Dovercourt & MacKenzie

Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 22, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,390 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 149 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (74 of 164). Evening rush dominates here: 480 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 443 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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: 443 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 480 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 1 collision (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 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 (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 16, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jul 31, 2019.

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

On Dovercourt Rd between Harrison St and Churchill Ave, 352 m from the corner, a 7-day count in September 2025 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 6,700 vehicles a day. MacKenzie Cres between Dovercourt Rd and Lane W of Dovercourt and N of Mackenzie measured slower: 22 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Jan 2001). At the school-zone speed sign on Ossington Ave (395 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. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Mackenzie Crescent between Lisgar St and Dovercourt Rd (installed 2004).

Speed sign

Ossington Ave (northbound), 395 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

Mackenzie Crescent (Lisgar St – Dovercourt Rd): 3 speed humps (installed 2004)

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 food26/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 14 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit12/28

  2 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

• Schools and child care4/8

  nearest school 0.6 km · 1 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.

Within a kilometre there are 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,933 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 255 Dovercourt Rd (87 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1912), which scored 85 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

26 registered buildings · 1,933 units · 5 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.

Two thefts from vehicles and seven bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 71% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

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 Feb 22, 2017.
• 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 10 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: 43.64780, -79.42405 · centreline node 13467193.