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Don Mills & Finch

Don Mills Rd & Finch Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Don Valley Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Don Mills & Finch sits in Don Valley Village. At the City's last count here, in 2023, it was a major arterial intersection. It has a red-light camera in place since 2021 that issued 317 tickets in 2025, a live City traffic camera and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic
22,562
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 28, 2023
2,554 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
549
police-reported · 2016–2025
2 killed or seriously injured · #100 of 5,519
Getting there
4
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
52/100
city median 48 · #2,372 of 5,672
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 387 m

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Don Mills & Finch

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets, and the red-light camera

Live traffic camera RESCU 8093 · 28 m

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Live camera RESCU 8093 · Don Mills Rd & Finch Ave E · 28 m from the node
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Live camera · RESCU 8093 · Don Mills Rd & Finch Ave E
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Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 28, 2023

The west leg carries the load — 6,292 eastbound vehicles, or 28% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 5,003. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,584 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,688 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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 north5,131southbound · 5 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west6,292eastbound · 0 bikes · 5.6% heavy
Total vehicles22,5622,554 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east6,136westbound · 0 bikes · 6.0% heavy
From the south5,003northbound · 0 bikes · 5.3% heavy

Peak hours: 3,584 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,688 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

2016 was the peak year (87 collisions), and 2025 closed with 64. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 54 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 26 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 22, 2026.

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. The most recent was on Mar 14, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 7.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions549#100 of 5,519
With an injury99#55 of 4,669
Property damage only401
Fail to remain54
Involving a pedestrian19#37 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified48
Since January 2026 (outside the window)26
Killed or seriously injured2#200 of 1,505
Fatal1#95 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#211 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20067latest Mar 14, 2016

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 most recent midblock count on Don Mills Rd between Seneca Hill Dr and Finch Ave E (135 m away, Mar 2021) recorded volume only — about 14,369 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Seneca Hill Dr (292 m away, 30 km/h limit), 36% of the 33,447 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Don Mills Rd · Seneca Hill Dr – Finch Ave E · 135 mMar 2021 · 3 days14,369———
Finch Ave E · Linus Rd – Skymark Park Trl · 184 mMar 2021 · 3 days15,845———
Speed sign
Seneca Hill Dr (westbound), 292 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 37 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 36% at 40 km/h or more. 33,447 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.

Red-light camera
In operation since 2021; 317 tickets in 2025, 127 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in North York.
The crossing
Signal 0869, activated 1970 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
25 39 10 169 42 nearest 32 m
Express
925 939
Blue Night
325 339
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Don Mills Rd at Finch Ave East; Finch Ave East at Don Mills Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 090 Leslie 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av31 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brahms Ave / Finch Ave E 336 m · 4 min · 19 docks · 2 stations, 30 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
20 mapped lots within 500 m, 144 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 No Frills, 387 m away; 5 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 32 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 83 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 403 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 1500 Finch Ave E83 m
  • O Biscotti · 3303 Don Mills Rd 2105182 m
  • Pho Vietnamese Delight · 3555 Don Mills Rd, Unit-9387 m · 5 min
  • Chiba Japanese Restaurant · 3555 Don Mills Rd Unit-5387 m · 5 min
  • Deer Garden Signatures · 3555 Don Mills Rd387 m · 5 min
2 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Grocery
No Frills 387 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
Food shops
Peanut Plaza Pastry Shop 758 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Rexall 403 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 40 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day313 m · 4 min
  • Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 89 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day348 m · 4 min
  • Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day503 m · 6 min
8 licensed centres · 569 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed374 m · 4 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 (13)
  • Skymark Park279 m · 3 min
  • Seneca Village Park350 m · 4 min
  • Seneca Hill Park575 m · 7 min
  • Linus Park731 m · 9 min
  • McNicoll Park745 m · 9 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (13)
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 348 m · 4 min
  • Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 415 m · 5 min
  • Seneca Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 603 m · 7 min
  • Seneca College (Newnham Campus)College · 737 m · 9 min
  • Crestview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 803 m · 10 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 778 m · 9 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 library or a care or retirement home.

52of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,372 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food13/30

    5 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    10 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go1/14

    1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,277 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 5 Brahms Ave (312 m, 178 units, 13 storeys, built 1971), which scored 89 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
5 Brahms Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH17813197189 · Aug 2025312 m · 4 min
2 Brahms Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH16412197193 · Aug 2025348 m · 4 min
1700 Finch Ave E Toronto Community Housing27518197995 · Aug 2025355 m · 4 min
225 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited15313196898 · Jul 2025738 m · 9 min
201 Van Horne Ave · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.24518196687 · Sep 2024763 m · 9 min
335 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited12514196996 · Jul 2025789 m · 9 min

7 registered buildings · 1,277 units · 3 social housing · 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 16 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 2.9 a year before that. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 16, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1611street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft500street/outdoor (4), school/campus (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 Don Valley Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Don Mills & Finch a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #100 of 5,519 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 2 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 Don Mills & Finch?

A major arterial intersection at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Feb 28, 2023, 2.4× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Don Mills & Finch a walkable intersection?

Don Mills & Finch scores 52 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,372 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 10 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

Is there a red-light camera at Don Mills & Finch?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Don Mills & Finch since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 317 tickets in 2025 (405 in 2024) and 127 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,643 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Don Mills & Finch?

317 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 405 in 2024, and 127 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,643 tickets since 2021. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.

Where can I park near Don Mills & Finch?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 144 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,820 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Don Mills & Finch by transit?

Bus routes 25, 39, 10, 169, 42, 925, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Don Mills Rd at Finch Ave East, 32 m); York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av.

What restaurants are near Don Mills & Finch?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (83 m), O Biscotti (182 m), Pho Vietnamese Delight (387 m), Chiba Japanese Restaurant (387 m) and Deer Garden Signatures (387 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Don Mills & Finch?

The nearest is Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 1700 Finch Ave E., 374 m away.

Is there child care near Don Mills & Finch?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 569 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre (313 m, 40 spaces), Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre (348 m, 89 spaces) and Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning (503 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Don Mills & Finch?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,277 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Brahms Ave (312 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 2 Brahms Ave (348 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1700 Finch Ave E (355 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 225 Van Horne Ave (738 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 92 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Don Mills & Finch?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Don Mills & Finch in?

Don Mills & Finch is in Don Valley Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 047). 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