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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 · Jan 20, 2011
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,778 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 109 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 632 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (581). Trucks and buses were 5.8% 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 16 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, 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: 632 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 581 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 2022, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (22%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 4, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 9 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 6 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 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
On McCowan Rd between Halbert Pl and Horfield Ave, 60 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2019 put the average speed at 58 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 67 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 73 km/h or more. 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. At the school-zone speed sign on McCowan Rd (61 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCowan Rd · Halbert Pl – Horfield Ave · 60 m | May 2019 · 3 days | 4,251 | 58 km/h | 67 km/h | 73 km/h |
- Speed sign
- McCowan Rd (southbound), 61 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 2226, activated 2010 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 9 12 102 86 69 201 nearest 99 m
- Express
- 902
- Blue Night
- 316
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Anson Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Fenwood Ht / Kingston Rd 700 m · 8 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
- 8 mapped lots within 500 m, 153 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Michael's No Frills, 438 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 29 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 442 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 477 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 3090 Kingston Rd442 m · 5 min
- Osmow's Shawarma · 3025 Kingston Rd476 m · 6 min
- Sushi & Tea · 3027 Kingston Rd483 m · 6 min
- Subway · 3009 Kingston Rd495 m · 6 min
- The Korner Pub · 3045 Kingston Rd502 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Michael's No Frills 438 m · 5 min
- Food shops
- Cliffside Hearth Bread Company 500 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 477 m · 6 min
- Child care
- Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day138 m
- St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program · 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day612 m · 7 min
- Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool737 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed662 m · 8 min
- McCowan District Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.927 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 (9)
- Anson Park622 m · 7 min
- Halbert Park648 m · 8 min
- Balcarra Park923 m · 11 min
- McCowan District Park1 km · 12 min
- Jeanette Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools (7)
- H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 138 m
- St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 612 m · 7 min
- R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 859 m · 10 min
- Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 861 m · 10 min
- Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 913 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch493 m · 6 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 or a care or retirement home.
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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 71 rental units. The nearest is 3171 Kingston Rd (801 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 | 801 m · 10 min |
| 3207 Kingston Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation | 53 | 5 | 1968 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 11 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
No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | school/campus (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 Cliffcrest.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Halbert a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 & Halbert?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2011. Its latest count is from Jan 20, 2011, 39% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan & Halbert a walkable intersection?
McCowan & Halbert scores 46 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; library 493 m away. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at McCowan & Halbert?
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 61 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 & Halbert?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 153 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,710 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Halbert by transit?
Bus routes 9, 12, 102, 86, 69, 201, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Anson Ave, 99 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan & Halbert?
None within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (442 m), Osmow's Shawarma (476 m), Sushi & Tea (483 m), Subway (495 m) and The Korner Pub (502 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan & Halbert?
The nearest is Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 24 Rockwood Dr, 662 m away. Next nearest: McCowan District Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (927 m).
Is there child care near McCowan & Halbert?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 293 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site (138 m, 71 spaces), St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (612 m, 86 spaces) and Bluffer's Park Montessori School (737 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Halbert?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 71 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3171 Kingston Rd (801 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 & Halbert?
Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 & Halbert in?
McCowan & Halbert 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 Jan 20, 2011.
- 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: 43.72740, -79.23340 · centreline node 13453517.