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Main & Doncaster

Main St & Doncaster Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Taylor-Massey · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Main & Doncaster, in Taylor-Massey, was a lightly travelled intersection — that was the City's last count here, in 2017. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Main Street Station (Line 2) 336 m away and Danforth GO 685 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
4,355
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 7, 2017
480 pedestrians · 32 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Main Street Station 336 m · 12 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
50/100
city median 48 · #2,632 of 5,672
46 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 472 m

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Main & Doncaster

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 7, 2017

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,804 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 608 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 753 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 23% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (610). Trucks and buses were 15.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north830southbound · 4 bikes · 10.1% heavy
From the west608eastbound · 8 bikes · 17.1% heavy
Total vehicles4,355480 pedestrians · 32 cyclists · 15.1% heavy
From the east1,113westbound · 5 bikes · 16.8% heavy
From the south1,804northbound · 15 bikes · 15.7% heavy

Peak hours: 753 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 610 from 4:30 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

The worst year was 2024, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (13%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 25, 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 Nov 28, 2012.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16
With an injury2
Property damage only11
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Nov 28, 2012

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

On Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave, 82 m from the corner, a 2-day count in November 2013 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Main St between Doncaster Ave and Lumsden Ave measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Apr 2022) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Palmer St. (241 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.5% of the 8,640 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Doncaster Ave · Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster – Barrington Ave · 82 mNov 2013 · 2 days4,93643 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Main St · Doncaster Ave – Lumsden Ave · 183 mApr 2022 · 3 days2,94841 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Speed sign
Palmer St. (southbound), 241 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 17 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 1.5% at 40 km/h or more. 8,640 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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Main Street Station (Line 2)336 m · 4 min
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East685 m · 8 min
Streetcar
506 nearest 355 m · 4 min
TTC bus
62 87 20 23 113 404 135 64 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
306 300
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Doncaster Ave at Main St; Main St at Doncaster Ave
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Main St installed 2001
Bike Share
Lumsden Ave / Eastdale Ave 500 m · 6 min · 20 docks · 6 stations, 118 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
3 car parks · about 258 spaces
EV charging
216 Oakcrest Ave · 889 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 2219 Gerrard Street East (1 km), 2231 Gerrard Street East (1.1 km)
Bike parking
2 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.7 km)
Other lots
14 mapped lots within 500 m, 296 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.2 km3550% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface1.3 km5050% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.6 km173 *—

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is L.b. Supermarket, 472 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 46 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill, 377 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Main Drug Mart, 394 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: True Davidson Acres, a long-term care home 1.0 km away. The Neighbourhood Group - Community Link Seniors Active Living Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 903 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill · 510 Main St377 m · 4 min
  • Sultan · 2558 Danforth Ave Unit-1389 m · 5 min
  • KFC · 2500 Danforth Ave484 m · 6 min
  • Great Fruit Bubble Tea · 2596 Danforth Ave495 m · 6 min
  • New Baitul Muqaddas Halal Pizza · 2584 Danforth Ave510 m · 6 min
0 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery
L.b. Supermarket 472 m · 6 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
Pavillion Pastries 391 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Main Drug Mart 394 m · 5 min · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) · 158 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day157 m
  • Secord School Age YMCA · 30 spaces, school age · fee subsidy160 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 316 · 26 spaces, infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day362 m · 4 min
9 licensed centres · 497 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Secord Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed144 m
  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed686 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Coleman Park 494 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • True Davidson Acres · long-term care home1 km · 12 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group - Community Link Seniors Active Living Centre · seniors' active living centre903 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 (14)
  • Secord Park360 m · 4 min
  • Stanley G. Grizzle Park367 m · 4 min
  • Coleman Park509 m · 6 min
  • Gledhill Park619 m · 7 min
  • Gene Domagala Park631 m · 8 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (9)
  • Secord Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 157 m
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 511 m · 6 min
  • William J McCordic SchoolEnglish Public · 522 m · 6 min
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 613 m · 7 min
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1 km · 12 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.

50of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,632 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    7 grocery stores within 1 km · 46 within 1 km

  • Transit23/28

    Main Street Station 0.3 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1 km away

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Within a kilometre there are 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,936 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 114 Barrington Ave (132 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
114 Barrington Ave123196891 · Aug 2025132 m
2 Secord Ave · Preston Group30322197197 · Aug 2025292 m · 3 min
165 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management26519196594 · Aug 2026329 m · 4 min
156 Barrington Ave · 1979017 Ontario Inc.123196093 · Aug 2025350 m · 4 min
2526 Danforth Ave social housing · Community First Development Inc487198892 · Sep 2025429 m · 5 min
195 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management23417196786 · Aug 2024466 m · 6 min

26 registered buildings · 3,936 units · 5 social housing · tallest 42 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

Nine thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 1.0 a year before that. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from other premises.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle930other (4), house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft210other (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 Taylor-Massey.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Main & Doncaster a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Main & Doncaster?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Mar 7, 2017, 47% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Main & Doncaster a walkable intersection?

Main & Doncaster scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,632 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 2 parks within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; Main Street Station 0.3 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Main & Doncaster?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave (November 2013), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 241 m away (30 km/h), 1.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Main & Doncaster?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (1.2 km away, 35 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 296 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,740 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 216 Oakcrest Ave (889 m).

How do I get to Main & Doncaster by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 336 m away; Danforth GO is 685 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 355 m away; bus routes 62, 87, 20, 23, 113, 404, 135, 64 within 1 km (nearest stop: Doncaster Ave at Main St, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Main & Doncaster?

None within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill (377 m), Sultan (389 m), KFC (484 m), Great Fruit Bubble Tea (495 m) and New Baitul Muqaddas Halal Pizza (510 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Main & Doncaster?

The nearest is Secord Community Centre Washroom, 91 Barrington Ave, 144 m away. Next nearest: Main Square Community Centre Washroom (686 m).

Is there child care near Main & Doncaster?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 497 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) (157 m, 158 spaces), Secord School Age YMCA (160 m, 30 spaces) and Muppets Children's Centre 316 (362 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Main & Doncaster?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,936 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 114 Barrington Ave (132 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2 Secord Ave (292 m, 303 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 165 Barrington Ave (329 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 156 Barrington Ave (350 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 93 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Main & Doncaster?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Taylor-Massey page.

What neighbourhood is Main & Doncaster in?

Main & Doncaster is in Taylor-Massey (City of Toronto neighbourhood 061), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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