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Pharmacy & Clairlea

Pharmacy Ave & Clairlea Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Pharmacy & Clairlea is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Clairlea-Birchmount. Nearby is 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
18,369
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 25, 2024
150 pedestrians · 163 cyclists · #996 busiest
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4447 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
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 1,310 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 122 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 0.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Pharmacy & Clairlea

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
67248234046891970 nearest 62 m
Express
924968
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Pharmacy Ave at Camilla Cres North Side; Pharmacy Ave at Stellarton Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eastgate Cres / Pharmacy Ave 388 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 83 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 (9)
  • Clairlea Public SchoolEnglish Public · 361 m
  • Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 464 m
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 469 m
  • Satec at W A Porter Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 513 m
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 868 m
  • O'connor Public SchoolEnglish Public · 940 m
  • and 3 more
Parks (13)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Eglinton Square branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1.4 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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 53. The nearest is Doneky Kone Inc - 978 4vb, 300 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Doneky Kone Inc - 978 4vb · 32 Camrose Cres300 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Donkey Kone Inc - Ab 47773 · 32 Camrose Cres300 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Donkey Kone Inc. - 247 4rn · 32 Camrose Cres300 mPassed, May 2026
Donkey Kone Inc. - 763 8re · 32 Camrose Cres300 mPassed, May 2026
Donkey Kone Inc. - 766 Ovc · 32 Camrose Cres300 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Ital Vital Rastarant · 741 Pharmacy Ave329 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pizza Hut · 643 Pharmacy Ave398 mPassed, Apr 2026
Lageez Authentic Indian Cuisine · 641 Pharmacy Ave402 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions

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 O'connor Community Centre Washroom, 808 m away, View centre hours.

  • O'connor Community Centre Washroom · 1386 Victoria Park Ave
    View centre hours
    808 m

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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 286 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Clairlea Child Care Centre (361 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 286 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Clairlea Child Care Centre · 25 Rosalind Cres
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    361 m
  • Tiago Avenue Community Child Care · 145 Tiago Ave
    41 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    464 m
  • Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 3176 St Clair Ave E
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    469 m
  • O'connor Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1386 Victoria Park Ave
    46 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    812 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 2.2 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.8 km887 Pharmacy Ave

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 23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 850 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3214 St Clair Ave E (489 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1952), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 23 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 850 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 23
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3214 St Clair Ave E · Kroma Management Limited163195295 · Sep 20250489 m
3218 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195289 · Sep 20240493 m
3222 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195292 · Sep 20250498 m
90 Parma CrtToronto Community Housing · TCH927196693 · Jul 20251 · 1 fire728 m
650 Dawes Rd173195083 · Sep 20240773 m
1075 Victoria Park Ave · Sigma Canada Inc.183195587 · Jul 20261776 m
612 Dawes Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd606195990 · Jul 20241813 m
1065 Victoria Park Ave · Menicucci, Mario; Menicucci, Iva; Menicucci, Pompilio; Menicucci, Frances376196491 · Sep 20250833 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 lots530 lots · ≈84,700 spaces · 254.1 ha
Within 500 m8 lots · ≈830 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface937 m920 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.2 km151 *

Nearest lots: 371 m away, ≈54 spaces; 377 m away, ≈37 spaces; 384 m away, ≈118 spaces; 430 m away, ≈121 spaces; 488 m away, ≈14 spaces; 497 m away, ≈18 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, Jul 25, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,180 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 365 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (82 of 163). Evening rush dominates here: 1,825 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:15 p.m., against 1,185 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,824southbound · 82 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles18,369150 pedestrians · 163 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east365westbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south9,180northbound · 81 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,185 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,825 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 25, 2024

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 Pharmacy Ave between Stellarton Rd and Clairlea Cres, 37 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2022 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 59 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 65 km/h or more. That segment carries about 21,500 vehicles a day. Clairlea Cres between Pharmacy Ave and Fairfax Cres measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Apr 2003). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pharmacy Ave · Stellarton Rd – Clairlea Cres · 37 mNov 2022 · 24 h21,49351 km/h59 km/h65 km/h
Clairlea Cres · Pharmacy Ave – Fairfax Cres · 103 mApr 2003 · 2 days1,17738 km/h47 km/h50 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 2 collisions. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4447 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201413latest Sep 29, 2025

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

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

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 11, 2014. 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pharmacy & Clairlea a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Pharmacy & Clairlea?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #996 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Clairlea?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pharmacy Ave between Stellarton Rd and Clairlea Cres (November 2022), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & Clairlea?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave (937 m away, 920 spaces). The City's mapping shows 530 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 84,700 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & Clairlea by transit?

Bus routes 67, 24, 8, 23, 404, 68, 91, 9 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Pharmacy Ave at Camilla Cres North Side, 62 m).

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Clairlea?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Doneky Kone Inc - 978 4vb (300 m), Donkey Kone Inc - Ab 47773 (300 m), Donkey Kone Inc. - 247 4rn (300 m), Donkey Kone Inc. - 763 8re (300 m) and Donkey Kone Inc. - 766 Ovc (300 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 Pharmacy & Clairlea?

The nearest is O'connor Community Centre Washroom, 1386 Victoria Park Ave, 808 m away (View centre hours). 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 Pharmacy & Clairlea?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 286 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Clairlea Child Care Centre (361 m, 71 spaces), Tiago Avenue Community Child Care (464 m, 41 spaces) and Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (469 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Clairlea?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 850 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3214 St Clair Ave E (489 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 3218 St Clair Ave E (493 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3222 St Clair Ave E (498 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 90 Parma Crt (728 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 88 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.

What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & Clairlea in?

Pharmacy & Clairlea is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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