King & Cowan

Traffic volume14-hour count · May 7, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 5,864 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,140. Most cyclists arrived from the west (435 of 980). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,169 vehicles in the hour from 3:30 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,031). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,031 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,169 from 3:30 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

2017 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 30, 2026.

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 cyclist were among those hurt. The most recent was on Dec 28, 2017.

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 most recent midblock count on Cowan Ave between Trenton Ter and Spencer Cowan Parkette Trl (296 m away, Sep 2020) recorded volume only — about 868 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Jameson Ave (363 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 35,813 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Cowan Avenue between Springhurst Ave and King St W.

Speed sign

Jameson Ave (northbound), 363 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 31 km/h, 85th percentile 38 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 35,813 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Cowan Avenue (Springhurst Ave – King St W): 7 speed humps

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.

• Groceries and food25/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 7 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit14/28

  4 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 396 m away · 3 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation10/10

  4 parks within 500 m · 3 community centres within 800 m

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot2/10

  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.

110 registered apartment buildings with 8,384 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 7.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1339 King St W (85 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1920), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

110 registered buildings · 8,384 units · 20 social housing · tallest 35 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.

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 South Parkdale.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count May 7, 2025.
• 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); Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 4 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: 43.63802, -79.43187 · centreline node 13468487.