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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 · Apr 18, 2023
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,521 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 179 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,263 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,311 from 4:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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: 1,263 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,311 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 2024, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 7 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 31 | #2738 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 7 | #2213 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 20 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 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 Rd between Furlong Crt and McCowan Rd, 35 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 65 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 73 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 79 km/h or more. That segment carries about 16,400 vehicles a day. Perivale Cres between Hague Park Trl and Dignam Crt measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Jul 2025).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth Rd · Furlong Crt – McCowan Rd · 35 m | May 2023 · 3 days | 16,352 | 65 km/h | 73 km/h | 79 km/h |
| McCowan Rd · Danforth Rd – Hollyhedge Dr · 48 m | May 2023 · 3 days | 16,845 | 56 km/h | 64 km/h | 70 km/h |
| Perivale Cres · Hague Park Trl – Dignam Crt · 266 m | Jul 2025 · 3 days | 295 | 34 km/h | 43 km/h | 48 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
- 16 54 154 nearest 79 m
- Express
- 954
- Blue Night
- 316 354
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Hollyhedge Dr (North) South Side; McCowan Rd at Hollyhedge Dr (North)
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Valparaiso Ave / Lawrence Ave E 397 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Sai Eesan Supermarket, 81 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 22. The nearest is Subway, 46 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Daffodil Medical Pharmacy, 157 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 507 m away. For seniors' housing: Rockcliffe Community, a long-term care home 467 m away (two within a kilometre).
- Restaurants & cafés
- Subway · 615 McCowan Rd Unit-346 m
- The Best Original Boy Litson · 617 McCowan Rd80 m
- McCowan Fish & Chips · 623 McCowan Rd86 m
- Sammy's Family Restaurant · 639 McCowan Rd Unit-F1 and Bsmt123 m
- Universal Filipino Foods · 649 McCowan Rd134 m
- Grocery
- Sai Eesan Supermarket 81 m
- Pharmacy
- Daffodil Medical Pharmacy 157 m · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre · 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day618 m · 7 min
- Friendly Little Campus · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day820 m · 10 min
- Knob Hill Day Nursery · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day824 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site507 m · 6 min
- Rockcliffe Community · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km467 m · 6 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 (8)
- Hague Park499 m · 6 min
- Bendale Park695 m · 8 min
- Pringdale Ravine897 m · 11 min
- McCowan Park927 m · 11 min
- Trudelle Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools (6)
- Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 851 m · 10 min
- St Rose of Lima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 858 m · 10 min
- John McCrae Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Knob Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Bendale branch200 m
- Places of interest
- Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km · 17 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 or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,739 of 5,672. 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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 653 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3125 Lawrence Ave E (369 m, 110 units, 7 storeys, built 1964), which scored 84 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3125 Lawrence Ave E · G & S Regal Management Limited | 110 | 7 | 1964 | 84 · Nov 2025 | 369 m · 4 min |
| 3210 Lawrence Ave E · Mpm Inc. | 48 | 6 | 1960 | 79 · Jul 2024 | 678 m · 8 min |
| 3201 Lawrence Ave E · Cando Apartments Ltd. | 123 | 13 | 1960 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 726 m · 9 min |
| 2950 Lawrence Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 200 | 6 | 1960 | 91 · Sep 2024 | 793 m · 9 min |
| 1360 Danforth Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc | 172 | 15 | 1963 | 90 · Nov 2025 | 905 m · 11 min |
5 registered buildings · 653 units · 1 social housing · tallest 15 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
Two thefts from vehicles 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
| 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 Bendale South.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Danforth & McCowan a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 31 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 & McCowan?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2023, about the median for a counted intersection.
Is Danforth & McCowan a walkable intersection?
Danforth & McCowan scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,739 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 6 places to eat within 300 m; library 200 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km; 5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Danforth & McCowan?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Danforth Rd between Furlong Crt and McCowan Rd (May 2023), found an average of 65 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 73 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Danforth & McCowan?
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 19,630 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Danforth & McCowan by transit?
Bus routes 16, 54, 154, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Hollyhedge Dr (North) South Side, 79 m).
What restaurants are near Danforth & McCowan?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Subway (46 m), The Best Original Boy Litson (80 m), McCowan Fish & Chips (86 m), Sammy's Family Restaurant (123 m) and Universal Filipino Foods (134 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Danforth & McCowan?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 325 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre (618 m, 79 spaces), Friendly Little Campus (820 m, 36 spaces) and Knob Hill Day Nursery (824 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Danforth & McCowan?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 653 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3125 Lawrence Ave E (369 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 3210 Lawrence Ave E (678 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 3201 Lawrence Ave E (726 m, 123 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2950 Lawrence Ave E (793 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 88 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Danforth & McCowan?
Toronto Police place two 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 Bendale South page.
What neighbourhood is Danforth & McCowan in?
Danforth & McCowan is in Bendale South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 157). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
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 Apr 18, 2023.
- 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.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 21 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: 43.75272, -79.24438 · centreline node 13449595.