Toronto · intersection · signal 472 · red-light camera

Pharmacy & St Clair

Pharmacy Ave & St Clair Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Pharmacy & St Clair, in Clairlea-Birchmount, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2022 that issued 618 tickets in 2025, a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Warden Station (Line 2) 1.0 km away.

Traffic volume
32,963
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 10, 2024
741 pedestrians · 87 cyclists · #250 busiest
Collisions
288
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
55 with an injury · 214 property damage · #315 of 5,508 · +20 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #159 of 1,505
Red-light camera
618
tickets in 2025
since 2022 · 311 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Warden Station 1 km · 11 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,350 vehicles an hour, 2.0× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 44 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 29 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 8.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.76× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 10%, from 137 in 2016–2020 to 151 in 2021–2025. About one in 96 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Pharmacy & St Clair

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Warden Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
6782440423968161769135 nearest 26 m
Express
924968
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Pharmacy Ave at St Clair Ave East; St Clair Ave East at Pharmacy Ave East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eastgate Cres / Pharmacy Ave 135 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 72 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)
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 219 m
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 347 m
  • Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 661 m
  • Satec at W A Porter Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 805 m
  • Clairlea Public SchoolEnglish Public · 851 m
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
  • Warden Hilltop Community Centre1 km
  • O'connor Community Centre1.2 km
Parks (17)
  • Regents Park343 m
  • Jim McPherson Park510 m
  • Clairlea Park559 m
  • Moreau Trail Park644 m
  • Joshua Cronkwright Parkette853 m
  • Warden Woods Park941 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1 km
Signal
0472, activated 1958 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

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 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 40. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 51 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 627 Pharmacy Ave51 mPassed, Jun 2026
Dairy Queen · 625 Pharmacy Ave61 mPassed, Jun 2026
Yeshi Gebeya · 629 Pharmacy Ave93 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 4 infractions
Gursha Injera · 633 Pharmacy Ave102 mPassed, Feb 2026
Lageez Authentic Indian Cuisine · 641 Pharmacy Ave122 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Pizza Hut · 643 Pharmacy Ave126 mPassed, Apr 2026
Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 3176 St Clair Ave E219 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 3176 St Clair Ave E219 mPassed, Sep 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 183 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (219 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 183 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 3176 St Clair Ave E
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    219 m
  • Tiago Avenue Community Child Care · 145 Tiago Ave
    41 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    661 m
  • Clairlea Child Care Centre · 25 Rosalind Cres
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    851 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1.3 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 2.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 2.3 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 32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,380 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3214 St Clair Ave E (76 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1952), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 32 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 53 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 47 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings32 · 1,380 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202653 across the 32
Open fire-code violations47
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3214 St Clair Ave E · Kroma Management Limited163195295 · Sep 2025076 m
3218 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195289 · Sep 2024097 m
3222 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195292 · Sep 20250116 m
650 Dawes Rd173195083 · Sep 20240401 m
1075 Victoria Park Ave · Sigma Canada Inc.183195587 · Jul 20261424 m
1065 Victoria Park Ave · Menicucci, Mario; Menicucci, Iva; Menicucci, Pompilio; Menicucci, Frances376196491 · Sep 20250448 m
1055 Victoria Park Ave · Kings College Management Limited526196298 · Sep 20250448 m
612 Dawes Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd606195990 · Jul 20241485 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 lots430 lots · ≈58,560 spaces · 175.7 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈1,250 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 (1.7 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface896 m151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1 km920 *
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.8 km173 *

Nearest lots: 103 m away, ≈121 spaces; 156 m away, ≈34 spaces; 172 m away, ≈70 spaces; 232 m away, ≈52 spaces; 235 m away, ≈24 spaces; 296 m away, ≈16 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, Nov 10, 2024 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 9,812 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 5,480 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 3,209 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:30 p.m., against 2,201 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,012southbound · 29 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west9,659eastbound · 24 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles32,963741 pedestrians · 87 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east9,812westbound · 23 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the south5,480northbound · 11 bikes · 1.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,201 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,209 vehicles from 2:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 10, 2024 · weekend

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 Bolster Ave and Dawes Rd, 221 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2019 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 62 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 14,800 vehicles a day. St Clair Ave E between Maybourne Ave and Westbourne Ave measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Apr 2025). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on St Clair Ave E (271 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 65,472 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave E · Maybourne Ave – Westbourne Ave · 210 mApr 2025 · 3 days25,60343 km/h52 km/h57 km/h
Pharmacy Ave · Bolster Ave – Dawes Rd · 221 mApr 2019 · 2 days14,81554 km/h62 km/h67 km/h

School-zone speed sign 271 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct40 · 46 km/h
Over the limit0.9%
60 km/h or more0.1%

St Clair Ave E (eastbound), S Side St Clair Ave E at the Flank of 162 Maybourne Ave · 65,472 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

The worst year was 2019, with 38 collisions; 2025 recorded 29. 55 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 24 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 8 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 20 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 8.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions288#315 of 5,508
With an injury55#199 of 4,660
Property damage only214
Fail to remain24
Involving a pedestrian4#1046 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#659 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified19
Since January 2026 (outside the window)20
All since 2014353latest Jun 27, 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

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. All of them involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrians or cyclists. 1 of the 3 happened in darkness — 33%, about the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Feb 20, 2025.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#159 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness133% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20063latest Feb 20, 2025

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pharmacy & St Clair a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#159 of 1,505), out of 288 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 & St Clair?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #250 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Pharmacy & St Clair?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Pharmacy & St Clair since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 618 tickets in 2025 (686 in 2024) and 311 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 2,127 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Pharmacy & St Clair?

618 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 686 in 2024, and 311 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 2,127 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & St Clair?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pharmacy Ave between Bolster Ave and Dawes Rd (April 2019), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 271 m away (50 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & St Clair?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (896 m away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 430 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 58,560 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & St Clair by transit?

Warden Station (Line 2) is 1.0 km away; bus routes 67, 8, 24, 404, 23, 9, 68, 16 and 5 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Pharmacy Ave at St Clair Ave East, 26 m).

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & St Clair?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (51 m), Dairy Queen (61 m), Yeshi Gebeya (93 m), Gursha Injera (102 m) and Lageez Authentic Indian Cuisine (122 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 Pharmacy & St Clair?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 183 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (219 m, 71 spaces), Tiago Avenue Community Child Care (661 m, 41 spaces) and Clairlea Child Care Centre (851 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & St Clair?

32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,380 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3214 St Clair Ave E (76 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 3218 St Clair Ave E (97 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3222 St Clair Ave E (116 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 650 Dawes Rd (401 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 32 is 87 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 & St Clair in?

Pharmacy & St Clair 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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