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McCowan & Milner

McCowan Rd & Milner Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Agincourt South-Malvern West · Ward 23, Scarborough North

McCowan & Milner is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It sits in Agincourt South-Malvern West. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
50,537
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 16, 2024
1,130 pedestrians · 71 cyclists · #29 busiest
Collisions
409
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
59 with an injury · 290 property damage · #180 of 5,508 · +24 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #392 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 3,610 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 3.1× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 45 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 41 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 8.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.63× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 21%, from 229 in 2016–2020 to 180 in 2021–2025. About one in 205 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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McCowan & Milner

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1291301311691328513421406 nearest 26 m
Express
939985903
Blue Night
316385
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Milner Ave; McCowan Rd at Milner Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pitfield Rd / McCowan Rd 250 m · 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (15)
  • Town Centre LINCEnglish Public · 39 m
  • Canadian Tamil AcademyPrivate · 69 m
  • Excel High SchoolPrivate · 759 m
  • White Haven Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 773 m
  • C D Farquharson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 780 m
  • St Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 879 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
  • Commander Recreation Centre1.4 km
Parks (9)
  • White Haven Park552 m
  • Farquharson Park575 m
  • Snowhill Park746 m
  • Hillsborough Park751 m
  • Lee Centre Park930 m
  • McDairmid Woods Park1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch1.4 km
Signal
1175, activated 1976 · 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

There are 11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 71 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Door Dash, 148 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 71 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Door Dash · 43 Milner Ave, Unit-52148 mPassed, Jun 2025
Fresh Burger · 43 Milner Ave Unit-102149 mPassed, Jan 2026
Starbucks Coffee · 43 Milner Ave149 mPassed, Mar 2026
Thai Room · 43 Milner Ave Unit-D1149 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Cora Breakfast and Lunch · 45 Milner Ave Unit-4168 mPassed, Mar 2026
Mr. Sub · 45 Milner Ave Unit-1168 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Teriyaki Experience · 45 Milner Ave Unit-2168 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1670 McCowan Rd204 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction

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 public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 526 m away at White Haven Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
White Haven Park bottle filling station · 526 m

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 181 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Immanuel Child Care Centre (197 m, 86 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 181 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Immanuel Child Care Centre · 21 Channel Nine Crt
    86 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    197 m
  • C.d.farquharson Jr YMCA · 1965 Brimley Rd
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    780 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 243 (667 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 667 m away.

FireFire Station 243 · 667 m4560 Sheppard Ave E
Police42 Division · 1.4 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 667 m4560 Sheppard Ave E

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

One registered apartment building with 246 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (340 m, 246 units, 18 storeys, built 1974), which scored 84 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 246 units
RentSafeTO score84 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 1
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
360 Pitfield Rd · Nanak Holdings Inc.24618197484 · Oct 20246 · 4 fire340 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 lots342 lots · ≈106,730 spaces · 320.2 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈6,840 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 602 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.2 km2557% (Q1 2026)
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.3 km21532% (Q1 2026)
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.5 km16 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface1.5 km9218% (Q1 2026)
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface1.6 km24 *

Nearest lots: 87 m away, ≈136 spaces; 157 m away, ≈135 spaces; 208 m away, ≈36 spaces; 234 m away, ≈105 spaces; 258 m away, ≈32 spaces; 281 m away, ≈23 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 — 14-hour, Oct 16, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 21,850 northbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 866. Most cyclists arrived from the north (32 of 71). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 4,140 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (3,663). Trucks and buses were 7.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north21,255southbound · 32 bikes · 7.6% heavy
From the west866eastbound · 5 bikes · 0.9% heavy
Total vehicles50,5371,130 pedestrians · 71 cyclists · 7.3% heavy
From the east6,566westbound · 8 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the south21,850northbound · 26 bikes · 7.9% heavy
AM peak hour3,663 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour4,140 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 16, 2024

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 McCowan Rd between Pitfield Rd and Sheppard Ave E (366 m away, Jan 2016) recorded volume only — about 23,595 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McCowan Rd · Pitfield Rd – Sheppard Ave E · 366 mJan 2016 · 7 days23,595

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

2024 was the peak year (53 collisions), and 2025 closed with 48. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 61 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 24 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions409#180 of 5,508
With an injury59#177 of 4,660
Property damage only290
Fail to remain61
Involving a pedestrian4#989 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified59
Since January 2026 (outside the window)24
All since 2014530latest Jun 27, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Oct 25, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 5. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#392 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#674 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20065latest Oct 25, 2023

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

Toronto Police place 23 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 11 in 2023–2025, about 3.7 a year, against 2.4 a year before that. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 6, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2381street/outdoor (16), commercial premises (6)
Bicycle theft530commercial premises (4), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 6, 2026. 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 South-Malvern West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is McCowan & Milner a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#392 of 1,505), out of 409 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Milner?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #29 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.1× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near McCowan & Milner?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Grangeway Ave (1.2 km away, 255 spaces, 7% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 342 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 106,730 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McCowan & Milner by transit?

Bus routes 129, 130, 131, 169, 132, 85, 134, 21 and 4 more within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Milner Ave, 26 m).

What restaurants are near McCowan & Milner?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 71 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Door Dash (148 m), Fresh Burger (149 m), Starbucks Coffee (149 m), Thai Room (149 m) and Cora Breakfast and Lunch (168 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 & Milner?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 526 m away at White Haven Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near McCowan & Milner?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 181 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Immanuel Child Care Centre (197 m, 86 spaces) and C.d.farquharson Jr YMCA (780 m, 95 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Milner?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 246 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (340 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 & Milner?

Toronto Police place 23 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 South-Malvern West page.

What neighbourhood is McCowan & Milner in?

McCowan & Milner is in Agincourt South-Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 128). 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