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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 · Aug 20, 2003
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,423 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 53 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 790 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 704 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, 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: 704 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 790 from 5:00 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
The worst year was 2023, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 2 collisions (40%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 6, 2023.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 3 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
On McRae Dr between Sutherland Dr and Randolph Rd, 172 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2022 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 41 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Airdrie Rd between McRae Dr and Crofton Rd measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Oct 2001). At the school-zone speed sign on Bessborough Dr (362 m away, 30 km/h limit), 6.8% of the 21,739 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie Rd · McRae Dr – Crofton Rd · 76 m | Oct 2001 · 3 days | 257 | 26 km/h | 37 km/h | 43 km/h |
| McRae Dr · Sutherland Dr – Randolph Rd · 172 m | Sep 2022 · 3 days | 6,682 | 34 km/h | 41 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Bessborough Dr (northbound), 362 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 36 km/h; 6.8% at 40 km/h or more. 21,739 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
- Subway
- Laird Station (Line 5)700 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 88 156 51 34 11 nearest 92 m
- Blue Night
- 334 354
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — McRae Dr at Rumsey Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- 165 McRae Dr 272 m · 3 min · 15 docks · 6 stations, 91 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 77 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 1 post-and-ring within 300 m
- Other lots
- 28 mapped lots within 500 m, 282 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 709 Millwood Rd · Garage | 898 m | 20 | 78% (Q1 2026) |
| 1503 Bayview Avw · Surface | 1 km | 24 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
| 1670 Bayview Ave · Surface | 1.1 km | 33 * | — |
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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Farm Boy, 507 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 86 eating places are within a kilometre — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Local Public Eatery, 342 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 703 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Lyndhurst Centre, 1.2 km away, then Holland Bloorview at 1.4 km. For seniors' housing: Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home, a long-term care home 737 m away; The Millwood, a retirement home 671 m away. Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti runs a seniors' active living programme 741 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Local Public Eatery · 180 Laird Dr342 m · 4 min
- My Tots Kitchen · 822 Millwood Rd357 m · 4 min
- The Leaside Pub · 190 Laird Dr397 m · 5 min
- South St. Burger Co. · 45 Wicksteed Ave Unit-100b415 m · 5 min
- Subway · 45 Wicksteed Ave415 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Farm Boy 507 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Avoca Chocolatier 421 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 703 m · 8 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 107 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day206 m
- Trace Manes School · 26 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day357 m · 4 min
- Bessborough Child Care Centre · 125 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day395 m · 5 min
- Washrooms
- Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible315 m · 4 min
- Health and care
- Lyndhurst Centre · hospital site1.2 km · 15 min
- Holland Bloorview · hospital site1.4 km · 16 min
- Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home · long-term care home737 m · 9 min
- The Millwood · retirement home671 m · 8 min
- Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti · seniors' active living centre741 m · 9 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)
- Trace Manes Park326 m · 4 min
- Father Caulfield Park660 m · 8 min
- Howard Talbot Park871 m · 10 min
- Bessborough Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Radar Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Trace Manes Park Community Centre315 m · 4 min
- Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Arena898 m · 11 min
- Leaside Gardens Swimming Pool1 km · 12 min
- Schools (10)
- Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 395 m · 5 min
- St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 663 m · 8 min
- Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 802 m · 10 min
- Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 844 m · 10 min
- Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 927 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Leaside branch222 m
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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,497 of 5,672. 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
Within a kilometre there are 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 389 rental units. The nearest is 870 Millwood Rd (415 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 85 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 870 Millwood Rd · Markar Limited | 11 | 3 | 1950 | 85 · Jul 2024 | 415 m · 5 min |
| 823 Millwood Rd · Thriving Property Management | 13 | 4 | 1950 | 83 · Aug 2024 | 449 m · 5 min |
| 841 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd. | 17 | 3 | 1960 | 89 · Aug 2024 | 455 m · 5 min |
| 872 Millwood Rd | 10 | 3 | 1939 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 461 m · 5 min |
| 855 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd. | 22 | 3 | 1960 | 89 · Aug 2025 | 473 m · 6 min |
| 871 Millwood Rd · Wilanmar Holdings Ltd. | 15 | 3 | 1947 | 81 · Jul 2024 | 477 m · 6 min |
15 registered buildings · 389 units · tallest 5 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
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 Leaside-Bennington.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McRae & Airdrie a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 McRae & Airdrie?
A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2003. Its latest count is from Aug 20, 2003, 54% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is McRae & Airdrie a walkable intersection?
McRae & Airdrie scores 51 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,497 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Laird Station 0.7 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at McRae & Airdrie?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McRae Dr between Sutherland Dr and Randolph Rd (September 2022), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 362 m away (30 km/h), 6.8% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near McRae & Airdrie?
The nearest Green P car park is 709 Millwood Rd (898 m away, 20 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 282 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,090 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McRae & Airdrie by transit?
Laird Station (Line 5) is 700 m away; bus routes 88, 156, 51, 34, 11 within 1 km (nearest stop: McRae Dr at Rumsey Rd, 92 m).
What restaurants are near McRae & Airdrie?
None within 300 m, and 86 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Local Public Eatery (342 m), My Tots Kitchen (357 m), The Leaside Pub (397 m), South St. Burger Co. (415 m) and Subway (415 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McRae & Airdrie?
The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 315 m away, with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near McRae & Airdrie?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 716 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brightpath Academy - Leaside (206 m, 107 spaces), Trace Manes School (357 m, 26 spaces) and Bessborough Child Care Centre (395 m, 125 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McRae & Airdrie?
15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 389 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 870 Millwood Rd (415 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 823 Millwood Rd (449 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 841 Millwood Rd (455 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 872 Millwood Rd (461 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at McRae & Airdrie?
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Leaside-Bennington page.
What neighbourhood is McRae & Airdrie in?
McRae & Airdrie is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.
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 Aug 20, 2003.
- 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).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 15 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: 43.70791, -79.36646 · centreline node 13456844.