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Wychwood & Ellsworth

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

At its last City count, in 2022, Wychwood & Ellsworth was a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Wychwood. At the corner: parks. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 779 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
1,035
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2022
749 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
St Clair West Station 779 m · 9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
67/100
city median 48 · #1,104 of 5,672
21 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 372 m

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Wychwood & Ellsworth

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 145 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 167 from 4:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

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, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 10, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13
With an injury2
Property damage only5
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2017

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. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 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) — a much more recent reading than the one above.

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; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Clair West Station (Line 1)779 m · 9 min
Streetcar
512 nearest 142 m
TTC bus
126 90 7 127 33 nearest 94 m
Blue Night
312 307
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave West at Wychwood Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Wychwood Ave / Benson Ave - SMART 49 m · 16 docks · 11 stations, 182 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
12 car parks · about 336 spaces
EV charging
580 Christie St · 361 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 273 Christie St (1.4 km)
Bike parking
58 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
38 mapped lots within 500 m, 375 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface162 m1866% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface281 m2568% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface359 m18 *—
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface486 m1737% (Q1 2026)
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface526 m4887% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Fruit Market, 372 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Stubbe Chocolates at 158 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 21 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 98 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Becked Goods, 68 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharmacia, 271 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Arirang Korean Long Term Care, a long-term care home 711 m away. St. Matthew's Bracondale House runs a seniors' active living programme 362 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Becked Goods · 621 St Clair Ave W68 m
  • Popoki · 627 St Clair Ave W, Unit-R79 m
  • Just Another Burger Spot · 630 St Clair Ave W132 m
  • Chinese Dumplings · 645 St Clair Ave W137 m
  • The Company We Keep · 634 St Clair Ave W139 m
21 within 300 m · 98 within 1 km
Grocery
Fruit Market 372 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Stubbe Chocolates 158 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Pharmacy
Pharmacia 271 m · 3 min · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • St. Michael and All Angels Day Care Centre · 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day97 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - St Clair · 119 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day332 m · 4 min
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 65 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day401 m · 5 min
13 licensed centres · 1,118 spaces within 1 km · 7 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible669 m · 8 min
  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.748 m · 9 min
Drinking water: Wychwood Barns Park 148 m
Health and care
  • Arirang Korean Long Term Care · long-term care home711 m · 8 min
  • St. Matthew's Bracondale House · seniors' active living centre362 m · 4 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (20)
  • Wychwood Parkette95 m
  • Wychwood Barns Park249 m
  • Humewood Park467 m · 6 min
  • Graham Park700 m · 8 min
  • Wells Hill Park723 m · 9 min
and 15 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (10)
  • Hillcrest Community SchoolEnglish Public · 839 m · 10 min
  • McMurrich Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 861 m · 10 min
  • Humewood Community SchoolEnglish Public · 887 m · 11 min
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 922 m · 11 min
  • St Alphonsus Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch567 m · 7 min
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1.2 km · 14 min
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 232 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km · 16 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

67of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,104 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 21 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit21/28

    St Clair West Station 0.8 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 567 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.8 km · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 90 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,126 rental units, 6.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 12 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 607 St Clair Ave W (164 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.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
607 St Clair Ave W · Street Haven143198996 · Jun 2026164 m
599 St Clair Ave W163192082 · Sep 2025212 m
595 St Clair Ave W · Anchor Property Managers Inc153190097 · Aug 2026238 m
200 Ellsworth Ave social housing · St Matthews Bracondale House183198286 · Nov 2025257 m · 3 min
6 Pinewood Ave113192787 · Dec 2025258 m · 3 min
670 St Clair Ave W · Trivest Developments Corporation123195688 · Jul 2024272 m · 3 min

90 registered buildings · 4,126 units · 12 social housing · tallest 24 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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.

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

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 at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2022, 11% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Wychwood & Ellsworth a walkable intersection?

Wychwood & Ellsworth scores 67 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,104 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; St Clair West Station 0.8 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; library 567 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m.

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 (162 m away, 18 spaces, 66% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 375 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,370 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (361 m).

How do I get to Wychwood & Ellsworth by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 779 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 142 m away; bus routes 126, 90, 7, 127, 33 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave West at Wychwood Ave, 94 m).

What restaurants are near Wychwood & Ellsworth?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 98 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Becked Goods (68 m), Popoki (79 m), Just Another Burger Spot (132 m), Chinese Dumplings (137 m) and The Company We Keep (139 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Wychwood & Ellsworth?

The nearest is Wells Hill Park Washroom, 145 Hilton Ave, 669 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Hillcrest Park Washroom (748 m).

Is there child care near Wychwood & Ellsworth?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,118 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 (97 m, 65 spaces), Chabad of Midtown - St Clair (332 m, 119 spaces) and St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (401 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wychwood & Ellsworth?

90 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,126 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 607 St Clair Ave W (164 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 599 St Clair Ave W (212 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 595 St Clair Ave W (238 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 200 Ellsworth Ave (257 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 90 is 90 out of 100.

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. 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

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