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Kenwood & Vaughan

Kenwood Ave & Vaughan Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Humewood-Cedarvale · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Humewood-Cedarvale, Kenwood & Vaughan is a mid-volume intersection. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 937 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
11,188
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 25, 2025
1,383 pedestrians · 93 cyclists
Collisions
18
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair West Station 937 m · 7 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
53/100
city median 48 · #2,355 of 5,672
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 660 m

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Kenwood & Vaughan

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 25, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 5,107 eastbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 561. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 911 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 949 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,660southbound · 22 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west5,107eastbound · 30 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles11,1881,383 pedestrians · 93 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east3,860westbound · 32 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the south561northbound · 9 bikes · 2.5% heavy

Peak hours: 911 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 949 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

2016 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 22% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Jul 5, 2025.

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 Jan 11, 2008.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions181.6 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury4
Property damage only11
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian3#1429 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Jan 11, 2008

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

The City's counter on Vaughan Rd between Wychwood Ave and Pinewood Ave (243 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 9,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Kenwood Ave between Maplewood Ave and Lauretta Brooks Lane measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Jun 2004). At the school-zone speed sign on Vaughan Rd (297 m away, 30 km/h limit), 41% of the 121,339 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Kenwood Avenue between Maplewood Ave and Vaughan Rd (installed 2006).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kenwood Ave · Maplewood Ave – Lauretta Brooks Lane · 115 mJun 2004 · 4 days1,15836 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Vaughan Rd · Wychwood Ave – Pinewood Ave · 243 mJul 2004 · 3 days9,65743 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Speed sign
Vaughan Rd (westbound), 297 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 41% at 40 km/h or more. 121,339 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Kenwood Avenue (Maplewood Ave – Vaughan Rd): 2 speed humps (installed 2006)

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.

The crossing
Signal 1646, activated 1992

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Clair West Station (Line 1)937 m · 11 min
Streetcar
512 nearest 675 m · 8 min
TTC bus
90 7 126 nearest 13 m
Blue Night
312 307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Vaughan Rd at Kenwood Ave
Cycling
Bike Lane on Vaughan Rd installed 2008
Bike Share
Vaughan Rd /Wychwood Ave 163 m · 19 docks · 7 stations, 122 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
13 car parks · about 391 spaces
EV charging
580 Christie St · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.7 km)
Bike parking
11 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
26 mapped lots within 500 m, 313 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface552 m2568% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface791 m1866% (Q1 2026)
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface851 m4887% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface1 km18 *—
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage1 km26 *—

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

The nearest grocery store is Fruit Market, 660 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. A specialist food shop is closer still: The Friendly Butcher-Good'n Ready, 40 m away. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 52 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Zemra, 33 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Vaughan Road Pharmacy, 26 m away; 9 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Arirang Korean Long Term Care, a long-term care home 267 m away. St. Matthew's Bracondale House runs a seniors' active living programme 1.0 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Zemra · 220 Vaughan Rd33 m
  • The Grind Cafe · 570 St Clair Ave W574 m · 7 min
  • Xo Bisous · 572 St Clair Ave W583 m · 7 min
  • Albert's Real Jamaican Foods · 542 St Clair Ave W589 m · 7 min
  • Tim Hortons · 550 St Clair Ave W610 m · 7 min
1 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Grocery
Fruit Market 660 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
The Friendly Butcher-Good'n Ready 40 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Vaughan Road Pharmacy 26 m · 9 within 1 km
Child care
  • Humewood Day Care Centre · 114 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day497 m · 6 min
  • Maplewood Before and After School Care · 120 spaces, school age · fee subsidy497 m · 6 min
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day534 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 549 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Phil White Arena Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs1 km · 12 min
Health and care
  • Arirang Korean Long Term Care · long-term care home267 m · 3 min
  • St. Matthew's Bracondale House · seniors' active living centre1 km · 12 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 (21)
  • Connaught Circle Parkette276 m · 3 min
  • Tichester Park713 m · 8 min
  • Humewood Park765 m · 9 min
  • Ridgewood Parkette770 m · 9 min
  • Cedarvale Park844 m · 10 min
and 16 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (10)
  • Humewood Community SchoolEnglish Public · 497 m · 6 min
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 730 m · 9 min
  • Markdale PreschoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Leo Baeck Day School - South CampusPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • St Alphonsus Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch915 m · 11 min
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1.1 km · 13 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.

53of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,355 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food11/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit18/28

    St Clair West Station 0.9 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 915 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · traffic calming

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

86 registered apartment buildings with 3,838 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 214 Vaughan Rd (30 m, 31 units, 6 storeys, built 1955), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
214 Vaughan Rd316195593 · Aug 202530 m
227 Vaughan Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd244192793 · Aug 202634 m
229 Vaughan Rd · Royallepage244193887 · Aug 202636 m
210 Vaughan Rd · 210 Vaughan Qian Holding Ltd.254195890 · Aug 202536 m
231 Vaughan Rd · Valour Management Inc.524192672 · Aug 202582 m
235 Vaughan Rd244193492 · Aug 2026103 m

86 registered buildings · 3,838 units · 9 social housing · tallest 23 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

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle730street/outdoor (4), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft710house driveway/garage (3), apartment parking (2)

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 Humewood-Cedarvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kenwood & Vaughan a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 Kenwood & Vaughan?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 25, 2025, 69% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Kenwood & Vaughan a walkable intersection?

Kenwood & Vaughan scores 53 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,355 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 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; St Clair West Station 0.9 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Kenwood & Vaughan?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Vaughan Rd between Wychwood Ave and Pinewood Ave (July 2004), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 297 m away (30 km/h), 41% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Kenwood & Vaughan?

The nearest Green P car park is 11 Kenwood Ave (552 m away, 25 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 313 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,450 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (1.2 km).

How do I get to Kenwood & Vaughan by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 937 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 675 m away; bus routes 90, 7, 126 within 1 km (nearest stop: Vaughan Rd at Kenwood Ave, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Kenwood & Vaughan?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Zemra (33 m), The Grind Cafe (574 m), Xo Bisous (583 m), Albert's Real Jamaican Foods (589 m) and Tim Hortons (610 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Kenwood & Vaughan?

The nearest is Phil White Arena Washroom, 443 Arlington Ave, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs.

Is there child care near Kenwood & Vaughan?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 549 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Humewood Day Care Centre (497 m, 114 spaces), Maplewood Before and After School Care (497 m, 120 spaces) and Kinder Grove St. Clair (534 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kenwood & Vaughan?

86 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,838 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 214 Vaughan Rd (30 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 227 Vaughan Rd (34 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 229 Vaughan Rd (36 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 210 Vaughan Rd (36 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 86 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Kenwood & Vaughan?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Humewood-Cedarvale page.

What neighbourhood is Kenwood & Vaughan in?

Kenwood & Vaughan is in Humewood-Cedarvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 106). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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