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Wellesley & Sumach

Wellesley St E & Sumach St · Toronto, Ontario · Cabbagetown-South St.James Town · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Wellesley & Sumach, in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, in central Toronto, is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Castle Frank Station (Line 2) 612 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
370
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2022
285 pedestrians · 155 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3748 of 5,508 · +2 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Castle Frank Station 612 m · 3 streetcar routes · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows, Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 50 vehicles an hour, 4% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 41.9% of vehicle volume, about 54× the typical share. On average 1.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Wellesley & Sumach

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Castle Frank Station (Line 2)612 m; Broadview Station (Line 2)852 m
Streetcar
506504505 nearest 673 m
TTC bus
6594121758725862 nearest 457 m
Express
925
Blue Night
306304305365300322
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Wellesley St E installed 2005; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Sumach St installed 2005
Bike Share
Amelia St / Sumach St 105 m · 11 docks · 21 stations, 432 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 (30)
  • Monsignor Fraser - St Martin CampusEnglish Separate · 249 m
  • Rosedale Heights School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 530 m
  • Sprucecourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 546 m
  • Winchester Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 649 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 669 m
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 692 m
  • and 24 more
Parks (37)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch860 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch900 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 327 m
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 419 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 626 m
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 948 m
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Allan GardensNature/ Park · 1.2 km
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 146 eating places are within a kilometre — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is BBQ Chicken Factory, 450 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 146 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
BBQ Chicken Factory · 292 Wellesley St E450 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Cranberries · 601 Parliament St456 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
L'avenue · 583 Parliament St457 mPassed, May 2026
F'amelia · 12 Amelia St457 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Absolute Bakery · 589 Parliament Stgrocery460 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Jamestown Milk · 592 Parliament St463 mPassed, Jun 2026
Yarl's Super Store · 607 Parliament St464 mPassed, May 2026 · 6 infractions
Ambal Trading · 591 Parliament St468 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 Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 315 m away, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A drinking fountain is 98 m away at Wellesley Park.

  • Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    315 m
  • Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    392 m
  • Riverdale Park West Washroom · 375 Sumach St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    588 m
Drinking water
Wellesley Park drinking fountain · 98 m; Riverdale Farm drinking fountain · 354 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,137 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (546 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,137 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 13
  • Sprucecourt Child Care Centre · 70 Spruce St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    546 m
  • Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St
    32 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    561 m
  • Winchester Site Day Care (Central Neighbourhood House) · 15 Prospect St
    87 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    649 m
  • Pat Schulz Child Care Centre · 1 Danforth Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    692 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 313 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 313 · 1 km441 Bloor St E
Police51 Division · 1.9 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 2.1 km58 Richmond St E

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

63 registered apartment buildings with 11,419 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 21 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 280 Wellesley St E (527 m, 571 units, 32 storeys, built 1969), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 63 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 253 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 64 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings63 · 11,419 units · 21 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026253 across the 63
Open fire-code violations64
Tallest43 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
280 Wellesley St E · Wellesley Parliament Square Ltd.57132196996 · Nov 202519527 m
650 Parliament St · Wellesley Parliament Square Ltd.56822196986 · Nov 202513 · 3 fire534 m
531-535 Parliament St · 10887609 Canada Inc173188890 · Oct 20250543 m
670 Parliament St · Medallion Corporation23915196482 · Aug 20242576 m
260 Wellesley St E · Wellesley Parliament Square Ltd.56532196893 · Nov 20258 · 1 fire619 m
135 Rose Ave · Medallion Corporation23915196474 · Oct 20251621 m
99 Howard St · Medallion Corporation23915196495 · Nov 20253632 m
240 Wellesley St E · Wellesley Parliament Square Ltd.55429196884 · Jul 202615 · 1 fire638 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 lots811 lots · ≈22,640 spaces · 67.9 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈220 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 2,675 spaces
EV charging (City)188 Carlton St · 931 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface659 m3555% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface935 m9175% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface1 km9470% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface1.1 km1176% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 83 m away, ≈14 spaces; 136 m away, ≈3 spaces; 156 m away, ≈9 spaces; 162 m away, ≈6 spaces; 235 m away, ≈53 spaces; 257 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 186 Carlton St (940 m, 1 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1 km, 10 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (1.4 km, 8 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 27, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The south leg carries the load — 293 northbound vehicles, or 79% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 27. Most cyclists arrived from the south (113 of 155). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 65 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (53). Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west27eastbound · 30 bikes · 7.4% heavy
Total vehicles370285 pedestrians · 155 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east50westbound · 12 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south293northbound · 113 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour53 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour65 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2022

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 Sumach St between Winchester St and Yen Lane (207 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. Wellesley St E between Sackville St and Wellesley Ave measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Sep 2002). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 10 speed humps slow traffic on Sumach Street between Gerrard St E and Wellesley St E (installed 2002).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wellesley St E · Sackville St – Wellesley Ave · 140 mSep 2002 · 24 h36728 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Sumach St · Winchester St – Yen Lane · 207 mAug 2001 · 24 h1,35235 km/h42 km/h45 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Sumach Street · Gerrard St E – Wellesley St E
    10 speed humps
    installed 2002

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 (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions. 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 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3748 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only10
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201423latest May 27, 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 11 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 55% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1120street/outdoor (6), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft320house driveway/garage (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 31, 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Wellesley & Sumach a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Wellesley & Sumach?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2022, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Wellesley & Sumach?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sumach St between Winchester St and Yen Lane (August 2001), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Wellesley & Sumach?

The nearest Green P car park is 51 Aberdeen Ave (659 m away, 35 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 811 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,640 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 188 Carlton St (931 m).

How do I get to Wellesley & Sumach by transit?

Castle Frank Station (Line 2) is 612 m away; streetcar routes 506, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 673 m away; bus routes 65, 94, 121, 75, 87, 25, 8, 62 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Wellesley & Sumach?

None within 300 m, and 146 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are BBQ Chicken Factory (450 m), Cranberries (456 m), L'avenue (457 m), F'amelia (457 m) and Jamestown Milk (463 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 Wellesley & Sumach?

The nearest is Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 201 Winchester St, 315 m away (open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Next nearest: Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom (392 m); Riverdale Park West Washroom (588 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 Wellesley & Sumach?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,137 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (546 m, 56 spaces), Buds and Blossoms (561 m, 32 spaces) and Winchester Site Day Care (Central Neighbourhood House) (649 m, 87 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wellesley & Sumach?

63 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 11,419 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 280 Wellesley St E (527 m, 571 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 650 Parliament St (534 m, 568 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 531-535 Parliament St (543 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 670 Parliament St (576 m, 239 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 63 is 87 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Wellesley & Sumach?

Toronto Police place 11 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town page.

What neighbourhood is Wellesley & Sumach in?

Wellesley & Sumach is in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town (City of Toronto neighbourhood 071). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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