina Rd at Old Forest Hill Rd
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Old Forest Hill Rd installed 2005
Bike Share
Beltline Trail / Chaplin Cres 685 m · 8 min · 11 docks · 2 stations, 28 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
6 car parks · about 363 spaces
EV charging
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 1 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
10 mapped lots within 500 m, 299 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1 km2662% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage1 km6834% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1.1 km15555% (Q1 2026)
453 Spadina Rd · Surface1.1 km5584% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.3 km3342% (Q1 2026)

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

The nearest grocery store is Summerhill Market, 927 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 24 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John Pizza, 792 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Total Health Pharmacy, 721 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Papa John Pizza · 538 Eglinton Ave W792 m · 9 min
  • Penalty Box · 340 Chaplin Cres Unit-2799 m · 10 min
  • Starbucks · 859 Eglinton Ave W807 m · 10 min
  • The Mad Beans · 519 Eglinton Ave W809 m · 10 min
  • Blooming Orchid · 525 Eglinton Ave W809 m · 10 min
0 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Grocery
Summerhill Market 927 m · 11 min
Pharmacy
Total Health Pharmacy 721 m · 9 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day551 m · 7 min
  • Dunloe Children's Centre · 86 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day554 m · 7 min
  • Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool · 60 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day790 m · 9 min
4 licensed centres · 227 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Memorial Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible837 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Robert Bateman Parkette 454 m · 5 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 (17)
  • Old Forest Hill Parkette415 m · 5 min
  • Robert Bateman Parkette492 m · 6 min
  • Rosemary Parkette663 m · 8 min
  • Larratt Parkette832 m · 10 min
  • Dunvegan Parkette851 m · 10 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena789 m · 9 min
Schools (10)
  • Forest Hill Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 554 m · 7 min
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 646 m · 8 min
  • Alive Montessori and Private SchoolPrivate · 890 m · 11 min
  • Robbins Hebrew AcademyPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
  • North Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch561 m · 7 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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

50of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,693 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food8/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 24 within 1 km

  • Transit18/28

    Chaplin Station 0.6 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 561 m away

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · traffic calming

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

30 registered apartment buildings with 1,499 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 650 Eglinton Ave W (447 m, 102 units, 8 storeys, built 1961), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 30 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
650 Eglinton Ave W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1028196199 · Aug 2026447 m · 5 min
45 Gardiner Rd · Prince Charles Terrace Apartments Limited416195496 · Aug 2024454 m · 5 min
697 Eglinton Ave W · Cogir Real Estate334195093 · Aug 2026468 m · 6 min
699 Eglinton Ave W · Cogir Real Estate274195094 · Jul 2025491 m · 6 min
600 Eglinton Ave W · Spicecart Property Management606196887 · Aug 2026516 m · 6 min
701 Eglinton Ave W · Cogir Real Estate324195093 · Aug 2026520 m · 6 min

30 registered buildings · 1,499 units · 3 social housing · tallest 11 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

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000—
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (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 Forest Hill South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Spadina & Old Forest Hill a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 30 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 & Old Forest Hill?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jan 13, 2026, 68% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Spadina & Old Forest Hill a walkable intersection?

Spadina & Old Forest Hill scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,693 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: 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Chaplin Station 0.6 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; library 561 m away. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Spadina & Old Forest Hill?

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 & Old Forest Hill?

The nearest Green P car park is 912 Eglinton Ave W (1.0 km away, 26 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 299 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,690 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.0 km).

How do I get to Spadina & Old Forest Hill by transit?

Chaplin Station (Line 5) is 584 m away; bus routes 33, 34, 14, 7 within 1 km (nearest stop: Spadina Rd at Old Forest Hill Rd, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Spadina & Old Forest Hill?

None within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Papa John Pizza (792 m), Penalty Box (799 m), Starbucks (807 m), The Mad Beans (809 m) and Blooming Orchid (809 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Spadina & Old Forest Hill?

The nearest is Memorial Park Washroom, 340 Chaplin Cres, 837 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Spadina & Old Forest Hill?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 227 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) (551 m, 34 spaces), Dunloe Children's Centre (554 m, 86 spaces) and Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (790 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Spadina & Old Forest Hill?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,499 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 650 Eglinton Ave W (447 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 45 Gardiner Rd (454 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 697 Eglinton Ave W (468 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 699 Eglinton Ave W (491 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Spadina & Old Forest Hill?

Toronto Police place no 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 Forest Hill South page.

What neighbourhood is Spadina & Old Forest Hill in?

Spadina & Old Forest Hill 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

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