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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. Nearby are Dundas West Station (Line 2) 643 m away and Bloor GO 668 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
9,158
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 1, 2025
1,940 pedestrians · 518 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Dundas West Station 643 m · 14 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
59/100
city median 48 · #1,760 of 5,672
90 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 14 m

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Symington & Wallace

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 · 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 19 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

Peak hours: 734 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 994 from 3:45 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

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, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 12, 2026.

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

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions262.8 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury8#2140 of 4,669
Property damage only14
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian3#1436 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist3#912 of 2,576
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
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 2015

The City's counter on Wallace Ave between Lane 1 W of Lansdowne and S of Wallace and Ward St (338 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 4,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Symington Ave · Wallace Ave – Antler St · 154 mSep 2009 · 3 days6,855———
Wallace Ave · Lane 1 W of Lansdowne and S of Wallace – Ward St · 338 mMar 2015 · 3 days4,47928 km/h37 km/h41 km/h

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Dundas West Station (Line 2)643 m · 8 min; Lansdowne Station (Line 2)826 m · 10 min
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener668 m · 8 min
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 668 m · 8 min — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
512 504 505 nearest 12 m
TTC bus
168 47 402 40 26 nearest 12 m
Blue Night
304 305 340 300
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 · 13 stations, 225 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
10 car parks · about 513 spaces
EV charging
2285 Dundas St W · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 2251 Dundas St W (1.1 km), 64 Annette St (1.3 km)
Bike parking
6 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 42 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
13 mapped lots within 500 m, 459 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface817 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1.1 km4963% (Q1 2026)
2201 Dundas St W · Surface1.2 km1070% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1.2 km187 *—
351 Keele St · Surface1.5 km7270% (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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Wallace Market is 14 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Blue Collar Bakery Hq, 243 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 90 eating places are within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Gaspar Cafe, 356 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Universal Pharmacy, 430 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. La Centre For Active Seniors - Rankin Apartments runs a seniors' active living programme 555 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Gaspar Cafe · 10 Sousa Mendes St356 m · 4 min
  • Le Dolci · 12 Sousa Mendes St367 m · 4 min
  • Pepper's Food and Drink · 189 Wallace Ave386 m · 5 min
  • Petite Bouchee · 28 Sousa Mendes St407 m · 5 min
  • Blondies Pizza - Junction · 2486 Dundas St W419 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 90 within 1 km
Grocery
Wallace Market 14 m · 6 within 1 km
Food shops
Blue Collar Bakery Hq 243 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Universal Pharmacy 430 m · 5 min · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre · 192 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day421 m · 5 min
  • Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) · 75 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day496 m · 6 min
  • Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day779 m · 9 min
4 licensed centres · 334 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.273 m · 3 min
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible533 m · 6 min
Drinking water: Campbell Avenue Park 300 m · 4 min; West Toronto Rail Path 313 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • La Centre For Active Seniors - Rankin Apartments · seniors' active living centre555 m · 7 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)
  • Campbell Avenue Park343 m · 4 min
  • Perth Avenue Parkette380 m · 5 min
  • West Toronto Railpath456 m · 5 min
  • Erwin Krickhahn Park461 m · 5 min
  • Perth Square Park481 m · 6 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (18)
  • St Luigi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 320 m · 4 min
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 421 m · 5 min
  • Tamarack West Outdoor SchoolPrivate · 448 m · 5 min
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 808 m · 10 min
  • Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 885 m · 11 min
and 13 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch581 m · 7 min
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 942 m · 11 min
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km · 13 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.

59of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,760 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food16/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 90 within 1 km

  • Transit22/28

    Dundas West Station 0.6 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 581 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    3 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

14 registered apartment buildings with 2,676 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 11 Randolph Ave (450 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 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
11 Randolph Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation956199488 · Jun 2025450 m · 5 min
77 Rankin Cres Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1217199292 · Sep 2024538 m · 6 min
55 Rankin Cres Toronto Community Housing · TCH1769199294 · Jun 2025558 m · 7 min
800 Lansdowne Ave · Berkley Property Management Inc.1384199282 · Jul 2025695 m · 8 min
2376 Dundas St W · Dun West Properties Ltd394272023—791 m · 9 min
1625 Dupont St103192077 · Jul 2026814 m · 10 min

14 registered buildings · 2,676 units · 4 social housing · tallest 29 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 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.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft200other (1), house driveway/garage (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 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. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2025, 57% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Symington & Wallace a walkable intersection?

Symington & Wallace scores 59 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,760 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Dundas West Station 0.6 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km; 5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km.

How fast do cars go at Symington & Wallace?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Wallace Ave between Lane 1 W of Lansdowne and S of Wallace and Ward St (March 2015), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 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 (817 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 459 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,160 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2285 Dundas St W (1.0 km).

How do I get to Symington & Wallace by transit?

Dundas West Station (Line 2) is 643 m away; Bloor GO is 668 m away; streetcar routes 512, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 12 m away; bus routes 168, 47, 402, 40, 26 within 1 km (nearest stop: Symington Ave at Wallace Ave, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Symington & Wallace?

None within 300 m, and 90 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Gaspar Cafe (356 m), Le Dolci (367 m), Pepper's Food and Drink (386 m), Petite Bouchee (407 m) and Blondies Pizza - Junction (419 m). 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, 273 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Perth Square Park Washroom (533 m).

Is there child care near Symington & Wallace?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 334 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Perth Avenue Early Learning Centre (421 m, 192 spaces), Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (496 m, 75 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (779 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Symington & Wallace?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,676 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Randolph Ave (450 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 77 Rankin Cres (538 m, 121 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 55 Rankin Cres (558 m, 176 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 800 Lansdowne Ave (695 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 86 out of 100.

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. 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