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Elder & Kennard

Elder St & Kennard Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bathurst Manor · Ward 6, York Centre

Elder & Kennard is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence. It sits in Bathurst Manor. It has parks at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
470
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 13, 2022
174 pedestrians · 23 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 60 vehicles, 5% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 4.9% of vehicle volume, about 6.3× the typical share.

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Elder & Kennard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
104105 nearest 235 m
Blue Night
329
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Overbrook Pl891 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Wilmington Ave / Kennard Ave 177 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (11)
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 265 m
  • Forest Valley Outdoor Education CentreEnglish Public · 672 m
  • Charles H Best Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 742 m
  • Wilmington Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 928 m
  • Prosserman Jewish Community Centre & Torah High - Prosserman JCC CampusPrivate · 1 km
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (13)
  • Irving W. Chapley Park104 m
  • Maxwell Park455 m
  • Kennard Parkette776 m
  • Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt788 m
  • Bayhampton Parkette800 m
  • West Don Parkland863 m
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Centennial branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 21 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is 147 Elder St Inc., 115 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
147 Elder St Inc. · 147 Elder St115 mPassed, Jun 2026
Gan Chabad Preschool · 147 Overbrook Pl327 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bakezy Cookie · 36 Beaver Valley Rd334 mPassed, Sep 2024
King Kone Ice Cream#2090_ Best Treats · 144 Clifton Ave531 mPassed, May 2026
King Kone Ice Cream_ice Cream Truck #1734 · 144 Clifton Ave531 mPassed, May 2026
E Lemonis · 66 Garthdale Crt 2925 mPassed, Mar 2026
Subway · 1123 Lodestar Rd1 kmPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Sunset Grill · 1123 Lodestar Rd1 kmPassed, May 2026 · 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 150 m away at Irving W. Chapley Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Irving W. Chapley Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 150 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 726 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (117 m, 57 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 726 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 100 Elder St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    117 m
  • Gan Chabad Preschool · 147 Overbrook Pl
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    306 m
  • Wilmington Best Schoolage Satellite Centre · 285 Wilmington Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    742 m
  • Children Are People Education · 272 Codsell Ave
    155 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    872 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.3 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 3.3 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1 km4330 Dufferin 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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 418 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 118 Overbrook Pl (222 m, 17 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 87 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings10 · 418 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 10
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
118 Overbrook Pl173196087 · Jun 20250222 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 20250757 m
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241863 m
20 Wilmington Ave134196576 · Jul 20250915 m
81 Garthdale Crt103195978 · Aug 20240918 m
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20250933 m
34 Carscadden Dr · Elevate PM Limited696196598 · Jul 20250935 m
10 Wilmington Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.414196093 · Jul 202601 km

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 lots336 lots · ≈59,220 spaces · 177.7 ha
Within 500 m10 lots · ≈680 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.7 km632 *

Nearest lots: 145 m away, ≈20 spaces; 155 m away, ≈172 spaces; 178 m away, ≈43 spaces; 231 m away, ≈27 spaces; 259 m away, ≈17 spaces; 296 m away, ≈101 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 — 8-hour, Sep 13, 2022

The north leg carries the load — 211 southbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 95 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (87). Trucks and buses were 5.5% 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 4 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.

From the north211southbound · 4 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west1eastbound · 8 bikes · 100.0% heavy
Total vehicles470174 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east66westbound · 1 bikes · 12.1% heavy
From the south192northbound · 10 bikes · 6.3% heavy
AM peak hour87 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour95 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 13, 2022

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 Kennard Ave between Wilmington Ave and Shaftesbury St (290 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Elder St between Kennard Ave and Pannahill Rd measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Apr 2024). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elder St · Kennard Ave – Pannahill Rd · 46 mApr 2024 · 3 days74838 km/h47 km/h53 km/h
Kennard Ave · Wilmington Ave – Shaftesbury St · 290 mMay 2013 · 24 h1,55641 km/h49 km/h54 km/h

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elder & Kennard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 Elder & Kennard?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 13, 2022, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elder & Kennard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kennard Ave between Wilmington Ave and Shaftesbury St (May 2013), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elder & Kennard?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.7 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 336 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 59,220 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elder & Kennard by transit?

Bus routes 104, 105 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Overbrook Pl.

What restaurants are near Elder & Kennard?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 147 Elder St Inc. (115 m), Gan Chabad Preschool (327 m), Bakezy Cookie (334 m), King Kone Ice Cream#2090_ Best Treats (531 m) and King Kone Ice Cream_ice Cream Truck #1734 (531 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 Elder & Kennard?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 150 m away at Irving W. Chapley Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Elder & Kennard?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 726 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (117 m, 57 spaces), Gan Chabad Preschool (306 m, 49 spaces) and Wilmington Best Schoolage Satellite Centre (742 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elder & Kennard?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 418 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 118 Overbrook Pl (222 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 229 Pannahill Rd (757 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (863 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 20 Wilmington Ave (915 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 76). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 90 out of 100. 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.

What neighbourhood is Elder & Kennard in?

Elder & Kennard is in Bathurst Manor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 034). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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