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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 · Dec 14, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 6,907 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 250. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,171 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 55% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,403). Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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: 1,403 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,171 from 4:00 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
2017 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 6, 2025.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 31, 2008.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 20 | |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 14 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Aug 31, 2008 |
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
The City's counter on McCowan Rd between Huronia Gt and Hurley Cres (26 m away) recorded an average of 67 km/h in its 2-day count in September 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 76 km/h. That segment carries about 27,000 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 Brimorton Dr (397 m away, 40 km/h limit), 8.5% of the 84,169 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCowan Rd · Huronia Gt – Hurley Cres · 26 m | Sep 2019 · 2 days | 27,034 | 67 km/h | 76 km/h | 96 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Brimorton Dr (westbound), 397 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 41 km/h, 85th percentile 48 km/h; 8.5% at 50 km/h or more. 84,169 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 16 406 95 38 133 9 134 129 130 131 132 169 nearest 10 m
- Express
- 995 903
- Blue Night
- 316 395
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Hurley Cres South Side; McCowan Rd at Huronia Gate
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan713 m · 8 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- McCowan Rd / Brimorton Dr 344 m · 4 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 73 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
- 4 mapped lots within 500 m, 161 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 | 772 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 839 m | 16 * | — |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 887 m | 255 | 7% (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
The nearest grocery store is Freshco, 637 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 12 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Burger King, 410 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 470 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 1.7 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Burger King · 1651 Ellesmere Rd410 m · 5 min
- Tim Hortons · 1615 Ellesmere Rd411 m · 5 min
- St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rd466 m · 6 min
- Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd470 m · 6 min
- Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd473 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Freshco 637 m · 8 min
- Food shops
- Country Bakery & Market 447 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 470 m · 6 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day313 m · 4 min
- Scarborough Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day859 m · 10 min
- Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day936 m · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed922 m · 11 min
- Scraborough Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible932 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 20 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)
- North Bendale Park635 m · 8 min
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot746 m · 9 min
- Albert Campbell Square929 m · 11 min
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough1 km · 12 min
- Scarborough Civic Centre1 km · 12 min
- Schools (13)
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 313 m · 4 min
- St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 935 m · 11 min
- New Covenant Church SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch895 m · 11 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
One registered apartment building with 145 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (573 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 | 573 m · 7 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Rd & Huronia Gt?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 1.52× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt a walkable intersection?
McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt scores 35 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; 2 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km; library 895 m away.
How fast do cars go at McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Huronia Gt and Hurley Cres (September 2019), found an average of 67 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 76 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 397 m away (40 km/h), 8.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt?
The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (772 m away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 161 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,030 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt by transit?
Bus routes 16, 406, 95, 38, 133, 9, 134, 129 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Hurley Cres South Side, 10 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Bushby Westbound @ McCowan.
What restaurants are near McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt?
None within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Burger King (410 m), Tim Hortons (411 m), St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant (466 m), Hyderabad Biryani Hut (470 m) and Subway (473 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt?
The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 922 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (932 m).
Is there child care near McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 202 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (313 m, 56 spaces), Scarborough Jr YMCA (859 m, 90 spaces) and Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program (936 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (573 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt in?
McCowan Rd & Huronia Gt 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 Dec 14, 2021.
- 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).
- 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: 43.76864, -79.25021 · centreline node 13447337.