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Courcelette & Queen

Courcelette Rd & Queen St E · Toronto, Ontario · Birchcliffe-Cliffside · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Courcelette & Queen sits in Birchcliffe-Cliffside. At the City's last count here, in 2021, it was a low-volume local intersection. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
2,395
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2021
250 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
18/100
city median 48
19 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 396 m

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Courcelette & Queen

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 · Dec 14, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 1,316 eastbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 235. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 469 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 133% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (201). Trucks and buses were 6.1% 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 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north235southbound · 2 bikes · 7.2% heavy
From the west1,316eastbound · 2 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles2,395250 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 6.1% heavy
From the east844westbound · 0 bikes · 7.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 201 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 469 from 4:00 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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 21, 2025.

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

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions25
With an injury0
Property damage only16
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified9
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.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Queen St E between Nursewood Rd and Victoria Park Ave (283 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 5,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Courcelette Rd between Queen St E and Windsor Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Dec 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Courcelette Rd · Queen St E – Windsor Ave · 151 mDec 2024 · 3 days60331 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Queen St E · Nursewood Rd – Victoria Park Ave · 283 mNov 2021 · 2 days5,14740 km/h47 km/h51 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

Streetcar
501 nearest 369 m · 4 min
TTC bus
12 117 nearest 858 m · 10 min
Blue Night
301 316
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Queen St E installed 2012
Bike Share
R.C. Harris Treatment Plant 72 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 69 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
4 car parks · about 208 spaces
EV charging
2150 Queen Street East · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 117 Hammersmith Ave (1.5 km), 912 Kingston Road (1.5 km)
Bike parking
no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
12 mapped lots within 500 m, 113 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface894 m8329% (Q1 2026)
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface1.5 km2947% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface1.6 km28 *—
85 Lee Ave · Surface1.7 km6861% (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 X Market, 396 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 19 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Vivetha Bistro, 416 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Birchcliff Pharmacy, 886 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Vivetha Bistro · 2485 Queen St E416 m · 5 min
  • Mexico Lindo · 2326 Queen St E460 m · 5 min
  • Medley Kitchen · 2306 Queen St E543 m · 6 min
  • The Hideout On the Beach · 2282 Queen St E653 m · 8 min
  • The Willow Cafe · 2256 Queen St E783 m · 9 min
0 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery
X Market 396 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Belgian Chocolate Shop 563 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Birchcliff Pharmacy 886 m · 11 min
Child care
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center · 215 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day535 m · 6 min
  • The Creative Preschool of East Toronto - St. Aidan's In the Beach · 32 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day712 m · 8 min
  • Ma Premiere Ecole · 28 spaces, preschool843 m · 10 min
5 licensed centres · 334 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible891 m · 11 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
  • Neville Park Blvd Ravine851 m · 10 min
  • Blantyre Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Lynndale Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
  • Balmy Beach Park1.3 km · 15 min
  • Ivan Forrest Gardens1.3 km · 16 min
Schools (9)
  • Courcelette Public SchoolEnglish Public · 522 m · 6 min
  • The Cole AcademyPrivate · 712 m · 8 min
  • The Claremont SchoolPrivate · 775 m · 9 min
  • Neil McNeil Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 921 m · 11 min
  • St Denis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 1 km · 11 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 library or a care or retirement home.

18of 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 food9/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 19 within 1 km

  • Transit4/28

    5 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go1/14

    1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.5 km · 5 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

34 registered apartment buildings with 764 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 3008 Queen St E (32 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1932), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
3008 Queen St E · Akelius Canada Ltd.164193295 · Sep 202532 m
3000 Queen St E social housing304195494 · Jul 202541 m
3010 Queen St E · Akelius Canada Ltd164193293 · Aug 202443 m
3017 Queen St E · Cogir Real Estate154195494 · Jul 202652 m
3015-3017 Queen St E · Greenwin Corp.164195491 · Jul 202555 m
3015 Queen St E · Cogir Real Estate154195492 · Jul 202555 m

34 registered buildings · 764 units · 2 social housing · tallest 6 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 six thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.0 a year. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle620street/outdoor (3), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft410apartment parking (3), 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Courcelette & Queen a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 25 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 Courcelette & Queen?

A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 26% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Courcelette & Queen a walkable intersection?

Courcelette & Queen scores 18 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 grocery stores within 1 km · 19 within 1 km; nearest school 0.5 km · 5 licensed child cares within 1 km; nearest park 0.9 km.

How fast do cars go at Courcelette & Queen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Queen St E between Nursewood Rd and Victoria Park Ave (November 2021), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Courcelette & Queen?

The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (894 m away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 113 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 4,590 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2150 Queen Street East (1.2 km).

How do I get to Courcelette & Queen by transit?

Streetcar route 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 369 m away; bus routes 12, 117 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Courcelette & Queen?

None within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Vivetha Bistro (416 m), Mexico Lindo (460 m), Medley Kitchen (543 m), The Hideout On the Beach (653 m) and The Willow Cafe (783 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Courcelette & Queen?

The nearest is Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 180 Fallingbrook Rd, 891 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Courcelette & Queen?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 334 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center (535 m, 215 spaces), The Creative Preschool of East Toronto - St. Aidan's In the Beach (712 m, 32 spaces) and Ma Premiere Ecole (843 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Courcelette & Queen?

34 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 764 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3008 Queen St E (32 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 3000 Queen St E (41 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 3010 Queen St E (43 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 3017 Queen St E (52 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 34 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Courcelette & Queen?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.

What neighbourhood is Courcelette & Queen in?

Courcelette & Queen is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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