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McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South)

Toronto, Ontario · Eglinton East · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South), in Eglinton East, is a lightly travelled intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Eglinton GO 840 m away and 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
480
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 15, 2022
875 pedestrians · 16 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 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 60 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 5% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.8 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 3.3% of vehicle volume, about 4.3× the typical share.

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McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Eglinton GO — Lakeshore East840 m
TTC bus
1686116921 nearest 360 m
Express
905
Blue Night
316334386
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Rd / Savarin St 381 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 72 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 (11)
  • John McCrae Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 71 m
  • Umc High SchoolPrivate · 155 m
  • Pere Philipe Lamarche Catholic Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 575 m
  • Knob Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 737 m
  • St Nicholas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 753 m
  • Cedarbrook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 923 m
  • and 5 more
Parks (16)
  • Pringdale Ravine237 m
  • McCowan Park389 m
  • Trudelle Park424 m
  • Trudelle Street Park519 m
  • Knob Hill Park753 m
  • Horton Park871 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch825 m

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 12 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 38. The nearest is Children of Tomorrow - McCrae, 71 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés12 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Children of Tomorrow - McCrae · 431 McCowan Rd71 mPassed, Jun 2026
John McCrae PS - Snp · 431 McCowan Rd71 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
John McCrae PS- Breakfast Club · 431 McCowan Rd71 mPassed, Jun 2026
Children of Tomorrow · 425 McCowan Rd124 mPassed, Jul 2026
Soso World Ministries · 400 McCowan Rd247 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 2 infractions
Coral Afro-Mart · 1375 Danforth Rd, Unit-8-9270 mPassed, Jul 2025
Gig Coin Laundry · 1375 Danforth Rd, Unit-1270 mPassed, May 2025
Spice Lane · 1375 Danforth Rd, Unit-5270 mPassed, Jan 2025

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 Knob Hill Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 627 m away, View outdoor pool hours.

  • Knob Hill Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 625 Brimley Rd
    View outdoor pool hours
    627 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 352 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children of Tomorrow - John McCrae (71 m, 142 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 352 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 6
  • Children of Tomorrow - John McCrae · 431 McCowan Rd
    142 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    71 m
  • Children of Tomorrow · 425 McCowan Rd
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    155 m
  • Heart Beatz Child Care - Cliffcrest Site · 2938 Eglinton Ave E
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    617 m
  • Knob Hill School Age YMCA · 25 Seminole Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    737 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 221 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 221 · 1.5 km2575 Eglinton Ave E
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 1.2 km3100 Eglinton 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 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,692 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 400 Mccowan Rd (330 m, 198 units, 10 storeys, built 1968), which scored 82 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 108 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 2,692 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026108 across the 20
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
400 Mccowan RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19810196882 · Sep 20241330 m
50 Trudelle St · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.1317196987 · Aug 20245372 m
1360 Danforth Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc17215196390 · Nov 202515373 m
1340 Danforth Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc17315196293 · Nov 20258401 m
1350 Danforth Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.22515196594 · Aug 202521408 m
1320 Danforth Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc674196988 · Aug 20246431 m
1330 Danforth Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc484196789 · Aug 20247435 m
1299 Danforth Rd · Gossner & Hornar Management Ltd.13812196785 · Nov 20250463 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 lots298 lots · ≈38,920 spaces · 116.8 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈2,050 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈5 spaces; 99 m away, ≈9 spaces; 168 m away, ≈113 spaces; 268 m away, ≈112 spaces; 272 m away, ≈72 spaces; 310 m away, ≈64 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, Jun 15, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 265 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 53 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 142 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 82% above the afternoon peak from 4:00 p.m. (78). Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north162southbound · 7 bikes · 8.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles480875 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east53westbound · 5 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south265northbound · 4 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour142 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour78 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 15, 2022

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 Fred Bland Cres and West Highland Creek Trl, 66 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McCowan Rd · Fred Bland Cres – West Highland Creek Trl · 66 mOct 2019 · 3 days74229 km/h39 km/h44 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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 & West Highland Creek Trl (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 & West Highland Creek Trl (South)?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 15, 2022, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Fred Bland Cres and West Highland Creek Trl (October 2019), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South)?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 298 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,920 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South) by transit?

Eglinton GO is 840 m away; bus routes 16, 86, 116, 9, 21, 905 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South)?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Children of Tomorrow - McCrae (71 m), John McCrae PS - Snp (71 m), John McCrae PS- Breakfast Club (71 m), Children of Tomorrow (124 m) and Soso World Ministries (247 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 & West Highland Creek Trl (South)?

The nearest is Knob Hill Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 625 Brimley Rd, 627 m away (View outdoor pool hours). 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 & West Highland Creek Trl (South)?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 352 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children of Tomorrow - John McCrae (71 m, 142 spaces), Children of Tomorrow (155 m, 36 spaces) and Heart Beatz Child Care - Cliffcrest Site (617 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South)?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,692 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 400 Mccowan Rd (330 m, 198 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 50 Trudelle St (372 m, 131 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1360 Danforth Rd (373 m, 172 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1340 Danforth Rd (401 m, 173 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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.

What neighbourhood is McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South) in?

McCowan Rd & West Highland Creek Trl (South) is in Eglinton East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 138), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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