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Symington & Wallace

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

Symington & Wallace is a moderately travelled crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Junction-Wallace Emerson. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Dundas West Station (Line 2) 450 m away and Bloor GO 490 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,158
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 1, 2025
1,940 pedestrians · 518 cyclists · #1768 busiest
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3050 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
Dundas West Station 450 m · 3 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 12 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 650 vehicles an hour, 57% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 5.7% of vehicle volume, about 7.3× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 2.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 36%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 15 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Symington & Wallace

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)450 m; Lansdowne Station (Line 2)596 m; Keele Station (Line 2)1 km
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener490 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 490 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
512504505 nearest 12 m
TTC bus
168404024726 nearest 12 m
Blue Night
304305340300
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Symington Ave at Wallace Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Wallace Ave / Symington Ave - SMART 15 m · 12 docks · 20 stations, 335 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)
  • St Luigi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 245 m
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 300 m
  • Tamarack West Outdoor SchoolPrivate · 359 m
  • Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 636 m
  • St Rita Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Fraser SouthwestEnglish Separate · 775 m
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 776 m
  • and 19 more
Community centres
Parks (32)
  • Campbell Avenue Park270 m
  • Perth Avenue Parkette284 m
  • West Toronto Railpath299 m
  • Erwin Krickhahn Park336 m
  • Perth Square Park390 m
  • Symington Avenue Playground646 m
  • and 26 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch486 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 756 m
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 815 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 176 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Halo Brewery, 241 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 176 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Wallace Market · 147 Symington Avegrocery13 mPassed, Jul 2026
Halo Brewery · 247 Wallace Ave None241 mPassed, Apr 2026
Blue Collar Bakery Hq · 241 Wallace Ave Nonegrocery242 mPassed, Apr 2026
Phuoc Thanh Food Co. · 245 Wallace Ave Nonegrocery244 mPassed, Jun 2026
Perth Early Learning Centre · 14 Ruskin Ave301 mPassed, Mar 2026
Gaspar Cafe · 10 Sousa Mendes St316 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Le Dolci · 12 Sousa Mendes St321 mPassed, Mar 2025
Space Social · 87 Wade Ave327 mPassed, Jul 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, 195 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 229 m away at Campbell Avenue Park.

  • Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 225 Campbell Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    195 m
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 350 Perth Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    415 m
Drinking water
Campbell Avenue Park drinking fountain · 229 m; Perth Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 279 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 921 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre (300 m, 192 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 921 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre · 14 Ruskin Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    300 m
  • Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) · 1411 Bloor St W
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    483 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre · 544 Lansdowne Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    524 m
  • The Village Nursery School · 2241 Dundas St W
    18 spaces · preschool
    811 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.1 km1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 1.4 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.6 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

26 registered apartment buildings with 3,526 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 11 Randolph Ave (341 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 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. 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 · 3,526 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 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 20250341 m
77 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1217199292 · Sep 20240 · 1 fire412 m
55 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · TCH1769199294 · Jun 20252 · 1 fire460 m
2376 Dundas St W · Dun West Properties Ltd3942720230488 m
800 Lansdowne Ave · Berkley Property Management Inc.1384199282 · Jul 20253494 m
2360 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd63829197694 · Aug 20252528 m
2350 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd45729197694 · Sep 20245533 m
1407 Dupont St · Firm Capital Properties Inc745200892 · Jul 20269565 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 lots661 lots · ≈24,870 spaces · 74.6 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈1,330 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 928 spaces
EV charging (City)2285 Dundas St W · 714 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking10 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 102 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface592 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface770 m4963% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface874 m187 *
2201 Dundas St W · Surface893 m1070% (Q1 2026)
351 Keele St · Surface1.2 km7270% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 157 m away, ≈19 spaces; 189 m away, ≈17 spaces; 200 m away, ≈36 spaces; 227 m away, ≈20 spaces; 241 m away, ≈28 spaces; 242 m away, ≈12 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (780 m, 2 ports); 64 Annette St (1 km, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (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 — 14-hour, Apr 1, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 3,531 southbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 711. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 994 vehicles in the hour from 3:45 p.m., 35% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (734). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,531southbound · 91 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the west711eastbound · 158 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles9,1581,940 pedestrians · 518 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east2,402westbound · 183 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the south2,514northbound · 86 bikes · 4.9% heavy
AM peak hour734 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour994 vehicles from 3:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 1, 2025

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 Wallace Ave between Lane 2 W of Lansdowne and S of Wallace and Rankin Cres (250 m away) recorded an average of 25 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 4,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Symington Ave · Wallace Ave – Antler St · 154 mSep 2009 · 3 days6,855
Wallace Ave · Lane 2 W of Lansdowne and S of Wallace – Rankin Cres · 250 mJun 2023 · 7 days4,29025 km/h33 km/h38 km/h

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

2021 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 31% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 23% 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 Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3050 of 5,508
With an injury8#2140 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian3#1436 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#912 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201434latest Jun 30, 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 two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft200other (1), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 9, 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Symington & Wallace a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 & Wallace?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1768 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 57% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Symington & Wallace?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Wallace Ave between Lane 2 W of Lansdowne and S of Wallace and Rankin Cres (June 2023), found an average of 25 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Symington & Wallace?

The nearest Green P car park is 695 Lansdowne Ave (592 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 661 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,870 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2285 Dundas St W (714 m).

How do I get to Symington & Wallace by transit?

Dundas West Station (Line 2) is 450 m away; Bloor GO is 490 m away; streetcar routes 512, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 12 m away; bus routes 168, 40, 402, 47, 26 within 1 km (nearest stop: Symington Ave at Wallace Ave, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Symington & Wallace?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 176 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Halo Brewery (241 m), Perth Early Learning Centre (301 m), Gaspar Cafe (316 m), Le Dolci (321 m) and Space Social (327 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 & Wallace?

The nearest is Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 225 Campbell Ave, 195 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Perth Square Park Washroom (415 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 & Wallace?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 921 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre (300 m, 192 spaces), Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (483 m, 75 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (524 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Symington & Wallace?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,526 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Randolph Ave (341 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 77 Rankin Cres (412 m, 121 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 55 Rankin Cres (460 m, 176 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2376 Dundas St W (488 m, 394 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 87 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 & Wallace?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson page.

What neighbourhood is Symington & Wallace in?

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

Sources

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