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Finch & Topcliff

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

Finch & Topcliff, in Glenfield-Jane Heights, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It has Tobermory Station at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
18,624
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 20, 2018
459 pedestrians · 21 cyclists
Collisions
29
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 18 property damage · #2847 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Tobermory Station
subway station within 250 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,330 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.0× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 41 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 2.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 79%, from 24 in 2016–2020 to 5 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Finch & Topcliff

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Tobermory Station (Line 6)127 m; Driftwood Station (Line 6)304 m; Jane and Finch Station (Line 6)660 m; Sentinel Station (Line 6)786 m
TTC bus
108359910641 nearest 316 m
Express
935
Blue Night
336335341
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Tobermory Dr / Finch Corridor Trail 336 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 38 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 (19)
  • Topcliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 380 m
  • St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 573 m
  • Driftwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 629 m
  • C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 778 m
  • St Charles Garnier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 783 m
  • Seneca College (Yorkgate Campus)College · 795 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (20)
  • Topcliff Park355 m
  • Black Creek Parkland369 m
  • Driftwood Park459 m
  • Langdale Court Greenbelt520 m
  • Derrydowns Park714 m
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park911 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch180 m

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; 61 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is McDonald's, 347 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McDonald's · 1831 Finch Ave W347 mPassed, May 2026
Topcliff Student Nutrition Centre · 65 Topcliff Ave369 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Pizza · 1837 Finch Ave W394 mPassed, Feb 2026
Pita Land · 1841 Finch Ave W406 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Roti Palace · 1845 Finch Ave W414 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions
Roti Palace · 1845 Finch Ave W414 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway Unit-3530 mPassed, Mar 2026
San Romanoway Revitalization Association · 10 San Romanoway Flr-Ground532 mPassed, Jun 2026

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, 340 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 385 m away at Topcliff Park.

  • Derrydowns Park Washroom · 271 Derrydown Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    340 m
Drinking water
Topcliff Park drinking fountain · 385 m; Driftwood Park drinking fountain · 465 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 917 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sandalwood Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) (221 m, 145 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 917 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
    221 m
  • Topcliff Community Child Care · 65 Topcliff Ave
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    380 m
  • Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway
    137 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    520 m
  • St. Wilfred YMCA · 1685 Finch Ave W
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    573 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 142 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 142 · 1.5 km2753 Jane St
Police31 Division · 1.5 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.5 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

25 registered apartment buildings with 4,841 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 15 Tobermory Dr (193 m, 374 units, 24 storeys, built 1972), which scored 81 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 25 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 259 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings25 · 4,841 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026259 across the 25
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest34 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Tobermory DrToronto Community Housing · TCH37424197281 · Nov 20254193 m
1825 Finch Ave W · Kings College Management Limited17116197191 · Sep 20260221 m
35 Tobermory Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management13811196992 · Jun 202618262 m
35 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197396 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire526 m
10 San Romanoway · RPMS42834197792 · Jun 202647 · 1 fire574 m
101 Driftwood Ave · 101 Driftwood Apts Ltd324197188 · Sep 20262574 m
40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197288 · Oct 20259 · 1 fire590 m
500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT39019197898 · Nov 20250 · 2 fire661 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 lots400 lots · ≈53,670 spaces · 161 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈1,100 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 761 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.6 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.6 km335 *

Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈44 spaces; 94 m away, ≈24 spaces; 116 m away, ≈34 spaces; 120 m away, ≈87 spaces; 162 m away, ≈37 spaces; 175 m away, ≈26 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, Mar 20, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 9,211 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 259. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,804 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (2,510). Trucks and buses were 7.7% 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 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west9,154eastbound · 8 bikes · 8.1% heavy
Total vehicles18,624459 pedestrians · 21 cyclists · 7.7% heavy
From the east9,211westbound · 12 bikes · 7.5% heavy
From the south259northbound · 1 bikes · 5.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,510 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,804 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 20, 2018

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 (352 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. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave W · Topcliff Ave – Driftwood Ave · 162 mNov 2011 · 3 days41,802
Topcliff Ave · Demaris Ave – Yellowstone St · 352 mSep 2020 · 3 days1,11138 km/h49 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 (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 28% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 21, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions29#2847 of 5,508
With an injury8#2047 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201437latest Aug 21, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Apr 24, 2008.

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 Finch & Topcliff a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 29 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 Finch & Topcliff?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 20, 2018, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Finch & 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.

Where can I park near Finch & Topcliff?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.6 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 400 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 53,670 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (761 m).

How do I get to Finch & Topcliff by transit?

Tobermory Station (Line 6) is 127 m away; bus routes 108, 35, 99, 106, 41, 935 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Finch & Topcliff?

None within 300 m, and 61 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (347 m), Topcliff Student Nutrition Centre (369 m), Pizza Pizza (394 m), Pita Land (406 m) and Roti Palace (414 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 Finch & Topcliff?

The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 340 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Finch & Topcliff?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 917 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.) (221 m, 145 spaces), Topcliff Community Child Care (380 m, 95 spaces) and Palisades Centre For Early Learning (520 m, 137 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Topcliff?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,841 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Tobermory Dr (193 m, 374 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1825 Finch Ave W (221 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 35 Tobermory Dr (262 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 35 Fountainhead Rd (526 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 90 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.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Topcliff in?

Finch & 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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