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Wychwood & Ellsworth

Wychwood Ave & Ellsworth Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Wychwood & Ellsworth is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Wychwood. At the corner: parks. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 689 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,035
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2022
749 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4023 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair West Station 689 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 16 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 130 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 11% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 4.3% of vehicle volume, about 5.6× 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. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Wychwood & Ellsworth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair West Station (Line 1)689 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 98 m
TTC bus
1269071273363 nearest 81 m
Blue Night
312307340363
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave West at Wychwood Ave; St Clair Ave West at Wychwood Ave East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Wychwood Ave / Benson Ave - SMART 48 m · 16 docks · 14 stations, 231 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 (21)
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 580 m
  • Hillcrest Community SchoolEnglish Public · 640 m
  • Humewood Community SchoolEnglish Public · 708 m
  • McMurrich Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 732 m
  • St Alphonsus Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 749 m
  • Winona Drive Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 785 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (36)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch461 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch861 m
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 169 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.2 km
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 1.2 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 37 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 112. The nearest is Becked Goods, 66 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés37 within 300 m · 112 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Becked Goods · 621 St Clair Ave W66 mPassed, Oct 2025
Popoki · 627 St Clair Ave W, Unit-R74 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Chinese Dumplings · 645 St Clair Ave W97 mPassed, Mar 2025
Fleur du Jour · 603 St Clair Ave W99 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Fleur du Jour · 603 St Clair Ave W99 mPassed, Sep 2026
Stubbe Chocolates · 653 St Clair Ave W113 mPassed, Jan 2025
Just Another Burger Spot · 630 St Clair Ave W125 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
The Company We Keep · 634 St Clair Ave W127 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 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 Hillcrest Park Washroom, 533 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 132 m away at Wychwood Barns Park.

  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    533 m
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 145 Hilton Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    559 m
Drinking water
Wychwood Barns Park drinking fountain · 132 m; Wychwood Barns Park drinking fountain · 192 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 1,098 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Michael and All Angels Day Care Centre (70 m, 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,098 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 13
  • St. Michael and All Angels Day Care Centre · 611 St Clair Ave W
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    70 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - St Clair · 546 St Clair Ave W
    119 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    243 m
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 94 Vaughan Rd
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    287 m
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 540 St Clair Ave W
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    302 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 343 (626 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 343 · 626 m65 Hendrick Ave
Police13 Division · 2.2 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.9 km674 Markham St

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 117 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,436 rental units, 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 607 St Clair Ave W (91 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1989), which scored 96 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 94 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 40 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings117 · 6,436 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202694 across the 117
Open fire-code violations40
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
607 St Clair Ave W · Street Haven143198996 · Jun 2026091 m
599 St Clair Ave W163192082 · Sep 20250107 m
595 St Clair Ave W · Anchor Property Managers Inc153190097 · Aug 20260129 m
670 St Clair Ave W · Trivest Developments Corporation123195688 · Jul 20240194 m
6 Pinewood Ave113192787 · Dec 20250197 m
8 Pinewood Ave113192592 · Dec 20250214 m
200 Ellsworth Avesocial housing · St Matthews Bracondale House183198286 · Nov 20250250 m
707 St Clair Ave Wsocial housing · St Matthews Bracondale House1307198297 · Aug 20260278 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 lots632 lots · ≈16,850 spaces · 50.6 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈1,010 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 772 spaces
EV charging (City)580 Christie St · 261 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking91 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface120 m1866% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface203 m2568% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface279 m18 *
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface370 m1737% (Q1 2026)
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface444 m4887% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 87 m away, ≈34 spaces; 108 m away, ≈14 spaces; 130 m away, ≈8 spaces; 133 m away, ≈19 spaces (Green P); 144 m away, ≈27 spaces (Green P); 150 m away, ≈15 spaces. More EV charging: 273 Christie St (1.2 km, 2 ports); 91 Via Italia (1.8 km, 12 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 8, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 449 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 43% of the total, against 69 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 167 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 145 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 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 north388southbound · 12 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west69eastbound · 2 bikes · 5.8% heavy
Total vehicles1,035749 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east129westbound · 4 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the south449northbound · 27 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour145 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour167 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 8, 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 Ellsworth Ave between Wychwood Ave and Christie St, 93 m from the corner, a 5-day count in January 2006 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day. Wychwood Ave between Lane S of Ellsworth and W of Wychwood and Ellsworth Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2017). The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wychwood Ave · Lane S of Ellsworth and W of Wychwood – Ellsworth Ave · 22 mApr 2017 · 3 days1,92033 km/h42 km/h46 km/h
Ellsworth Ave · Wychwood Ave – Christie St · 93 mJan 2006 · 5 days36436 km/h47 km/h53 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 2 collisions (15%) involved an injury. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 54% 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 May 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#4023 of 5,508
With an injury2#4036 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian1#3167 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201417latest May 17, 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 four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft410other (2), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 17, 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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Wychwood & Ellsworth 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 Wychwood & Ellsworth?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2022, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Wychwood & Ellsworth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellsworth Ave between Wychwood Ave and Christie St (January 2006), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Wychwood & Ellsworth?

The nearest Green P car park is 640 St Clair Ave W (120 m away, 18 spaces, 66% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 632 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,850 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (261 m).

How do I get to Wychwood & Ellsworth by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 689 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 98 m away; bus routes 126, 90, 7, 127, 33, 63 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave West at Wychwood Ave, 81 m).

What restaurants are near Wychwood & Ellsworth?

37 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 112 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Becked Goods (66 m), Popoki (74 m), Chinese Dumplings (97 m), Fleur du Jour (99 m) and Fleur du Jour (99 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 Wychwood & Ellsworth?

The nearest is Hillcrest Park Washroom, 950 Davenport Rd, 533 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wells Hill Park Washroom (559 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 Wychwood & Ellsworth?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,098 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Michael and All Angels Day Care Centre (70 m, 65 spaces), Chabad of Midtown - St Clair (243 m, 119 spaces) and Kinder Grove St. Clair (287 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wychwood & Ellsworth?

117 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,436 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 607 St Clair Ave W (91 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 599 St Clair Ave W (107 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 595 St Clair Ave W (129 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 670 St Clair Ave W (194 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 117 is 90 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.

How many thefts are reported at Wychwood & Ellsworth?

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 Wychwood page.

What neighbourhood is Wychwood & Ellsworth in?

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

Sources

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