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Colin & Anderson (West)

Colin Ave & Anderson Ave (West) · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Eglinton · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Colin & Anderson (West) sits in Yonge-Eglinton. At the City's last count here, in 2017, it was a lightly travelled intersection. Nearby is Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) 400 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
2,006
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 19, 2017
294 pedestrians · 55 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Eglinton Station 400 m · 15 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
46/100
city median 48
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 414 m

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Colin & Anderson (West)

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Sep 19, 2017

The east leg carries the load — 785 westbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 185. Morning rush is the busier period: 370 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 316 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 7.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north496southbound · 13 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the west540eastbound · 23 bikes · 6.5% heavy
Total vehicles2,006294 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · 7.1% heavy
From the east785westbound · 14 bikes · 6.8% heavy
From the south185northbound · 5 bikes · 11.9% heavy

Peak hours: 370 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 316 from 4:45 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

2023 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 13, 2023.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2022

The City's counter on Colin Ave between Anderson Ave and Eglinton Ave W (109 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 46 km/h. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Anderson Ave between Maxwell Ave and Colin Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (May 2009).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Anderson Ave · Maxwell Ave – Colin Ave · 52 mMay 2009 · 3 days1,99631 km/h38 km/h43 km/h
Colin Ave · Anderson Ave – Eglinton Ave W · 109 mJul 2022 · 3 days1,07237 km/h46 km/h50 km/h

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

Subway
Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5)400 m · 5 min; Avenue Station (Line 5)725 m · 9 min; Davisville Station (Line 1)892 m · 11 min
TTC bus
13 34 61 74 103 97 14 28 11 nearest 270 m · 3 min
Blue Night
334 320 354
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lascelles Blvd / Eglinton Ave W 292 m · 3 min · 19 docks · 12 stations, 243 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
8 car parks · about 1,011 spaces
EV charging
75 Holly St. · 743 m · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking
no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
21 mapped lots within 500 m, 442 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
75 Holly St · Garage739 m30212% (Q1 2026)
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage754 m18735% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1 km15555% (Q1 2026)
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.1 km163 *—
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.2 km5342% (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

The nearest grocery store is Farm Boy, 414 m away; 7 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 166 eating places within a kilometre — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Cafe Dinah E, 261 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Uptown Pharmacy, 534 m away; 11 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: The Dunfield Retirement Residence, a retirement home 881 m away (two within a kilometre). Second Mile Club - Orchard View Recreation Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 557 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Cafe Dinah E · 124 Eglinton Ave W Unit-3261 m · 3 min
  • 111 Ramyun · 2156 Yonge St384 m · 5 min
  • Juicy Dumpling · 2150 Yonge St395 m · 5 min
  • Hale Coffee Company · 2149 Yonge St Unit-101 None414 m · 5 min
  • Sansotei Ramen Eglinton · 2131 Yonge St, Unit-3450 m · 5 min
1 within 300 m · 166 within 1 km
Grocery
Farm Boy 414 m · 5 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
Cheeseora Bakery 496 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Uptown Pharmacy 534 m · 6 min · 11 within 1 km
Child care
  • Curious Caterpillars - College View · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day546 m · 7 min
  • Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day874 m · 10 min
  • Treetop Children's Centre · 155 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day874 m · 10 min
4 licensed centres · 305 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible439 m · 5 min
  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.650 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Hillsdale Avenue Park 582 m · 7 min; Eglinton Park 595 m · 7 min (off)
Health and care
  • The Dunfield Retirement Residence · retirement home · 2 within 1 km881 m · 10 min
  • Second Mile Club - Orchard View Recreation Centre · seniors' active living centre557 m · 7 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 (21)
  • Hillsdale Avenue Park543 m · 6 min
  • Eglinton Park594 m · 7 min
  • Raccoon Park683 m · 8 min
  • Fiona Nelson Parkette715 m · 9 min
  • Dunfield Park738 m · 9 min
and 16 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (20)
  • Birmingham International Collegiate of CanadaPrivate · 362 m · 4 min
  • The Study AcademyPrivate · 637 m · 8 min
  • Caesar International AcademyPrivate · 640 m · 8 min
  • The Study Academy SchoolPrivate · 758 m · 9 min
  • Eglinton LINC and ESL CentreEnglish Separate · 784 m · 9 min
and 15 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch650 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch1.4 km · 16 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.

46of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food11/30

    7 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Eglinton Station 0.4 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 650 m away

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

52 registered apartment buildings with 5,975 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 119 Eglinton Ave W (210 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 78 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 52 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
119 Eglinton Ave W · 1675959 Ontario Limited183195078 · Sep 2024210 m
190 Colin Ave · Ballito Bay Holdings (York) Ltd.406193581 · Nov 2025210 m
115 Eglinton Ave W183195058 · Sep 2025228 m
63 Maxwell Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd333194092 · Nov 2025297 m · 4 min
48 Maxwell Ave · William McBrien Limited293192896 · Aug 2026297 m · 4 min
137 Eglinton Ave W · Glendale Properties Inc.183192089 · Jul 2025302 m · 4 min

52 registered buildings · 5,975 units · 5 social housing · tallest 38 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

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.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Yonge-Eglinton.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Colin & Anderson (West) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Colin & Anderson (West)?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Sep 19, 2017, 22% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Colin & Anderson (West) a walkable intersection?

Colin & Anderson (West) scores 46 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: Eglinton Station 0.4 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.5 km · 2 community centres within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Colin & Anderson (West)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Colin Ave between Anderson Ave and Eglinton Ave W (July 2022), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 46 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Colin & Anderson (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 75 Holly St (739 m away, 302 spaces, 12% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 442 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,290 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (743 m).

How do I get to Colin & Anderson (West) by transit?

Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) is 400 m away; bus routes 13, 34, 61, 74, 103, 97, 14, 28 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Colin & Anderson (West)?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 166 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Cafe Dinah E (261 m), 111 Ramyun (384 m), Juicy Dumpling (395 m), Hale Coffee Company (414 m) and Sansotei Ramen Eglinton (450 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Colin & Anderson (West)?

The nearest is North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 439 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Park Washroom (650 m); Oriole Park Toronto Washroom (824 m).

Is there child care near Colin & Anderson (West)?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 305 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Curious Caterpillars - College View (546 m, 49 spaces), Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School (874 m, 49 spaces) and Treetop Children's Centre (874 m, 155 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Colin & Anderson (West)?

52 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,975 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 119 Eglinton Ave W (210 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 190 Colin Ave (210 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 115 Eglinton Ave W (228 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 58) and 63 Maxwell Ave (297 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 52 is 91 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Colin & Anderson (West)?

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 Yonge-Eglinton page.

What neighbourhood is Colin & Anderson (West) in?

Colin & Anderson (West) is in Yonge-Eglinton (City of Toronto neighbourhood 100). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined