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Plains & Cadorna

Plains Rd & Cadorna Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Old East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Old East York, Plains & Cadorna is a quiet local crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,544
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 19, 2005
166 pedestrians · 135 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4602 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
11 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 190 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 17% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 9 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 8.7% of vehicle volume, about 11× the typical share. That comes with about 0.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Plains & Cadorna

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
518876272100257088156403 nearest 162 m
Blue Night
322325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cosburn Ave / Donlands Ave 331 m · 19 docks · 7 stations, 109 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 (17)
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 212 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 385 m
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 644 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 728 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 779 m
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 1 km
  • and 11 more
Parks (21)
  • Four Oaks Gate Park442 m
  • Dieppe Park448 m
  • Gamble Playground591 m
  • Coxwell Ravine Park809 m
  • Cosburn Park817 m
  • True Davidson Park834 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch752 m
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch872 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 50 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is 367 Cafe, 142 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés13 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
367 Cafe · 367 Donlands Ave142 mPassed, Aug 2025
Donlands Convenience · 363 Donlands Avegrocery142 mPassed, Mar 2025
Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks · 377 Donlands Ave144 mPassed, Apr 2026
Captain John Donlands Fish and Chips · 373 Donlands Avegrocery149 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Simba Grill · 375 Donlands Ave150 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 2 infractions
Select Bakery Patisserie · 405 Donlands Avegrocery186 mPassed, Sep 2025
Henry's Milk · 346 Donlands Ave195 mPassed, Mar 2025
Fresh From the Farm · 350 Donlands Ave197 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 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 Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 381 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 417 m away at Dieppe Park.

  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    381 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    490 m
  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    734 m
Drinking water
Dieppe Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 417 m; Dieppe Park bottle filling station · 494 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 587 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) (348 m, 59 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 587 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 9
  • Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 249 Cosburn Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    348 m
  • Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross · 299a Donlands Ave
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    385 m
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    542 m
  • William Burgess Jr YMCA · 100 Torrens Ave
    166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    644 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (314 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 814 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 314 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 814 m1300 Pape 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

50 registered apartment buildings with 4,019 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 338-342 Donlands Ave (194 m, 36 units, 3 storeys, built 1949), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 98 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 93 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 4,019 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202698 across the 50
Open fire-code violations93
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 20241194 m
260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp.243195098 · Jul 20253265 m
257 Torrens Ave173195094 · Jul 20250 · 5 fire283 m
9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384194586 · Jul 20241307 m
250 Cosburn Ave406192781 · Jul 20251 · 5 fire333 m
246 Cosburn Ave · Colonia Treuhand Management Inc.406195596 · Jul 20250355 m
243 Cosburn Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.326200497 · Jul 20252366 m
240 Cosburn Ave · M&r Property Management386195993 · Jul 20250381 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 · ≈25,630 spaces · 76.9 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈610 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 515 spaces
EV charging (City)132 Chatham Ave · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface1.1 km1862% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.4 km2761% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.5 km3543% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface1.5 km3065% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface1.5 km70 *

Nearest lots: 138 m away, ≈19 spaces; 185 m away, ≈16 spaces; 196 m away, ≈20 spaces; 201 m away, ≈23 spaces; 210 m away, ≈6 spaces; 247 m away, ≈42 spaces. More EV charging: 41 FULTON AVE (1.7 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.8 km, 2 ports); 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.8 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 19, 2005

The east leg carries the load — 677 westbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 131. Most cyclists arrived from the west (58 of 135). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 321 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 306 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north155southbound · 13 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west581eastbound · 58 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,544166 pedestrians · 135 cyclists · 0.5% heavy
From the east677westbound · 48 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south131northbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour321 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour306 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 19, 2005

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 Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd (290 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. Cadorna Ave between O'connor Dr and Davies Cres measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Jun 2024). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Lesmount Ave (331 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.5% of the 23,144 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Plains Rd · Northbrook Rd – Athlone Rd · 290 mSep 2004 · 3 days2,21036 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Cadorna Ave · O'connor Dr – Davies Cres · 295 mJun 2024 · 3 days30725 km/h32 km/h34 km/h

School-zone speed sign 331 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct23 · 32 km/h
Over the limit9.5%
40 km/h or more2.5%

Lesmount Ave (southbound), 21 Lesmount Avenue · 23,144 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. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 16, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4602 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20148latest Jun 16, 2024

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle710house driveway/garage (4), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 22, 2024. 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 Old East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Plains & Cadorna a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Plains & Cadorna?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 19, 2005, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Plains & Cadorna?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd (September 2004), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 331 m away (30 km/h), 2.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Plains & Cadorna?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (1.1 km away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 466 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,630 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (1.6 km).

How do I get to Plains & Cadorna by transit?

Bus routes 51, 8, 87, 62, 72, 100, 25, 70 and 3 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Plains & Cadorna?

13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 50 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 367 Cafe (142 m), Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks (144 m), Simba Grill (150 m), Henry's Milk (195 m) and Fresh From the Farm (197 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 Plains & Cadorna?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 381 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (490 m); East York Community Centre Washroom (734 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 Plains & Cadorna?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 587 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) (348 m, 59 spaces), Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (385 m, 99 spaces) and East York Montessori School (542 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Plains & Cadorna?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,019 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 338-342 Donlands Ave (194 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 260 Gamble Ave (265 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 257 Torrens Ave (283 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 9 Elmsdale Rd (307 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 89 out of 100. 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 Plains & Cadorna?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no 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 Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is Plains & Cadorna in?

Plains & Cadorna is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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