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Winona & Benson

Winona Dr & Benson Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Winona & Benson is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It sits in Wychwood. It has a bike lane, 2 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,245
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 29, 2018
1,290 pedestrians · 73 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3940 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
1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 410 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 35% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.2% of vehicle volume, about 2.9× the typical share. That comes with about 1.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Winona & Benson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 192 m
TTC bus
631611271262926 nearest 290 m
Express
929
Blue Night
312340363329
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Winona Dr installed 2021
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Winona Dr 215 m · 11 docks · 13 stations, 219 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 (19)
  • McMurrich Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 83 m
  • Winona Drive Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 193 m
  • Oakwood Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 368 m
  • St Alphonsus Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 481 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 708 m
  • St Clare Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 789 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (31)
  • Mount Royal Parkette231 m
  • Graham Park347 m
  • Roseneath Park445 m
  • Hillcrest Park654 m
  • Wychwood Barns Park664 m
  • Humewood Park727 m
  • and 25 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch525 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch871 m
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 657 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 187 eating places within a kilometre — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Oakwood Children's House, 83 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 187 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Oakwood Children's House · 115 Winona Dr83 mPassed, Aug 2026
What A Bagel · 827 St Clair Ave W None181 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Xelune · 881 St Clair Ave W190 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Dragon Delight · 825 St Clair Ave W205 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Savera Indian Cuisine · 815 St Clair Ave W216 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Wings N Dip · 813 St Clair Ave W219 mPassed, Jun 2026
Menalon Bakery · 811 St Clair Ave Wgrocery221 mPassed, Mar 2026
Chao Lay · 809 St Clair Ave W225 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 Hillcrest Park Washroom, 660 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 340 m away at Graham Park (currently off).

  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    660 m
Drinking water
Graham Park drinking fountain · 340 m · off

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 1,557 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is McMurrich Sprouts (83 m, 177 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,557 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 17
  • McMurrich Sprouts · 115 Winona Dr
    177 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    83 m
  • Oakwood Children's House · 115 Winona Dr
    16 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    83 m
  • McMurrich Co-Operative Playschool · 115 Winona Dr
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    83 m
  • Ascot Avenue Community Daycare · 991 St Clair Ave W
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    368 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 343 (188 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 343 · 188 m65 Hendrick Ave
Police13 Division · 2.2 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.9 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

36 registered apartment buildings with 1,258 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 55 Hendrick Ave (166 m, 29 units, 3 storeys, built 1956), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 28 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings36 · 1,258 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202628 across the 36
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
55 Hendrick Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd293195691 · Aug 20260166 m
915 St Clair Ave W · Cogir Real Estate183192983 · Jul 20252210 m
917 St Clair Ave W · Holt Meadow Property Management Corp.163195788 · Aug 20261220 m
921 St Clair Ave W · Miramar Property Management234193085 · Jun 20250231 m
923 St Clair Ave W · Miramar Property Management244193090 · Jun 20251242 m
795 St Clair Ave W · Pain Rehabilitation Clinic Inc.193192994 · Aug 20260247 m
925 St Clair Ave W · Miramar Property Management244193097 · Aug 20260255 m
927 St Clair Ave W · Ga Investments234192990 · Aug 20260267 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 lots597 lots · ≈17,480 spaces · 52.4 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈920 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 798 spaces
EV charging (City)580 Christie St · 570 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking45 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 5 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
789 St. Clair Avenue West · Surface295 m18 *
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface488 m1737% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface558 m18 *
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface717 m1380% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface725 m1866% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 151 m away, ≈13 spaces; 158 m away, ≈19 spaces; 167 m away, ≈9 spaces; 173 m away, ≈6 spaces; 177 m away, ≈15 spaces; 180 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 91 Via Italia (1.1 km, 12 ports); 273 Christie St (1.2 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 — 8-hour, Mar 29, 2018

The north leg carries the load — 1,126 southbound vehicles, or 35% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 660. Most cyclists arrived from the north (30 of 73). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 590 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (529). Heavy vehicles made up 0.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north1,126southbound · 30 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the west702eastbound · 12 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles3,2451,290 pedestrians · 73 cyclists · 0.8% heavy
From the east757westbound · 12 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south660northbound · 19 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour529 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour590 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 29, 2018

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 Winona Dr between St Clair Ave W and Barrie Ave (223 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. Benson Ave between Robert Zend Lane and Greensides Ave measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Jun 2022). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Oakwood Ave (292 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 32,020 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Benson Avenue between Winona Dr and Greensides Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Winona Dr · St Clair Ave W – Barrie Ave · 223 mNov 2021 · 3 days2,33332 km/h42 km/h47 km/h
Benson Ave · Robert Zend Lane – Greensides Ave · 226 mJun 2022 · 7 days1,42827 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 292 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct29 · 36 km/h
Over the limit0.5%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Oakwood Ave (northbound), E Side Oakwood Ave Beside P123 · 32,020 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Benson Avenue · Winona Dr – Greensides Ave
    2 speed humps

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

2024 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 8% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 31% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3940 of 5,508
With an injury1#4103 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1598 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201416latest Jun 12, 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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 21, 2015. 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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Winona & Benson 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 Winona & Benson?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 29, 2018, 35% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Winona & Benson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Winona Dr between St Clair Ave W and Barrie Ave (November 2021), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 292 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Winona & Benson?

The nearest Green P car park is 789 St. Clair Avenue West (295 m away, 18 spaces). The City's mapping shows 597 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,480 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (570 m).

How do I get to Winona & Benson by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 192 m away; bus routes 63, 161, 127, 126, 29, 26, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Winona & Benson?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 187 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Oakwood Children's House (83 m), What A Bagel (181 m), Xelune (190 m), Dragon Delight (205 m) and Savera Indian Cuisine (216 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 Winona & Benson?

The nearest is Hillcrest Park Washroom, 950 Davenport Rd, 660 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Winona & Benson?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,557 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are McMurrich Sprouts (83 m, 177 spaces), Oakwood Children's House (83 m, 16 spaces) and McMurrich Co-Operative Playschool (83 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Winona & Benson?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,258 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Hendrick Ave (166 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 915 St Clair Ave W (210 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 917 St Clair Ave W (220 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 921 St Clair Ave W (231 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 89 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.

What neighbourhood is Winona & Benson in?

Winona & Benson is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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