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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 · Mar 11, 2020
The west leg carries the load — 6,352 eastbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 94. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,934 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,696). Trucks and buses were 12.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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.
Peak hours: 1,696 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,934 from 5:00 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 (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 21 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 22, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Apr 8, 2015. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 113 | #977 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 21 | #818 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 73 | |
| Fail to remain | 21 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #973 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 4 | #626 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 18 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Apr 8, 2015 |
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 counter on Good Shepherd Crt between Lawrence Ave W and Convent Crt (31 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 200 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 Dufferin St (336 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 40,291 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Shepherd Crt · Lawrence Ave W – Convent Crt · 31 m | Jun 2019 · 24 h | 237 | 29 km/h | 38 km/h | 43 km/h |
| Lawrence Ave W · Good Shepherd Crt – Dufflaw Rd · 96 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 32,262 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Dufferin St (southbound), 336 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 40 km/h, 85th percentile 47 km/h; 0.1% at 60 km/h or more. 40,291 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 1707, activated 1995 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 52 59 400 29 18 nearest 18 m
- Express
- 952 929
- Blue Night
- 352 329
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Good Shepherd Crt; Lawrence Ave West at Apex Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave W / Dufferin St 387 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 25 mapped lots within 500 m, 496 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
The nearest grocery store is Micchys African Caribbean Market, 559 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 43 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Simple Eats, 59 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Columbus Pharmacy, 144 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Villa Colombo Homes For the Aged, a long-term care home 926 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Simple Eats · 970 Lawrence Ave W Unit-10159 m
- Tasty Eats and Treats · 960 Lawrence Ave W Unit-105144 m
- Wendy's · 1002 Lawrence Ave W198 m
- Boccacio Ristorante Italiano · 901 Lawrence Ave W200 m
- Caffe Cinquecento · 901 Lawrence Ave W200 m
- Grocery
- Micchys African Caribbean Market 559 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Columbus Bakery 896 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Columbus Pharmacy 144 m · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool201 m
- Casa Del Zotto Children's Centre · 78 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day588 m · 7 min
- Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day645 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Villa Colombo Homes For the Aged · long-term care home926 m · 11 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 (11)
- Caledonia Park678 m · 8 min
- Dane Parkette702 m · 8 min
- Delo Park803 m · 10 min
- Conlands Parkette874 m · 10 min
- Joyce Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Glen Long Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (11)
- Leonardo Da Vinci AcademyPrivate · 201 m
- Fieldstone Day SchoolPrivate · 607 m · 7 min
- Fieldstone King's College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 607 m · 7 min
- St Charles Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 693 m · 8 min
- Joyce Public SchoolEnglish Public · 782 m · 9 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 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
11 registered apartment buildings with 863 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1049 Lawrence Ave W (204 m, 20 units, 3 storeys, built 1967), which scored 80 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1049 Lawrence Ave W · 3 Way Investments Ltd. | 20 | 3 | 1967 | 80 · Aug 2026 | 204 m |
| 47 Euphrasia Dr | 26 | 3 | 1958 | 94 · Dec 2025 | 249 m |
| 1079 Lawrence Ave W | 15 | 3 | 1965 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 408 m · 5 min |
| 1111 Lawrence Ave W · Midan Properties Inc. | 15 | 3 | 1958 | 90 · Aug 2026 | 440 m · 5 min |
| 777 Lawrence Ave W | 10 | 3 | 1961 | 90 · Sep 2024 | 447 m · 5 min |
| 3050 Dufferin St social housing · Villa Charities Inc | 258 | 14 | 1983 | 97 · Jul 2025 | 465 m · 6 min |
11 registered buildings · 863 units · 2 social housing · tallest 18 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 21 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.9 a year before that. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 21 | 3 | 0 | street/outdoor (15), other (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 0 | commercial premises (1), street/outdoor (1) |
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 Yorkdale-Glen Park.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawrence & Apex a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 113 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 Lawrence & Apex?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2020. Its latest count is from Mar 11, 2020, 1.47× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Lawrence & Apex a walkable intersection?
Lawrence & Apex scores 45 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 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 7 places to eat within 300 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Apex?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Good Shepherd Crt between Lawrence Ave W and Convent Crt (June 2019), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 336 m away (50 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Lawrence & Apex?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 496 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 52,650 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Apex by transit?
Bus routes 52, 59, 400, 29, 18, 952, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Good Shepherd Crt, 18 m).
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Apex?
7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Simple Eats (59 m), Tasty Eats and Treats (144 m), Wendy's (198 m), Boccacio Ristorante Italiano (200 m) and Caffe Cinquecento (200 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Lawrence & Apex?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 588 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science (201 m, 55 spaces), Casa Del Zotto Children's Centre (588 m, 78 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre (645 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Apex?
11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 863 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1049 Lawrence Ave W (204 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 47 Euphrasia Dr (249 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1079 Lawrence Ave W (408 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 1111 Lawrence Ave W (440 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Apex?
Toronto Police place 21 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Yorkdale-Glen Park page.
What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Apex in?
Lawrence & Apex is in Yorkdale-Glen Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 031). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.
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 Mar 11, 2020.
- 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.
- 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 8 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: 43.71328, -79.45859 · centreline node 13456161.