Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 1291301698301318521 nearest 21 m
- Express
- 939985
- Blue Night
- 316385
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Commander Blvd; McCowan Rd at Commander Blvd North Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Brimley Rd / E Highland Creek Trail 916 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 (18)
- Excel High SchoolPrivate · 534 m
- St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 838 m
- Anson S Taylor Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 908 m
- Afzal Islamic Montessori & AcademyPrivate · 941 m
- Iroquois Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- St Jean de Lalande Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
- and 12 more
- Community centres
- Parks (7)
- Iroquois Park1 km
- Chartwell Park1 km
- North Agincourt Park1 km
- Farquharson Park1.2 km
- Agincourt Park1.4 km
- White Haven Park1.4 km
- and 1 more
- Signal
- 1507, activated 1987 · SA2 · 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; 54 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Country Style, 352 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2025.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Country Style · 2201 McCowan Rd | 352 m | Passed, Jan 2025 |
| Yongda Meat Supply Co. Inc · 40 Nugget Ave 15-17grocery | 408 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Panagio's Breakfast & Lunch · 1928 McCowan Rd | 433 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| On the Run Meals · 55 Nugget Ave Unit-I-M | 533 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Twilight Family Restaurant & Bar · 55 Nugget Ave Unit-12 | 533 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Folura Bashardost · 4630 Sheppard Ave E | 694 m | Passed, Jul 2025 |
| Sushi Legend · 175 Commander Blvd Unit-2 | 698 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Xiao Long Bao · 175 Commander Blvd 1 | 698 m | Passed, 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
The nearest public washroom is Iroquois Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 1.0 km away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.
- Iroquois Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 295 Chartland Blvd S
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible1 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
Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 171 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre - Scarborough (838 m, 68 spaces, preschool, kindergarten).
- Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre - Scarborough · 2350 McCowan Rd
68 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day838 m - Garderie Mon Petit Jardin · 500 Sandhurst Cir
103 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 243 (786 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 786 m away.
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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 246 rental units. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (931 m, 246 units, 18 storeys, built 1974), which scored 84 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360 Pitfield Rd · Nanak Holdings Inc. | 246 | 18 | 1974 | 84 · Oct 2024 | 6 · 4 fire | 931 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
Nearest lots: 58 m away, ≈11 spaces; 82 m away, ≈1,034 spaces; 88 m away, ≈156 spaces; 98 m away, ≈149 spaces; 147 m away, ≈154 spaces; 230 m away, ≈132 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, Apr 30, 2015
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 9,446 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 315 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,923 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 19% above the afternoon peak from 4:00 p.m. (2,449). Trucks and buses were 8.1% 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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.
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
The City's most recent midblock count on Commander Blvd between McCowan Rd and North Wind Pl (133 m away, Sep 2009) recorded volume only — about 3,976 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander Blvd · McCowan Rd – North Wind Pl · 133 m | Sep 2009 · 3 days | 3,976 | — | — | — |
| McCowan Rd · Nugget Ave – Commander Blvd · 137 m | Apr 2013 · 3 days | 24,134 | — | — | — |
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 2019, with 30 collisions; 2025 recorded 16. 27 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 12 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 15, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 181 | #576 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 27 | #597 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 139 | |
| Fail to remain | 19 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #2778 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 15 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 12 | |
| All since 2014 | 226 | latest May 15, 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
Seven thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 7 | 3 | 0 | commercial premises (4), street/outdoor (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 26, 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 Agincourt North.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Commander a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 181 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 & Commander?
A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 30, 2015, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near McCowan & Commander?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 294 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 88,450 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Commander by transit?
Bus routes 129, 130, 169, 830, 131, 85, 21, 939 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Commander Blvd, 21 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan & Commander?
None within 300 m, and 54 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Country Style (352 m), Panagio's Breakfast & Lunch (433 m), On the Run Meals (533 m), Twilight Family Restaurant & Bar (533 m) and Folura Bashardost (694 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 McCowan & Commander?
The nearest is Iroquois Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 295 Chartland Blvd S, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 McCowan & Commander?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 171 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre - Scarborough (838 m, 68 spaces) and Garderie Mon Petit Jardin (1.0 km, 103 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Commander?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 246 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (931 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 84 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 & Commander?
Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles 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 & Commander in?
McCowan & Commander 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 30, 2015.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Apr 26, 2024.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 23 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.79612, -79.26151 · centreline node 13443810.