Toronto · intersection · signal 1398

McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)

Toronto, Ontario · Agincourt North · Ward 23, Scarborough North

McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South) is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Agincourt North. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
22,315
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 16, 2024
758 pedestrians · 75 cyclists · #725 busiest
Collisions
131
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
35 with an injury · 81 property damage · #814 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1181 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,590 vehicles an hour, 1.38× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 29 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 13 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 64 collisions in 2016–2020 and 67 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 131 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1293913083021169 nearest 22 m
Express
939
Blue Night
316339
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Sandhurst Cir (South)
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 (15)
  • St Jean de Lalande Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 108 m
  • St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 220 m
  • Anson S Taylor Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 317 m
  • Iroquois Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 428 m
  • Agincourt International AcademyPrivate · 477 m
  • Albert Campbell Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 731 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (7)
  • Iroquois Park222 m
  • Chartwell Park287 m
  • Richmond Park831 m
  • Brimley Woods1 km
  • North Agincourt Park1.2 km
  • Chartland Park1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Woodside Square branch571 m
Signal
1398, activated 1981 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 69. The nearest is Garderie Mon Petit Jardin, 108 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 69 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Garderie Mon Petit Jardin · 500 Sandhurst Crcl108 mPassed, Aug 2026
Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 2350 McCowan Rd172 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bethseda Home · 76 Silversted Dr373 mPassed, Jun 2026
Early Foundations Learning Centre · 25 Thunder Grv409 mPassed, Jun 2026
Beyond 3.30 · 265 Chartland Blvd S Rm-Kitchen428 mPassed, Mar 2026
Iroquois Junior P.s. - Morning Meal · 265 Chartland Blvd S428 mPassed, Mar 2026
Eelam Trinco Bay · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-8478 mPassed, Aug 2026
Malaysian Garam Masala · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-3478 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 infractions

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 Iroquois Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 294 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Iroquois Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 295 Chartland Blvd S
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    294 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 337 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garderie Mon Petit Jardin (108 m, 103 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 337 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • Garderie Mon Petit Jardin · 500 Sandhurst Cir
    103 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    108 m
  • Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre - Scarborough · 2350 McCowan Rd
    68 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    220 m
  • Early Foundations Learning Centre · 25 Thunder Grove
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    409 m
  • All My Children Child Care · 1590 Sandhurst Circle
    76 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    667 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 242 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 242 · 1 km2733 Brimley Rd
Police42 Division · 2.7 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 are four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 909 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Thunder Grv (408 m, 247 units, 19 storeys, built 1982), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 21 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 909 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202621 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Thunder Grvsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.24719198297 · Sep 20246408 m
23 Thunder Grvsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd18618202197 · Sep 202415427 m
1580 Sandhurst Crcl · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.23820197993 · Sep 20250553 m
1600 Sandhurst Crcl · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.23820197993 · Sep 20250648 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 lots245 lots · ≈86,750 spaces · 260.2 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈1,070 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 71 m away, ≈110 spaces; 158 m away, ≈48 spaces; 188 m away, ≈49 spaces; 201 m away, ≈4 spaces; 218 m away, ≈277 spaces; 228 m away, ≈298 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

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 9,756 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 1,243 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,939 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,948 from 5:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.3% 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 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north9,756southbound · 22 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the west1,243eastbound · 25 bikes · 4.2% heavy
Total vehicles22,315758 pedestrians · 75 cyclists · 6.3% heavy
From the east1,629westbound · 7 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the south9,687northbound · 21 bikes · 6.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,939 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,948 vehicles from 5:30 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

On McCowan Rd between East Highland Creek Trl and Sandhurst Crcl, 159 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2026 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 22,900 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Sandhurst Cir (85 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 440 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McCowan Rd · East Highland Creek Trl – Sandhurst Crcl · 159 mMay 2026 · 3 days22,90652 km/h59 km/h64 km/h

School-zone speed sign 85 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Sandhurst Cir (eastbound), S Side Sandhurst Cir Approx 75m E of McCowan Rd · 440 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 worst year was 2018, with 20 collisions; 2025 recorded 16. 35 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 11 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions131#814 of 5,508
With an injury35#406 of 4,660
Property damage only81
Fail to remain16
Involving a pedestrian4#990 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist7#269 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014140latest Jun 16, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 13, 2023. 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 collisions1#1181 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Oct 13, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 17, 2019. 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 North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1181 of 1,505), out of 131 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 Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #725 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.38× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between East Highland Creek Trl and Sandhurst Crcl (May 2026), 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. At the school-zone speed sign 85 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 245 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 86,750 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South) by transit?

Bus routes 129, 39, 130, 830, 21, 169, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Sandhurst Cir (South), 22 m).

What restaurants are near McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 69 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Garderie Mon Petit Jardin (108 m), Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre (172 m), Bethseda Home (373 m), Early Foundations Learning Centre (409 m) and Beyond 3.30 (428 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 & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

The nearest is Iroquois Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 295 Chartland Blvd S, 294 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 337 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garderie Mon Petit Jardin (108 m, 103 spaces), Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre - Scarborough (220 m, 68 spaces) and Early Foundations Learning Centre (409 m, 47 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 909 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Thunder Grv (408 m, 247 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 23 Thunder Grv (427 m, 186 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1580 Sandhurst Crcl (553 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 1600 Sandhurst Crcl (648 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 95 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 Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South)?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts 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 Agincourt North page.

What neighbourhood is McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South) in?

McCowan Rd & Sandhurst Crcl (South) is in Agincourt North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 129). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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