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Driftwood & Topcliff

Driftwood Ave & Topcliff Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Glenfield-Jane Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Driftwood & Topcliff, in Glenfield-Jane Heights, is a low-volume local intersection. It has Driftwood Station, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,269
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 23, 2025
1,544 pedestrians · 92 cyclists · #1888 busiest
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3010 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
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 520 vehicles an hour, 45% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 2.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 56%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 8 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Driftwood & Topcliff

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)177 m; Jane and Finch Station (Line 6)333 m; Tobermory Station (Line 6)533 m; Norfinch Oakdale Station (Line 6)854 m
TTC bus
108359984 nearest 117 m
Express
935
Blue Night
336335
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Driftwood Ave / Finch Corridor Trail 490 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 68 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 · 241 m
  • St Francis de Sales Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 529 m
  • Seneca College (Yorkgate Campus)College · 535 m
  • Yorkwoods Public SchoolEnglish Public · 648 m
  • Firgrove Public SchoolEnglish Public · 722 m
  • Driftwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 734 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (21)
  • Langdale Court Greenbelt191 m
  • Topcliff Park361 m
  • Derrydowns Park538 m
  • Yorkwoods Park567 m
  • Driftwood Park685 m
  • Black Creek Parkland780 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch559 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 51 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Pizza, 116 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Pizza · 1837 Finch Ave W116 mPassed, Feb 2026
McDonald's · 1831 Finch Ave W121 mPassed, May 2026
Pita Land · 1841 Finch Ave W164 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Roti Palace · 1845 Finch Ave W173 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Roti Palace · 1845 Finch Ave W173 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions
Topcliff Student Nutrition Centre · 65 Topcliff Ave236 mPassed, Jun 2026
Al Marwa Sunrise Meats · 3925 Jane Stgrocery296 mPassed, May 2025
Freshco · 3925 Jane Stgrocery296 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction

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, 664 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 350 m away at Topcliff Park.

  • Derrydowns Park Washroom · 271 Derrydown Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    664 m
  • Oakdale Community Centre Washroom · 350 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Topcliff Park drinking fountain · 350 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.) (197 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
    197 m
  • Topcliff Community Child Care · 65 Topcliff Ave
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    241 m
  • San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club · 10 San Romanoway
    35 spaces · school age
    349 m
  • Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway
    137 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    365 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 142 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 142 · 1.2 km2753 Jane St
Police31 Division · 1.1 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.2 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

22 registered apartment buildings with 4,057 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1825 Finch Ave W (197 m, 171 units, 16 storeys, built 1971), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 22 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 276 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 4,057 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026276 across the 22
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest34 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1825 Finch Ave W · Kings College Management Limited17116197191 · Sep 20260197 m
101 Driftwood Ave · 101 Driftwood Apts Ltd324197188 · Sep 20262220 m
2999 Jane StToronto Community Housing · TCH18815197192 · Oct 20252326 m
10 San Romanoway · RPMS42834197792 · Jun 202647 · 1 fire349 m
2970 Jane St · 1597180 Ontario Inc16414197094 · Aug 20241375 m
50 Driftwood Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc10914197092 · Oct 202525467 m
2940 Jane St · 1597180 Ontario Inc15313197098 · Aug 20245467 m
2900 Jane St · 1312251 Ontario Limited18314196090 · Jul 202411514 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 lots373 lots · ≈60,420 spaces · 181.3 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈3,810 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 161 m away, ≈1,209 spaces; 175 m away, ≈98 spaces; 208 m away, ≈26 spaces; 235 m away, ≈46 spaces; 248 m away, ≈37 spaces; 276 m away, ≈76 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, Apr 23, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 3,465 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 974. Most cyclists arrived from the north (46 of 92). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 701 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 748 from 3:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,465southbound · 46 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,2691,544 pedestrians · 92 cyclists · 5.0% heavy
From the east974westbound · 10 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the south2,830northbound · 28 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour701 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour748 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 23, 2025

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 Topcliff Ave between Demaris Ave and Yellowstone St (219 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. Driftwood Ave between Yewtree Blvd and Topcliff Ave measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Mar 2011). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Topcliff Ave (124 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
Driftwood Ave · Yewtree Blvd – Topcliff Ave · 62 mMar 2011 · 24 h5,35437 km/h43 km/h45 km/h
Topcliff Ave · Demaris Ave – Yellowstone St · 219 mSep 2020 · 3 days1,11138 km/h49 km/h55 km/h

School-zone speed sign 124 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

2017 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 4% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 42% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3010 of 5,508
With an injury1#4215 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#2403 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201432latest Apr 4, 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

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 16, 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 Glenfield-Jane Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Driftwood & Topcliff a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 & Topcliff?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1888 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 45% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Driftwood & Topcliff?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Topcliff Ave between Demaris Ave and Yellowstone St (September 2020), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 124 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 & Topcliff?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 373 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 60,420 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.0 km).

How do I get to Driftwood & Topcliff by transit?

Driftwood Station (Line 6) is 177 m away; bus routes 108, 35, 99, 84, 935 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Driftwood & Topcliff?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Pizza (116 m), McDonald's (121 m), Pita Land (164 m), Roti Palace (173 m) and Roti Palace (173 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 & Topcliff?

The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 664 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Oakdale Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Topcliff?

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.) (197 m, 145 spaces), Topcliff Community Child Care (241 m, 95 spaces) and San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club (349 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Driftwood & Topcliff?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,057 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1825 Finch Ave W (197 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 101 Driftwood Ave (220 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 2999 Jane St (326 m, 188 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 10 San Romanoway (349 m, 428 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 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 & Topcliff?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Glenfield-Jane Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Driftwood & Topcliff in?

Driftwood & Topcliff is in Glenfield-Jane Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 025), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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