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Pearson & MacDonell

Pearson Ave & MacDonell Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Roncesvalles · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Pearson & MacDonell is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Roncesvalles, in central Toronto. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
685
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 22, 2022
345 pedestrians · 360 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4192 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 90 vehicles an hour, 7% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.0 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 52.6% of vehicle volume, about 68× the typical share. On average 1.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Pearson & MacDonell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501504505508506 nearest 379 m
TTC bus
4740229 nearest 102 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304305306329
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on MacDonell Ave installed 2024
Bike Share
Lansdowne Ave / Seaforth Ave 157 m · 13 docks · 28 stations, 492 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 (18)
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 196 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 503 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 511 m
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 584 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 586 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 639 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch585 m
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch799 m
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.3 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 252 eating places within a kilometre — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Macdonell House, 181 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 252 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Macdonell House · 54 Macdonell Ave181 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tutto Panino · 100 Sorauren Ave251 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tiny Cafe · 10 Macdonell Ave329 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Dollarama · 1488 Queen St Wgrocery347 mPassed, May 2026
Convenience Canada · 1486 Queen St Wgrocery354 mPassed, Apr 2026
Songtsen Gampo Cafe · 1504 Queen St W356 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Mandala Food Store · 1506 Queen St Wgrocery357 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dolma Momo · 1534 Queen St W364 mPassed, Aug 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 Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 577 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 249 m away at West Lodge Park.

  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    577 m
  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 289 Sorauren Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    588 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    649 m
Drinking water
West Lodge Park drinking fountain · 249 m; Albert Crosland Park drinking fountain · 330 m · off

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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,312 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Parkdale Childcare Centre (196 m, 177 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,312 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 14
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 78 Seaforth Ave
    177 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    196 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated · 136 Sorauren Ave
    64 spaces · preschool
    293 m
  • Shirley Street Jr YMCA · 38 Shirley St
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    584 m
  • Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group · 128 Fern Ave
    174 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    586 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (169 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 741 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 169 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1.4 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 741 m1288 Queen St W

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

96 registered apartment buildings with 7,062 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 105 West Lodge Ave (266 m, 371 units, 19 storeys, built 1965), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 96 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 208 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings96 · 7,062 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026208 across the 96
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
105 West Lodge Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.37119196591 · Jul 202419 · 7 fire266 m
20 West Lodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation29911195991 · Jul 20246280 m
103 West Lodge Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.37118196585 · Jun 202517 · 9 fire303 m
12 Lansdowne Ave · Anchor Property Managers Inc263197990 · Aug 20260312 m
10 Lansdowne Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes213189781 · Jul 20240326 m
1496 Queen St W124187090 · Jun 20250347 m
22 O'Hara AveToronto Community Housing · TCH133191897 · Jul 20240393 m
1479 Queen St W · Smartsell Marketing113191783 · Jul 20240 · 2 fire408 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 lots535 lots · ≈22,370 spaces · 67.1 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈850 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,775 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Fuller Ave · Surface312 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface519 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface522 m3371% (Q1 2026)
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.1 km120 *
9 Bonar Pl · Surface1.1 km3471% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 170 m away, ≈34 spaces; 172 m away, ≈77 spaces; 207 m away, ≈8 spaces; 227 m away, ≈24 spaces; 277 m away, ≈22 spaces; 283 m away, ≈102 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.3 km, 16 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.4 km, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.5 km, 2 ports).

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, Sep 22, 2022

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 340 vehicles entering from the north to 345 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (160 of 360). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 129 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 30% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (99). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north340southbound · 160 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west345eastbound · 93 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles685345 pedestrians · 360 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 107 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour99 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour129 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 22, 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

The City's counter on MacDonell Ave between Lane N of Queen and W of Lansdowne and Seaforth Ave (228 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Pearson Ave between Macdonell Ave and Fuller Ave measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Oct 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Lansdowne Ave (112 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 39,866 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pearson Ave · Macdonell Ave – Fuller Ave · 48 mOct 2024 · 3 days19824 km/h34 km/h38 km/h
MacDonell Ave · Lane N of Queen and W of Lansdowne – Seaforth Ave · 228 mOct 2025 · 3 days1,64433 km/h40 km/h44 km/h

School-zone speed sign 112 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 39 km/h
Over the limit2.6%
50 km/h or more0.6%

Lansdowne Ave (southbound), 76/78, Lansdowne Avenue · 39,866 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2023 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 18% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 18% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Feb 5, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4192 of 5,508
With an injury2#3820 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian2#1868 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201411latest Feb 5, 2023

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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Nov 10, 2009.

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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft300other (2), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 1, 2020. 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 Roncesvalles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pearson & MacDonell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Pearson & MacDonell?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 22, 2022, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pearson & MacDonell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on MacDonell Ave between Lane N of Queen and W of Lansdowne and Seaforth Ave (October 2025), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 112 m away (40 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Pearson & MacDonell?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Fuller Ave (312 m away, 42 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 535 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,370 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (1.0 km).

How do I get to Pearson & MacDonell by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 505, 508 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 379 m away; bus routes 47, 402, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Pearson & MacDonell?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 252 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Macdonell House (181 m), Tutto Panino (251 m), Tiny Cafe (329 m), Songtsen Gampo Cafe (356 m) and Dolma Momo (364 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 Pearson & MacDonell?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 577 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom (588 m); Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (649 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 Pearson & MacDonell?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,312 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Parkdale Childcare Centre (196 m, 177 spaces), Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated (293 m, 64 spaces) and Shirley Street Jr YMCA (584 m, 103 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pearson & MacDonell?

96 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,062 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 105 West Lodge Ave (266 m, 371 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 20 West Lodge Ave (280 m, 299 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 103 West Lodge Ave (303 m, 371 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 12 Lansdowne Ave (312 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 96 is 89 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.

How many thefts are reported at Pearson & MacDonell?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and three 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 Roncesvalles page.

What neighbourhood is Pearson & MacDonell in?

Pearson & MacDonell is in Roncesvalles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 086). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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