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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 · Jan 24, 2024
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 2,579 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 112 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 822 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 39% above the afternoon peak from 2:45 p.m. (591). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 822 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 591 from 2:45 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 5 collisions. 2 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 7, 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 | 23 | 3.9 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 15 | |
| Fail to remain | 6 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 6 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| 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 Welsford Gdns between Rowena Dr and Cassandra Blvd, 168 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2007 put the average speed at 31 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 46 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 19 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Cassandra Blvd between Avonwick Gt and Wallingford Rd measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Dec 2021) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Wallingford Rd (366 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 7,634 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsford Gdns · Rowena Dr – Cassandra Blvd · 168 m | Aug 2007 · 24 h | 1,282 | 31 km/h | 46 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Cassandra Blvd · Avonwick Gt – Wallingford Rd · 361 m | Dec 2021 · 3 days | 4,309 | 34 km/h | 40 km/h | 44 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Wallingford Rd (northbound), 366 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 24 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 7,634 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
- 24 95 91 191 nearest 216 m
- Express
- 924 995 996
- Blue Night
- 324 395
- Nearest stops
- 2 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 34 mapped lots within 500 m, 198 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 Metro, 510 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 8 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Mr. Sub, 417 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Cassandra Pharmacy, 444 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Mr. Sub · 2050 Victoria Park Ave Unit-A417 m · 5 min
- Tim Hortons · 2050 Victoria Park Ave417 m · 5 min
- Wild Wing · 1 Ellesmere Rd445 m · 5 min
- Hakka Khazana · 2167 Victoria Park Ave749 m · 9 min
- A Pagnotta · 2167-2175 Victoria Park Ave749 m · 9 min
- Grocery
- Metro 510 m · 6 min
- Pharmacy
- Cassandra Pharmacy 444 m · 5 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Annunciation Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day561 m · 7 min
- Victoria Park Child Care Centre · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day622 m · 7 min
- Ranchdale Rompers Day Care · 120 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day702 m · 8 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 (6)
- Cassandra Park223 m
- Rowena Park470 m · 6 min
- Ranchdale Park869 m · 10 min
- Brookbanks Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Maryvale Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (7)
- Senator O'connor College SchoolEnglish Separate · 483 m · 6 min
- Annunciation Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 561 m · 7 min
- Victoria Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 622 m · 7 min
- Ranchdale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 703 m · 8 min
- Crestwood Preparatory College SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Maryvale branch1 km · 12 min
- Toronto Public Library Brookbanks branch1.2 km · 14 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 community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,301 rental units. The nearest is 250 Cassandra Blvd (66 m, 234 units, 4 storeys, built 1966), which scored 81 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 8 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 Cassandra Blvd · Wycliffe Property Management Limited | 234 | 4 | 1966 | 81 · Jun 2025 | 66 m |
| 265 Cassandra Blvd · M&r Property Management | 164 | 12 | 1965 | 91 · Jun 2026 | 114 m |
| 270 Cassandra Blvd · Colonia Treuhand Management Inc. | 83 | 4 | 1969 | 99 · Jun 2025 | 227 m |
| 275 Cassandra Blvd · M&r Property Management | 164 | 12 | 1965 | 90 · Jun 2026 | 236 m |
| 21 Welsford Gdns · Cando Apartments Ltd. | 154 | 15 | 1960 | 95 · Jun 2025 | 240 m |
| 105 Rowena Dr · Barney River Management Services | 243 | 12 | 1966 | 77 · Oct 2025 | 485 m · 6 min |
8 registered buildings · 1,301 units · tallest 15 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
20 thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 11 in 2023–2025, about 3.7 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 85% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 16, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 20 | 10 | 1 | street/outdoor (17), apartment parking (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1 | 0 | commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (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 Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Cassandra & Welsford a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 23 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 Cassandra & Welsford?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 24, 2024, 36% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Cassandra & Welsford a walkable intersection?
Cassandra & Welsford scores 30 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: 2 parks within 500 m; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; 2 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Cassandra & Welsford?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Welsford Gdns between Rowena Dr and Cassandra Blvd (August 2007), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 46 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 366 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Cassandra & Welsford?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 198 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,190 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Cassandra & Welsford by transit?
Bus routes 24, 95, 91, 191, 924, 995, 996 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Cassandra & Welsford?
None within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Mr. Sub (417 m), Tim Hortons (417 m), Wild Wing (445 m), Hakka Khazana (749 m) and A Pagnotta (749 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Cassandra & Welsford?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 414 m away at Rowena Park.
Is there child care near Cassandra & Welsford?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 199 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Annunciation Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (561 m, 43 spaces), Victoria Park Child Care Centre (622 m, 36 spaces) and Ranchdale Rompers Day Care (702 m, 120 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Cassandra & Welsford?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,301 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 250 Cassandra Blvd (66 m, 234 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 265 Cassandra Blvd (114 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 270 Cassandra Blvd (227 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 275 Cassandra Blvd (236 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 87 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Cassandra & Welsford?
Toronto Police place 20 thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills page.
What neighbourhood is Cassandra & Welsford in?
Cassandra & Welsford is in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 149). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.
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 Jan 24, 2024.
- 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; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- 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 16 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: 43.75385, -79.31659 · centreline node 13449589.