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Port Union & Island

Port Union Rd & Island Rd · Toronto, Ontario · West Rouge · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

At its last City count, in 2023, Port Union & Island, in West Rouge, was a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: a protected bikeway and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
18,896
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 1, 2023
103 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
121
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
30/100
city median 48
18 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 369 m

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Port Union & Island

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 · Apr 1, 2023 · weekend

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,528 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 1,658 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,877 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,693 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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 north7,528southbound · 7 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west1,658eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.1% heavy
Total vehicles18,896103 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 0.8% heavy
From the east3,245westbound · 4 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the south6,465northbound · 0 bikes · 0.5% heavy

Peak hours: 1,693 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,877 from 2:00 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

The worst year was 2024, with 26 collisions; 2025 recorded 10. 26 collisions (21%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 8, 2026.

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

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions121
With an injury26
Property damage only83
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist2
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2013

On Port Union Rd between Blue Anchor Trl and Port Union N, 54 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in July 2013 put the average speed at 56 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 64 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 69 km/h or more. That segment carries about 22,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Port Union Rd · Blue Anchor Trl – Port Union N · 54 mJul 2013 · 24 h22,24856 km/h64 km/h69 km/h

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.

The crossing
Signal 1219, activated 1972 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Kingston Rd. @ Port Union Rd.479 m · 6 min
TTC bus
85 200 95 38 nearest 44 m
Blue Night
385 395
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Island Rd at Port Union Rd; Island Rd at Port Union Rd East Side
Regional
Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 N1 Route N1 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union487 m · 6 min
Cycling
Cycle Track on Port Union Rd installed 2025
Bike Share
no station 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
8 mapped lots within 500 m, 59 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Dave & Charlotte's No Frills, 369 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 18 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Black Dog Pub, 451 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Drugstore Pharmacy, 354 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Glen Rouge Community, a long-term care home 639 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Black Dog Pub · 87 Island Rd451 m · 5 min
  • Pasta Tutti Giorni · 98 Island Rd467 m · 6 min
  • Tim Hortons · 6780 Kingston Rd515 m · 6 min
  • Saints Smash Kitchen · 515 East Ave544 m · 6 min
  • Mr. Sub · 7331 Kingston Rd560 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Grocery
Dave & Charlotte's No Frills 369 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Lamanna's Bakery 611 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Drugstore Pharmacy 354 m · 4 min · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre · 119 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day627 m · 7 min
  • Big Bears Daycare · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day922 m · 11 min
2 licensed centres · 176 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Glen Rouge Community · long-term care home639 m · 8 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
  • Fanfare Park665 m · 8 min
  • Kirkdene Park693 m · 8 min
  • Adams Park838 m · 10 min
  • Royal Rouge Tot Lot858 m · 10 min
  • Tall Pines Park1 km · 12 min
Community centres
  • Tall Pines Community Centre1 km · 12 min
Schools
  • Rouge Valley Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • West Rouge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
  • St Dominic Savio Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km · 17 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 library or a public washroom.

30of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 18 within 1 km

  • Transit10/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 1.1 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

Within a kilometre there are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 91 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 17 Durnford Rd (937 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1992), which scored 86 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
17 Durnford Rd social housing143199286 · Sep 2025937 m · 11 min
19 Durnford Rd social housing284199283 · Aug 20261 km · 11 min
23 Durnford Rd social housing143199287 · Sep 20251 km · 12 min
39 Durnford Rd social housing143199288 · Oct 20251 km · 12 min
21 Durnford Rd social housing214199286 · Sep 20251 km · 12 min

5 registered buildings · 91 units · 5 social housing · tallest 4 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 West Rouge.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Port Union & Island a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 121 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 Port Union & Island?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2023, 2.0× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Port Union & Island a walkable intersection?

Port Union & Island scores 30 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: 3 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 18 within 1 km; nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Port Union & Island?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Port Union Rd between Blue Anchor Trl and Port Union N (July 2013), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Port Union & Island?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 59 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,720 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Port Union & Island by transit?

Bus routes 85, 200, 95, 38 within 1 km (nearest stop: Island Rd at Port Union Rd, 44 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921, N1 Route N1 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union.

What restaurants are near Port Union & Island?

None within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Black Dog Pub (451 m), Pasta Tutti Giorni (467 m), Tim Hortons (515 m), Saints Smash Kitchen (544 m) and Mr. Sub (560 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Port Union & Island?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 176 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre (627 m, 119 spaces) and Big Bears Daycare (922 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Port Union & Island?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 91 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 17 Durnford Rd (937 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 19 Durnford Rd (1.0 km, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 23 Durnford Rd (1.0 km, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 39 Durnford Rd (1.0 km, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 86 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Port Union & Island?

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 West Rouge page.

What neighbourhood is Port Union & Island in?

Port Union & Island is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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