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Cathedral Bluffs & Earl

Cathedral Bluffs Dr & Earl Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Cliffcrest · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Cathedral Bluffs & Earl is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Cliffcrest. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
866
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 18, 2023
132 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3473 of 5,508 · +3 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
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 110 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 9% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 1.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Cathedral Bluffs & Earl

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1286102969201 nearest 169 m
Express
902
Blue Night
316
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Fenwood Ht / Kingston Rd 364 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (9)
  • St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 109 m
  • H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 426 m
  • Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 457 m
  • R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 544 m
  • Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 858 m
  • Bliss Carman Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (12)
  • Balcarra Park361 m
  • Halbert Park553 m
  • Cudia Park750 m
  • Cathedral Bluffs Park774 m
  • Anson Park808 m
  • Barkdene Park822 m
  • and 6 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch202 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 33 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway, 163 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Circle K · 2975 Kingston Rdgrocery96 mPassed, Jan 2026
Dollarama · 2975 Kingston Rd Unit-31grocery96 mPassed, Jan 2026
Michael's No Frills · 2979 Kingston Rd Unit-2979grocery128 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Shoppers Drug Mart · 2999 Kingston Rdgrocery144 mPassed, May 2024
Subway · 3009 Kingston Rd163 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Osmow's Shawarma · 3025 Kingston Rd174 mPassed, Mar 2026
Sushi & Tea · 3027 Kingston Rd180 mPassed, Jun 2026
Chatime Cliffcrest · 3033 Kingston Rd197 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 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 Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 558 m away, View outdoor pool hours.

  • Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 24 Rockwood Dr
    View outdoor pool hours
    558 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 293 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (109 m, 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 293 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program · 49 Cathedral Bluffs Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    109 m
  • Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site · 25 Halbert Place
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    426 m
  • Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 2857 Kingston Rd
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool
    445 m
  • Fairmount Sunshine Child Care · 31 Sloley Rd
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    457 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 223 (190 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 223 · 190 m116 Dorset Rd
Police41 Division · 3.8 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 2.1 km3100 Eglinton 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

Five registered apartment buildings with 514 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 3171 Kingston Rd (548 m, 18 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 514 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 5
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3171 Kingston Rd184196092 · Jul 20260548 m
3207 Kingston Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation535196890 · Aug 20251693 m
17 Brimley RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation33011197996 · Jul 20258 · 2 fire760 m
1 Brimley Rd · 1 Brimley Apts. Inc.586196191 · Oct 20254909 m
3750 St Clair Ave E · Amaz Property Management557196591 · Jun 202401 km

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 lots202 lots · ≈27,150 spaces · 81.4 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈1,750 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 528 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.3 km168 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.9 km128 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.9 km232 *

Nearest lots: 134 m away, ≈86 spaces; 163 m away, ≈5 spaces; 164 m away, ≈8 spaces; 170 m away, ≈6 spaces; 174 m away, ≈798 spaces; 201 m away, ≈19 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 18, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 377 southbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 115. Morning rush is the busier period: 170 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 123 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north377southbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west115eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles866132 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south374northbound · 1 bikes · 2.4% heavy
AM peak hour170 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour123 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 18, 2023

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 Cathedral Bluffs Dr between Purley Cres and Earl Rd (92 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on McCowan Rd (365 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 31,256 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cathedral Bluffs Dr · Purley Cres – Earl Rd · 92 mMay 2024 · 3 days1,99635 km/h43 km/h47 km/h

School-zone speed sign 365 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct44 · 50 km/h
Over the limit3.2%
60 km/h or more0.4%

McCowan Rd (northbound), East Side of McCowan Rd, Fronting No.21/23 · 31,256 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 11% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 5, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3473 of 5,508
With an injury2#3696 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201436latest May 5, 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 six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle620house driveway/garage (5), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 15, 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 Cliffcrest.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cathedral Bluffs & Earl a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2023, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cathedral Bluffs Dr between Purley Cres and Earl Rd (May 2024), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 365 m away (50 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

The nearest Green P car park is 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) (1.3 km away, 168 spaces). The City's mapping shows 202 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,150 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Cathedral Bluffs & Earl by transit?

Bus routes 12, 86, 102, 9, 69, 201, 902 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 33 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Subway (163 m), Osmow's Shawarma (174 m), Sushi & Tea (180 m) and Chatime Cliffcrest (197 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 Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

The nearest is Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 24 Rockwood Dr, 558 m away (View outdoor pool 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 Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 293 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (109 m, 86 spaces), Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site (426 m, 71 spaces) and Bluffer's Park Montessori School (445 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 514 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3171 Kingston Rd (548 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 3207 Kingston Rd (693 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 17 Brimley Rd (760 m, 330 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 1 Brimley Rd (909 m, 58 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 92 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 Cathedral Bluffs & Earl?

Toronto Police place six 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 Cliffcrest page.

What neighbourhood is Cathedral Bluffs & Earl in?

Cathedral Bluffs & Earl is in Cliffcrest (City of Toronto neighbourhood 123). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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