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Cummer & Ruddington

Cummer Ave & Ruddington Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Bayview Woods-Steeles · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Cummer & Ruddington is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Bayview Woods-Steeles. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
5,331
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 28, 2023
213 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
35/100
city median 48
5 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 384 m

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Cummer & Ruddington

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 · Nov 28, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 2,351 westbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 636. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 915 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 976 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west2,344eastbound · 4 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles5,331213 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east2,351westbound · 1 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south636northbound · 0 bikes · 1.7% heavy

Peak hours: 915 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 976 from 5:00 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 4% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% 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. The most recent report on file is from Nov 6, 2025.

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

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions254.7 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury1
Property damage only21
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified3
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 Cummer Ave between Oakhurst Dr and Ruddington Dr (65 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 8,200 vehicles a day. Ruddington Dr between Ruddington Park Trl and Cummer Ave measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Oct 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Snowcrest Ave (245 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 24,397 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cummer Ave · Oakhurst Dr – Ruddington Dr · 65 mApr 2024 · 3 days8,15342 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Ruddington Dr · Ruddington Park Trl – Cummer Ave · 82 mOct 2025 · 3 days2,31239 km/h47 km/h50 km/h
Speed sign
Snowcrest Ave (southbound), 245 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 10 km/h, 85th percentile 27 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 24,397 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.

The crossing
pedestrian crossover

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
42 11 39 nearest 33 m
Blue Night
339
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Cummer Ave at Ruddington Dr West Side; Cummer Ave at Ruddington Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ruddington Dr / Finch Recreational Trail 391 m · 5 min · 19 docks · 2 stations, 38 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
12 mapped lots within 500 m, 56 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

The nearest grocery store is Independent- Your Independent Grocer, 384 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Harvey's, 311 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Main Drug Mart, 508 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.2 km away. For seniors' housing: Extendicare Bayview, a long-term care home 37 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Harvey's · 3343 Bayview Ave311 m · 4 min
  • Donut Counter · 3337 Bayview Ave384 m · 5 min
  • Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine · 3307 Bayview Ave384 m · 5 min
  • Swiss Chalet Rotisserie & Grill · 3253 Bayview Ave None384 m · 5 min
  • Nikki's Cafe · 3292 Bayview Ave Unit-100558 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Grocery
Independent- Your Independent Grocer 384 m · 5 min
Pharmacy
Main Drug Mart 508 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Petit Pearson Child Care - North York · 207 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day420 m · 5 min
  • Blessed Trinity Before & After School · 103 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day918 m · 11 min
2 licensed centres · 310 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
  • Extendicare Bayview · long-term care home37 m

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 (12)
  • Ruddington Park221 m
  • Bowan Court Parkette727 m · 9 min
  • Bayview Arena Park821 m · 10 min
  • Gustav Parkette830 m · 10 min
  • Sawley Banstock Greenbelt1 km · 12 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (8)
  • Dora Education CentrePrivate · 260 m · 3 min
  • St Anne Catholic Academy, School of Virtual LearningEnglish Separate · 359 m · 4 min
  • St Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 359 m · 4 min
  • Lester B Pearson Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 420 m · 5 min
  • Tyndale University College and Seminary School - BayviewPrivate · 910 m · 11 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km

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 library or a public washroom.

35of 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 food7/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 5 within 1 km

  • Transit13/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot3/10

    pedestrian crossover

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

Six registered apartment buildings with 960 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 70 Ruddington Dr (66 m, 107 units, 18 storeys, built 1986), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
70 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties10718198695 · Jul 202566 m
505 Cummer Ave · Schickedanz Bros. Properties17513196797 · Aug 2025197 m
60 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties17918196689 · Sep 2024203 m
50 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties18914196890 · Jul 2025349 m · 4 min
10 Ruddington Dr · Novi Properties15513196783 · Aug 2026595 m · 7 min
11 Ruddington Dr · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.15513196891 · Aug 2026711 m · 8 min

6 registered buildings · 960 units · tallest 18 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 nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle960street/outdoor (4), apartment parking (4)
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 Bayview Woods-Steeles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cummer & Ruddington 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 Cummer & Ruddington?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 28, 2023, 33% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Cummer & Ruddington a walkable intersection?

Cummer & Ruddington scores 35 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: 4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km; 8 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: pedestrian crossover.

How fast do cars go at Cummer & Ruddington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cummer Ave between Oakhurst Dr and Ruddington Dr (April 2024), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 245 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Cummer & Ruddington?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 56 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,900 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Cummer & Ruddington by transit?

Bus routes 42, 11, 39 within 1 km (nearest stop: Cummer Ave at Ruddington Dr West Side, 33 m).

What restaurants are near Cummer & Ruddington?

None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Harvey's (311 m), Donut Counter (384 m), Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine (384 m), Swiss Chalet Rotisserie & Grill (384 m) and Nikki's Cafe (558 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Cummer & Ruddington?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 310 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Petit Pearson Child Care - North York (420 m, 207 spaces) and Blessed Trinity Before & After School (918 m, 103 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cummer & Ruddington?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 960 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 70 Ruddington Dr (66 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 505 Cummer Ave (197 m, 175 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 60 Ruddington Dr (203 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 50 Ruddington Dr (349 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Cummer & Ruddington?

Toronto Police place nine 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 Bayview Woods-Steeles page.

What neighbourhood is Cummer & Ruddington in?

Cummer & Ruddington is in Bayview Woods-Steeles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 049). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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