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Laird & Canvarco

Laird Dr & Canvarco Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Thorncliffe Park · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Laird & Canvarco sits in Thorncliffe Park. At the City's last count here, in 2006, it was a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby are 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
13,908
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 11, 2006
36 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
3
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
42/100
city median 48
6 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 332 m

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Laird & Canvarco

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 · Dec 11, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 6,845 northbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 481. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,940 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,883 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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.

From the north6,582southbound · 1 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,90836 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east481westbound · 0 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south6,845northbound · 0 bikes · 3.1% heavy

Peak hours: 1,940 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,883 from 4:00 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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 10, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions25
With an injury6
Property damage only18
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
51 88 156 25 72 100 nearest 17 m
Blue Night
325
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Laird Dr at Canvarco Rd; Laird Dr at Millwood Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Esandar Dr / Laird Dr 189 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 65 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
3 car parks · about 77 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
5 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
35 mapped lots within 500 m, 282 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.3 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.3 km2465% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.7 km33 *—

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 Longo's, 332 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 32 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Achieva Health Cafe, 69 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pace Pharmacy, 31 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Lyndhurst Centre, 1.9 km away. For seniors' housing: The Millwood, a retirement home 369 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Achieva Health Cafe · 47 Laird Dr69 m
  • Leaside Memorial Gardens · 1073 Millwood Rd128 m
  • Grill Time Gourmet Meat Shops · 62 Laird Dr Unit-2140 m
  • Naan Kabob · 62 Laird Dr Unit-3140 m
  • Pizzaville · 95 Laird Dr Unit-2235 m
6 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Grocery
Longo's 332 m · 4 min · 3 within 1 km
Food shops
Avoca Chocolatier 674 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Pace Pharmacy 31 m · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Leaside Children's House · 41 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day707 m · 8 min
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 107 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day707 m · 8 min
  • Rolph Road Day Care · 192 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day856 m · 10 min
5 licensed centres · 465 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible769 m · 9 min
Health and care
  • Lyndhurst Centre · hospital site1.9 km · 23 min
  • The Millwood · retirement home369 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 (9)
  • Trace Manes Park780 m · 9 min
  • Mallory Green1.2 km · 14 min
  • Leaside Park1.2 km · 14 min
  • Sandy Bruce Park1.2 km · 15 min
  • Father Caulfield Park1.3 km · 15 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Arena256 m · 3 min
  • Leaside Gardens Swimming Pool381 m · 5 min
  • Leaside Curling Club579 m · 7 min
Schools
  • Rolph Road Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 856 m · 10 min
  • Overlea LINCEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Polaris Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km · 17 min
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch852 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food16/30

    3 grocery stores within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit13/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 852 m away

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.8 km · 4 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.9 km · 5 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Nine registered apartment buildings with 121 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 18 Kenrae Rd (173 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1956), which scored 98 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
18 Kenrae Rd · Dream Development Group Corporation133195698 · Oct 2025173 m
871 Millwood Rd · Wilanmar Holdings Ltd.153194781 · Jul 2024527 m · 6 min
872 Millwood Rd103193997 · Aug 2025548 m · 7 min
870 Millwood Rd · Markar Limited113195085 · Jul 2024598 m · 7 min
855 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd.223196089 · Aug 2025629 m · 7 min
841 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd.173196089 · Aug 2024689 m · 8 min

9 registered buildings · 121 units · tallest 4 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 nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle930street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (4)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Thorncliffe Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Laird & Canvarco a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 25 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 Laird & Canvarco?

A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Dec 11, 2006, 1.50× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Laird & Canvarco a walkable intersection?

Laird & Canvarco scores 42 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: nearest park 0.8 km · 4 community centres within 800 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km.

Where can I park near Laird & Canvarco?

The nearest Green P car park is 709 Millwood Rd (1.3 km away, 20 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 282 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,620 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Laird & Canvarco by transit?

Bus routes 51, 88, 156, 25, 72, 100 within 1 km (nearest stop: Laird Dr at Canvarco Rd, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Laird & Canvarco?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Achieva Health Cafe (69 m), Leaside Memorial Gardens (128 m), Grill Time Gourmet Meat Shops (140 m), Naan Kabob (140 m) and Pizzaville (235 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Laird & Canvarco?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 769 m away, with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Laird & Canvarco?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 465 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leaside Children's House (707 m, 41 spaces), Brightpath Academy - Leaside (707 m, 107 spaces) and Rolph Road Day Care (856 m, 192 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Laird & Canvarco?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 121 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 18 Kenrae Rd (173 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 871 Millwood Rd (527 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 872 Millwood Rd (548 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 870 Millwood Rd (598 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Laird & Canvarco?

Toronto Police place nine 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 Thorncliffe Park page.

What neighbourhood is Laird & Canvarco in?

Laird & Canvarco is in Thorncliffe Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 055), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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