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Dale & Saunders

Dale Ave & Saunders Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Guildwood · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

At its last City count, in 2022, Dale & Saunders, in Guildwood, was a lightly travelled intersection. Nearby are 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
935
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 23, 2022
16 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
13/100
city median 48
3 places to eat within 1 km

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Dale & Saunders

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 · Nov 23, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 420 eastbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 200. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 147 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 30% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (113). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west420eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles93516 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east200westbound · 1 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the south315northbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy

Peak hours: 113 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 147 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

2017 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2026.

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

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15
With an injury3
Property damage only8
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
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 Dale Ave between Pin Lane and Saunders Rd (19 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dale Ave · Pin Lane – Saunders Rd · 19 mMay 2024 · 3 days1,82934 km/h43 km/h47 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

TTC bus
12 86 116 406 nearest 475 m · 6 min
Express
905
Blue Night
334 386
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Guildwood Pkwy / Kingston Rd 494 m · 6 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 36 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
9 mapped lots within 500 m, 146 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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 3 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 317 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Guildcrest Pharmacy, 444 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 3800 Kingston Rd317 m · 4 min
  • The Olde Stone Cottage Pub · 3750 Kingston Rd518 m · 6 min
  • Phoenix Pan Asian Cuisine · 3730 Kingston Rd Unit-2612 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Guildcrest Pharmacy 444 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Guildwood Child Care · 100 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day661 m · 8 min
  • Apple Day Care Centre · 55 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day731 m · 9 min
  • N.Y.A.D. Cedar Drive · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day931 m · 11 min
3 licensed centres · 211 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Scarborough Village Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible619 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 (6)
  • Scarborough Village Park716 m · 9 min
  • Bethune Park937 m · 11 min
  • Rosa and Spencer Clark Parkette1 km · 12 min
  • Fred Johnson Park1.3 km · 15 min
  • Rowatson Park1.4 km · 16 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools
  • Cedar Drive Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 931 m · 11 min
  • Guildwood Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • St Ursula Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • Scarborough Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 18 min
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Guildwood branch1.3 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.

Not within a walk: a grocery store or a care or retirement home.

13of 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 food2/30

    3 within 1 km

  • Transit4/28

    7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.3 km away

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1.5 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.9 km · 3 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

Two registered apartment buildings with 388 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 3969 Kingston Rd (661 m, 174 units, 13 storeys, built 1967), which scored 91 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
3969 Kingston Rd · Central Erin Property Management17413196791 · Nov 2025661 m · 8 min
3434 Eglinton Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc.21417197587 · Aug 2026731 m · 9 min

2 registered buildings · 388 units · tallest 17 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 ten thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 0.7 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1050house driveway/garage (6), other (3)
Bicycle theft110street/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 Guildwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dale & Saunders a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 Dale & Saunders?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Nov 23, 2022, 10% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Dale & Saunders a walkable intersection?

Dale & Saunders scores 13 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: nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1.5 km; nearest school 0.9 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; 7 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Dale & Saunders?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dale Ave between Pin Lane and Saunders Rd (May 2024), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dale & Saunders?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 146 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,490 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dale & Saunders by transit?

Bus routes 12, 86, 116, 406, 905 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dale & Saunders?

None within 300 m, and 3 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (317 m), The Olde Stone Cottage Pub (518 m) and Phoenix Pan Asian Cuisine (612 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Dale & Saunders?

The nearest is Scarborough Village Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 23 Gatesview Ave, 619 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Dale & Saunders?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 211 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Guildwood Child Care (661 m, 100 spaces), Apple Day Care Centre (731 m, 55 spaces) and N.Y.A.D. Cedar Drive (931 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dale & Saunders?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 388 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3969 Kingston Rd (661 m, 174 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 3434 Eglinton Ave E (731 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Dale & Saunders?

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

What neighbourhood is Dale & Saunders in?

Dale & Saunders is in Guildwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 140). It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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