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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 volume14-hour count · Feb 7, 2024
The south leg carries the load — 3,290 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 60. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 776 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 733 from 2:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 776 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 733 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
2023 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 100% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 9, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 2 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 0 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| 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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on McCowan Rd between Halbert Pl and Horfield Ave (324 m away) recorded an average of 58 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 67 km/h. That segment carries about 4,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Cree Ave between Lowell Ave and Rockwood Dr measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jun 2015). At the school-zone speed sign on McCowan Rd (326 m away, 50 km/h limit), 3.9% of the 38,384 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cree Ave · Lowell Ave – Rockwood Dr · 297 m | Jun 2015 · 24 h | 345 | 40 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 km/h |
| McCowan Rd · Halbert Pl – Horfield Ave · 324 m | May 2019 · 3 days | 4,251 | 58 km/h | 67 km/h | 73 km/h |
- Speed sign
- McCowan Rd (southbound), 326 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 48 km/h, 85th percentile 55 km/h; 3.9% at 60 km/h or more. 38,384 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
- TTC bus
- 9 12 102 86 116 nearest 17 m
- Express
- 902
- Blue Night
- 334 386
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Cree Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Fenwood Ht / Kingston Rd 938 m · 11 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 3 mapped lots within 500 m, 178 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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
The nearest grocery store is Michael's No Frills, 821 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 18 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's Pizza, 722 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 860 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Agecare Trilogy, a long-term care home 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Domino's Pizza · 3148 Kingston Rd 1722 m · 9 min
- Tim Hortons · 3090 Kingston Rd825 m · 10 min
- Jyoti Egg Bistro · 57 Macduff Cres832 m · 10 min
- Osmow's Shawarma · 3025 Kingston Rd859 m · 10 min
- Sushi & Tea · 3027 Kingston Rd866 m · 10 min
- Grocery
- Michael's No Frills 821 m · 10 min
- Food shops
- Mishti Chocolates 720 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 860 m · 10 min
- Child care
- Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day521 m · 6 min
- St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program · 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
- Washrooms
- Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed501 m · 6 min
- McCowan District Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.544 m · 6 min
- Health and care
- Agecare Trilogy · long-term care home1 km · 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 (10)
- Halbert Park487 m · 6 min
- McCowan District Park613 m · 7 min
- Anson Park756 m · 9 min
- Muir Park902 m · 11 min
- Colonial Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (7)
- H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 521 m · 6 min
- St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Bliss Carman Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Pere Philipe Lamarche Catholic Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch876 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
Two registered apartment buildings with 71 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 3171 Kingston Rd (842 m, 18 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3171 Kingston Rd | 18 | 4 | 1960 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 842 m · 10 min |
| 3207 Kingston Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation | 53 | 5 | 1968 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
2 registered buildings · 71 units · tallest 5 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
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 4 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Cliffcrest.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Cree a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 & Cree?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 7, 2024, 41% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan & Cree a walkable intersection?
McCowan & Cree 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: 6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m; library 876 m away.
How fast do cars go at McCowan & Cree?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Halbert Pl and Horfield Ave (May 2019), found an average of 58 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 326 m away (50 km/h), 3.9% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near McCowan & Cree?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 178 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,100 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Cree by transit?
Bus routes 9, 12, 102, 86, 116, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Cree Ave, 17 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan & Cree?
None within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Domino's Pizza (722 m), Tim Hortons (825 m), Jyoti Egg Bistro (832 m), Osmow's Shawarma (859 m) and Sushi & Tea (866 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan & Cree?
The nearest is Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 24 Rockwood Dr, 501 m away. Next nearest: McCowan District Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (544 m).
Is there child care near McCowan & Cree?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 157 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site (521 m, 71 spaces) and St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (1.0 km, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Cree?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 71 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3171 Kingston Rd (842 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 3207 Kingston Rd (1.0 km, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at McCowan & Cree?
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Cliffcrest page.
What neighbourhood is McCowan & Cree in?
McCowan & Cree is in Cliffcrest (City of Toronto neighbourhood 123). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.
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 7, 2024.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 20 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: 43.73072, -79.23480 · centreline node 13453023.