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Midland & Dorcot

Midland Ave & Dorcot Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale-Glen Andrew · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Midland & Dorcot, in Bendale-Glen Andrew, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
19,167
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 23, 2024
240 pedestrians · 41 cyclists · #942 busiest
Collisions
88
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 62 property damage · #1254 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #588 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,370 vehicles, 1.18× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 80 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 8.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 13%, from 47 in 2016–2020 to 41 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 88 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Midland & Dorcot

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5754154432138129131133 nearest 19 m
Express
954903904938939
Blue Night
354343
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Midland Ave at Dorcot Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brockley Dr / Lawrence Ave E 726 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 51 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 (13)
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Highbrook CampusEnglish Public · 389 m
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 412 m
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Main BldgEnglish Public · 422 m
  • Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 938 m
  • Centennial College - Midland CampusCollege · 1.1 km
  • Dorset Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (12)
  • Donwood Park269 m
  • Birkdale Ravine647 m
  • West Birkdale Park1 km
  • Arsandco Park1 km
  • Edgewood Park1.1 km
  • Thomson Memorial Park1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1 km
Signal
1081, activated 1974 · 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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 46. The nearest is Kerala Nook, 250 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kerala Nook · 1570 Midland Ave Unit-1a250 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Sugar N Spice · 1750 Midland Ave371 mPassed, May 2025
Montmartre Bakery · 105 Midwest Rdgrocery381 mPassed, Apr 2026
David and Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute - Snp · 125 Brockley Dr412 mPassed, May 2026
David and Mary Thomson Culinary Arts Program · 125 Brockley Dr Cafeteria412 mPassed, May 2026
Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal · 61 Dorcot Ave422 mPassed, Mar 2026
Nyad Donwood Inc. · 61 Dorcot Ave422 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Calabria Bakery · 1770-1772 Midland Avegrocery458 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 1.0 km away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 250 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (422 m, 82 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 250 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc · 61 Dorcot Ave
    82 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    422 m
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery · 1385 Midland Ave
    97 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    865 m
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) · 1375 Midland Ave
    71 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    939 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (336 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 845 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 336 m1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 3.1 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 845 m2430 Lawrence 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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 913 rental units. The nearest is 2 Treewood St (472 m, 82 units, 7 storeys, built 1956), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 49 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 913 units
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202649 across the 7
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.827195694 · Nov 20252472 m
4 Treewood St · Northview Apartment REIT827196179 · Sep 20247492 m
5 Brockley Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited25421196999 · Aug 20252631 m
2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc1117195792 · Sep 20254758 m
2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc967195791 · Sep 20254786 m
1385 Midland Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14413195078 · Jul 202629865 m
1375 Midland Ave14413197274 · Sep 20241 · 6 fire939 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 lots383 lots · ≈74,030 spaces · 222.1 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈6,710 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 174 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface862 m90 *
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.2 km68 *
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.8 km16 *

Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈1,874 spaces; 175 m away, ≈55 spaces; 218 m away, ≈9 spaces; 269 m away, ≈566 spaces; 275 m away, ≈71 spaces; 276 m away, ≈514 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, Nov 23, 2024 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,970 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 45 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,850 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:30 p.m., against 1,275 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,154southbound · 23 bikes · 6.9% heavy
From the west45eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles19,167240 pedestrians · 41 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east998westbound · 4 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the south9,970northbound · 13 bikes · 1.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,275 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,850 vehicles from 2:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 23, 2024 · weekend

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 Midland Ave between Dorcot Ave and Millbridge Gt, 268 m from the corner, a 7-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 56 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 64 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 70 km/h or more. That segment carries about 23,100 vehicles a day. Dorcot Ave between Highbrook Dr and Munson Cres measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Apr 2019).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dorcot Ave · Highbrook Dr – Munson Cres · 255 mApr 2019 · 2 days32531 km/h38 km/h43 km/h
Midland Ave · Dorcot Ave – Millbridge Gt · 268 mMay 2023 · 7 days23,09256 km/h64 km/h70 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 18 collisions. 15 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions88#1254 of 5,508
With an injury15#1147 of 4,660
Property damage only62
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian2#1504 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014110latest May 29, 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 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 4, 2018.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#588 of 1,505
Fatal1#227 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#277 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 4, 2018

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

20 thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2090street/outdoor (15), commercial premises (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 3, 2025. 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Midland & Dorcot a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#588 of 1,505), out of 88 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 Midland & Dorcot?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #942 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.18× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Midland & Dorcot?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Midland Ave between Dorcot Ave and Millbridge Gt (May 2023), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Midland & Dorcot?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (862 m away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 383 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 74,030 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Midland & Dorcot by transit?

Bus routes 57, 54, 154, 43, 21, 38, 129, 131 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Midland Ave at Dorcot Ave, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Midland & Dorcot?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kerala Nook (250 m), Sugar N Spice (371 m), David and Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute - Snp (412 m), David and Mary Thomson Culinary Arts Program (412 m) and Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal (422 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 Midland & Dorcot?

The nearest is Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 1005 Brimley Rd, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Midland & Dorcot?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 250 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (422 m, 82 spaces), Cedarbrae Day Nursery (865 m, 97 spaces) and Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) (939 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Midland & Dorcot?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 913 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Treewood St (472 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 4 Treewood St (492 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 5 Brockley Dr (631 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 2700 Lawrence Ave E (758 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 87 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 Midland & Dorcot?

Toronto Police place 20 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew page.

What neighbourhood is Midland & Dorcot in?

Midland & Dorcot is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined