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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 · Jun 15, 2023
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 145 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 73 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 105 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 71 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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: 71 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 105 from 4:30 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
The worst year was 2016, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 23, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 1 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 1 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| 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
The City's most recent midblock count on Kirkdene Dr between East Ave and Jaybell Grv (221 m away, Jun 2007) recorded volume only — about 2,990 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Friendship Ave (398 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 10,162 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkdene Dr · East Ave – Jaybell Grv · 221 m | Jun 2007 · 3 days | 2,990 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Friendship Ave (northbound), 398 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 33 km/h, 85th percentile 40 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 10,162 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
- 85 38 200 nearest 186 m
- Blue Night
- 385 395
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 2 mapped lots within 500 m, 58 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Dave & Charlotte's No Frills, 822 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 8 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Black Dog Pub, 531 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Drugstore Pharmacy, 760 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Glen Rouge Community, a long-term care home 708 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Black Dog Pub · 87 Island Rd531 m · 6 min
- Pasta Tutti Giorni · 98 Island Rd588 m · 7 min
- Saints Smash Kitchen · 515 East Ave613 m · 7 min
- Rouge Kitchen · 297 Port Union Rd Unit-13705 m · 8 min
- Pizzaiolo · 305 Port Union Rd Unit-1721 m · 9 min
- Grocery
- Dave & Charlotte's No Frills 822 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Port Union Bakery 730 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Drugstore Pharmacy 760 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 26 spaces, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day550 m · 7 min
- Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre · 119 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day575 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- Glen Rouge Community · long-term care home708 m · 8 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
- Kirkdene Park241 m
- Fanfare Park512 m · 6 min
- Adams Park842 m · 10 min
- Schools
- West Rouge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 550 m · 7 min
- Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
- William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 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.
Not within a walk: a community centre, a library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
One theft from a vehicle and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (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 West Rouge.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 15, 2023, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands a walkable intersection?
Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands scores 24 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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 park within 500 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 within 1 km.
Where can I park near Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 58 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,680 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands by transit?
Bus routes 85, 38, 200 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?
None within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Black Dog Pub (531 m), Pasta Tutti Giorni (588 m), Saints Smash Kitchen (613 m), Rouge Kitchen (705 m) and Pizzaiolo (721 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 145 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program (550 m, 26 spaces) and Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre (575 m, 119 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the West Rouge page.
What neighbourhood is Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands in?
Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 Jun 15, 2023.
- 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; 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.
- 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 25 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: 43.79455, -79.13960 · centreline node 13443774.