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Douglas & Governor's

Douglas Cres & Governor's Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

In Leaside-Bennington, Douglas & Governor's is a quiet local crossing. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
827
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 21, 2018
78 pedestrians · 32 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4856 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 100 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 9% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 11 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 3.9% of vehicle volume, about 5.0× the typical share. That comes with about 0.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Douglas & Governor's

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
288882825 nearest 190 m
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pottery Rd / Lower Don River Trail 590 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 75 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 (9)
  • Bennington Heights Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 254 m
  • Rolph Road Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 832 m
  • Gradale Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Whitney Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (24)
  • 66 Douglas Crescent Parkette28 m
  • Nesbitt Park86 m
  • Mallory Green361 m
  • Bennington Heights Park381 m
  • Moore Park Ravine486 m
  • Don Valley Brick Works526 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 829 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 908 m

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; 10 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento Sushi, 590 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bento Sushi · 301 Moore Ave590 mPassed, Aug 2026
Loblaws · 301 Moore Avegrocery590 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Starbucks · 301 Moore Ave590 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Dhillon's Karahi Spot · 1213 Bayview Ave650 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Todmorden Mills Heritage Site · 67 Pottery Rd834 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sisters of St Joseph · 2 O'connor Dr850 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fantasy Farm · 50 Pottery Rd862 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Hidden Gemm Variety · 1223 Broadview Avegrocery942 mPassed, Jun 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 Don Valley Brick Works Washroom, 890 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Don Valley Brick Works Washroom · 550 Bayview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    890 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 274 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bennington Heights Child Care Centre (254 m, 39 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 274 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Bennington Heights Child Care Centre · 76 Bennington Heights Dr
    39 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    254 m
  • Plasp Bennington Heights PS · 76 Bennington Heights Dr
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    254 m
  • Rolph Road Day Care · 31 Rolph Rd
    192 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    832 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 1.8 km231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 3.1 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.3 km1300 Pape 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

18 registered apartment buildings with 468 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 15 Mallory Cres (471 m, 34 units, 3 storeys, built 1962), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 18 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 3 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings18 · 468 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 18
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Mallory Cres · 15 Mallory Crescent - Manston Construction Limited and Sylwaks Investment Ltd.343196292 · Aug 20250471 m
39 Leacrest Rd · Crestview Investment Corporation C/O Lawrence Construction Co Limited103195186 · Aug 20240526 m
93 Mallory Cres · Crestview Investment Corporation - C/O Lawrence Construction Co103195195 · Jul 20240570 m
1220 Bayview Ave · Arcanos Property Management Corporation486195497 · Jul 20261 · 3 fire631 m
1215 Bayview Ave · Advent Property Management Services384194093 · Jul 20260679 m
1291 Bayview Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.696196595 · Sep 20252714 m
1295 Bayview Ave · Robert Slightham194195398 · Sep 20250738 m
16 Fernwood Gdns123195274 · Jul 20240743 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 lots429 lots · ≈31,910 spaces · 95.7 ha
Within 500 m6 lots · ≈180 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 238 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 1.4 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.4 km2465% (Q1 2026)
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.4 km2078% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface1.7 km1176% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface1.8 km9470% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.9 km33 *

Nearest lots: 17 m away, ≈13 spaces; 43 m away, ≈14 spaces; 50 m away, ≈13 spaces; 253 m away, ≈56 spaces; 398 m away, ≈45 spaces; 480 m away, ≈35 spaces. More EV charging: 41 Inglewood Dr (1.7 km, 2 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.8 km, 10 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (2 km, 8 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, Jun 21, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The west leg carries the load — 497 eastbound vehicles, or 60% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 127. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 120 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (107). Heavy vehicles made up 1.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north203southbound · 9 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west497eastbound · 20 bikes · 0.4% heavy
Total vehicles82778 pedestrians · 32 cyclists · 1.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south127northbound · 3 bikes · 3.1% heavy
AM peak hour107 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour120 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 21, 2018

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 Governor's Rd between Nesbitt Dr and Douglas Cres (117 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 6-day count in March 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 2,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Governor's Rd · Nesbitt Dr – Douglas Cres · 117 mMar 2001 · 6 days2,81845 km/h53 km/h59 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

2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Mar 10, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4856 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20146latest Mar 10, 2022

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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 seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle720house driveway/garage (6), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 3, 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 Leaside-Bennington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Douglas & Governor's a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Douglas & Governor's?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 21, 2018, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Douglas & Governor's?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Governor's Rd between Nesbitt Dr and Douglas Cres (March 2001), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Douglas & Governor's?

The nearest Green P car park is 1503 Bayview Avw (1.4 km away, 24 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 429 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,910 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (1.4 km).

How do I get to Douglas & Governor's by transit?

Bus routes 28, 88, 82, 8, 25 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Douglas & Governor's?

None within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bento Sushi (590 m), Starbucks (590 m), Dhillon's Karahi Spot (650 m), Todmorden Mills Heritage Site (834 m) and Sisters of St Joseph (850 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 Douglas & Governor's?

The nearest is Don Valley Brick Works Washroom, 550 Bayview Ave, 890 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. 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 Douglas & Governor's?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 274 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bennington Heights Child Care Centre (254 m, 39 spaces), Plasp Bennington Heights PS (254 m, 43 spaces) and Rolph Road Day Care (832 m, 192 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Douglas & Governor's?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 468 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Mallory Cres (471 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 39 Leacrest Rd (526 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 93 Mallory Cres (570 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 1220 Bayview Ave (631 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 90 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 Douglas & Governor's?

Toronto Police place seven 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 Leaside-Bennington page.

What neighbourhood is Douglas & Governor's in?

Douglas & Governor's is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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