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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Jan 26, 2022
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 785 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 35 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 347 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 20% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (290). Trucks and buses were 9.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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.
Peak hours: 347 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 290 from 4:45 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 worst year was 2020, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (7%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (21%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 22, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 14 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 11 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1350 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2011
On Driftwood Ave between Cobbler Cres and Driftwood Crt, 248 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 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driftwood Ave · Cobbler Cres – Driftwood Crt · 248 m | Aug 2011 · 24 h | 2,632 | 39 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Tobermory Station (Line 6)795 m · 9 min
- TTC bus
- 108 35 nearest 49 m
- Blue Night
- 335 336
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — Driftwood Ave at Cobbler Cres (South); Driftwood Ave at Niska Rd North Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Tobermory Dr / Finch Corridor Trail 429 m · 5 min · 19 docks · 3 stations, 49 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 45 m · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 150 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 2 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Yummy Chicken & Burger, 536 m away. No pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. The nearest hospital site is Humber River Health, York-Finch site, 2.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Yummy Chicken & Burger · 385 Driftwood Ave536 m · 6 min
- Yankey's Kitchen Restaurant · 393 Driftwood Ave None551 m · 7 min
- Child care
- Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day550 m · 7 min
- Seafield Day Nursery · 119 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day886 m · 11 min
- Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 137 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
- Washrooms
- Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible648 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Humber River Health, York-Finch site · hospital site2 km · 24 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (7)
- Driftwood Parkette408 m · 5 min
- Driftwood Park454 m · 5 min
- Edgeley Park597 m · 7 min
- Black Creek Parkland1 km · 12 min
- Topcliff Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- Driftwood Community Recreation Centre647 m · 8 min
- Schools (8)
- Driftwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 411 m · 5 min
- Brookview Mdl School & Brookview LINCEnglish Public · 692 m · 8 min
- St Charles Garnier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 733 m · 9 min
- Gosford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Seneca College (Yorkgate Campus)College · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library York Woods branch862 m · 10 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a grocery store, a pharmacy or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,634 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 320 Niska Rd (98 m, 169 units, 13 storeys, built 1974), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 10 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320 Niska Rd · Berkley Property Management Inc. | 169 | 13 | 1974 | 91 · Oct 2025 | 98 m |
| 310 Niska Rd · Cogir Management Corporation GP | 167 | 13 | 1969 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 193 m |
| 35 Tobermory Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management | 138 | 11 | 1969 | 92 · Jun 2026 | 564 m · 7 min |
| 415 Driftwood Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 135 | 16 | 1967 | 90 · Sep 2024 | 602 m · 7 min |
| 25 Stong Crt · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc | 151 | 14 | 1967 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 694 m · 8 min |
| 15 Tobermory Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 374 | 24 | 1972 | 81 · Nov 2025 | 766 m · 9 min |
10 registered buildings · 1,634 units · 3 social housing · tallest 24 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 0 | other (1) |
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 & Niska a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 & Niska?
A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 19% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Driftwood & Niska a walkable intersection?
Driftwood & Niska scores 35 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Tobermory Station 0.8 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Driftwood & Niska?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Driftwood Ave between Cobbler Cres and Driftwood Crt (August 2011), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Driftwood & Niska?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 150 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,480 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (45 m).
How do I get to Driftwood & Niska by transit?
Tobermory Station (Line 6) is 795 m away; bus routes 108, 35 within 1 km (nearest stop: Driftwood Ave at Cobbler Cres (South), 49 m).
What restaurants are near Driftwood & Niska?
None within 300 m, and 2 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Yummy Chicken & Burger (536 m) and Yankey's Kitchen Restaurant (551 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Driftwood & Niska?
The nearest is Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 4401 Jane St, 648 m away, with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Driftwood & Niska?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 313 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre (550 m, 57 spaces), Seafield Day Nursery (886 m, 119 spaces) and Palisades Centre For Early Learning (1.0 km, 137 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Driftwood & Niska?
Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,634 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 320 Niska Rd (98 m, 169 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 310 Niska Rd (193 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 35 Tobermory Dr (564 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 415 Driftwood Ave (602 m, 135 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 88 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Driftwood & Niska?
Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Black Creek page.
What neighbourhood is Driftwood & Niska in?
Driftwood & Niska 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
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jan 26, 2022.
- 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.
- 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 7 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: 43.76522, -79.51154 · centreline node 13448371.