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Elm & Fairlawn

Elm Rd & Fairlawn Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park North · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

At its last City count, in 2018, Elm & Fairlawn, in Lawrence Park North, was a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
2,312
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 19, 2018
697 pedestrians · 17 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
24/100
city median 48
76 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 619 m

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Elm & Fairlawn

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 · Apr 19, 2018

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 768 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 382 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 548 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 313 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north382southbound · 6 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west696eastbound · 3 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles2,312697 pedestrians · 17 cyclists · 1.6% heavy
From the east466westbound · 3 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south768northbound · 5 bikes · 0.9% heavy

Peak hours: 313 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 548 from 4:00 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 2018, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (6%) involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 17, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Dec 3, 2012.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17
With an injury1
Property damage only11
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 3, 2012

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 2018

On Fairlawn Ave between Greer Rd and Elm Rd, 140 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2018 put the average speed at 35 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 1,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Elm Rd between Brookdale Ave and Fairlawn Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Sep 2010).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elm Rd · Brookdale Ave – Fairlawn Ave · 52 mSep 2010 · 24 h3,77731 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Fairlawn Ave · Greer Rd – Elm Rd · 140 mNov 2018 · 3 days1,61335 km/h44 km/h49 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

TTC bus
61 52 97 nearest 302 m · 4 min
Express
952
Blue Night
352 320
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Fairlawn Ave installed 2007
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 555 m · 7 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 31 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
4 car parks · about 194 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
17 mapped lots within 500 m, 286 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface795 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface929 m9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1 km26 *—
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.1 km4254% (Q1 2026)

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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Aj & Ashley's No Frills, 619 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 76 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is M & A Cafe, 330 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Habers Compounding Pharmacy, 521 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.9 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • M & A Cafe · 1710 Avenue Rd330 m · 4 min
  • La Bamboche · 1712 Avenue Rd335 m · 4 min
  • Tutto Pronto · 1718 Avenue Rd345 m · 4 min
  • The Bagel House · 1722 Avenue Rd354 m · 4 min
  • North of Brooklyn Pizzeria · 1728 Avenue Rd389 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 76 within 1 km
Grocery
Aj & Ashley's No Frills 619 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Avenue Seafood 414 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Habers Compounding Pharmacy 521 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • John Wanless Child Care · 254 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day211 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool518 m · 6 min
  • Mtt Melrose · 24 spaces, preschool640 m · 8 min
5 licensed centres · 609 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible942 m · 11 min
Drinking water: Brookdale Park 566 m · 7 min (off)
Health and care
  • Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.9 km · 23 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 (14)
  • Brookdale Park544 m · 6 min
  • Glengarry Park676 m · 8 min
  • Douglas Greenbelt686 m · 8 min
  • Old Orchard Park906 m · 11 min
  • Woburn Avenue Playground914 m · 11 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Bedford Park Community Centre1.5 km · 17 min
Schools (11)
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 211 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 520 m · 6 min
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 867 m · 10 min
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.5 km · 18 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 care or retirement home.

24of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 76 within 1 km

  • Transit4/28

    6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.5 km away

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 1.5 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 115 rental units. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (787 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 75 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 2024787 m · 9 min
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 2025835 m · 10 min
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 2025879 m · 10 min

3 registered buildings · 115 units · tallest 7 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

Eight thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 3, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle821house driveway/garage (6), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Lawrence Park North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elm & Fairlawn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 Elm & Fairlawn?

A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Apr 19, 2018, 25% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Elm & Fairlawn a walkable intersection?

Elm & Fairlawn scores 24 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 76 within 1 km; nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 1.5 km.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Fairlawn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Fairlawn Ave between Greer Rd and Elm Rd (November 2018), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elm & Fairlawn?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (795 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 286 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,510 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Fairlawn by transit?

Bus routes 61, 52, 97, 952 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Elm & Fairlawn?

None within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are M & A Cafe (330 m), La Bamboche (335 m), Tutto Pronto (345 m), The Bagel House (354 m) and North of Brooklyn Pizzeria (389 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Elm & Fairlawn?

The nearest is Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom, 75 Woburn Ave, 942 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Elm & Fairlawn?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 609 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are John Wanless Child Care (211 m, 254 spaces), Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (518 m, 140 spaces) and Mtt Melrose (640 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Fairlawn?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (787 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 515 Rosewell Ave (835 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 284 Lawrence Ave W (879 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 83 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Elm & Fairlawn?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park North page.

What neighbourhood is Elm & Fairlawn in?

Elm & Fairlawn is in Lawrence Park North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 105). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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