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Harrison & York Mills

Harrison Rd & York Mills Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Banbury-Don Mills · Ward 15, Don Valley West

In Banbury-Don Mills, Harrison & York Mills is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,314
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2022
109 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3375 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,160 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 85 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 2.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 25%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 9 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Harrison & York Mills

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
9511512211 nearest 18 m
Express
995996
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — York Mills Rd at Harrison Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (8)
  • York Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 465 m
  • Ecole Secondaire Etienne BruleFrench Public · 638 m
  • Harrison Public SchoolEnglish Public · 856 m
  • St Andrew's Middle SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Windfields Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • The Junior Academy Inc SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
  • York Mills Arena441 m
  • Banbury Community Centre1.1 km
Parks (13)
  • Irving Paisley Park377 m
  • Bayview - York Mills Parkette404 m
  • St. Andrews Park - North York731 m
  • York Mills Gardens749 m
  • Windfields Park838 m
  • Owen Park1 km
  • and 7 more
Signal
1297, activated 1977 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/East/West

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; 9 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Cedarhurst, 461 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cedarhurst · 2601 Bayview Ave461 mPassed, Jun 2026
Laderach · 2538 Bayview Ave550 mPassed, Aug 2026
Dineen · 311 York Mills Rd562 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Baskin Robbins · 2534 Bayview Ave563 mPassed, Jul 2026
Nortown Meats & Specialties · 303 York Mills Rdgrocery582 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Bento Sushi · 291 York Mills Rd619 mPassed, Aug 2026
Hero Certified Burgers · 291 York Mills Rd619 mPassed, Aug 2026
Metro · 291 York Mills Rdgrocery619 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 17 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Junior Academy (1.0 km, 17 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 17 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • The Junior Academy · 2454 Bayview Ave
    17 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 122 (417 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.1 km away.

FireFire Station 122 · 417 m2545 Bayview Ave
Police33 Division · 2.3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 3.1 km2075 Bayview Ave

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots120 lots · ≈13,450 spaces · 40.3 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈230 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 379 m away, ≈80 spaces; 411 m away, ≈41 spaces; 478 m away, ≈108 spaces; 509 m away, ≈41 spaces; 531 m away, ≈82 spaces; 575 m away, ≈682 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, Dec 17, 2022 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 4,921 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 139. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,262 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 339% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (515). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. 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 north139southbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west4,921eastbound · 2 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles9,314109 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east4,254westbound · 2 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour515 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,262 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend

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 Harrison Rd between Sulgrave Cres and Bachelor Pl (121 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 2-day count in August 2000; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 26 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Harrison Road between York Mills Rd and Heathcote Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
York Mills Rd · Oxbow Rd – Harrison Rd · 52 mSep 2014 · 3 days12,651
Harrison Rd · Sulgrave Cres – Bachelor Pl · 121 mAug 2000 · 2 days1,21540 km/h48 km/h53 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Harrison Road · York Mills Rd – Heathcote Ave
    3 speed humps

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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3375 of 5,508
With an injury3#3550 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2575 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201428latest Mar 27, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 5, 2009.

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 Harrison & York Mills a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 Harrison & York Mills?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Harrison & York Mills?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Harrison Rd between Sulgrave Cres and Bachelor Pl (August 2000), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Harrison & York Mills?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 120 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,450 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Harrison & York Mills by transit?

Bus routes 95, 115, 122, 11, 995, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: York Mills Rd at Harrison Rd, 18 m).

What restaurants are near Harrison & York Mills?

None within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cedarhurst (461 m), Laderach (550 m), Dineen (562 m), Baskin Robbins (563 m) and Bento Sushi (619 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 Harrison & York Mills?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 17 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is The Junior Academy (1.0 km, 17 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What neighbourhood is Harrison & York Mills in?

Harrison & York Mills is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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