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Pharmacy & Donside (North)

Pharmacy Ave & Donside Dr (North) · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Pharmacy & Donside (North) is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in Clairlea-Birchmount. Nearby is Victoria Park Station (Line 2) 712 m away.

Traffic volume
5,362
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 14, 2015
328 pedestrians · 37 cyclists
Collisions
40
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 34 property damage · #2396 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1251 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Victoria Park Station 712 m · 12 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 670 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 58% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 16 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 50%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 24 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 40 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Pharmacy & Donside (North)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Victoria Park Station (Line 2)712 m
TTC bus
67244042312691351171617688 nearest 127 m
Express
924
Blue Night
324300
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pharmacy Ave / Teesdale Pl 494 m · 19 docks · 7 stations, 130 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 (10)
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 625 m
  • Crescent Town Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 666 m
  • Samuel Hearne Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m
  • Oakridge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 818 m
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 825 m
  • St Dunstan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 936 m
  • and 4 more
Parks (24)
  • Byng Park277 m
  • Dentonia Park Golf Course423 m
  • Warden Woods Park497 m
  • Prairie Drive Park556 m
  • Cataraqui Park609 m
  • Leyton Tot Lot614 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch774 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 34 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's Pizza, 373 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Domino's Pizza · 447 Pharmacy Ave373 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dhaka Bazar · 451 Pharmacy Ave390 mPassed, Sep 2026
Dhaka Bazar · 451 Pharmacy Ave390 mPassed, Oct 2025
Dhaka Kitchen · 459 Pharmacy Ave403 mPassed, Sep 2026
Thai Fusion Restaurant · 461 Pharmacy Ave414 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
L&l Convenience · 10 Teesdale Pl 4grocery565 mPassed, Jul 2026
40 Firvalley Crt Community Kitchen · 40 Firvalley Crt668 mPassed, Mar 2026
Nabaafia Restaurant · 1 the Market Pl737 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 Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 553 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 257 m away at Byng Park.

  • Prairie Drive Park Washroom · 101 Pharmacy Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    553 m
  • Dentonia Park Golf Course Washroom · 781 Victoria Park Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    681 m
  • Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 63 Pharmacy Ave
    View centre hours
    790 m
Drinking water
Byng Park bottle filling station · 257 m; Warden Woods Park dog fountain · 442 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 660 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dian Childcare Centre Inc. (184 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 660 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 9
  • Dian Childcare Centre Inc. · 283 Pharmacy Ave
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    184 m
  • Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) · 1 Firvalley Crt
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    531 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre, Crescent Town Elementary School · 4 Massey Sq
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    666 m
  • Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning · 391 Dawes Rd
    80 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    744 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 1.6 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 3.4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 2.1 km1535 Kingston Rd

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

44 registered apartment buildings with 7,227 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 273 Pharmacy Ave (169 m, 280 units, 18 storeys, built 1972), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 44 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 206 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 80 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings44 · 7,227 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026206 across the 44
Open fire-code violations80
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
273 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited28018197291 · Sep 20244169 m
283 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited26717197297 · Aug 202513185 m
263 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited32921197297 · Aug 202512 · 2 fire270 m
40 Teesdale PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation27824197184 · Sep 20241488 m
30 Teesdale PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation27825197191 · Sep 20242 · 2 fire507 m
1 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11512196291 · Jun 20252531 m
10 Teesdale Pl · Princess Management28524196891 · Oct 202510566 m
20 Teesdale Pl · Princess Management28424197093 · Oct 20259620 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 lots466 lots · ≈34,470 spaces · 103.4 ha
Within 500 m8 lots · ≈710 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (792 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface898 m173 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.1 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.6 km920 *

Nearest lots: 138 m away, ≈97 spaces; 159 m away, ≈137 spaces; 190 m away, ≈75 spaces; 263 m away, ≈99 spaces; 280 m away, ≈47 spaces; 375 m away, ≈72 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 — 8-hour, Oct 14, 2015

The south leg carries the load — 2,515 northbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 87. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 849 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 22% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (696). Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north2,472southbound · 14 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west288eastbound · 2 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles5,362328 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east87westbound · 5 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,515northbound · 16 bikes · 5.8% heavy
AM peak hour696 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour849 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 14, 2015

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 Donside Dr between Pharmacy Ave and Bertha Ave (52 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2011; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Donside Dr · Pharmacy Ave – Bertha Ave · 52 mMay 2011 · 24 h1,23837 km/h47 km/h50 km/h
Pharmacy Ave · Dolphin Dr – Donside Dr · 89 mNov 2012 · 3 days5,848

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

2024 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 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 Jun 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions40#2396 of 5,508
With an injury4#3055 of 4,660
Property damage only34
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 201444latest Jun 23, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Feb 4, 2020.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1251 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Feb 4, 2020

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 May 10, 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 & Donside (North) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1251 of 1,505), out of 40 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Donside (North)?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 14, 2015, 58% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Donside (North)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Donside Dr between Pharmacy Ave and Bertha Ave (May 2011), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & Donside (North)?

The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (898 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 466 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,470 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & Donside (North) by transit?

Victoria Park Station (Line 2) is 712 m away; bus routes 67, 24, 404, 23, 12, 69, 135, 117 and 5 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Donside (North)?

None within 300 m, and 34 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Domino's Pizza (373 m), Dhaka Bazar (390 m), Dhaka Bazar (390 m), Dhaka Kitchen (403 m) and Thai Fusion Restaurant (414 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 & Donside (North)?

The nearest is Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 101 Pharmacy Ave, 553 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dentonia Park Golf Course Washroom (681 m); Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom (790 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 Pharmacy & Donside (North)?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 660 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dian Childcare Centre Inc. (184 m, 26 spaces), Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) (531 m, 26 spaces) and Eyet Early Learning Centre, Crescent Town Elementary School (666 m, 136 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Donside (North)?

44 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,227 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 273 Pharmacy Ave (169 m, 280 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 283 Pharmacy Ave (185 m, 267 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 263 Pharmacy Ave (270 m, 329 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 40 Teesdale Pl (488 m, 278 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 44 is 90 out of 100; 2 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 & Donside (North) in?

Pharmacy & Donside (North) 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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