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McCowan & Town Centre

McCowan Rd & Town Centre Crt · Toronto, Ontario · Woburn North · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

McCowan & Town Centre is a major arterial intersection. It sits in Woburn North. Nearby is 22 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
36,781
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 29, 2024
1,733 pedestrians · 69 cyclists · #161 busiest
Collisions
261
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
44 with an injury · 188 property damage · #359 of 5,508 · +27 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #147 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
14 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 2,630 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 2.3× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 21 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 26 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 7.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.43× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 26%, from 150 in 2016–2020 to 111 in 2021–2025. About one in 87 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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McCowan & Town Centre

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 94 Pickering / Square One41 Hamilton / Pickering96 Oshawa / Finch Express92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal694 m
TTC bus
91341638133406129130131132169952143 nearest 32 m
Express
903995938904939996
Blue Night
316395
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Bushby Dr; Bushby Dr at McCowan Rd - McCowan Rt Station
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan32 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
100 Grangeway Ave 198 m · 39 docks · 4 stations, 92 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 (19)
  • Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 319 m
  • Madinatul Uloom Islamic Academy & Oxford College & Fh InternationalPrivate · 392 m
  • Al Haadi SchoolPrivate · 485 m
  • Madinatul Uloom Islamic Girls AcademyPrivate · 533 m
  • North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 570 m
  • Madinatul Uloom Academy IncPrivate · 593 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (13)
  • Frank Faubert Wood Lot378 m
  • Albert Campbell Square381 m
  • Scarborough Civic Centre465 m
  • North Bendale Park806 m
  • Hillsborough Park814 m
  • Lee Centre Park847 m
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch457 m
Signal
1356, activated 1984 · SA2

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 100. The nearest is Gateway Newstand, 139 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2024 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 100 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Freshco · 1255 McCowan Rdgrocery95 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gateway Newstand · 290 Borough Dr139 mPassed, May 2024 · 1 infraction
St. Louis Bar and Grill · 55 Town Centre Crt, Unit-101173 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Hamonié Cafe · 55 Town Centre Crt Unit-110173 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
St. Louis Bar and Grill · 55 Town Centre Crt Unit-101173 mPassed, Jul 2026
Flames Gourmet · 100 Consilium Pl275 mPassed, May 2026
Cafe Depot · 100 Consilium Pl275 mPassed, May 2026
Mr. Souvlaki · 100 Consilium Pl Unit-2275 mPassed, Apr 2026

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

The nearest public washroom is Scraborough Civic Centre, 380 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed. A drinking fountain is 352 m away at Albert Campbell Square.

  • Scraborough Civic Centre · 160 Borough Drive
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed
    380 m
  • Scraborough Civic Centre · 150 Borough Drive
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    447 m
  • Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 150 Borough Dr
    View outdoor rink hours
    466 m
Drinking water
Albert Campbell Square bottle filling station · 352 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 273 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Jr YMCA (171 m, 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 273 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Scarborough Jr YMCA · 230 Town Centre Crt
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    171 m
  • The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 29 Aveline Cres
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    570 m
  • St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 20 Bernadine St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    825 m
  • Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 60 Brimorton Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    904 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 243 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 243 · 1.8 km4560 Sheppard Ave E
Police42 Division · 1.9 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 1.8 km4560 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

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 (269 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 145 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score98 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 1
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest8 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1680 Ellesmere Rdsocial housing · Aykler Management1458199498 · Sep 20243 · 8 fire269 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 lots312 lots · ≈77,080 spaces · 231.2 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈7,250 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 578 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 Bushby Dr · Surface71 m21532% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface194 m2557% (Q1 2026)
158 Borough Drive · Surface426 m16 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface2 km9218% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈209 spaces (Green P); 83 m away, ≈57 spaces; 108 m away, ≈26 spaces; 153 m away, ≈2 spaces; 190 m away, ≈39 spaces; 194 m away, ≈383 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 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north14,872southbound · 13 bikes · 6.0% heavy
From the west5,516eastbound · 25 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles36,7811,733 pedestrians · 69 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east2,878westbound · 19 bikes · 11.4% heavy
From the south13,515northbound · 12 bikes · 5.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,909 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour3,297 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 29, 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 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McCowan Rd · Town Centre Crt – Triton Rd · 22 mApr 2013 · 3 days21,877
Bushby Dr · McCowan Rd – Grangeway Ave · 51 mNov 2011 · 3 days1,425
Town Centre Crt · Borough Dr – McCowan Rd · 54 mSep 2007 · 3 days8,061

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

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, 27 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions261#359 of 5,508
With an injury44#295 of 4,660
Property damage only188
Fail to remain35
Involving a pedestrian3#1330 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified29
Since January 2026 (outside the window)27
All since 2014347latest Jun 20, 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

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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#147 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#672 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness267% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20067latest Oct 4, 2025

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

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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1770street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 15, 2025. 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 #161 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.3× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near McCowan & Town Centre?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (71 m away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 312 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 77,080 spaces — 35 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?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 100 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Gateway Newstand (139 m), St. Louis Bar and Grill (173 m), Hamonié Cafe (173 m), St. Louis Bar and Grill (173 m) and Flames Gourmet (275 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 & Town Centre?

The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 380 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (447 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (466 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near McCowan & Town Centre?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 273 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Jr YMCA (171 m, 90 spaces), The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (570 m, 56 spaces) and St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (825 m, 71 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 (269 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 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 & Town Centre?

Toronto Police place 17 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 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