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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 · Feb 20, 2019
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 6,830 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 250 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,930 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,861 from 2:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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: 1,930 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,861 from 2:45 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 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (18%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 17 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 13 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on McCowan Rd between Lawrence Ave E and Benleigh Dr (208 m away, May 2016) recorded volume only — about 17,558 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCowan Rd · Lawrence Ave E – Benleigh Dr · 208 m | May 2016 · 7 days | 17,558 | — | — | — |
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
- TTC bus
- 16 54 154 406 9 nearest 13 m
- Express
- 954
- Blue Night
- 316 354
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Benleigh Dr
- Cycling
- Multi-Use Trail - Entrance on West Highland Creek Trl installed 2006
- Bike Share
- Benshire Dr / The Meadoway 467 m · 6 min · 11 docks · 4 stations, 48 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
- 1 car park · about 215 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 4 mapped lots within 500 m, 115 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 2 km | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
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 Sai Eesan Supermarket, 612 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 18 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Universal Filipino Foods, 545 m away. The nearest pharmacy is The Scarb. Hosp.gen.cam.outp.p, 465 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 526 m away. For seniors' housing: Rockcliffe Community, a long-term care home 581 m away (two within a kilometre).
- Restaurants & cafés
- Universal Filipino Foods · 649 McCowan Rd545 m · 6 min
- Africa Mart · 651 McCowan Rd552 m · 7 min
- La Prep · 3050 Lawrence Ave E 111552 m · 7 min
- Flavour Block · 3050 Lawrence Ave E552 m · 7 min
- Original Company-General Cafe · 3050 Lawrence Ave E552 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Sai Eesan Supermarket 612 m · 7 min
- Pharmacy
- The Scarb. Hosp.gen.cam.outp.p 465 m · 6 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day566 m · 7 min
- Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre · 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day637 m · 8 min
- Friendly Little Campus · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day663 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.840 m · 10 min
- Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.866 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site526 m · 6 min
- Rockcliffe Community · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km581 m · 7 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 (7)
- Bendale Park259 m · 3 min
- Thomson Memorial Park746 m · 9 min
- Amberdale Ravine Park852 m · 10 min
- Hague Park941 m · 11 min
- Woodsworth Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools
- Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 565 m · 7 min
- St Rose of Lima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 701 m · 8 min
- Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 870 m · 10 min
- St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 min
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 18 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Bendale branch850 m · 10 min
- Places of interest
- Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 841 m · 10 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 community centre.
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
Within a kilometre there are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 651 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3210 Lawrence Ave E (481 m, 48 units, 6 storeys, built 1960), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3210 Lawrence Ave E · Mpm Inc. | 48 | 6 | 1960 | 79 · Jul 2024 | 481 m · 6 min |
| 3125 Lawrence Ave E · G & S Regal Management Limited | 110 | 7 | 1964 | 84 · Nov 2025 | 493 m · 6 min |
| 3201 Lawrence Ave E · Cando Apartments Ltd. | 123 | 13 | 1960 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 569 m · 7 min |
| 2950 Lawrence Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 200 | 6 | 1960 | 91 · Sep 2024 | 812 m · 10 min |
| 3010 Lawrence Ave E social housing · Jack Goodlad Senior Citizen Residences Corporation | 170 | 11 | 1989 | 95 · Aug 2024 | 1 km · 12 min |
5 registered buildings · 651 units · 2 social housing · tallest 13 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Benleigh a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 McCowan & Benleigh?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2019. Its latest count is from Feb 20, 2019, 1.45× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan & Benleigh a walkable intersection?
McCowan & Benleigh scores 34 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: 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; library 850 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km; 1 park within 500 m.
Where can I park near McCowan & Benleigh?
The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (2.0 km away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 115 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,410 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Benleigh by transit?
Bus routes 16, 54, 154, 406, 9, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Benleigh Dr, 13 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan & Benleigh?
None within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Universal Filipino Foods (545 m), Africa Mart (552 m), La Prep (552 m), Flavour Block (552 m) and Original Company-General Cafe (552 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan & Benleigh?
The nearest is Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom, 1005 Brimley Rd, 840 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom (866 m).
Is there child care near McCowan & Benleigh?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 319 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program (566 m, 43 spaces), Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre (637 m, 79 spaces) and Friendly Little Campus (663 m, 36 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Benleigh?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 651 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3210 Lawrence Ave E (481 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 3125 Lawrence Ave E (493 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 3201 Lawrence Ave E (569 m, 123 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2950 Lawrence Ave E (812 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 89 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is McCowan & Benleigh in?
McCowan & Benleigh is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
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 Feb 20, 2019.
- 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.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 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: 43.75839, -79.24622 · centreline node 13448787.