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Symington & Paton

Symington Ave & Paton Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Junction-Wallace Emerson · Ward 9, Davenport

Symington & Paton is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Junction-Wallace Emerson. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Dundas West Station (Line 2) 306 m away and Bloor GO 319 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
2,825
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 2, 2013
357 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4097 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Dundas West Station 306 m · 4 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 350 vehicles, 31% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 8 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 1.2 collisions a year here over 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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Symington & Paton

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dundas West Station (Line 2)306 m; Lansdowne Station (Line 2)501 m; Keele Station (Line 2)916 m
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener319 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 319 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
512504505506 nearest 35 m
TTC bus
1684024047268041 nearest 18 m
Express
941
Blue Night
304305306300340341
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Symington Ave at Paton Rd; Symington Ave at Ernest Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Randolph Ave / Perth Ave 143 m · 19 docks · 20 stations, 328 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 (25)
  • Tamarack West Outdoor SchoolPrivate · 380 m
  • St Luigi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 430 m
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 470 m
  • Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 484 m
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 789 m
  • Pauline Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 833 m
  • and 19 more
Community centres
Parks (31)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch681 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 620 m
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 661 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 200 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Space Social, 238 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 200 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Wallace Market · 147 Symington Avegrocery212 mPassed, Jul 2026
Space Social · 87 Wade Ave238 mPassed, Jul 2026
Thai Nyyom · 1419 Bloor St W257 mPassed, Apr 2026
Low Bar · 1426 Bloor St W267 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
3 Jit Variety · 1452 Bloor St Wgrocery267 mPassed, Dec 2025
Martin Espresso Bar · 1421 Bloor St W267 mPassed, Feb 2026
Kibo Market · 1415 Bloor St Wgrocery270 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Halo Brewery · 247 Wallace Ave None302 mPassed, Apr 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 Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 374 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 123 m away at Perth Avenue Parkette.

  • Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 225 Campbell Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    374 m
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 350 Perth Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    597 m
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 346 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    906 m
Drinking water
Perth Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 123 m; Erwin Krickhahn Park bottle filling station · 214 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 696 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (286 m, 75 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 696 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) · 1411 Bloor St W
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    286 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre · 544 Lansdowne Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    425 m
  • Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre · 14 Ruskin Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    470 m
  • The Village Nursery School · 2241 Dundas St W
    18 spaces · preschool
    652 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.2 km1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 1.6 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.5 km760 Dovercourt Rd

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 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,587 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 11 Randolph Ave (188 m, 95 units, 6 storeys, built 1994), which scored 88 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 60 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 3,587 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202660 across the 26
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Randolph AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation956199488 · Jun 20250188 m
77 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1217199292 · Sep 20240 · 1 fire242 m
55 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · TCH1769199294 · Jun 20252 · 1 fire277 m
2376 Dundas St W · Dun West Properties Ltd3942720230381 m
2360 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd63829197694 · Aug 20252406 m
2350 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd45729197694 · Sep 20245408 m
685 Lansdowne Ave · Gbs Properties Ltd.303198580 · Jul 20250489 m
10 Dora Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc.1348199597 · Jul 20251559 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 lots660 lots · ≈23,580 spaces · 70.7 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈2,210 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 853 spaces
EV charging (City)2285 Dundas St W · 563 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking20 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 90 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface483 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface687 m4963% (Q1 2026)
2201 Dundas St W · Surface720 m1070% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface800 m187 *
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface1.3 km3763% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 119 m away, ≈12 spaces; 126 m away, ≈20 spaces; 204 m away, ≈58 spaces; 240 m away, ≈37 spaces; 271 m away, ≈19 spaces; 273 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (621 m, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (864 m, 2 ports); 64 Annette St (1.1 km, 2 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, Oct 2, 2013

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,405 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 77 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 446 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 425 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.8% 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 north1,405southbound · 0 bikes · 8.3% heavy
From the west215eastbound · 0 bikes · 11.2% heavy
Total vehicles2,825357 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 8.8% heavy
From the east77westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,128northbound · 0 bikes · 9.6% heavy
AM peak hour446 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour425 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 2, 2013

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 Paton Rd between Campbell Ave and Lane E of Symington and S of Paton, 61 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2012 put the average speed at 28 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 40 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Paton Rd · Campbell Ave – Lane E of Symington and S of Paton · 61 mApr 2012 · 3 days63928 km/h35 km/h40 km/h
Symington Ave · Wallace Ave – Antler St · 352 mSep 2009 · 3 days6,855

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 2017, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (8%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 23, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4097 of 5,508
With an injury1#4460 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
All since 201412latest Apr 23, 2025

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

Three 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 23, 2021. 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Symington & Paton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 Symington & Paton?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 2, 2013, 31% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Symington & Paton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Paton Rd between Campbell Ave and Lane E of Symington and S of Paton (April 2012), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Symington & Paton?

The nearest Green P car park is 695 Lansdowne Ave (483 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 660 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,580 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2285 Dundas St W (563 m).

How do I get to Symington & Paton by transit?

Dundas West Station (Line 2) is 306 m away; Bloor GO is 319 m away; streetcar routes 512, 504, 505, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 35 m away; bus routes 168, 402, 40, 47, 26, 80, 41, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Symington Ave at Paton Rd, 18 m).

What restaurants are near Symington & Paton?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 200 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Space Social (238 m), Thai Nyyom (257 m), Low Bar (267 m), Martin Espresso Bar (267 m) and Halo Brewery (302 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 Symington & Paton?

The nearest is Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 225 Campbell Ave, 374 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Perth Square Park Washroom (597 m); Macgregor Playground Washroom (906 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 Symington & Paton?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 696 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (286 m, 75 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (425 m, 39 spaces) and Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre (470 m, 192 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Symington & Paton?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,587 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Randolph Ave (188 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 77 Rankin Cres (242 m, 121 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 55 Rankin Cres (277 m, 176 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2376 Dundas St W (381 m, 394 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 88 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 Symington & Paton?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson page.

What neighbourhood is Symington & Paton in?

Symington & Paton is in Junction-Wallace Emerson (City of Toronto neighbourhood 171). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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