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Lawrence & Canlish

Lawrence Ave E & Canlish Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Dorset Park · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Dorset Park, Lawrence & Canlish is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has 2 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 15 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
31,516
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 22, 2024
1,075 pedestrians · 103 cyclists · #285 busiest
Collisions
111
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 71 property damage · #993 of 5,508 · +13 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
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,250 vehicles an hour, 1.95× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 29 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 12%, from 59 in 2016–2020 to 52 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lawrence & Canlish

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
54174338129131133154 nearest 133 m
Express
954903904938939
Blue Night
354343
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dulverton Rd / Birchmount Rd 260 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 22 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)
  • St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 174 m
  • Winston Churchill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 247 m
  • Dorset Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 261 m
  • General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 318 m
  • Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 810 m
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (9)
  • McGregor Park123 m
  • Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette631 m
  • Arsandco Park1.1 km
  • Jack Goodlad Park1.1 km
  • Ionview Park1.1 km
  • Manhattan Park1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch56 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 52 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Coffee In, 205 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Coffee In · 2181a Lawrence Ave E205 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Winners Roadhouse Bar & Grill · 2181 Lawrence Ave E205 mPassed, Aug 2025
Finger Licking Caribbean Kitchen · 2179 Lawrence Ave E215 mPassed, Aug 2025
Craves Bites & Delights · 2171 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2171237 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Wong's Asian Cuisine · 2173 Lawrence Ave E237 mPassed, Mar 2026
Scarborough Pizza & Kabob · 2157 Lawrence Ave E257 mPassed, Jul 2026
Scarborough Pizza & Kabob · 2157 Lawrence Ave E257 mPassed, Aug 2025
Pizza Nova/Nova Ristorante · 2272 Lawrence Ave E329 mPassed, Jul 2026

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 McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 91 m away at McGregor Park (currently off).

  • McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom · 2231 Lawrence Ave E
    View centre hours
    110 m
Drinking water
McGregor Park bottle filling station · 91 m · off; McGregor Park drinking fountain · 91 m · off

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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 28 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (174 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 28 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. · 2216 Lawrence Ave E
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    174 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 864 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 1.4 km1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 2 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 864 m2430 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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 877 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2185 Lawrence Ave E (114 m, 142 units, 12 storeys, built 1968), which scored 90 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 15 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 877 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202615 across the 10
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2185 Lawrence Ave E · Shelborne Property Management14212196890 · Dec 20253114 m
2230 Lawrence Ave E · Comer Group Limited647196272 · Aug 20240227 m
1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.706196089 · Aug 20269265 m
2250 Lawrence Ave E · Ulrich Priperties Ltd336196895 · Nov 20250280 m
2260 Lawrence Ave E · Prescott Apts. Inc.265196093 · Sep 20260312 m
2155 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Aldebrain Attendant Care Services of Toronto24311199392 · Nov 20251344 m
1236 Birchmount Rd · Homes First Property Management Inc.2201520231 · 2 fire356 m
1191 Birchmount Rd414195588 · Aug 20261581 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 lots388 lots · ≈74,580 spaces · 223.7 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈4,500 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 115 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface933 m90 *
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.5 km25 *

Nearest lots: 69 m away, ≈47 spaces; 101 m away, ≈110 spaces; 108 m away, ≈356 spaces; 136 m away, ≈57 spaces; 140 m away, ≈152 spaces; 211 m away, ≈16 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, Oct 22, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 16,959 westbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 694. Most cyclists arrived from the east (52 of 103). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,755 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,487). Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north694southbound · 1 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west13,863eastbound · 50 bikes · 4.6% heavy
Total vehicles31,5161,075 pedestrians · 103 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east16,959westbound · 52 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,487 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,755 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 22, 2024

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 Lawrence Ave E between Canlish Rd and Kennedy Rd (271 m away) recorded an average of 48 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 39,400 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Cornwallis Dr (282 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.7% of the 23,787 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Canlish Rd – Kennedy Rd · 271 mMay 2026 · 3 days39,35048 km/h58 km/h68 km/h

School-zone speed sign 282 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct31 · 38 km/h
Over the limit2.7%
50 km/h or more0.7%

Cornwallis Dr (eastbound), 25/27 Cornwallis Dr · 23,787 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

2023 was the peak year (19 collisions), and 2025 closed with 11. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions111#993 of 5,508
With an injury20#867 of 4,660
Property damage only71
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian2#1848 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#840 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified20
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
All since 2014146latest Jun 22, 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

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 ten thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 1.0 a year before that. 90% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1031street/outdoor (9), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft220street/outdoor (1), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 10, 2026. 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Canlish a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 111 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 & Canlish?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #285 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.95× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Canlish?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Canlish Rd and Kennedy Rd (May 2026), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 282 m away (40 km/h), 0.7% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Canlish?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (933 m away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 388 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 74,580 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Canlish by transit?

Bus routes 54, 17, 43, 38, 129, 131, 133, 154 and 5 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Canlish?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Coffee In (205 m), Winners Roadhouse Bar & Grill (205 m), Finger Licking Caribbean Kitchen (215 m), Craves Bites & Delights (237 m) and Wong's Asian Cuisine (237 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 Lawrence & Canlish?

The nearest is McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 2231 Lawrence Ave E, 110 m away (View centre hours). 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 Lawrence & Canlish?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (174 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Canlish?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 877 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2185 Lawrence Ave E (114 m, 142 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 2230 Lawrence Ave E (227 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 1255 Birchmount Rd (265 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 2250 Lawrence Ave E (280 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 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 Lawrence & Canlish?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Dorset Park page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Canlish in?

Lawrence & Canlish is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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