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Winchester & Sackville

Winchester St & Sackville St · Toronto, Ontario · Cabbagetown-South St.James Town · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Winchester & Sackville is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, in the downtown core. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Castle Frank Station (Line 2) 849 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,075
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2022
1,072 pedestrians · 207 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4111 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Castle Frank Station 849 m · 3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow, Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 130 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 12% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.0 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 19.3% of vehicle volume, about 25× the typical share. On average 1.2 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Winchester & Sackville

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)849 m
Streetcar
506505504 nearest 336 m
TTC bus
659412175 nearest 245 m
Blue Night
306305304365300
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Sackville St installed 2005; Sharrows on Winchester St installed 2023
Bike Share
Parliament St / Aberdeen Ave 258 m · 15 docks · 27 stations, 548 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 (36)
  • Monsignor Fraser - St Martin CampusEnglish Separate · 120 m
  • Sprucecourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 269 m
  • Winchester Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 424 m
  • Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 643 m
  • Rose Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 713 m
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 731 m
  • and 30 more
Parks (48)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch557 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch713 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 121 m
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 317 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 773 m
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 774 m
  • Allan GardensNature/ Park · 910 m
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 1 km
  • Mattamy Athletic CentreSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.3 km

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 22 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 164 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Buds and Blossoms, 238 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 164 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St 2238 mPassed, Jul 2026
Star Fruit Market · 523 Parliament Stgrocery241 mPassed, Feb 2025
Star Fruit Market · 523 Parliament Stgrocery241 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 531 Parliament St244 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Kingyo · 537 Parliament St250 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Fairway Variety · 520 Parliament Stgrocery250 mPassed, Jun 2026
St Jamestown Steak & Chops · 516 Parliament St251 mPassed, Mar 2026
Kibo Sushi House · 533 Parliament St251 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions

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, 330 m away, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A drinking fountain is 319 m away at Riverdale Park West.

  • Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    330 m
  • Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    458 m
  • Riverdale Park West Washroom · 375 Sumach St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    517 m
Drinking water
Riverdale Park West bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 319 m; Riverdale Farm drinking fountain · 370 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,253 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Buds and Blossoms (238 m, 32 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,253 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 17
  • Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St
    32 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    238 m
  • Sprucecourt Child Care Centre · 70 Spruce St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    269 m
  • Winchester Site Day Care (Central Neighbourhood House) · 15 Prospect St
    87 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    424 m
  • The Yonge Street Mission / Davis Centre · 270 Gerrard St E
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    511 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 325 (798 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 325 · 798 m475 Dundas St E
Police51 Division · 1.6 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.8 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

Within a kilometre there are 88 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 12,998 rental units, 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection — 32 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 531-535 Parliament St (240 m, 17 units, 3 storeys, built 1888), which scored 90 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 88 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 317 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 84 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings88 · 12,998 units · 32 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026317 across the 88
Open fire-code violations84
Tallest43 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
531-535 Parliament St · 10887609 Canada Inc173188890 · Oct 20250240 m
26 Gifford St154193081 · Jun 20251388 m
330 Gerrard St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation817197681 · Jul 20242437 m
280 Wellesley St E · Wellesley Parliament Square Ltd.57132196996 · Nov 202519441 m
2 Prospect St · Caterina Properties Incorporated154191018 · Aug 20260481 m
434 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Homes First Society163189194 · Oct 20250485 m
510 Ontario St133188075 · Aug 20240490 m
280 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Yonge Street Mission263199190 · Nov 20250493 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 lots853 lots · ≈24,450 spaces · 73.3 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈850 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 3,627 spaces
EV charging (City)188 Carlton St · 628 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking53 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface342 m3555% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface672 m9175% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1.2 km3072% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface1.4 km9470% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 78 m away, ≈19 spaces; 99 m away, ≈12 spaces; 129 m away, ≈7 spaces; 132 m away, ≈3 spaces; 145 m away, ≈53 spaces; 152 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 186 Carlton St (638 m, 1 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.4 km, 10 ports); 20 Charles St E. (1.6 km, 23 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 south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 512 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 256 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (96 of 207). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 163 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 161 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north512southbound · 96 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west307eastbound · 48 bikes · 6.5% heavy
Total vehicles1,0751,072 pedestrians · 207 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east256westbound · 44 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 19 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour163 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour161 vehicles from 4:15 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

On Winchester St between Sackville St and Rawlings Ave, 77 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2001 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. Sackville Pl between Sackville St and Woodstock Pl measured slower: 14 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 22 km/h (Jun 2018). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Winchester St · Sackville St – Rawlings Ave · 77 mAug 2001 · 24 h91533 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Sackville Pl · Sackville St – Woodstock Pl · 86 mJun 2018 · 3 days8314 km/h22 km/h28 km/h
Sackville St · Corn Chamomile Lane – Spruce St · 361 mAug 2020 · 3 days1,48225 km/h33 km/h37 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

The worst year was 2019, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (17%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4111 of 5,508
With an injury2#3941 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2976 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201414latest Jan 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

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

Five thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 0 in 2023–2025, about 0.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft500other (3), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 8, 2020. 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 Winchester & Sackville 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 Winchester & Sackville?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2022, 12% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Winchester & Sackville?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Winchester St between Sackville St and Rawlings Ave (August 2001), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Winchester & Sackville?

The nearest Green P car park is 51 Aberdeen Ave (342 m away, 35 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 853 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,450 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 188 Carlton St (628 m).

How do I get to Winchester & Sackville by transit?

Castle Frank Station (Line 2) is 849 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 336 m away; bus routes 65, 94, 121, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Winchester & Sackville?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 164 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Buds and Blossoms (238 m), Subway (244 m), Kingyo (250 m), St Jamestown Steak & Chops (251 m) and Kibo Sushi House (251 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 Winchester & Sackville?

The nearest is Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 201 Winchester St, 330 m away (open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Next nearest: Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom (458 m); Riverdale Park West Washroom (517 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 Winchester & Sackville?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,253 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Buds and Blossoms (238 m, 32 spaces), Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (269 m, 56 spaces) and Winchester Site Day Care (Central Neighbourhood House) (424 m, 87 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Winchester & Sackville?

88 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 12,998 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 531-535 Parliament St (240 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 26 Gifford St (388 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 330 Gerrard St E (437 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 280 Wellesley St E (441 m, 571 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 88 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 Winchester & Sackville?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and five 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 Winchester & Sackville in?

Winchester & Sackville 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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