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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 14, 2026
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,879 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 1,572 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 973 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 902 from 5:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 973 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 902 from 5:15 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 worst year was 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 3 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 18, 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
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 21 | 2.4 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 16 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Drewry Ave between Gardenia Crt and Swiss Crt, 64 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,000 vehicles a day. Cactus Ave between Caines Ave and Connaught Ave measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Apr 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Drewry Ave (206 m away, 30 km/h limit), 76% of the 100,702 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drewry Ave · Gardenia Crt – Swiss Crt · 64 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 8,961 | 41 km/h | 47 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Cactus Ave · Caines Ave – Connaught Ave · 191 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 4,016 | 40 km/h | 47 km/h | 50 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Drewry Ave (eastbound), 206 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 43 km/h, 85th percentile 50 km/h; 76% at 40 km/h or more. 100,702 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- TTC bus
- 125 98 nearest 14 m
- Nearest stops
- 11 surface stops within 300 m — Drewry Ave at Cactus Ave; Cactus Ave at Drewry Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Grantbrook St / Finch Hydro Corridor Trail 551 m · 7 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
- 4 car parks · about 2,537 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 0 mapped lots within 500 m, 218 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface | 1.7 km | 900 * | — |
| Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface | 1.7 km | 1,552 * | — |
| 5667 Yonge Street · Surface | 1.8 km | 23 * | — |
| 11 Finch Ave W · Surface | 2 km | 62 | 67% (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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 1 eating place is within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Drewry Cafe, 948 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Drewry Cafe · 70 Drewry Ave Unit-612948 m · 11 min
- Child care
- Play and Grow Child Care Centre · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day598 m · 7 min
- Pleasant Child Care of North York · 110 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day797 m · 9 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 (9)
- Fairchild Parkette946 m · 11 min
- Charlton Park1 km · 11 min
- Moore Park1 km · 12 min
- Lissom Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Carney Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Community centres
- Antibes Community Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Edithvale Community Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Goulding Community Centre1.5 km · 18 min
- Schools (12)
- R J Lang Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 599 m · 7 min
- Willowdale Christian SchoolPrivate · 734 m · 9 min
- Monseigneur de Charbonnel Catholic Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 770 m · 9 min
- Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 797 m · 9 min
- Drewry Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 947 m · 11 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.
Not within a walk: a grocery store, a pharmacy, a library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Newtonbrook West.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Cactus & Drewry a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 Cactus & Drewry?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 14, 2026, 54% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Cactus & Drewry a walkable intersection?
Cactus & Drewry scores 17 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 11 stops within 300 m · 2 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.9 km · nearest centre 1.3 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Cactus & Drewry?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Drewry Ave between Gardenia Crt and Swiss Crt (April 2026), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 206 m away (30 km/h), 76% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Cactus & Drewry?
The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.7 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 218 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,040 spaces — none within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Cactus & Drewry by transit?
Bus routes 125, 98 within 1 km (nearest stop: Drewry Ave at Cactus Ave, 14 m).
What restaurants are near Cactus & Drewry?
None within 300 m, and 1 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Drewry Cafe (948 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Cactus & Drewry?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 181 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Play and Grow Child Care Centre (598 m, 71 spaces) and Pleasant Child Care of North York (797 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Cactus & Drewry?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Newtonbrook West page.
What neighbourhood is Cactus & Drewry in?
Cactus & Drewry is in Newtonbrook West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 036). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 14, 2026.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 18 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.78403, -79.43134 · centreline node 13445619.