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McCowan & Big Red

McCowan Rd & Big Red Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Agincourt North · Ward 23, Scarborough North

McCowan & Big Red, in Agincourt North, is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,153
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 28, 2023
145 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
37
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2504 of 5,508 · +3 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 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 1,520 vehicles, 1.31× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 84 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 3.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 47%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 22 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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McCowan & Big Red

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
129423921130830 nearest 34 m
Express
939
Blue Night
316339
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Big Red Ave; McCowan Rd at Bridley Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brimwood Blvd / North Scarborough Green Loop 695 m · 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 (19)
  • Brimwood Boulevard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 411 m
  • Percy Williams Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 412 m
  • Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 424 m
  • Albert Campbell Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 575 m
  • Agincourt International AcademyPrivate · 767 m
  • Francis Libermann Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 822 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (8)
  • Richmond Park586 m
  • Brimley Woods802 m
  • Muirlands Park1 km
  • Alexmuir Park1.2 km
  • Iroquois Park1.2 km
  • Chartwell Park1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Woodside Square branch601 m
  • Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch1.3 km
Signal
2720, activated 2026 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 50 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Percy Williams YMCA, 412 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Percy Williams YMCA · 35 White Heather Blvd412 mPassed, Mar 2025
Magic Noodles · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl, Bldg-504560 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Marry Me Mochi · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-103a560 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Pho Day · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-159c560 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 3 infractions
Pinoy Halo Halo · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl560 mPassed, Jul 2025
Pizza Pizza · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-102560 mPassed, Aug 2025
Wild Wing · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-106 C560 mPassed, Sep 2025
Baker Duck · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-428560 mPassed, Jun 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 358 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brimwood School Age YMCA (410 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 358 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Brimwood School Age YMCA · 151 Brimwood Blvd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    410 m
  • Percy Williams YMCA · 35 White Heather Blvd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    412 m
  • Our Lady of Grace YMCA Child Care Centre (YMCA) · 121 Brimwood Blvd
    67 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    424 m
  • All My Children Child Care · 1590 Sandhurst Circle
    76 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    675 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 242 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 242 · 1 km2733 Brimley Rd
Police42 Division · 3.7 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 2.5 km900 Tapscott Rd

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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 909 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Thunder Grv (716 m, 247 units, 19 storeys, built 1982), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 21 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 909 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202621 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Thunder Grvsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.24719198297 · Sep 20246716 m
1580 Sandhurst Crcl · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.23820197993 · Sep 20250731 m
23 Thunder Grvsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd18618202197 · Sep 202415754 m
1600 Sandhurst Crcl · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.23820197993 · Sep 20250764 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 lots236 lots · ≈66,760 spaces · 200.3 ha
Within 500 m10 lots · ≈500 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 233 m away, ≈4 spaces; 357 m away, ≈54 spaces; 374 m away, ≈7 spaces; 378 m away, ≈99 spaces; 379 m away, ≈77 spaces; 417 m away, ≈2 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, Feb 28, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,206 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 79 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,920 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,629 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north6,206southbound · 0 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the west79eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles12,153145 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east194westbound · 0 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the south5,674northbound · 0 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,629 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,920 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 28, 2023

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 McCowan Rd between Bridley Dr and Finch Corridor Trl, 159 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in April 2025 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 65 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,500 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on White Heather Blvd (343 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 26,183 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McCowan Rd · Bridley Dr – Finch Corridor Trl · 159 mApr 2025 · 24 h24,54354 km/h60 km/h65 km/h

School-zone speed sign 343 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 33 km/h
Over the limit0.6%
50 km/h or more0.1%

White Heather Blvd (southbound), West Side of White Heather Blvd, 33m South of Dragoon Cr · 26,183 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 9 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions37#2504 of 5,508
With an injury9#1919 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2122 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201444latest Mar 4, 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

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 4, 2025. 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 Agincourt North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is McCowan & Big Red a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 37 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 & Big Red?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Feb 28, 2023, 1.31× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at McCowan & Big Red?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Bridley Dr and Finch Corridor Trl (April 2025), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 343 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near McCowan & Big Red?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 236 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 66,760 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McCowan & Big Red by transit?

Bus routes 129, 42, 39, 21, 130, 830, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Big Red Ave, 34 m).

What restaurants are near McCowan & Big Red?

None within 300 m, and 50 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Percy Williams YMCA (412 m), Magic Noodles (560 m), Marry Me Mochi (560 m), Pho Day (560 m) and Pinoy Halo Halo (560 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 McCowan & Big Red?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 358 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brimwood School Age YMCA (410 m, 56 spaces), Percy Williams YMCA (412 m, 43 spaces) and Our Lady of Grace YMCA Child Care Centre (YMCA) (424 m, 67 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Big Red?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 909 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Thunder Grv (716 m, 247 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1580 Sandhurst Crcl (731 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 23 Thunder Grv (754 m, 186 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 1600 Sandhurst Crcl (764 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 95 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 McCowan & Big Red?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 Agincourt North page.

What neighbourhood is McCowan & Big Red in?

McCowan & Big Red is in Agincourt North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 129). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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