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Mount Olive & Dorward

Mount Olive Dr & Dorward Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Mount Olive & Dorward is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
1,017
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 19, 2026
374 pedestrians · 90 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
28/100
city median 48
15 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 821 m

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Mount Olive & Dorward

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Aug 19, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 424 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 218 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (55 of 90). Evening rush dominates here: 118 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 62 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north375southbound · 55 bikes · 0.5% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,017374 pedestrians · 90 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east218westbound · 9 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the south424northbound · 24 bikes · 0.7% heavy

Peak hours: 62 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 118 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 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 7, 2026.

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

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Mount Olive Dr between Smithfield Park Trl and Blackbush Dr, 175 m from the corner, a 2-day count in July 2023 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day. Dorward Dr between Blackbush Dr and Mount Olive Dr measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Jun 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Mt. Olive Dr (108 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 21,040 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dorward Dr · Blackbush Dr – Mount Olive Dr · 128 mJun 2026 · 3 days64334 km/h43 km/h49 km/h
Mount Olive Dr · Smithfield Park Trl – Blackbush Dr · 175 mJul 2023 · 2 days1,34938 km/h45 km/h50 km/h
Speed sign
Mt. Olive Dr (northbound), 108 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 31 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 2.6% at 50 km/h or more. 21,040 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

TTC bus
46 73 nearest 268 m · 3 min
Express
927
Blue Night
396
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 007 Martin Grove at Martin Grove Rd / Lexington Av491 m · 6 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Martin Grove Rd / Lexington Ave 484 m · 6 min · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
5 mapped lots within 500 m, 157 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 Etobicoke Danforth Food Market, 821 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 15 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Big G 2 4 1 Jerk Chicken, 809 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Albion Martingrove Pharmacy, 813 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Big G 2 4 1 Jerk Chicken · 2200 Martin Grove Rd809 m · 10 min
  • Popular Pzza · 2200 Martin Grove Rd809 m · 10 min
  • Red Kaoliang Restaurant · 2200 Martin Grove Rd809 m · 10 min
  • Mama Tobey African Store · 1625 Albion Rd Unit-106816 m · 10 min
  • Dosaboyz · 6210 Finch Ave W Bldg-108852 m · 10 min
0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Grocery
Etobicoke Danforth Food Market 821 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Albion Martingrove Pharmacy 813 m · 10 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • First Stage Child Care Centre - Highfield · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day625 m · 7 min
1 licensed centre · 34 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Smithfield Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed82 m

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 (9)
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Schools (9)
  • Smithfield Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 297 m · 4 min
  • Highfield Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 625 m · 7 min
  • John D Parker Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 655 m · 8 min
  • Claireville Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 677 m · 8 min
  • Amairah Private SchoolPrivate · 816 m · 10 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km

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.

Not within a walk: a community centre, a library or a care or retirement home.

28of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 15 within 1 km

  • Transit10/28

    2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    2 parks within 500 m

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 701 rental units. The nearest is 1915 Martin Grove Rd (306 m, 136 units, 7 storeys, built 1972), which scored 86 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1915 Martin Grove Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc1367197286 · Jun 2024306 m · 4 min
10 Garfella Dr · Siteline Residential Management1537196984 · Sep 2024429 m · 5 min
1901 Martin Grove Rd · Berkley Property Management Inc.1367197078 · Jun 2024491 m · 6 min
41 Garfella Dr · Siteline Residential Management9612197096 · Nov 2025616 m · 7 min
1875 Martin Grove Rd · Rock Ridge Investments8812197196 · Nov 2025693 m · 8 min
1865 Martin Grove Rd · Marquis Holdings LP9212196093 · Nov 2025805 m · 10 min

6 registered buildings · 701 units · tallest 12 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

Three thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (2), 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 Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Mount Olive & Dorward a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Mount Olive & Dorward?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Aug 19, 2026, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Mount Olive & Dorward a walkable intersection?

Mount Olive & Dorward scores 28 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 2 parks within 500 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; 2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Mount Olive & Dorward?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Mount Olive Dr between Smithfield Park Trl and Blackbush Dr (July 2023), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 108 m away (40 km/h), 2.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Mount Olive & Dorward?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 157 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,250 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Mount Olive & Dorward by transit?

Bus routes 46, 73, 927 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 007 Martin Grove at Martin Grove Rd / Lexington Av.

What restaurants are near Mount Olive & Dorward?

None within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Big G 2 4 1 Jerk Chicken (809 m), Popular Pzza (809 m), Red Kaoliang Restaurant (809 m), Mama Tobey African Store (816 m) and Dosaboyz (852 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Mount Olive & Dorward?

The nearest is Smithfield Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 175 Mount Olive Dr, 82 m away.

Is there child care near Mount Olive & Dorward?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 34 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is First Stage Child Care Centre - Highfield (625 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Mount Olive & Dorward?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 701 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1915 Martin Grove Rd (306 m, 136 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 10 Garfella Dr (429 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 1901 Martin Grove Rd (491 m, 136 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 41 Garfella Dr (616 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Mount Olive & Dorward?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown page.

What neighbourhood is Mount Olive & Dorward in?

Mount Olive & Dorward is in Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 002), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

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