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Brimorton & Dolly Varden

Brimorton Dr & Dolly Varden Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Woburn North · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Brimorton & Dolly Varden is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Woburn North. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,987
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 17, 2018
483 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
27
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 20 property damage · #2955 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
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 500 vehicles, 43% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 2.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 41%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Brimorton & Dolly Varden

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
40610238951339 nearest 178 m
Express
902938995
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Brimorton Dr installed 2007
Bike Share
Markham Rd / The Meadoway 299 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 49 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 (20)
  • Bellmere Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 196 m
  • Z3 Education Centre SchoolPrivate · 483 m
  • Talenta AcademyPrivate · 521 m
  • Churchill Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 687 m
  • Woburn Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 719 m
  • St Richard Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 742 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (11)
  • Confederation Park309 m
  • Churchill Heights Park657 m
  • Woodsworth Park750 m
  • North Bendale Park1 km
  • Woburn Park - Scarborough1.1 km
  • Lusted Park1.1 km
  • and 5 more

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 57 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bellmere Jr PS - Snp - Morning Snack, 196 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 57 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bellmere Jr PS - Snp - Morning Snack · 470 Brimorton Dr196 mPassed, May 2026
Pizza Fiamma · 1063 Markham Rd Unit-102278 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tim Hortons · 1150 Markham Rd367 mPassed, Jun 2026
Atithi Pure Veg · 1131 Markham Rd Unit-A397 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 3 infractions
Lazeez Shawarma/Chaffe Coffee Corner · 2060 Ellesmere Rd 11425 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Burrito Boyz · 2060 Ellesmere Rd Unit-7446 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pizza Depot · 2060 Ellesmere Rd Unit-8446 mPassed, Sep 2026
Pizza Depot · 2060 Ellesmere Rd, Unit-8446 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom, 405 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 236 m away at Confederation Park.

  • Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom · 1967 Ellesmere Rd
    View centre hours
    405 m
Drinking water
Confederation Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 236 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 474 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 (228 m, 94 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 474 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 · 1050 Markham Rd
    94 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    228 m
  • Growing Tykes Learning Centre ( 910 Markham Road) · 910 Markham Rd
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    475 m
  • Growing Tykes Learning Centre · 112 Sedgemount Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    856 m
  • Discovery Place Child Care Centre Ltd. · 22 Tuxedo Crt
    143 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    927 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 231 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.6 km away.

FireFire Station 231 · 1 km740 Markham Rd
Police42 Division · 2 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 2.6 km2900 Lawrence Ave 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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 2,176 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 555 Brimorton Dr (122 m, 180 units, 15 storeys, built 1965), which scored 89 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 46 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 2,176 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202646 across the 10
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
555 Brimorton Dr · Amaz Property Management18015196589 · Aug 20261122 m
960 Markham Rd · Pic Property Management18115196578 · Oct 20240188 m
1050 Markham Rd · CAPREIT29519196797 · Nov 20258 · 3 fire228 m
40 Meadowglen Pl · R A B Properties Limited14617201994 · Aug 20261341 m
2180 Ellesmere RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18016196986 · Jun 20263580 m
2190 Ellesmere RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18016196993 · Jun 20263633 m
10 Tuxedo Crt · CAPREIT21015196895 · Jul 202412767 m
20 Tuxedo Crt · Q Residential21015197085 · Jul 20247877 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 lots265 lots · ≈60,520 spaces · 181.6 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈4,840 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 602 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.4 km2557% (Q1 2026)
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.5 km21532% (Q1 2026)
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.9 km16 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface1.9 km9218% (Q1 2026)
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface1.9 km24 *

Nearest lots: 111 m away, ≈17 spaces; 165 m away, ≈317 spaces; 172 m away, ≈266 spaces; 189 m away, ≈7 spaces; 210 m away, ≈7 spaces; 230 m away, ≈8 spaces.

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, Apr 17, 2018

The east leg carries the load — 1,643 westbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 285. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 764 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 739 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% 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 north497southbound · 0 bikes · 0.2% heavy
From the west1,562eastbound · 3 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles3,987483 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east1,643westbound · 3 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south285northbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour764 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour739 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 17, 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 Brimorton Dr between Meadowglen Pl and Clementine Sq (398 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 5,600 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Brimorton Dr (16 m away, 40 km/h limit), 8.0% of the 91,081 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dolly Varden Blvd · Confederation Park Trl – Ellesmere Rd · 277 mSep 2007 · 3 days1,729
Brimorton Dr · Meadowglen Pl – Clementine Sq · 398 mMar 2025 · 3 days5,61542 km/h49 km/h53 km/h

School-zone speed sign 16 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct40 · 47 km/h
Over the limit25%
50 km/h or more8.0%

Brimorton Dr (westbound), 98 Dolly Varden Boulevard · 91,081 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2018 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions27#2955 of 5,508
With an injury4#2920 of 4,660
Property damage only20
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2387 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201432latest Feb 22, 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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 6, 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 Woburn North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brimorton & Dolly Varden a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 27 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 Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 17, 2018, 43% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brimorton Dr between Meadowglen Pl and Clementine Sq (March 2025), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 16 m away (40 km/h), 8.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Grangeway Ave (1.4 km away, 255 spaces, 7% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 265 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 60,520 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brimorton & Dolly Varden by transit?

Bus routes 406, 102, 38, 95, 133, 9, 902, 938 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 57 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bellmere Jr PS - Snp - Morning Snack (196 m), Pizza Fiamma (278 m), Tim Hortons (367 m), Atithi Pure Veg (397 m) and Lazeez Shawarma/Chaffe Coffee Corner (425 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 Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

The nearest is Centennial Recreation Centre Scarborough Washroom, 1967 Ellesmere Rd, 405 m away (View centre hours). 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 Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 474 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Village Day Care Centre #1 (228 m, 94 spaces), Growing Tykes Learning Centre ( 910 Markham Road) (475 m, 149 spaces) and Growing Tykes Learning Centre (856 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,176 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 555 Brimorton Dr (122 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 960 Markham Rd (188 m, 181 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 1050 Markham Rd (228 m, 295 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 40 Meadowglen Pl (341 m, 146 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 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.

How many thefts are reported at Brimorton & Dolly Varden?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Woburn North page.

What neighbourhood is Brimorton & Dolly Varden in?

Brimorton & Dolly Varden is in Woburn North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 142), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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