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Danforth & Scotia

Danforth Ave & Scotia Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Oakridge · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Danforth & Scotia, in Oakridge, is a mid-volume intersection. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,909
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 13, 2007
219 pedestrians · 13 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5191 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 990 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 36 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 0.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Danforth & Scotia

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
20691356811316171211767 nearest 73 m
Blue Night
300316
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Ave at Warden Ave; Warden Ave at Danforth Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Warden Ave 73 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 90 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (11)
  • Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 461 m
  • Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 632 m
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 713 m
  • Oakridge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 734 m
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 828 m
  • Samuel Hearne Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 881 m
  • and 5 more
Parks (28)
  • Scotia Parkette61 m
  • Hollis Kalmar Park103 m
  • Danforth - Birchmount Parkette462 m
  • Oakridge Park560 m
  • Golf Club Parkette712 m
  • Avalon Parkette762 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch755 m
Places of interest
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 1.4 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 40 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bd Fusion Restaurant, 163 m away, which got a conditional pass at its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bd Fusion Restaurant · 3478 Danforth Ave163 mConditional pass, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Bd Supermarket · 3470 Danforth Avegrocery188 mConditional pass, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Rahmi Grocery N' Fruit · 3468 Danforth Avegrocery193 mPassed, Apr 2026
Kausar Fresh Foods · 3466 Danforth Avegrocery199 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Chester Village · 3555 Danforth Ave200 mPassed, May 2026
Madinah Premium Grill · 3460 Danforth Ave215 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Kasturi Street Food & Sweets · 3450-3452 Danforth Avegrocery242 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Swiss Chalet & Harvey's · 3400 Danforth Ave277 mPassed, Sep 2025

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Birchmount Community Centre Washroom, 838 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 562 m away at Oakridge Park.

  • Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · 93 Birchmount Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    838 m
  • Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · 75 Birchmount Rd.
    hours not listed · accessible
    849 m
  • Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 63 Pharmacy Ave
    View centre hours
    885 m
Drinking water
Oakridge Park bottle filling station · 562 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 334 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Day Nursery School (497 m, 71 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 334 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 7
  • Scarborough Day Nursery School · 51 Eastwood Ave
    71 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    497 m
  • Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    640 m
  • Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 644 Warden Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    713 m
  • Oakridge Junior Playcare · 110 Byng Ave
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    734 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (355 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 706 m away.

FireFire Station 225 · 355 m3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 706 m1535 Kingston Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

17 registered apartment buildings with 858 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3330 Danforth Ave (499 m, 194 units, 10 storeys, built 1978), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 17 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings17 · 858 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 17
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3330 Danforth AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19410197890 · Aug 20246499 m
186 Danforth Rd154196289 · Aug 20240529 m
50 Burn Hill Rd · Greenwin Corp.16324197496 · Jul 20250642 m
25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc.615195993 · Oct 20250657 m
30 Burn Hill Rd · Hillburn Apartments23822198293 · Jul 20250665 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis10319500711 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500711 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500711 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots349 lots · ≈24,530 spaces · 73.6 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈1,180 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 407 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.3 km173 *
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface1.6 km8329% (Q1 2026)
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.8 km151 *

Nearest lots: 86 m away, ≈17 spaces; 120 m away, ≈77 spaces; 178 m away, ≈14 spaces; 179 m away, ≈74 spaces; 211 m away, ≈25 spaces; 237 m away, ≈254 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be 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; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Dec 13, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,892 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 223. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,385 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,461 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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.

From the north223southbound · 6 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,794eastbound · 6 bikes · 4.6% heavy
Total vehicles7,909219 pedestrians · 13 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east3,892westbound · 1 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,385 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,461 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 13, 2007

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's counter on Danforth Ave between Kalmar Ave and Eastwood Ave (218 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 15,100 vehicles a day. Danforth Rd between Danforth Ave and Patterson Ave measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Jul 2024). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Danforth Ave · Kalmar Ave – Eastwood Ave · 218 mMay 2022 · 3 days15,08050 km/h57 km/h62 km/h
Danforth Rd · Danforth Ave – Patterson Ave · 349 mJul 2024 · 3 days11,97342 km/h50 km/h56 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2019 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5191 of 5,508
With an injury1#4532 of 4,660
Property damage only2
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 20147latest Jun 17, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 4, 2013.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 9, 2020. 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 Oakridge.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Danforth & Scotia a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 & Scotia?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 13, 2007, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Danforth & Scotia?

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 & Scotia?

The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (1.3 km away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 349 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,530 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Danforth & Scotia by transit?

Bus routes 20, 69, 135, 68, 113, 16, 17, 12 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Ave at Warden Ave, 73 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Scotia?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bd Fusion Restaurant (163 m), Chester Village (200 m), Madinah Premium Grill (215 m) and Swiss Chalet & Harvey's (277 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Danforth & Scotia?

The nearest is Birchmount Community Centre Washroom, 93 Birchmount Rd, 838 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom (849 m); Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom (885 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Danforth & Scotia?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 334 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Day Nursery School (497 m, 71 spaces), Mon Petit Univers (640 m, 30 spaces) and Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre (713 m, 44 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Scotia?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 858 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3330 Danforth Ave (499 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 186 Danforth Rd (529 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 50 Burn Hill Rd (642 m, 163 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 25 Parkette Pl (657 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 87 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Danforth & Scotia?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Oakridge page.

What neighbourhood is Danforth & Scotia in?

Danforth & Scotia is in Oakridge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 121), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. 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