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Lawrence & Saguenay

Lawrence Ave W & Saguenay Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Lawrence & Saguenay, in Bedford Park-Nortown, is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
13,754
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 28, 2018
29 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4713 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,720 vehicles, 1.49× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 474 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 0.7 reported collisions a year, 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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Lawrence & Saguenay

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
52617400 nearest 73 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Ledbury St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 632 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 41 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 (24)
  • Beth Jacob High School For GirlsPrivate · 188 m
  • Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah SchoolPrivate · 491 m
  • Yeshiva Nachalas Zvi SchoolPrivate · 548 m
  • Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid SchoolPrivate · 568 m
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 625 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 639 m
  • and 18 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Phil Givens Park213 m
  • Bedford Parkette270 m
  • Woburn Park - North York518 m
  • Kimbark - Coldstream Ravine576 m
  • Heart Park603 m
  • Douglas Greenbelt637 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum branch861 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 56. The nearest is The Toronto Cheder South, 188 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 56 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Toronto Cheder South · 410 Lawrence Ave W188 mPassed, Aug 2026
Rosie's Burgers · 1542 Avenue Rd474 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizzaiolo · 1548 Avenue Rd480 mPassed, Apr 2026
12 Tables · 1552 Avenue Rd483 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Motovia · 1554 Avenue Rd483 mConditional pass, Jul 2026 · 5 infractions
Moto Via Avenue · 1554 Avenue Rd483 mPassed, Aug 2025
Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah · 77 Glen Rush Blvd490 mPassed, Jun 2026
Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah - Student Nutrition · 77 Glen Rush Blvd490 mPassed, Aug 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 Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 734 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 244 m away at Phil Givens Park.

  • Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 160 Ledbury St
    View facility hours
    734 m
  • Barbara Frum Community Centre Washroom · 20 Covington Rd
    View centre hours
    862 m
  • Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · 140 Cheritan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    1 km
Drinking water
Phil Givens Park bottle filling station · 244 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 985 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Toronto Cheder (188 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 985 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 10
  • Toronto Cheder · 410 Lawrence Ave W
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    188 m
  • Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 1498 Avenue Rd
    93 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    450 m
  • Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora · 77 Glen Rush Blvd
    142 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    491 m
  • Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi Childcare · 471 Lawrence Ave W
    65 spaces · infant, toddler
    505 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 132 (589 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 132 · 589 m476 Lawrence Ave W
Police53 Division · 2.4 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 2.1 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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 29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,838 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (492 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 75 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 28 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 1,838 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202628 across the 29
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 20240 · 2 fire492 m
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 20251570 m
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 20250659 m
3171 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Services Inc.476197099 · Sep 20262702 m
3036-3050 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation160719920731 m
3036 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1607199299 · Jul 20260731 m
595 Brookdale Ave · Hazelview Properties477197094 · Aug 20263740 m
3174 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · TCH181121983100 · Aug 20250769 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 lots484 lots · ≈16,970 spaces · 50.9 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈340 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 558 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1.2 km3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface1.4 km9467% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.5 km4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.8 km26 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface2 km46 *

Nearest lots: 165 m away, ≈6 spaces; 214 m away, ≈32 spaces; 236 m away, ≈4 spaces; 268 m away, ≈36 spaces; 312 m away, ≈6 spaces; 339 m away, ≈4 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, Nov 28, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,877 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 26 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,947 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,035 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,851eastbound · 5 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles13,75429 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east6,877westbound · 1 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south26northbound · 0 bikes · 7.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,947 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,035 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 28, 2018

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 Lawrence Ave W between Ledbury St and Chicoutimi Ave, 166 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 28,600 vehicles a day. Saguenay Ave between Caribou Rd and Lawrence Ave W measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jun 2017).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Saguenay Ave · Caribou Rd – Lawrence Ave W · 79 mJun 2017 · 24 h23739 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Lawrence Ave W · Ledbury St – Chicoutimi Ave · 166 mApr 2024 · 3 days28,58246 km/h57 km/h63 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 worst year was 2022, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (14%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 8, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4713 of 5,508
With an injury1#4364 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20148latest Aug 8, 2023

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Saguenay a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 & Saguenay?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 28, 2018, 1.49× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Saguenay?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Ledbury St and Chicoutimi Ave (April 2024), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Saguenay?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (1.2 km away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 484 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,970 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Saguenay by transit?

Bus routes 52, 61, 7, 400, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Ledbury St, 73 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Saguenay?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 56 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Toronto Cheder South (188 m), Rosie's Burgers (474 m), Pizzaiolo (480 m), 12 Tables (483 m) and Motovia (483 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 & Saguenay?

The nearest is Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 160 Ledbury St, 734 m away (View facility hours). Next nearest: Barbara Frum Community Centre Washroom (862 m); Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink 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 Lawrence & Saguenay?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 985 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Toronto Cheder (188 m, 16 spaces), Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (450 m, 93 spaces) and Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora (491 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Saguenay?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,838 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (492 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 284 Lawrence Ave W (570 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 515 Rosewell Ave (659 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 3171 Bathurst St (702 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 93 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.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Saguenay in?

Lawrence & Saguenay is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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