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Elder & Waterloo

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

Elder & Waterloo, in Bathurst Manor, is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
370
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 29, 2017
70 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5434 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 50 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 4% 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). That comes with about 0.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Elder & Waterloo

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10484 nearest 198 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Waterloo Ave installed 2024
Bike Share
Wilmington Ave / Kennard Ave 560 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 (13)
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 530 m
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 684 m
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 888 m
  • Dublin Heights Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Robert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Prosserman Jewish Community Centre & Torah High - Prosserman JCC CampusPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Irving W. Chapley Park587 m
  • Maxwell Park641 m
  • Michael Feldman Parkette693 m
  • Kennard Parkette923 m
  • Banting Park1.1 km
  • McAllister Park1.1 km
  • and 11 more
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 46 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Grill Gate, 431 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Grill Gate · 832 Sheppard Ave W431 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Grill Gate · 832 Sheppard Ave W431 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Los Gyros · 816 Sheppard Ave W434 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Los Gyros · 816 Sheppard Ave W435 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Domino's Pizza · 820 Sheppard Ave W435 mPassed, Sep 2025
Domino's Pizza · 820 Sheppard Ave W435 mPassed, Aug 2026
Frank Pizzeria · 834 Sheppard Ave W447 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Domo Sushi · 844 Sheppard Ave W466 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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 676 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (437 m, 57 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 676 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 7
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 100 Elder St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    437 m
  • The Toronto Heschel School · 819 Sheppard Ave W
    96 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    530 m
  • Moshava Ba'ir Day Camp of Toronto - Preschool · 819 Sheppard Ave W
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten
    530 m
  • Children Are People Education · 272 Codsell Ave
    155 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    612 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (942 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 942 m1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 3.4 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.3 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

Six registered apartment buildings with 119 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 15 Wilmington Ave (402 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1958), which scored 99 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. No Landlord and Tenant Board order named any of them in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings6 · 119 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 6
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20250402 m
20 Wilmington Ave134196576 · Jul 20250408 m
10 Wilmington Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.414196093 · Jul 20260445 m
1 Wilmington Ave · Ryis Properties Inc123195993 · Jul 20260447 m
118 Overbrook Pl173196087 · Jun 20250762 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 202501 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 lots284 lots · ≈41,510 spaces · 124.5 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈800 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 · Surface1.2 km632 *

Nearest lots: 361 m away, ≈34 spaces; 406 m away, ≈54 spaces; 409 m away, ≈16 spaces; 410 m away, ≈198 spaces; 428 m away, ≈68 spaces; 434 m away, ≈172 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, Jun 29, 2017

The west leg carries the load — 114 eastbound vehicles, or 31% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 63. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 59 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 18% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (50). Trucks and buses were 14.1% 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 9 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.

From the north101southbound · 0 bikes · 14.9% heavy
From the west114eastbound · 2 bikes · 13.2% heavy
Total vehicles37070 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 14.1% heavy
From the east92westbound · 1 bikes · 13.0% heavy
From the south63northbound · 0 bikes · 15.9% heavy
AM peak hour50 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour59 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 29, 2017

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 Elder St between Searle Ave and Brighton Ave (137 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day. Waterloo Ave between Elder St and Wilmington Ave measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jul 2004). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Waterloo Ave · Elder St – Wilmington Ave · 97 mJul 2004 · 24 h34937 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Elder St · Searle Ave – Brighton Ave · 137 mMar 2001 · 24 h44841 km/h50 km/h55 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

2017 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 50% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5434 of 5,508
With an injury1#4625 of 4,660
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20143latest May 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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 12, 2024. 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 Bathurst Manor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elder & Waterloo a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Elder & Waterloo?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 29, 2017, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elder & Waterloo?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elder St between Searle Ave and Brighton Ave (March 2001), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elder & Waterloo?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.2 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 284 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 41,510 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elder & Waterloo by transit?

Bus routes 104, 84, 984 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Elder & Waterloo?

None within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Grill Gate (431 m), Grill Gate (431 m), Los Gyros (434 m), Los Gyros (435 m) and Domino's Pizza (435 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Elder & Waterloo?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 676 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (437 m, 57 spaces), The Toronto Heschel School (530 m, 96 spaces) and Moshava Ba'ir Day Camp of Toronto - Preschool (530 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elder & Waterloo?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 119 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Wilmington Ave (402 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 20 Wilmington Ave (408 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 10 Wilmington Ave (445 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 1 Wilmington Ave (447 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 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.

How many thefts are reported at Elder & Waterloo?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles 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 Bathurst Manor page.

What neighbourhood is Elder & Waterloo in?

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

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined