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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 19, 2007
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,255 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 192 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,404 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,356 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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.
Peak hours: 1,404 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,356 from 4:15 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 worst year was 2017, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 11, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 8 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 6 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
On Danforth Ave between Kalmar Ave and Eastwood Ave, 50 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2022 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 15,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Kalmar Ave between Hollis Ave and Hollis Kalmar Park Trl measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Jun 2024). 3 speed humps slow traffic on Kalmar Avenue between Danforth Ave and Hollis Ave (installed 2025).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth Ave · Kalmar Ave – Eastwood Ave · 50 m | May 2022 · 3 days | 15,080 | 50 km/h | 57 km/h | 62 km/h |
| Kalmar Ave · Hollis Ave – Hollis Kalmar Park Trl · 118 m | Jun 2024 · 3 days | 1,021 | 34 km/h | 42 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Traffic calming
- Kalmar Avenue (Danforth Ave – Hollis Ave): 3 speed humps (installed 2025)
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
- 20 69 135 68 113 12 117 16 17 nearest 73 m
- Blue Night
- 300 316
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Ave at Medford Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Danforth Ave / Warden Ave 127 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 75 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
- 2 car parks · about 256 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.9 km)
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 277 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface | 1.8 km | 173 * | — |
| 197 Blantyre Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 83 | 29% (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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Bd Supermarket, 395 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 23 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Bd Fusion Restaurant, 370 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Danforth Pharmacy, 309 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Chester Village, a long-term care home 429 m away. Warden Woods Community Centre - Byng Towers runs a seniors' active living programme 695 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Bd Fusion Restaurant · 3478 Danforth Ave370 m · 4 min
- Kausar Fresh Foods · 3466 Danforth Ave407 m · 5 min
- Madinah Premium Grill · 3460 Danforth Ave423 m · 5 min
- Bhojon Bari · 3454 Danforth Ave442 m · 5 min
- Chatok Food Zone · 3495 Danforth Ave545 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Bd Supermarket 395 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Kasturi Street Food & Sweets 445 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Danforth Pharmacy 309 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Scarborough Day Nursery School · 71 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day516 m · 6 min
- Mon Petit Univers · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day702 m · 8 min
- Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School · 20 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day745 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible754 m · 9 min
- Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · hours not listed · accessible834 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Chester Village · long-term care home429 m · 5 min
- Warden Woods Community Centre - Byng Towers · seniors' active living centre695 m · 8 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 (17)
- Scotia Parkette141 m
- Hollis Kalmar Park199 m
- Danforth - Birchmount Parkette322 m · 4 min
- Birchcliff Woods763 m · 9 min
- Oakridge Park824 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Birchmount Community Centre754 m · 9 min
- Scarborough Arena Gardens837 m · 10 min
- Oakridge Community Recreation Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (9)
- Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 647 m · 8 min
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 677 m · 8 min
- Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 808 m · 10 min
- Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch1 km · 12 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Within a kilometre there are 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 584 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Parkette Pl (510 m, 61 units, 5 storeys, built 1959), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 15 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc. | 61 | 5 | 1959 | 93 · Oct 2025 | 510 m · 6 min |
| 186 Danforth Rd | 15 | 4 | 1962 | 89 · Aug 2024 | 637 m · 8 min |
| 3330 Danforth Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 194 | 10 | 1978 | 90 · Aug 2024 | 700 m · 8 min |
| 1481 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 74 · Aug 2026 | 832 m · 10 min |
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 10 | 3 | 1950 | — | 879 m · 10 min |
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 11 | 3 | 1950 | — | 879 m · 10 min |
15 registered buildings · 584 units · 1 social housing · tallest 24 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
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Danforth & Kalmar a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Danforth & Kalmar?
A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2007. Its latest count is from Dec 19, 2007, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Danforth & Kalmar a walkable intersection?
Danforth & Kalmar scores 43 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: 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km; library 1 km away. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Danforth & Kalmar?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Danforth Ave between Kalmar Ave and Eastwood Ave (May 2022), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Danforth & Kalmar?
The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (1.8 km away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 277 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,640 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Danforth & Kalmar by transit?
Bus routes 20, 69, 135, 68, 113, 12, 117, 16 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Ave at Medford Ave, 73 m).
What restaurants are near Danforth & Kalmar?
None within 300 m, and 23 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bd Fusion Restaurant (370 m), Kausar Fresh Foods (407 m), Madinah Premium Grill (423 m), Bhojon Bari (442 m) and Chatok Food Zone (545 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Danforth & Kalmar?
The nearest is Birchmount Community Centre Washroom, 93 Birchmount Rd, 754 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom (834 m).
Is there child care near Danforth & Kalmar?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 149 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Day Nursery School (516 m, 71 spaces), Mon Petit Univers (702 m, 30 spaces) and Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (745 m, 20 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Kalmar?
15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 584 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Parkette Pl (510 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 186 Danforth Rd (637 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3330 Danforth Ave (700 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1481 Kingston Rd (832 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 74). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 86 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Danforth & Kalmar?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 Danforth & Kalmar in?
Danforth & Kalmar 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 19, 2007.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 20 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.69502, -79.27052 · centreline node 13458670.