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Donlands & Sammon

Donlands Ave & Sammon Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Donlands & Sammon is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Danforth East York. At the corner: a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Donlands Station (Line 2) 545 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,264
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 26, 2022
405 pedestrians · 23 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3043 of 5,508 · +1 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
Donlands Station 545 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 780 vehicles an hour, 68% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 15 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 2.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 125%, from 8 in 2016–2020 to 18 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Donlands & Sammon

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Donlands Station (Line 2)545 m; Greenwood Station (Line 2)729 m; Pape Station (Line 2)751 m
TTC bus
516283877210031 nearest 15 m
Blue Night
322300325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Donlands Ave at Sammon Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Greenwood Ave / Sammon Ave 402 m · 11 docks · 13 stations, 231 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 (24)
  • Wilkinson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 454 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 470 m
  • Danforth Collegiate & Greenwood Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 550 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 738 m
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 742 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 762 m
  • and 18 more
Parks (27)
  • Aldwych Park164 m
  • 24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park569 m
  • Langford Parkette619 m
  • Agnes Macphail Square650 m
  • Dieppe Park720 m
  • Gamble Playground840 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch900 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch1.1 km
Signal
0659, activated 1960 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 148 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Eskimo Breeze, 276 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 148 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Eskimo Breeze · 263 Donlands Ave276 mPassed, May 2026
Sammon Convenience · 346 Sammon Avegrocery394 mPassed, Oct 2025
Shopping Basket · 299 Donlands Ave403 mPassed, Oct 2025
Greenwood Student Nutrition · 800 Greenwood Ave550 mPassed, Oct 2025
Creative Preschool at East York · 49 Donlands Ave574 mPassed, Oct 2025
Number One Chinese Restaurant · 897 Pape Ave588 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Caramel Coffee Shop · 6 Donlands Ave588 mPassed, Mar 2026
Donlands Variety Store · 4 Donlands Ave, Unit-1grocery592 mPassed, Oct 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 Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 749 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 157 m away at Aldwych Park.

  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    749 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    776 m
  • Felstead Avenue Playground Washroom · 60 Felstead Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Aldwych Park drinking fountain · 157 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,572 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dandylion Childcare Centre (454 m, 280 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,572 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 16
  • Dandylion Childcare Centre · 53 Donlands Ave
    280 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    454 m
  • Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross · 299a Donlands Ave
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    470 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Metamorphosis Child Care Centre · 40 Donlands Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    511 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 249 Cosburn Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    563 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (615 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 802 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 615 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 2.6 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 802 m153 Chatham Ave

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 52 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,657 rental units, 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — ten social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 280 Sammon Ave (221 m, 34 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 71 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 89 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 46 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings52 · 3,657 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202689 across the 52
Open fire-code violations46
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
280 Sammon Ave344195571 · Sep 20240221 m
135 Sammon Ave · Town & Country Property Managers113195694 · Dec 20250243 m
325 Sammon Ave · Brayden Irwin263195094 · Jul 20252387 m
266 Donlands AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2548198694 · Jun 20240464 m
270 Donlands Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Services448201298 · Aug 20263502 m
51 Donlands Avesocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.535198594 · Jul 20240551 m
243 Cosburn Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.326200497 · Jul 20252564 m
225 Cosburn Ave · Ranee Management958196589 · Jul 20240578 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 lots519 lots · ≈13,940 spaces · 41.8 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈340 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 689 spaces
EV charging (City)132 Chatham Ave · 749 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
31 Langford Ave · Surface590 m2761% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface651 m3543% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface706 m3065% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface745 m70 *
716 Pape Ave · Surface828 m7475% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 21 m away, ≈6 spaces; 48 m away, ≈4 spaces; 208 m away, ≈15 spaces; 220 m away, ≈10 spaces; 245 m away, ≈11 spaces; 257 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 503 Jones Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (1.1 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.1 km, 2 ports).

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, Feb 26, 2022 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,918 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 252 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 989 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 603 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% 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 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north2,918southbound · 7 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west252eastbound · 2 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,264405 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east536westbound · 4 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south2,558northbound · 10 bikes · 3.2% heavy
AM peak hour603 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour989 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 26, 2022 · 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 Sammon Ave between Marlow Ave and Wiley Ave, 122 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2020 put the average speed at 28 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 1,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Donlands Ave (353 m away, 40 km/h limit), 3.6% of the 182,733 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Donlands Ave · Sammon Ave – Kings Park Blvd · 42 mMay 2015 · 3 days6,975
Sammon Ave · Marlow Ave – Wiley Ave · 122 mAug 2020 · 3 days1,02328 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 353 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct37 · 45 km/h
Over the limit14%
50 km/h or more3.6%

Donlands Ave (northbound), 285 Donlands Avenue · 182,733 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 2024, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3043 of 5,508
With an injury2#3942 of 4,660
Property damage only17
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian1#2977 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201430latest Jan 24, 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 Dec 29, 2009.

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

Three thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle330house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 28, 2025. 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Donlands & Sammon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 Donlands & Sammon?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Feb 26, 2022, 68% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Donlands & Sammon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sammon Ave between Marlow Ave and Wiley Ave (August 2020), found an average of 28 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 353 m away (40 km/h), 3.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Donlands & Sammon?

The nearest Green P car park is 31 Langford Ave (590 m away, 27 spaces, 61% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 519 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,940 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (749 m).

How do I get to Donlands & Sammon by transit?

Donlands Station (Line 2) is 545 m away; bus routes 51, 62, 83, 87, 72, 100, 31 within 1 km (nearest stop: Donlands Ave at Sammon Ave, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Donlands & Sammon?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 148 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Eskimo Breeze (276 m), Shopping Basket (403 m), Greenwood Student Nutrition (550 m), Creative Preschool at East York (574 m) and Number One Chinese Restaurant (588 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 Donlands & Sammon?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 749 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (776 m); Felstead Avenue Playground Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Donlands & Sammon?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,572 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dandylion Childcare Centre (454 m, 280 spaces), Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (470 m, 99 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Metamorphosis Child Care Centre (511 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Donlands & Sammon?

52 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,657 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 280 Sammon Ave (221 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 135 Sammon Ave (243 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 325 Sammon Ave (387 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 266 Donlands Ave (464 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 52 is 89 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 Donlands & Sammon?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Donlands & Sammon in?

Donlands & Sammon is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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