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Winchester & Sumach

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

Winchester & Sumach is a lightly travelled intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, in central Toronto. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Castle Frank Station (Line 2) 873 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
770
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2022
1,347 pedestrians · 152 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4011 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 873 m · 3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows, Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 100 vehicles an hour, 8% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.7 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 19.7% of vehicle volume, about 25× the typical share. On average 1.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Winchester & 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)873 m
Streetcar
506505504 nearest 449 m
TTC bus
659412175 nearest 458 m
Blue Night
306305304365300
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Winchester St installed 2023; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Sumach St installed 2005
Bike Share
Sumach St / Carlton St (Riverdale Farm) 143 m · 15 docks · 24 stations, 502 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 (31)
  • Monsignor Fraser - St Martin CampusEnglish Separate · 108 m
  • Sprucecourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 295 m
  • Winchester Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 634 m
  • Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 762 m
  • Rosedale Heights School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 798 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 806 m
  • and 25 more
Parks (46)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch707 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch819 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch911 m
Places of interest
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 110 m
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 334 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 560 m
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 785 m
  • Allan GardensNature/ Park · 1.1 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 1.2 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; 158 eating places are within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs, 328 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 158 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs · 101 Spruce St328 mPassed, Jun 2026
Maya Bay · 252 Carlton St444 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St 2445 mPassed, Jul 2026
Star Fruit Market · 523 Parliament Stgrocery450 mPassed, Feb 2025
Star Fruit Market · 523 Parliament Stgrocery451 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 531 Parliament St457 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Kingyo · 537 Parliament St463 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Fairway Variety · 520 Parliament Stgrocery463 mPassed, Jun 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 Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 118 m away, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A drinking fountain is 145 m away at Riverdale Park West.

  • Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    118 m
  • Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    246 m
  • Riverdale Park West Washroom · 375 Sumach St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    356 m
Drinking water
Riverdale Park West bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 145 m; Riverdale Farm drinking fountain · 162 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,459 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (295 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,459 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 19
  • Sprucecourt Child Care Centre · 70 Spruce St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    295 m
  • Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St
    32 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    445 m
  • Winchester Site Day Care (Central Neighbourhood House) · 15 Prospect St
    87 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    634 m
  • The Yonge Street Mission / Davis Centre · 270 Gerrard St E
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    673 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 325 (869 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 325 · 869 m475 Dundas St E
Police51 Division · 1.7 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 2 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

65 registered apartment buildings with 10,556 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 25 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 230 River St (409 m, 25 units, 3 storeys, built 1961), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 65 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 218 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 52 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings65 · 10,556 units · 25 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026218 across the 65
Open fire-code violations52
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
230 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH253196196 · Nov 20250409 m
26 Gifford St154193081 · Jun 20251419 m
434 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Homes First Society163189194 · Oct 20250430 m
531-535 Parliament St · 10887609 Canada Inc173188890 · Oct 20250452 m
330 Gerrard St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation817197681 · Jul 20242532 m
259 Sumach StToronto Community Housing · TCH473200686 · Jul 20260554 m
210 Oak St26017196974 · Jul 20264556 m
230 Oak St · Akelius Canada Ltd32723197281 · Jun 202425 · 6 fire569 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 lots854 lots · ≈24,480 spaces · 73.4 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈440 spaces
Green P (public)29 car parks · about 3,718 spaces
EV charging (City)188 Carlton St · 835 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface548 m3555% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface825 m3675% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface885 m9175% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3072% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface1.2 km9470% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈53 spaces; 122 m away, ≈12 spaces; 168 m away, ≈24 spaces; 212 m away, ≈3 spaces; 251 m away, ≈3 spaces; 265 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 186 Carlton St (845 m, 1 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.2 km, 10 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (1.6 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 — 588 northbound vehicles, or 76% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 53. Most cyclists arrived from the south (116 of 152). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 123 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (113). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% 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 · 17 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west129eastbound · 13 bikes · 6.2% heavy
Total vehicles7701,347 pedestrians · 152 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east53westbound · 6 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south588northbound · 116 bikes · 3.6% heavy
AM peak hour113 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour123 vehicles from 4:00 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 (60 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. Winchester St between Sackville St and Rawlings Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Aug 2001). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sumach St · Winchester St – Yen Lane · 60 mAug 2001 · 24 h1,35235 km/h42 km/h45 km/h
Winchester St · Sackville St – Rawlings Ave · 136 mAug 2001 · 24 h91533 km/h40 km/h44 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 (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 15% of collisions here involved an injury. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 54% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#4011 of 5,508
With an injury2#3983 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian1#3057 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201416latest Mar 20, 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 five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510other (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft400house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 16, 2023. 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 & Sumach a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 & Sumach?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2022, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Winchester & 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 Winchester & Sumach?

The nearest Green P car park is 51 Aberdeen Ave (548 m away, 35 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 854 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,480 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 188 Carlton St (835 m).

How do I get to Winchester & Sumach by transit?

Castle Frank Station (Line 2) is 873 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 449 m away; bus routes 65, 94, 121, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Winchester & Sumach?

None within 300 m, and 158 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs (328 m), Maya Bay (444 m), Buds and Blossoms (445 m), Subway (457 m) and Kingyo (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 Winchester & Sumach?

The nearest is Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 201 Winchester St, 118 m away (open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Next nearest: Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom (246 m); Riverdale Park West Washroom (356 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 & Sumach?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,459 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (295 m, 56 spaces), Buds and Blossoms (445 m, 32 spaces) and Winchester Site Day Care (Central Neighbourhood House) (634 m, 87 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Winchester & Sumach?

65 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 10,556 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 230 River St (409 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 26 Gifford St (419 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 434 Gerrard St E (430 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 531-535 Parliament St (452 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 65 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 & Sumach?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and four 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 & Sumach in?

Winchester & 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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