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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 · Oct 29, 2024
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 14,872 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 2,878 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 3,297 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,909 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.5% 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 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,909 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,297 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 39 collisions. 44 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 35 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 34 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 23, 2026.
None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. 2 of the 3 happened in darkness — 67%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Oct 4, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 7.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 261 | #359 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 44 | #295 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 188 | |
| Fail to remain | 35 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1330 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 29 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 34 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 3 | #147 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 2 | 67% here vs 39% citywide |
| All KSI since 2006 | 7 | latest Oct 4, 2025 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on McCowan Rd between Town Centre Crt and Triton Rd (22 m away, Apr 2013) recorded volume only — about 21,877 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCowan Rd · Town Centre Crt – Triton Rd · 22 m | Apr 2013 · 3 days | 21,877 | — | — | — |
| Bushby Dr · McCowan Rd – Grangeway Ave · 51 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 1,425 | — | — | — |
| Town Centre Crt · Borough Dr – McCowan Rd · 54 m | Sep 2007 · 3 days | 8,061 | — | — | — |
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 1356, activated 1984
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 41 Hamilton / Pickering 94 Pickering / Square One at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal1 km · 12 min
- TTC bus
- 9 134 16 38 133 406 129 130 131 132 169 95 21 43 nearest 32 m
- Express
- 903 995 938 904 939 996
- Blue Night
- 316 395
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Bushby Dr; Bushby Dr at McCowan Rd - McCowan Rt Station
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan32 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- 100 Grangeway Ave 214 m · 39 docks · 2 stations, 62 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
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 192 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 90 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 205 m | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 528 m | 16 * | — |
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
A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Freshco, 130 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 70. The nearest is Hamonié Cafe, 210 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Town Care Pharmacy, 166 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Hamonié Cafe · 55 Town Centre Crt Unit-110210 m
- St. Louis Bar and Grill · 55 Town Centre Crt Unit-101210 m
- Cafe Depot · 100 Consilium Pl294 m · 4 min
- Mr. Souvlaki · 100 Consilium Pl Unit-2294 m · 4 min
- Flames Gourmet · 100 Consilium Pl294 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Freshco 130 m
- Food shops
- Country Bakery & Market 425 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Town Care Pharmacy 166 m · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Scarborough Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day177 m
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed455 m · 5 min
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible621 m · 7 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)
- Albert Campbell Square450 m · 5 min
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot491 m · 6 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre709 m · 8 min
- Hillsborough Park1 km · 12 min
- Lee Centre Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (12)
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 373 m · 4 min
- Madinatul Uloom Islamic Academy & Oxford College & Fh InternationalPrivate · 511 m · 6 min
- Al Haadi SchoolPrivate · 648 m · 8 min
- Madinatul Uloom Islamic Girls AcademyPrivate · 694 m · 8 min
- Madinatul Uloom Academy IncPrivate · 777 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch584 m · 7 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. This corner is #1,651 of 5,672. 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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 145 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (454 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1680 Ellesmere Rd social housing · Aykler Management | 145 | 8 | 1994 | 98 · Sep 2024 | 454 m · 5 min |
1 registered building · 145 units · 1 social housing · tallest 8 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
17 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 65% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 17 | 7 | 0 | street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (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 Woburn North.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Town Centre a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#147 of 1,505), out of 261 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 & Town Centre?
A major arterial intersection. It ranks #163 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.3× the median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan & Town Centre a walkable intersection?
McCowan & Town Centre scores 60 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,651 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 grocery store within 300 m · 6 places to eat within 300 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 22 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal.
Where can I park near McCowan & Town Centre?
The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (90 m away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 192 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,720 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Town Centre by transit?
Bus routes 9, 134, 16, 38, 133, 406, 129, 130 and 12 more within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Bushby Dr, 32 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan.
What restaurants are near McCowan & Town Centre?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 70 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Hamonié Cafe (210 m), St. Louis Bar and Grill (210 m), Cafe Depot (294 m), Mr. Souvlaki (294 m) and Flames Gourmet (294 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan & Town Centre?
The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 455 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (621 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (1.0 km).
Is there child care near McCowan & Town Centre?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 146 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Jr YMCA (177 m, 90 spaces) and The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (1.0 km, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Town Centre?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (454 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at McCowan & Town Centre?
Toronto Police place 17 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 Woburn North page.
What neighbourhood is McCowan & Town Centre in?
McCowan & Town Centre is in Woburn North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 142), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.
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 Oct 29, 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.
- 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 24 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: 43.77457, -79.25224 · centreline node 13446506.