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Don Mills & McNicoll

Don Mills Rd & McNicoll Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Hillcrest Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Don Mills & McNicoll is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Hillcrest Village. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
13,888
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 15, 2023
896 pedestrians · 167 cyclists
Collisions
86
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
23 with an injury · 58 property damage · #1289 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #822 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,740 vehicles, 1.50× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 16 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 8.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 31%, from 51 in 2016–2020 to 35 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 86 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Don Mills & McNicoll

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
254239 nearest 20 m
Express
925939
Blue Night
325339
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Don Mills Rd at McNicoll Ave; McNicoll Ave at Don Mills Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 090 Leslie090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / McNicoll Av19 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brahms Ave / Finch Ave E 874 m · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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 (19)
  • Hillmount Public SchoolEnglish Public · 275 m
  • McNicoll Avenue School BldgEnglish Public · 324 m
  • Seneca College (Newnham Campus)College · 594 m
  • Cresthaven Public SchoolEnglish Public · 800 m
  • Highland Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 813 m
  • Cliffwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 882 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (15)
  • McNicoll Park131 m
  • Clara Will Park389 m
  • Skymark Park575 m
  • Seneca Village Park666 m
  • Cresthaven Park735 m
  • Gideon Parkette738 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Hillcrest branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 1.3 km
Signal
1039, activated 1973 · SA1

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 28 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Early On Child and Family Centre, 325 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Early On Child and Family Centre · 155 McNicoll Ave325 mPassed, May 2026
Balkh Kitchen Convenience Flowers · 3555 Don Mills Rd, Unit-8grocery580 mPassed, Jun 2025
Pho Vietnamese Delight · 3555 Don Mills Rd, Unit-9580 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 3 infractions
Chiba Japanese Restaurant · 3555 Don Mills Rd Unit-5581 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Deer Garden Signatures · 3555 Don Mills Rd581 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
KFC · 3555 Don Mills Rd Unit-20581 mPassed, Sep 2026
No Frills · 3555 Don Mills Rdgrocery581 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pizza Hut · 3555 Don Mills Rd Unit-20581 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 661 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 66 m away at McNicoll Park.

  • Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · 1700 Finch Ave E.
    View centre hours
    661 m
Drinking water
McNicoll Park bottle filling station · 66 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 599 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hillmount Child Care (275 m, 80 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 599 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Hillmount Child Care · 245 McNicoll Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    275 m
  • McNicoll Avenue Child Care Program · 155 McNicoll Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    324 m
  • Kids Haven Community Child Care · 46 Cresthaven Dr
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    800 m
  • Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 5 Brahms Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    821 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (763 m) and the nearest ambulance station 3.0 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 763 m700 Seneca Hill Dr
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 3 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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

Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 617 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1700 Finch Ave E (676 m, 275 units, 18 storeys, built 1979), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 617 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 3
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1700 Finch Ave EToronto Community Housing27518197995 · Aug 20253 · 2 fire676 m
5 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH17813197189 · Aug 20250821 m
2 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16412197193 · Aug 20253893 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 lots243 lots · ≈43,680 spaces · 131 ha
Within 500 m12 lots · ≈2,900 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 129 m away, ≈93 spaces; 224 m away, ≈84 spaces; 255 m away, ≈127 spaces; 293 m away, ≈107 spaces; 339 m away, ≈1,466 spaces; 356 m away, ≈47 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, Apr 15, 2023 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 4,706 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 34% of the total, against 1,871 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (91 of 167). Evening rush dominates here: 2,339 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,175 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 3 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.

From the north4,658southbound · 91 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west1,871eastbound · 19 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles13,888896 pedestrians · 167 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east2,653westbound · 28 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south4,706northbound · 29 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,175 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,339 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 15, 2023 · weekend

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

On McNicoll Ave between Mogul Dr and Sexton Cres, 287 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2026 put the average speed at 26 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,900 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on McNicoll Ave (89 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.7% of the 144,677 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Don Mills Rd · McNicoll Ave – Duncan Creek Trl · 41 mMar 2010 · 3 days12,588
McNicoll Ave · Mogul Dr – Sexton Cres · 287 mMar 2026 · 3 days8,89326 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 89 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct31 · 39 km/h
Over the limit3.2%
50 km/h or more0.7%

McNicoll Ave (eastbound), 216 McNicoll Avenue · 144,677 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

The worst year was 2016, with 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 23 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions86#1289 of 5,508
With an injury23#709 of 4,660
Property damage only58
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2#1658 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1735 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014132latest Jun 30, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jul 10, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#822 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jul 10, 2017

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200other (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 29, 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 Hillcrest Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Don Mills & McNicoll a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#822 of 1,505), out of 86 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & McNicoll?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 15, 2023, 1.50× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Don Mills & McNicoll?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McNicoll Ave between Mogul Dr and Sexton Cres (March 2026), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 89 m away (40 km/h), 0.7% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Don Mills & McNicoll?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 243 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,680 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Bus routes 25, 42, 39, 925, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Don Mills Rd at McNicoll Ave, 20 m); York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / McNicoll Av.

What restaurants are near Don Mills & McNicoll?

None within 300 m, and 28 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Early On Child and Family Centre (325 m), Pho Vietnamese Delight (580 m), Chiba Japanese Restaurant (581 m), Deer Garden Signatures (581 m) and KFC (581 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 Don Mills & McNicoll?

The nearest is Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 1700 Finch Ave E., 661 m away (View centre hours). 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 Don Mills & McNicoll?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 599 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hillmount Child Care (275 m, 80 spaces), McNicoll Avenue Child Care Program (324 m, 49 spaces) and Kids Haven Community Child Care (800 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Don Mills & McNicoll?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 617 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1700 Finch Ave E (676 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 5 Brahms Ave (821 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 2 Brahms Ave (893 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 92 out of 100. 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 Don Mills & McNicoll?

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 Hillcrest Village page.

What neighbourhood is Don Mills & McNicoll in?

Don Mills & McNicoll is in Hillcrest Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 048). 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