Dovercourt & Harrison

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 14, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 1,844 southbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 413. Most cyclists arrived from the north (104 of 220). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 689 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (608). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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.

Peak hours: 608 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 689 from 5:00 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 (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 6% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.

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

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 counter on Dovercourt Rd between Harrison St and Churchill Ave (70 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 7-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 6,700 vehicles a day. Harrison St between Roxton Rd and Ossington Ave measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Jan 2020). At the school-zone speed sign on Ossington Ave (312 m away, 30 km/h limit), 23% of the 140,029 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Harrison Street between Dovercourt Rd and Ossington Ave (installed 2025).

Speed sign

Ossington Ave (northbound), 312 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 34 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 23% at 40 km/h or more. 140,029 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Harrison Street (Dovercourt Rd – Ossington Ave): 4 speed humps (installed 2025)

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.

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 30 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit14/28

  4 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 879 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot2/10

  traffic calming

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.

25 registered apartment buildings with 1,082 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1289 Dundas St W (177 m, 149 units, 7 storeys, built 1986), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 25 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

25 registered buildings · 1,082 units · 5 social housing · tallest 13 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.

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 14, 2005.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 9 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.65023, -79.42504 · centreline node 13466785.