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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 12, 2001
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 4,059 southbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 322. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,152 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,211 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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.
Peak hours: 1,152 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,211 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
2023 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 28, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 18 | |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 12 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
The City's counter on Pharmacy Ave between Bolster Ave and Dawes Rd (109 m away) recorded an average of 48 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 55 km/h. That segment carries about 14,800 vehicles a day. Dawes Rd between Maybourne Ave and Westbourne Ave measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Nov 2017). At the school-zone speed sign on Pharmacy Ave (115 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.2% of the 57,082 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Ave · Bolster Ave – Dawes Rd · 109 m | Sep 2026 · 3 days | 14,793 | 48 km/h | 55 km/h | 60 km/h |
| Dawes Rd · Maybourne Ave – Westbourne Ave · 211 m | Nov 2017 · 24 h | 1,729 | 39 km/h | 45 km/h | 50 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Pharmacy Ave (southbound), 115 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 46 km/h, 85th percentile 52 km/h; 1.2% at 60 km/h or more. 57,082 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
- 67 8 24 404 23 9 nearest 8 m
- Express
- 924
- Blue Night
- 324
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Pharmacy Ave at Dawes Rd North Side; Pharmacy Ave at Dawes Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Eastgate Cres / Pharmacy Ave 322 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 34 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
- 2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.9 km)
- Other lots
- 16 mapped lots within 500 m, 245 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 151 * | — |
| Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface | 1.5 km | 920 * | — |
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
The nearest grocery store is No Frills, 573 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 24 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 237 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Global Drug Mart, 268 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Providence Healthcare, 794 m away. For seniors' housing: Providence Healthcare, a long-term care home 896 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 627 Pharmacy Ave237 m
- Dairy Queen · 625 Pharmacy Ave259 m · 3 min
- Yeshi Gebeya · 629 Pharmacy Ave296 m · 4 min
- Lageez Authentic Indian Cuisine · 641 Pharmacy Ave299 m · 4 min
- Pizza Hut · 643 Pharmacy Ave303 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- No Frills 573 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Pharmacy
- Global Drug Mart 268 m · 3 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day468 m · 6 min
- Health and care
- Providence Healthcare · hospital site794 m · 9 min
- Providence Healthcare · long-term care home896 m · 11 min
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)
- Regents Park272 m · 3 min
- Moreau Trail Park753 m · 9 min
- Joshua Cronkwright Parkette892 m · 11 min
- Clairlea Park923 m · 11 min
- Jim McPherson Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (8)
- Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 213 m
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 468 m · 6 min
- Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Satec at W A Porter Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 14 min
- Clairlea Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1.1 km · 13 min
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 or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
23 registered apartment buildings with 1,101 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 3214 St Clair Ave E (278 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1952), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 23 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3214 St Clair Ave E · Kroma Management Limited | 16 | 3 | 1952 | 95 · Sep 2025 | 278 m · 3 min |
| 3218 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management | 16 | 3 | 1952 | 89 · Sep 2024 | 301 m · 4 min |
| 3222 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management | 16 | 3 | 1952 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 320 m · 4 min |
| 650 Dawes Rd | 17 | 3 | 1950 | 83 · Sep 2024 | 379 m · 5 min |
| 1065 Victoria Park Ave · Menicucci, Mario; Menicucci, Iva; Menicucci, Pompilio; Menicucci, Frances | 37 | 6 | 1964 | 91 · Sep 2025 | 431 m · 5 min |
| 1075 Victoria Park Ave · Sigma Canada Inc. | 18 | 3 | 1955 | 87 · Jul 2026 | 436 m · 5 min |
23 registered buildings · 1,101 units · tallest 14 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
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 & Dawes a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 & Dawes?
A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2001. Its latest count is from Nov 12, 2001, 83% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Pharmacy & Dawes a walkable intersection?
Pharmacy & Dawes scores 44 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 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 4 places to eat within 300 m.
How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Dawes?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pharmacy Ave between Bolster Ave and Dawes Rd (September 2026), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 115 m away (50 km/h), 1.2% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Pharmacy & Dawes?
The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.3 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 245 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,720 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Pharmacy & Dawes by transit?
Bus routes 67, 8, 24, 404, 23, 9, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pharmacy Ave at Dawes Rd North Side, 8 m).
What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Dawes?
4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (237 m), Dairy Queen (259 m), Yeshi Gebeya (296 m), Lageez Authentic Indian Cuisine (299 m) and Pizza Hut (303 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Pharmacy & Dawes?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 71 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (468 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Dawes?
23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,101 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3214 St Clair Ave E (278 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 3218 St Clair Ave E (301 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3222 St Clair Ave E (320 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 650 Dawes Rd (379 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 86 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Pharmacy & Dawes?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Clairlea-Birchmount page.
What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & Dawes in?
Pharmacy & Dawes is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 12, 2001.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 20 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.70836, -79.29027 · centreline node 13456583.