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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 · Nov 28, 2017
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 10,225 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 466 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,777 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,961 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% 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 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.
Peak hours: 2,777 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,961 from 5:00 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 2016, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 10 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 2, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 52 | #2002 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 10 | #1716 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 35 | |
| Fail to remain | 9 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1187 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 7 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Cornwallis Dr between Denham Rd and Ellendale Dr, 153 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2026 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Cornwallis Dr (148 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 14,901 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Rd · Lawrence Ave E – Cornwallis Dr · 138 m | Sep 2019 · 7 days | 18,496 | — | — | — |
| Cornwallis Dr · Denham Rd – Ellendale Dr · 153 m | Jun 2026 · 3 days | 1,623 | 35 km/h | 43 km/h | 48 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Cornwallis Dr (westbound), 148 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 31 km/h, 85th percentile 40 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 14,901 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- 43 54 38 129 131 133 154 17 nearest 37 m
- Express
- 954 903 904 938 939
- Blue Night
- 343 354
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Kennedy Rd at Cornwallis Dr South Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence East Station 559 m · 7 min · 11 docks · 2 stations, 22 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
- 2 car parks · about 158 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 251 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface | 668 m | 90 * | — |
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 2 km | 68 * | — |
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
A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Lone Tai Supermarket, 220 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Cake House Bakery, 220 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 13 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 30. The nearest is Starbucks Coffee, 105 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Kennedy Lawrence Pharmacy, 207 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Hellenic Home - Scarborough, a long-term care home 325 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Starbucks Coffee · 1156 Kennedy Rd105 m
- Kathy's Grill · 1158 Kennedy Rd124 m
- Sr Speciality Food · 1180 Kennedy Rd Unit-A174 m
- Molon Lave · 1176a Kennedy Rd177 m
- Mr. John's the Real Kerala Kitchen · 1168 Kennedy Rd177 m
- Grocery
- Lone Tai Supermarket 220 m · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Cake House Bakery 220 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Kennedy Lawrence Pharmacy 207 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- PLASP St. Lawrence C.S. · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day753 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed833 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Hellenic Home - Scarborough · long-term care home325 m · 4 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
- Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette527 m · 6 min
- McGregor Park892 m · 11 min
- Arsandco Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Jack Goodlad Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Dorset Park1.5 km · 18 min
- Community centres
- McGregor Park Community Centre833 m · 10 min
- Schools
- Dorset Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 423 m · 5 min
- Winston Churchill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 662 m · 8 min
- St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 753 m · 9 min
- General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch822 m · 10 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,205 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 265 rental units. The nearest is 2260 Lawrence Ave E (564 m, 26 units, 5 storeys, built 1960), which scored 93 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2260 Lawrence Ave E · Prescott Apts. Inc. | 26 | 5 | 1960 | 93 · Sep 2026 | 564 m · 7 min |
| 2250 Lawrence Ave E · Ulrich Priperties Ltd | 33 | 6 | 1968 | 95 · Nov 2025 | 597 m · 7 min |
| 2230 Lawrence Ave E · Comer Group Limited | 64 | 7 | 1962 | 72 · Aug 2024 | 647 m · 8 min |
| 2185 Lawrence Ave E · Shelborne Property Management | 142 | 12 | 1968 | 90 · Dec 2025 | 938 m · 11 min |
4 registered buildings · 265 units · tallest 12 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
Five 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. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 2 | 0 | commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Dorset Park.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kennedy & Cornwallis a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 52 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 Kennedy & Cornwallis?
A high-volume crossing at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Nov 28, 2017, 2.2× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Kennedy & Cornwallis a walkable intersection?
Kennedy & Cornwallis scores 54 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,205 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 grocery store within 300 m · 13 places to eat within 300 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Kennedy & Cornwallis?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cornwallis Dr between Denham Rd and Ellendale Dr (June 2026), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 148 m away (40 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kennedy & Cornwallis?
The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (668 m away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 251 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 47,540 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kennedy & Cornwallis by transit?
Bus routes 43, 54, 38, 129, 131, 133, 154, 17 and 5 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Kennedy Rd at Cornwallis Dr South Side, 37 m).
What restaurants are near Kennedy & Cornwallis?
13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Starbucks Coffee (105 m), Kathy's Grill (124 m), Sr Speciality Food (174 m), Molon Lave (177 m) and Mr. John's the Real Kerala Kitchen (177 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Kennedy & Cornwallis?
The nearest is McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 2231 Lawrence Ave E, 833 m away.
Is there child care near Kennedy & Cornwallis?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is PLASP St. Lawrence C.S. (753 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kennedy & Cornwallis?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 265 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2260 Lawrence Ave E (564 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2250 Lawrence Ave E (597 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2230 Lawrence Ave E (647 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 72) and 2185 Lawrence Ave E (938 m, 142 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 88 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Kennedy & Cornwallis?
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Dorset Park page.
What neighbourhood is Kennedy & Cornwallis in?
Kennedy & Cornwallis is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson. The corner falls inside the Kennedy Road Business Improvement Area.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 28, 2017.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.75192, -79.27578 · centreline node 13449786.