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Laird & Donlea

Laird Dr & Donlea Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Laird & Donlea, in Leaside-Bennington, is a low-volume local intersection. It has Laird Station at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,527
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 6, 2025
969 pedestrians · 120 cyclists · #1928 busiest
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3859 of 5,508
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
Laird Station
subway station within 250 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 470 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 40% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 1.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Laird & Donlea

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)124 m; Leaside Station (Line 5)1 km
TTC bus
34518815611 nearest 96 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Eglinton Ave East at Laird Dr West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Laird Crosstown Station 145 m · 11 docks · 7 stations, 116 docks 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 (9)
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 364 m
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 366 m
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 649 m
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 705 m
  • Bloorview School AuthorityPrivate · 768 m
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 899 m
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
  • Radar Park445 m
  • Bessborough Parkette813 m
  • Howard Talbot Park814 m
  • Serena Gundy Park830 m
  • Leonard Linton Park896 m
  • Sunnybrook Park1 km
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch916 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sunnybrook Hospital branch1.2 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 68 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 77 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 68 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 878 Eglinton Ave E Unit-777 mPassed, Apr 2026
Sushi By K · 874 Eglinton Ave E79 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Vozara Food Factory · 856 Eglinton Ave Egrocery93 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Nova · 852 Eglinton Ave E98 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dollarama · 815 Eglinton Ave Egrocery135 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Noor Frize · 825 Eglinton Ave E141 mPassed, Oct 2025
Bancan Kitchen · 804 Eglinton Ave E165 mPassed, Jul 2026
Suomi-Koti Finnish Centre · 795 Eglinton Ave E181 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 800 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 462 m away at Radar Park.

  • Serena Gundy Park Washroom · 58 Rykert Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    800 m
  • Sunnybrook Park Washroom · 1132 Leslie St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Radar Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 462 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 684 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Northlea Community Child Care (364 m, 225 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 684 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • Northlea Community Child Care · 305 Rumsey Rd
    225 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    364 m
  • Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community · 125 Brentcliffe Rd
    71 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    367 m
  • Leaside Day Care Centre · 206 Laird Dr
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    382 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 235 McRae Dr
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    630 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (639 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 639 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.3 km2075 Bayview Ave

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

16 registered apartment buildings with 827 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 888 Eglinton Ave E (78 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1954), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 827 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 16
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
888 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation183195488 · Sep 2025078 m
892 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation374196192 · Sep 2025194 m
894 Eglinton Ave E · Royal Lepage Signature Realty444195491 · Sep 20250141 m
896 Eglinton Ave E · Goldie Imports of Canada Limited434195089 · Aug 20260170 m
795 Eglinton Ave E885198697 · Aug 20260181 m
898 Eglinton Ave E · Wj Properties213195499 · Aug 20261202 m
904 Eglinton Ave E234195878 · Dec 20252236 m
958 Eglinton Ave E · Hannah Property Management Ltd.243194593 · Sep 20251404 m

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 lots397 lots · ≈44,830 spaces · 134.5 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈1,790 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 146 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.2 km33 *
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.3 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.4 km2465% (Q1 2026)
2170 Bayview avenue · Surface1.6 km69 *

Nearest lots: 62 m away, ≈10 spaces; 72 m away, ≈21 spaces; 123 m away, ≈13 spaces; 140 m away, ≈7 spaces; 146 m away, ≈20 spaces; 180 m away, ≈12 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 — 14-hour, May 6, 2025

The south leg carries the load — 2,754 northbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 731. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 745 vehicles in the hour from 3:30 p.m., 33% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (561). Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,671southbound · 30 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west1,371eastbound · 24 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles6,527969 pedestrians · 120 cyclists · 1.4% heavy
From the east731westbound · 24 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south2,754northbound · 42 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour561 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour745 vehicles from 3:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 6, 2025

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

The City's counter on Laird Dr between Divadale Dr and Broadway Ave (153 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 3,800 vehicles a day. Donlea Dr between Laird Dr and Don Avon Dr measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Aug 2026). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Donlea Dr · Laird Dr – Don Avon Dr · 103 mAug 2026 · 24 h1,75732 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Laird Dr · Divadale Dr – Broadway Ave · 153 mMar 2009 · 24 h3,77534 km/h39 km/h43 km/h

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 25, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3859 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only11
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201418latest Nov 25, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 10, 2020. 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 Leaside-Bennington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Laird & Donlea a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 & Donlea?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1928 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 40% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Laird & Donlea?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Laird Dr between Divadale Dr and Broadway Ave (March 2009), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Laird & Donlea?

The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (1.2 km away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 397 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,830 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Laird & Donlea by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 124 m away; bus routes 34, 51, 88, 156, 11 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave East at Laird Dr West Side, 96 m).

What restaurants are near Laird & Donlea?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 68 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (77 m), Sushi By K (79 m), Pizza Nova (98 m), Noor Frize (141 m) and Bancan Kitchen (165 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 Laird & Donlea?

The nearest is Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 58 Rykert Cres, 800 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Sunnybrook Park Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Laird & Donlea?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 684 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Northlea Community Child Care (364 m, 225 spaces), Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community (367 m, 71 spaces) and Leaside Day Care Centre (382 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Laird & Donlea?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 827 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 888 Eglinton Ave E (78 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 892 Eglinton Ave E (94 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 894 Eglinton Ave E (141 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 896 Eglinton Ave E (170 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 89 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 Laird & Donlea?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Leaside-Bennington page.

What neighbourhood is Laird & Donlea in?

Laird & Donlea is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). 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