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Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands

Kirkdene Dr & Rouge Highlands Dr · Toronto, Ontario · West Rouge · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands, in West Rouge, is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
477
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 15, 2023
77 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
1
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5467 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
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 60 vehicles an hour, 5% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 2.5% of vehicle volume, about 3.2× the typical share. On average 0.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Kingston Rd. @ Port Union Rd.700 m
TTC bus
853820095 nearest 166 m
Blue Night
385395
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900917 Route 917920 Route 920921 Route 921N1 Route N1 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union696 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (7)
  • West Rouge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 487 m
  • Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Rouge Valley Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Centennial Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • St Dominic Savio Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • Kirkdene Park127 m
  • Fanfare Park300 m
  • Adams Park562 m
  • Royal Rouge Tot Lot886 m
  • Laura Ellis Park1 km
  • Tall Pines Park1 km
  • and 4 more

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; 20 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Black Dog Pub, 350 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Black Dog Pub · 87 Island Rd350 mPassed, Aug 2026
Charlottetown Blvd Child · 111 Island Rd402 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pasta Tutti Giorni · 98 Island Rd428 mPassed, May 2026
Dave & Charlotte's No Frills · 70 Island Rdgrocery446 mPassed, Jan 2026
Saints Smash Kitchen · 515 East Ave464 mPassed, Apr 2026
Glen Rouge Community · 92 Island Rd481 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Pizzaiolo · 305 Port Union Rd Unit-1499 mPassed, Jan 2026
Shawarma Queenz · 305 Port Union Rd Unit-2499 mPassed, Jan 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

The nearest public washroom is Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom, 640 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 524 m away at Adams Park.

  • Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom · 2 Rozell Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    640 m
Drinking water
Adams Park drinking fountain · 524 m

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 145 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre (402 m, 119 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 145 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre · 111 Island Rd
    119 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    402 m
  • West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 401 Friendship Ave
    26 spaces · kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    487 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 214 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.8 km away.

FireFire Station 214 · 1.9 km745 Meadowvale Rd
Police43 Division · 3.8 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 3.8 km4331 Lawrence Ave E

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

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 126 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 23 Durnford Rd (888 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1992), which scored 87 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 2 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings6 · 126 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 6
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
23 Durnford Rdsocial housing143199287 · Sep 20250888 m
17 Durnford Rdsocial housing143199286 · Sep 20250908 m
21 Durnford Rdsocial housing214199286 · Sep 20250929 m
19 Durnford Rdsocial housing284199283 · Aug 20260949 m
35 Durnford Rdsocial housing214199284 · Oct 202511 km
37 Durnford Rdsocial housing284199286 · Oct 20251 · 2 fire1 km

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

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

All parking lots81 lots · ≈11,490 spaces · 34.5 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈1,330 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 162 m away, ≈136 spaces; 360 m away, ≈51 spaces; 364 m away, ≈65 spaces; 377 m away, ≈67 spaces; 384 m away, ≈40 spaces; 384 m away, ≈297 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, 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 16,183 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.

From the north73southbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west144eastbound · 2 bikes · 2.1% heavy
Total vehicles47777 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east115westbound · 3 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south145northbound · 4 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour71 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour105 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 15, 2023

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

On Kirkdene Dr between Rouge Highlands Dr and Bluebird Pl, 28 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in June 2019 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Friendship Ave (398 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 11,163 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kirkdene Dr · Rouge Highlands Dr – Bluebird Pl · 28 mJun 2019 · 24 h65233 km/h43 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 398 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct33 · 40 km/h
Over the limit3.4%
50 km/h or more0.2%

Friendship Ave (northbound), Opp 410 Friendship Ave · 11,163 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1#5467 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20142latest Jan 23, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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.

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 12, 2017. 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.

How fast do cars go at Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kirkdene Dr between Rouge Highlands Dr and Bluebird Pl (June 2019), found an average of 33 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 398 m away (40 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 81 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,490 spaces — 15 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, 95 within 1 km; Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, 917 Route 917, 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union.

What restaurants are near Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?

None within 300 m, and 20 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Black Dog Pub (350 m), Charlottetown Blvd Child (402 m), Pasta Tutti Giorni (428 m), Saints Smash Kitchen (464 m) and Glen Rouge Community (481 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?

The nearest is Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom, 2 Rozell Rd, 640 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

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 Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre (402 m, 119 spaces) and West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program (487 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kirkdene & Rouge Highlands?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 126 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 23 Durnford Rd (888 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 17 Durnford Rd (908 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 21 Durnford Rd (929 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 19 Durnford Rd (949 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 85 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

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. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. 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

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