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Carlaw & Harcourt

Carlaw Ave & Harcourt Ave · Toronto, Ontario · North Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Carlaw & Harcourt is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in North Riverdale. At the corner: a bike lane and 2 schools within 250 m. Nearby: Pape Station (Line 2) 312 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,451
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 13, 2011
491 pedestrians · 47 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4412 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
Pape Station 312 m · 2 streetcar routes · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 180 vehicles, 16% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3.0 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 3.2% of vehicle volume, about 4.2× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.9 collisions a year here over 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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Carlaw & Harcourt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)312 m; Chester Station (Line 2)493 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)749 m; Broadview Station (Line 2)920 m
Streetcar
504505 nearest 857 m
TTC bus
7210083518622587 nearest 195 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305300325322
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Carlaw Ave installed 2003
Bike Share
Carlaw Ave / Danforth Ave 153 m · 15 docks · 16 stations, 310 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)
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 70 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 245 m
  • Earl Grey Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 493 m
  • Jones Avenue Adult CentreEnglish Public · 571 m
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 718 m
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 824 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (26)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch252 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 836 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 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 60 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 200 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Treasure Island Toys, 146 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2025.

Restaurants & cafés60 within 300 m · 200 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Treasure Island Toys · 581 Danforth Ave146 mPassed, May 2025
Tapps Restaurant & Bar · 561 Danforth Ave154 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sweet Addictions · 563 Danforth Ave155 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Sweet Addictions · 563 Danforth Ave155 mPassed, Oct 2025
Ocean Treasure Fish Market · 565 Danforth Avegrocery155 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Fox & Fiddle · 535 Danforth Ave163 mPassed, Apr 2026
Sinaloa Factory · 551 Danforth Ave164 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Play Loft Inc. · 583 Danforth Ave165 mPassed, Jan 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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 164 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 131 m away at Withrow Park.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    164 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    245 m
  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    455 m
Drinking water
Withrow Park drinking fountain · 131 m; Withrow Park bottle filling station · 145 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,788 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) (70 m, 115 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,788 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 17
  • Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) · 690 Carlaw Ave
    115 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    70 m
  • Play Loft · 583 Danforth Ave
    122 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    165 m
  • Frankland Day Care Centre · 816 Logan Ave
    76 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    245 m
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    458 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 323 · 1 km153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 2.5 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1 km153 Chatham Ave

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 28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,061 rental units — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 39 Harcourt Ave (175 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1989), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 28 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 20 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings28 · 2,061 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202620 across the 28
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
39 Harcourt AveToronto Community Housing · TCH153198994 · Nov 20250175 m
796 Carlaw Ave314192290 · Sep 20241235 m
575 Pape Ave · D&d Property Management173193092 · Jul 20241364 m
98 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1006199296 · Aug 20251364 m
100 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation3007197797 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire373 m
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 20250463 m
80 Blake StToronto Community Housing · TCH19014196998 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire642 m
10 Boultbee AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16711200192 · Jul 20261709 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 lots629 lots · ≈14,730 spaces · 44.2 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈740 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 829 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Arundel Ave. · 416 m · 8 Level 2 ports
Bike parking67 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
670 Pape Ave · Surface204 m7447% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface271 m4682% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface284 m2358% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface287 m1783% (Q1 2026)
716 Pape Ave · Surface328 m7475% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈19 spaces; 144 m away, ≈4 spaces; 146 m away, ≈22 spaces; 166 m away, ≈64 spaces (Green P); 239 m away, ≈4 spaces; 243 m away, ≈32 spaces. More EV charging: 503 Jones Ave (619 m, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (680 m, 2 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (886 m, 10 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, Jun 13, 2011

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,439 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 99% of the total, against 4 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 227 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 216 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, 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 north1,439southbound · 2 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,451491 pedestrians · 47 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east4westbound · 19 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south8northbound · 25 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour227 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour216 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 13, 2011

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 Carlaw Ave between Harcourt Ave and Saul Korman Lane, 65 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2006 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,100 vehicles a day. Harcourt Ave between Gough Ave and Pape Ave measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Mar 2011). The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Carlaw Ave · Harcourt Ave – Saul Korman Lane · 65 mAug 2006 · 3 days3,08636 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Harcourt Ave · Gough Ave – Pape Ave · 145 mMar 2011 · 3 days59524 km/h34 km/h39 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 worst year was 2022, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4412 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201410latest Jun 2, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner 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 vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 16, 2020. 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 North Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Carlaw & Harcourt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Carlaw & Harcourt?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 13, 2011, 16% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlaw & Harcourt?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Carlaw Ave between Harcourt Ave and Saul Korman Lane (August 2006), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Carlaw & Harcourt?

The nearest Green P car park is 670 Pape Ave (204 m away, 74 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 629 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,730 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Arundel Ave. (416 m).

How do I get to Carlaw & Harcourt by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 312 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 857 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 83, 51, 8, 62, 25, 87 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Carlaw & Harcourt?

60 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 200 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Treasure Island Toys (146 m), Tapps Restaurant & Bar (154 m), Sweet Addictions (155 m), Sweet Addictions (155 m) and Fox & Fiddle (163 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 Carlaw & Harcourt?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 164 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (245 m); Withrow Park South Washroom (455 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 Carlaw & Harcourt?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,788 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) (70 m, 115 spaces), Play Loft (165 m, 122 spaces) and Frankland Day Care Centre (245 m, 76 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Harcourt?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,061 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 39 Harcourt Ave (175 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 796 Carlaw Ave (235 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 575 Pape Ave (364 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 98 Cavell Ave (364 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 28 is 88 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 Carlaw & Harcourt?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 North Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Carlaw & Harcourt in?

Carlaw & Harcourt is in North Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 068). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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