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McCowan & Meldazy (South)

McCowan Rd & Meldazy Dr (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Woburn North · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

McCowan & Meldazy (South), in Woburn North, was a busier-than-typical intersection — that was the City's last count here, in 2016. Nearby are 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
15,401
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 26, 2016
31 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
1
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
25/100
city median 48
7 places to eat within 1 km

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McCowan & Meldazy (South)

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 · Apr 26, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,811 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 105 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,381 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 2,195 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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.

From the north7,485southbound · 0 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west105eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles15,40131 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south7,811northbound · 0 bikes · 5.1% heavy

Peak hours: 2,195 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,381 from 4:15 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 2023, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (100%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 24, 2023.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1
With an injury1
Property damage only0
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2005

On Meldazy Dr between Manorwood Rd and McCowan Rd, 213 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in December 2005 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 200 vehicles a day. The reading is 21 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McCowan Rd · Gatineau Hydro Corridor Trl – Bellechasse St · 160 mApr 2013 · 3 days15,058———
Meldazy Dr · Manorwood Rd – McCowan Rd · 213 mDec 2005 · 24 h18935 km/h44 km/h50 km/h

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
16 406 54 154 nearest 16 m
Express
954
Blue Night
316 354
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Meldazy Dr (South); McCowan Rd at Bellechasse St North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Benshire Dr / The Meadoway 372 m · 4 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 37 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
3 car parks · about 486 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
3 mapped lots within 500 m, 120 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.5 km21532% (Q1 2026)
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.6 km16 *—
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.7 km2557% (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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Universal Filipino Foods, 1.0 km away. The nearest pharmacy is The Scarb. Hosp.gen.cam.outp.p, 880 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 941 m away. For seniors' housing: Rockcliffe Community, a long-term care home 1.0 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Universal Filipino Foods · 649 McCowan Rd1 km · 11 min
  • Africa Mart · 651 McCowan Rd1 km · 12 min
  • La Prep · 3050 Lawrence Ave E 1111 km · 12 min
  • Flavour Block · 3050 Lawrence Ave E1 km · 12 min
  • Original Company-General Cafe · 3050 Lawrence Ave E1 km · 12 min
0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Pharmacy
The Scarb. Hosp.gen.cam.outp.p 880 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day369 m · 4 min
  • Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
2 licensed centres · 99 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site941 m · 11 min
  • Rockcliffe Community · long-term care home1 km · 12 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 Park674 m · 8 min
  • Amberdale Ravine Park710 m · 8 min
  • Thomson Memorial Park911 m · 11 min
  • St. Andrews Park - Scarborough1.1 km · 13 min
  • North Bendale Park1.2 km · 15 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Schools (6)
  • Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 368 m · 4 min
  • St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
  • North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • St Rose of Lima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1 km · 12 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 grocery store, a community centre or a public washroom.

25of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food2/30

    7 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.3 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.7 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 281 rental units. The nearest is 3210 Lawrence Ave E (896 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 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
3210 Lawrence Ave E · Mpm Inc.486196079 · Jul 2024896 m · 11 min
3125 Lawrence Ave E · G & S Regal Management Limited1107196484 · Nov 2025908 m · 11 min
3201 Lawrence Ave E · Cando Apartments Ltd.12313196094 · Oct 20251 km · 12 min

3 registered buildings · 281 units · 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.

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. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 7, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle111house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Woburn North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is McCowan & Meldazy (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 & Meldazy (South)?

A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2016. Its latest count is from Apr 26, 2016, 1.67× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is McCowan & Meldazy (South) a walkable intersection?

McCowan & Meldazy (South) scores 25 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; 5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; library 1.3 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km.

How fast do cars go at McCowan & Meldazy (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Meldazy Dr between Manorwood Rd and McCowan Rd (December 2005), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near McCowan & Meldazy (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (1.5 km away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 120 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,810 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McCowan & Meldazy (South) by transit?

Bus routes 16, 406, 54, 154, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Meldazy Dr (South), 16 m).

What restaurants are near McCowan & Meldazy (South)?

None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Universal Filipino Foods (1.0 km), Africa Mart (1.0 km), La Prep (1.0 km), Flavour Block (1.0 km) and Original Company-General Cafe (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near McCowan & Meldazy (South)?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 99 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program (369 m, 43 spaces) and Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program (1.0 km, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Meldazy (South)?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 281 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3210 Lawrence Ave E (896 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 3125 Lawrence Ave E (908 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 3201 Lawrence Ave E (1.0 km, 123 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 86 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at McCowan & Meldazy (South)?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Woburn North page.

What neighbourhood is McCowan & Meldazy (South) in?

McCowan & Meldazy (South) is in Woburn North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 142), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. 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