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Spadina & Thelma

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

In Forest Hill South, Spadina & Thelma is a mid-volume intersection. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 530 m away.

Traffic volume
7,509
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2004
938 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
52
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 38 property damage · #2015 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
St Clair West Station 530 m · 1 streetcar route · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 940 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 81% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 5.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 106%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 35 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Spadina & Thelma

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)530 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 554 m
TTC bus
3312690713 nearest 82 m
Blue Night
312307
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Spadina Rd at Lonsdale Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lonsdale Rd / Spadina Rd 101 m · 15 docks · 11 stations, 173 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 (20)
  • Forest Hill TutoringPrivate · 65 m
  • Bishop Strachan SchoolPrivate · 313 m
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 501 m
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 638 m
  • Forest Hill Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 665 m
  • City High SchoolPrivate · 681 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (35)
  • Suydam Park121 m
  • Montclair Avenue Parkette179 m
  • Cedarvale Ravine393 m
  • Vesta Parkette483 m
  • Tichester Park594 m
  • Nordheimer Ravine723 m
  • and 29 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch881 m
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 1.2 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.3 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 43 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks Coffee Co, 46 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Starbucks Coffee Co · 446 Spadina Rd46 mPassed, Mar 2026
Le Petit Pain · 431 Spadina Rd53 mPassed, Jul 2026
Edo-Ko · 425 Spadina Rd62 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
What A Bagel · 421 Spadina Rd67 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Greenhouse Juice Co. · 417 Spadina Rd78 mPassed, Feb 2024
Second Cup Coffee · 415 Spadina Rd81 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Banfi · 333 Lonsdale Rd108 mPassed, Dec 2025
Village Chill · 325b Lonsdale Rd108 mPassed, Aug 2024

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, 681 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 151 m away at Suydam Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    681 m
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 145 Hilton Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    833 m
Drinking water
Suydam Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 151 m; Tichester Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 589 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 403 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (264 m, 92 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 403 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre · 300 Lonsdale Rd
    92 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    264 m
  • Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd
    86 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    665 m
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 540 St Clair Ave W
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    917 m
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 94 Vaughan Rd
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    936 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 1.6 km20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 2.1 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.5 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

118 registered apartment buildings with 6,930 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 448 Spadina Rd (29 m, 32 units, 4 storeys, built 1935), which scored 89 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 115 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 40 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings118 · 6,930 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026115 across the 118
Open fire-code violations40
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
448 Spadina Rd · Cogir Real Estate324193589 · Nov 2025229 m
464 Spadina Rd · Cogir Real Estate244192982 · Nov 2025346 m
340 Lonsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.366195795 · Jul 2026093 m
320 Lonsdale Rd · Qmw Properties Inc.324192370 · Sep 2025097 m
316 Lonsdale Rd · Qmw Properties Inc.104192393 · Jul 20260105 m
323 Lonsdale Rd2041930100 · Aug 20260130 m
312 Lonsdale Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management194192794 · Sep 20252132 m
404 Spadina Rd314193190 · Nov 20251134 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 lots664 lots · ≈27,190 spaces · 81.6 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈660 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 · Surface13 m5584% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage411 m26 *
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface864 m4887% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface1 km2568% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface1.2 km1866% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 28 m away, ≈13 spaces (Green P); 34 m away, ≈46 spaces (Green P); 58 m away, ≈12 spaces; 65 m away, ≈8 spaces; 112 m away, ≈16 spaces; 121 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (1.4 km, 4 ports); 580 Christie St (1.5 km, 2 ports); 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.7 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 8, 2004

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,747 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 407. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,150 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,016). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2004, 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 north3,355southbound · 2 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,509938 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east407westbound · 0 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the south3,747northbound · 3 bikes · 2.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,016 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,150 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 8, 2004

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 most recent midblock count on Spadina Rd between Lonsdale Rd and Thelma Ave (46 m away, Sep 2009) recorded volume only — about 7,014 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Spadina Rd · Lonsdale Rd – Thelma Ave · 46 mSep 2009 · 3 days7,014

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

2024 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 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 May 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#2015 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only38
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201464latest May 28, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Apr 7, 2015.

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 seven thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.0 a year. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle710street/outdoor (6), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft320apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 15, 2025. 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 & Thelma a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 52 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 & Thelma?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2004, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Spadina & Thelma?

The nearest Green P car park is 453 Spadina Rd (13 m away, 55 spaces, 84% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 664 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,190 spaces — 39 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 & Thelma by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 530 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 554 m away; bus routes 33, 126, 90, 7, 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: Spadina Rd at Lonsdale Rd, 82 m).

What restaurants are near Spadina & Thelma?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Starbucks Coffee Co (46 m), Le Petit Pain (53 m), Edo-Ko (62 m), What A Bagel (67 m) and Greenhouse Juice Co. (78 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 & Thelma?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 681 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wells Hill Park Washroom (833 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 & Thelma?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 403 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Grace Church On-the-Hill Child Care Centre (264 m, 92 spaces), Dunloe Children's Centre (665 m, 86 spaces) and St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (917 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Spadina & Thelma?

118 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,930 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 448 Spadina Rd (29 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 464 Spadina Rd (46 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 340 Lonsdale Rd (93 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 320 Lonsdale Rd (97 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 70). The average RentSafeTO score across the 118 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 & Thelma?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and three 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 & Thelma in?

Spadina & Thelma 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