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Lawrence & Wexford

Lawrence Ave E & Wexford Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre · Wexford Heights BIA

Lawrence & Wexford, in Wexford/Maryvale, is a major arterial intersection. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
35,036
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 11, 2026
548 pedestrians · 98 cyclists · #201 busiest
Collisions
86
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 64 property damage · #1293 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 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 2,500 vehicles an hour, 2.2× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 64 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 8.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 26%, from 38 in 2016–2020 to 48 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lawrence & Wexford

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5467682491 nearest 39 m
Express
954968924
Blue Night
354324
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Elinor Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Surrey Ave / Victoria Park Ave 1 km · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (12)
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 476 m
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 499 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 515 m
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 838 m
  • St Kevin Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 850 m
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 888 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (7)
  • Deanvar Parkette666 m
  • Wayne Parkette684 m
  • Maryvale Park1.1 km
  • Wexford Park1.2 km
  • Manhattan Park1.2 km
  • Rowena Park1.3 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Victoria Village branch1.3 km

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 28 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 96. The nearest is Patna Kabab House, 37 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés28 within 300 m · 96 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Patna Kabab House · 1885 Lawrence Ave E37 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Arz Fine Food Supermarket · 1909 Lawrence Ave Egrocery44 mPassed, Aug 2026
Arz Fine Food Supermarket · 1909 Lawrence Ave Egrocery44 mPassed, Apr 2025
Chainsmoker Urban Halal Barbecue · 1892 Lawrence Ave E45 mPassed, May 2026
Juicy Birds Nashville Hot Chicken · 1877 Lawrence Ave E57 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Patna Halal Meat · 1871 Lawrence Ave Egrocery60 mPassed, Dec 2024
Nasib's Shawarma and Falafel · 1867 Lawrence Ave E84 mPassed, Jul 2026
Karahi Boys · 1921 Lawrence Ave E128 mPassed, Mar 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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 323 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (476 m, 30 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 323 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program · 1050 Pharmacy Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    476 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    515 m
  • Scarborough Citadel Child Care · 2021 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    526 m
  • Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program · 4 Bucannan Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    838 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 1 km59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 2.4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.6 km887 Pharmacy 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

Within a kilometre there are 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,018 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1860 Lawrence Ave E (137 m, 90 units, 8 storeys, built 1978), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 50 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 2,018 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202650 across the 22
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1860 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing908197898 · Sep 20240137 m
1790 Lawrence Ave E · Dixland Apartments Lts.365196297 · Oct 20250370 m
1765 Lawrence Ave E1037196485 · Dec 20251445 m
1780 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.395196194 · Oct 20250461 m
2015 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing15811199496 · Sep 20260527 m
1725 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.436196094 · Oct 20251615 m
1817 Victoria Park Ave · 2780964 Ontario Limited364195991 · Sep 20252677 m
1827 Victoria Park Ave · 2858866 Ontario Limited364195993 · Jun 20246696 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 lots401 lots · ≈63,750 spaces · 191.2 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈2,310 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface186 m25 *

Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈149 spaces; 52 m away, ≈38 spaces; 66 m away, ≈65 spaces; 110 m away, ≈128 spaces; 117 m away, ≈137 spaces; 122 m away, ≈31 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, Jun 11, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 19,830 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 57% of the total, against 70 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (55 of 98). Evening rush dominates here: 3,150 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:15 p.m., against 2,449 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north70southbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west13,399eastbound · 38 bikes · 4.6% heavy
Total vehicles35,036548 pedestrians · 98 cyclists · 4.5% heavy
From the east19,830westbound · 55 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the south1,737northbound · 4 bikes · 3.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,449 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,150 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 11, 2026

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 E between Wayne Ave and Lilian Dr, 384 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2008 put the average speed at 53 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 63 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 23,000 vehicles a day. Wexford Blvd between Laxford Ave and Lawrence Ave E measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Sep 2008). The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Pharmacy Ave (326 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 64,382 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wexford Blvd · Laxford Ave – Lawrence Ave E · 53 mSep 2008 · 24 h1,27442 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Lawrence Ave E · Wayne Ave – Lilian Dr · 384 mNov 2008 · 24 h22,95353 km/h63 km/h68 km/h

School-zone speed sign 326 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct44 · 50 km/h
Over the limit2.6%
60 km/h or more0.3%

Pharmacy Ave (southbound), 55 Breckonwood Crescent · 64,382 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

The worst year was 2024, with 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 11. 5 collisions (6%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions86#1293 of 5,508
With an injury5#2735 of 4,660
Property damage only64
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified17
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014110latest Jun 30, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 23, 2007.

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

Five thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle530street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft300commercial premises (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 21, 2024. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Wexford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 86 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 & Wexford?

A major arterial intersection. It ranks #201 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Wexford?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Wayne Ave and Lilian Dr (November 2008), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 326 m away (50 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Wexford?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (186 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 401 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 63,750 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Wexford by transit?

Bus routes 54, 67, 68, 24, 91, 954, 968, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Elinor Ave, 39 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Wexford?

28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 96 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Patna Kabab House (37 m), Chainsmoker Urban Halal Barbecue (45 m), Juicy Birds Nashville Hot Chicken (57 m), Nasib's Shawarma and Falafel (84 m) and Karahi Boys (128 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Lawrence & Wexford?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 323 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (476 m, 30 spaces), Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp (515 m, 43 spaces) and Scarborough Citadel Child Care (526 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Wexford?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,018 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1860 Lawrence Ave E (137 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1790 Lawrence Ave E (370 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1765 Lawrence Ave E (445 m, 103 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 1780 Lawrence Ave E (461 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 91 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 & Wexford?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and three 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Wexford in?

Lawrence & Wexford is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson. The corner falls inside the Wexford Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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