Toronto · intersection · signal 961

Driftwood & Finch

Driftwood Ave & Finch Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Black Creek · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Driftwood & Finch is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Black Creek. At the corner: Driftwood Station.

Traffic volume
27,901
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 8, 2025
2,422 pedestrians · 183 cyclists · #420 busiest
Collisions
233
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
43 with an injury · 164 property damage · #418 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Driftwood Station
subway station within 250 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,990 vehicles an hour, 1.72× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 12 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 23 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 8.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.68× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 23%, from 132 in 2016–2020 to 101 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Driftwood & Finch

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Driftwood Station (Line 6)11 m; Jane and Finch Station (Line 6)336 m; Tobermory Station (Line 6)450 m; Norfinch Oakdale Station (Line 6)883 m
TTC bus
108359984 nearest 17 m
Express
935
Blue Night
336335
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Driftwood Ave at Finch Ave West; Finch Ave West at Driftwood Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Driftwood Ave / Finch Corridor Trail 344 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 53 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 (18)
  • Topcliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 354 m
  • Seneca College (Yorkgate Campus)College · 487 m
  • Driftwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 560 m
  • St Charles Garnier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 605 m
  • St Francis de Sales Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 634 m
  • Yorkwoods Public SchoolEnglish Public · 825 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (19)
  • Langdale Court Greenbelt364 m
  • Topcliff Park437 m
  • Driftwood Park511 m
  • Black Creek Parkland674 m
  • Derrydowns Park691 m
  • Yorkwoods Park742 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch499 m
Signal
0961, activated 1971 · SAP · transit priority

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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 48. The nearest is McDonald's, 56 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McDonald's · 1831 Finch Ave W56 mPassed, May 2026
Pita Land · 1841 Finch Ave W83 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pizza · 1837 Finch Ave W86 mPassed, Feb 2026
Roti Palace · 1845 Finch Ave W90 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions
Roti Palace · 1845 Finch Ave W91 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
San Romanoway Revitalization Association · 10 San Romanoway Flr-Ground238 mPassed, Jun 2026
Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway Unit-3252 mPassed, Mar 2026
Dragon Wok · 1911 Finch Ave W329 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 Derrydowns Park Washroom, 638 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 441 m away at Topcliff Park.

  • Derrydowns Park Washroom · 271 Derrydown Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    638 m
  • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 4401 Jane St
    View centre hours · accessible
    924 m
Drinking water
Topcliff Park drinking fountain · 441 m; Driftwood Park drinking fountain · 480 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 851 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sandalwood Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) (122 m, 145 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 851 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 10
  • Sandalwood Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) · 1825 Finch Ave W
    145 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    122 m
  • Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway
    137 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    242 m
  • San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club · 10 San Romanoway
    35 spaces · school age
    267 m
  • Topcliff Community Child Care · 65 Topcliff Ave
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    354 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 142 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 142 · 1.3 km2753 Jane St
Police31 Division · 1.1 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.3 km2753 Jane St

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 24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,631 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1825 Finch Ave W (122 m, 171 units, 16 storeys, built 1971), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 24 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 277 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 14 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 4,631 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026277 across the 24
Open fire-code violations14
Tallest34 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1825 Finch Ave W · Kings College Management Limited17116197191 · Sep 20260122 m
10 San Romanoway · RPMS42834197792 · Jun 202647 · 1 fire268 m
101 Driftwood Ave · 101 Driftwood Apts Ltd324197188 · Sep 20262396 m
2970 Jane St · 1597180 Ontario Inc16414197094 · Aug 20241464 m
35 Tobermory Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management13811196992 · Jun 202618467 m
2999 Jane StToronto Community Housing · TCH18815197192 · Oct 20252470 m
15 Tobermory DrToronto Community Housing · TCH37424197281 · Nov 20254501 m
25 Stong Crt · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc15114196794 · Oct 20258 · 1 fire519 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 lots365 lots · ≈55,420 spaces · 166.3 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈3,860 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 854 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.9 km335 *

Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈46 spaces; 101 m away, ≈98 spaces; 176 m away, ≈26 spaces; 188 m away, ≈37 spaces; 237 m away, ≈491 spaces; 240 m away, ≈34 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 — 14-hour, Nov 8, 2025 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 11,264 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 2,088 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (85 of 183). Evening rush dominates here: 2,578 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,847 in the morning peak from 9:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% 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. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north2,088southbound · 35 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west11,264eastbound · 85 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles27,9012,422 pedestrians · 183 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east10,940westbound · 32 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south3,609northbound · 31 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,847 vehicles from 9:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,578 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 8, 2025 · 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 Driftwood Ave between Wilmont Dr and Finch Corridor Trl, 332 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2011 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Topcliff Ave (271 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 14,563 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave W · Driftwood Ave – San Romanoway · 82 mNov 2011 · 3 days21,391
Driftwood Ave · Wilmont Dr – Finch Corridor Trl · 332 mAug 2011 · 24 h1,68439 km/h44 km/h49 km/h

School-zone speed sign 271 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct30 · 37 km/h
Over the limit1.0%
50 km/h or more0.1%

Topcliff Ave (eastbound), 113 Topcliff Avenue · 14,563 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 2019, with 36 collisions; 2025 recorded 29. 43 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 32 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions233#418 of 5,508
With an injury43#298 of 4,660
Property damage only164
Fail to remain32
Involving a pedestrian6#563 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified26
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014283latest Jun 19, 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. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 21, 2014.

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

Six 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. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle611street/outdoor (5), other (1)
Bicycle theft210street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 14, 2026. 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 Black Creek.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Driftwood & Finch a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 233 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 Driftwood & Finch?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #420 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.72× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Driftwood & Finch?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Driftwood Ave between Wilmont Dr and Finch Corridor Trl (August 2011), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 271 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Driftwood & Finch?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.9 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 365 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 55,420 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (854 m).

How do I get to Driftwood & Finch by transit?

Driftwood Station (Line 6) is 11 m away; bus routes 108, 35, 99, 84, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Driftwood Ave at Finch Ave West, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Driftwood & Finch?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 48 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (56 m), Pita Land (83 m), Pizza Pizza (86 m), Roti Palace (90 m) and Roti Palace (91 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 Driftwood & Finch?

The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 638 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom (924 m). 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 Driftwood & Finch?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 851 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sandalwood Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) (122 m, 145 spaces), Palisades Centre For Early Learning (242 m, 137 spaces) and San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club (267 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Driftwood & Finch?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,631 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1825 Finch Ave W (122 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 10 San Romanoway (268 m, 428 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 101 Driftwood Ave (396 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 2970 Jane St (464 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 89 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 Driftwood & Finch?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Black Creek page.

What neighbourhood is Driftwood & Finch in?

Driftwood & Finch is in Black Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 024), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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