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Canadian & Principal

Canadian Rd & Principal Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Wexford/Maryvale, Canadian & Principal is a moderately travelled crossing. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,121
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 28, 2025
144 pedestrians · 25 cyclists · #1528 busiest
Collisions
69
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 49 property damage · #1592 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
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 870 vehicles an hour, 75% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 84 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 6.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 5.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 14%, from 37 in 2016–2020 to 32 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Canadian & Principal

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
951768 nearest 225 m
Express
995996968
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (12)
  • Alif Canada Elementary SchoolPrivate · 195 m
  • Sathya Sai Elementary SchoolPrivate · 226 m
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 534 m
  • Ellesmere Statton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 608 m
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 812 m
  • Um Al-Qura Islamic SchoolPrivate · 881 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (9)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Maryvale branch1.5 km

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, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 27 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Eggsmart, 227 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Arz Fine Foods · 11 Canadian Rd Unit-3grocery70 mPassed, Dec 2025
Eggsmart · 477 Ellesmere Rd227 mPassed, Jun 2026
Fresh Choice Cafe · 520 Ellesmere Rd Unit-110272 mPassed, May 2026
Costco Wholesale · 1411 Warden Avegrocery328 mPassed, Feb 2026
Subway · 1620 Birchmount Rd343 mPassed, Jun 2026
Blue Cat Coffee · 1510 Birchmount Rd 120-121363 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pizza Hut · 592 Ellesmere Rd373 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mexitaco · 1601 Birchmount Rd Bldg-1383 mPassed, May 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 Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom, 440 m away, View centre hours.

  • Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom · 20 Canadian Rd
    View centre hours
    440 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 69 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (733 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 69 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre · 764 Ellesmere Rd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age
    733 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 245 (301 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 245 · 301 m1600 Birchmount Rd
Police41 Division · 3.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 2.1 km2430 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

Six registered apartment buildings with 221 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 1555 Birchmount Rd (333 m, 46 units, 6 storeys, built 1950), which scored 71 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 81, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 15 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings6 · 221 units
RentSafeTO score81 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202615 across the 6
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1555 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc466195071 · Sep 20255333 m
1545 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196076 · Jul 20263360 m
1535 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196083 · Jul 20263377 m
1525 Birchmount Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.524195689 · Sep 20252397 m
1477 Birchmount Rd213196086 · Sep 20251609 m
1475 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.285196782 · Aug 20261636 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 lots434 lots · ≈78,970 spaces · 236.9 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈8,080 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 93 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.6 km68 *
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.8 km25 *

Nearest lots: 59 m away, ≈629 spaces; 64 m away, ≈62 spaces; 86 m away, ≈154 spaces; 158 m away, ≈179 spaces; 196 m away, ≈267 spaces; 199 m away, ≈209 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 — 14-hour, May 28, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 6,244 eastbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 2,413. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,198 vehicles in the hour from 2:30 p.m., 37% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (874). Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north2,413southbound · 2 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west6,244eastbound · 9 bikes · 1.3% heavy
Total vehicles12,121144 pedestrians · 25 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east3,464westbound · 14 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour874 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,198 vehicles from 2:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 28, 2025

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 Canadian Rd between Principal Rd and Birchmount Rd (141 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 5,400 vehicles a day. Principal Rd between Canadian Rd and Ellesmere Rd measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Oct 2021). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Principal Rd · Canadian Rd – Ellesmere Rd · 117 mOct 2021 · 3 days6,31840 km/h47 km/h52 km/h
Canadian Rd · Principal Rd – Birchmount Rd · 141 mOct 2021 · 3 days5,38043 km/h49 km/h54 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

2016 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions69#1592 of 5,508
With an injury11#1618 of 4,660
Property damage only49
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1#2897 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201490latest Feb 24, 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 12, 2023. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Canadian & Principal a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 69 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 Canadian & Principal?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1528 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 75% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Canadian & Principal?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Canadian Rd between Principal Rd and Birchmount Rd (October 2021), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Canadian & Principal?

The nearest Green P car park is Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 (1.6 km away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 434 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 78,970 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Canadian & Principal by transit?

Bus routes 95, 17, 68, 995, 996, 968 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Canadian & Principal?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 27 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Eggsmart (227 m), Fresh Choice Cafe (272 m), Subway (343 m), Blue Cat Coffee (363 m) and Pizza Hut (373 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 Canadian & Principal?

The nearest is Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom, 20 Canadian Rd, 440 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 Canadian & Principal?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 69 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (733 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Canadian & Principal?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 221 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1555 Birchmount Rd (333 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 1545 Birchmount Rd (360 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1535 Birchmount Rd (377 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 1525 Birchmount Rd (397 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 81 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 Canadian & Principal?

Toronto Police place three 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Canadian & Principal in?

Canadian & Principal is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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