Toronto · intersection · signal 2482

McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South)

Toronto, Ontario · Milliken · Ward 23, Scarborough North

McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South) is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Milliken. At the corner: a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
15,067
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 8, 2017
19 pedestrians · 35 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #584 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,880 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.63× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 793 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13).

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McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1295313083021 nearest 16 m
Express
953
Blue Night
316353
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — 4325 McCowan Rd; 4325 McCowan Rd - Milliken Park Rec Centre
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (7)
  • Banting and Best Public SchoolEnglish Public · 462 m
  • Prince of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 527 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Laure RieseFrench Public · 775 m
  • The Divine Infant Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Frasier NortheastEnglish Separate · 909 m
  • Macklin Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Agnes Macphail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 1 more
Parks (4)
  • Milliken Park370 m
  • Goldhawk Park761 m
  • Muirlands Park873 m
  • Audrelane Park1.3 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch622 m
Signal
2482, activated 2019 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 153 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shell · 5445 Steeles Ave Egrocery153 mPassed, Dec 2023
Tim Hortons · 5445 Steeles Ave E153 mPassed, May 2026
Dangol · 240 Alton Towers Crcl, Unit-A10378 mPassed, Jun 2025
Ginger and Onion Cuisine · 240 Alton Towers Crcl, Unit-A7378 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 3 infractions
Romantic Bakery · 240 Alton Towers Crcl, Unit-A11grocery378 mPassed, Oct 2025
Tim Hortons · 240 Alton Towers Crcl378 mPassed, Apr 2025
Tasty House · 240 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-5378 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 240 Alton Towers Crcl378 mPassed, Jul 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 Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 95 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 275 m away at Milliken Park.

  • Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 4325 Mccowan Rd
    View centre hours
    95 m
  • Milliken Park Washroom Building · 5555 Steeles Ave E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    276 m
Drinking water
Milliken Park bottle filling station · 275 m; Milliken Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 424 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 307 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Banting and Best Child Care Centre (380 Goldhawk) (462 m, 118 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 307 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Banting and Best Child Care Centre (380 Goldhawk) · 380 Goldhawk Trail
    118 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    462 m
  • Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) · 255 Alton Towers Cir
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    526 m
  • Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 339 Alton Towers Cir
    77 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    775 m
  • The Divine Infant Child Care Centre · 30 Ingleton Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    908 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 242 (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.6 km away.

FireFire Station 242 · 2.5 km2733 Brimley Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 2.6 km900 Tapscott Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots130 lots · ≈34,990 spaces · 105 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈2,520 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking7 post-and-rings within 300 m

Nearest lots: 152 m away, ≈51 spaces; 203 m away, ≈593 spaces; 240 m away, ≈100 spaces; 310 m away, ≈185 spaces; 311 m away, ≈75 spaces; 316 m away, ≈251 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 — 8-hour, Nov 8, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,874 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 229 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,360 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 2,141 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north7,874southbound · 17 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles15,06719 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east229westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south6,964northbound · 18 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,141 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,360 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 8, 2017

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

On McCowan Rd between Alton Towers Crcl and Milliken Park Trl, 115 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in April 2025 put the average speed at 52 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 59 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,500 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McCowan Rd · Alton Towers Crcl – Milliken Park Trl · 115 mApr 2025 · 24 h24,47252 km/h59 km/h64 km/h

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Sep 28, 2017.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#584 of 1,505
Fatal1#223 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#276 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Sep 28, 2017

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#584 of 1,505). 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 & Milliken Park Trl (South)?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 8, 2017, 1.63× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Alton Towers Crcl and Milliken Park Trl (April 2025), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South)?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 130 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,990 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South) by transit?

Bus routes 129, 53, 130, 830, 21, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: 4325 McCowan Rd, 16 m).

What restaurants are near McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South)?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (153 m), Dangol (378 m), Ginger and Onion Cuisine (378 m), Tim Hortons (378 m) and Tasty House (378 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 Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South)?

The nearest is Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 4325 Mccowan Rd, 95 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Milliken Park Washroom Building (276 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 Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South)?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 307 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Banting and Best Child Care Centre (380 Goldhawk) (462 m, 118 spaces), Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) (526 m, 43 spaces) and Garderie Chez Tante Laure (775 m, 77 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What neighbourhood is McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South) in?

McCowan Rd & Milliken Park Trl (South) is in Milliken (City of Toronto neighbourhood 130). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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