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North Queen & Vansco

North Queen St & Vansco Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Etobicoke City Centre · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Etobicoke City Centre, North Queen & Vansco is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
16,978
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 31, 2026
50 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · #1127 busiest
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3744 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,210 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 340 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 1.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 0.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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North Queen & Vansco

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1238044 nearest 402 m
Express
944
Blue Night
345
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
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 (1)
  • New Haven Learning Centre For ChildrenPrivate · 1.4 km
Parks (5)
  • Queensland Park1.1 km
  • Zorra Park1.2 km
  • Senator Marian Maloney Park1.2 km
  • Douglas Park1.3 km
  • Cloverdale Park1.3 km

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 62. The nearest is Dmc, 147 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 62 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mike's Fish Market · 55 Vansco Rdgrocery92 mPassed, Aug 2026
Dmc · 28 Vansco Rd Bldg--147 mPassed, May 2026
Paleta Kings · 28 Vansco Rd147 mPassed, Feb 2026
Dmc · 28 Vansco Rd, Bldg--147 mPassed, Nov 2024
Dashmart · 14 Vansco Rd231 mPassed, Aug 2026
Walmart Vansco Depot · 14 Vansco Rd 300grocery231 mPassed, Aug 2026
Esso Convenience · 66 North Queen Stgrocery373 mPassed, Aug 2026
Esso Convenience · 66 North Queen Stgrocery373 mPassed, Oct 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

No City washroom within 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 51 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hydro Bright Lights Childcare Centre (838 m, 51 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km1 centre · 51 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Hydro Bright Lights Childcare Centre · 800 Kipling Ave
    51 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    838 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 432 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 432 · 1.1 km155 the East Mall
Police22 Division · 2.2 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 39 · 1.1 km155 the East Mall

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots665 lots · ≈132,060 spaces · 396.2 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈13,680 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,211 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
WOOLGAR LANEWAY REAR OF 1124 THE QUEENSWAY · Surface1.4 km11 *
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface1.5 km1,200 *

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈16 spaces; 44 m away, ≈21 spaces; 51 m away, ≈76 spaces; 102 m away, ≈217 spaces; 102 m away, ≈138 spaces; 123 m away, ≈122 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, Mar 31, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 8,316 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 1,766 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,616 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,209 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 7.3% 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. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north0southbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west8,316eastbound · 8 bikes · 7.4% heavy
Total vehicles16,97850 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 7.3% heavy
From the east6,896westbound · 3 bikes · 7.2% heavy
From the south1,766northbound · 1 bikes · 7.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,209 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,616 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 31, 2026

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

The City's most recent midblock count on North Queen St between Vansco Rd and Shorncliffe Rd (204 m away, Sep 2012) recorded volume only — about 9,834 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
North Queen St · Vansco Rd – Shorncliffe Rd · 204 mSep 2012 · 3 days9,834

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 4 collisions. 6 collisions (38%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 17, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 0.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3744 of 5,508
With an injury6#2553 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201421latest Mar 17, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on May 8, 2013.

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

Nine thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle950commercial premises (4), street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 18, 2024. 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 Etobicoke City Centre.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is North Queen & Vansco a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 North Queen & Vansco?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #1127 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near North Queen & Vansco?

The nearest Green P car park is WOOLGAR LANEWAY REAR OF 1124 THE QUEENSWAY (1.4 km away, 11 spaces). The City's mapping shows 665 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 132,060 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to North Queen & Vansco by transit?

Bus routes 123, 80, 44, 944 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near North Queen & Vansco?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 62 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dmc (147 m), Paleta Kings (147 m), Dmc (147 m) and Dashmart (231 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near North Queen & Vansco?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 51 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Hydro Bright Lights Childcare Centre (838 m, 51 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at North Queen & Vansco?

Toronto Police place nine 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 Etobicoke City Centre page.

What neighbourhood is North Queen & Vansco in?

North Queen & Vansco is in Etobicoke City Centre (City of Toronto neighbourhood 159). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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