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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 · Apr 1, 2023 · weekend
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,481 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 1,134 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,072 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 585 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% 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.
Peak hours: 585 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,072 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 2018, with 19 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 14 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 17 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 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
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 128 | #837 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 14 | #1302 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 96 | |
| Fail to remain | 19 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #1010 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 18 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 17 | |
| 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2022
On Port Union Rd between Provincetown Rd and Lawrence Ave E, 51 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2022 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Port Union Road between Lawrence Ave E and Bridgend St.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Union Rd · Provincetown Rd – Lawrence Ave E · 51 m | Aug 2022 · 3 days | 4,116 | 38 km/h | 48 km/h | 54 km/h |
| Lawrence Ave E · Walkway E of Port Union and N of Lawrence – Marine Approach Dr · 195 m | Nov 2018 · 7 days | 3,883 | — | — | — |
- Traffic calming
- Port Union Road (Lawrence Ave E – Bridgend St): 6 speed humps
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 1574, activated 1989 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- Rouge Hill GO — Lakeshore East547 m · 7 min
- TTC bus
- 54 38 200 85 nearest 27 m
- Express
- 954
- Blue Night
- 354 395 385
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Port Union Rd; Port Union Rd at Lawrence Ave East North Side
- Cycling
- Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Port Union Rd installed 2007; Bike Lane on Lawrence Ave E installed 2007; Cycle Track on Port Union Rd installed 2025
- Bike Share
- Rouge Hill GO Station 586 m · 7 min · 25 docks · 2 stations, 44 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 5 mapped lots within 500 m, 31 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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Jac and Jill's Bake Shop, 48 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 6 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Mr Bean Coffee Co, 48 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Port Union Pharmacy, 157 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Mr Bean Coffee Co · 5550 Lawrence Ave E Unit-1348 m
- Subway · 5550 Lawrence Ave E Unit-1148 m
- Azumi Teppanyaki and Sushi · 5514 Lawrence Ave E Unit-14141 m
- Pizza Pizza · 5500 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2156 m
- JJ's Roti Delight · 5506 Lawrence Ave E175 m
- Food shops
- Jac and Jill's Bake Shop 48 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Port Union Pharmacy 157 m
- Child care
- Charlottetown Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 26 spaces, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day778 m · 9 min
- William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 41 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day853 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Port Union Village Common Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible427 m · 5 min
- Port Union Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed518 m · 6 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 (7)
- Bill Hancox Park322 m · 4 min
- Charlottetown Park495 m · 6 min
- Port Union Village Common Park497 m · 6 min
- Port Union Community Recreation Centre Park570 m · 7 min
- Port Union Waterfront Park870 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Port Union Community Recreation Centre518 m · 6 min
- Schools
- Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 540 m · 6 min
- Charlottetown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 778 m · 9 min
- Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 809 m · 10 min
- William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 853 m · 10 min
- St Brendan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Port Union branch353 m · 4 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 grocery store or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,656 of 5,672. 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Nine thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 9 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (5), street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1) |
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 & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 128 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 & Lawrence?
A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2023, 77% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Port Union & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
Port Union & Lawrence scores 60 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,656 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Rouge Hill GO 0.5 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; library 353 m away. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Port Union & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Port Union Rd between Provincetown Rd and Lawrence Ave E (August 2022), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Port Union & Lawrence?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 31 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 4,140 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Port Union & Lawrence by transit?
Rouge Hill GO is 547 m away; bus routes 54, 38, 200, 85, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Port Union Rd, 27 m).
What restaurants are near Port Union & Lawrence?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Mr Bean Coffee Co (48 m), Subway (48 m), Azumi Teppanyaki and Sushi (141 m), Pizza Pizza (156 m) and JJ's Roti Delight (175 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Port Union & Lawrence?
The nearest is Port Union Village Common Park Washroom, 105 Bridgend St, 427 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Port Union Community Recreation Centre Washroom (518 m).
Is there child care near Port Union & Lawrence?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 67 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Charlottetown Kindergarten Extended Care Program (778 m, 26 spaces) and William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program (853 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Port Union & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and four 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 & Lawrence in?
Port Union & Lawrence 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 1, 2023.
- 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; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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.
- 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 25 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: 43.77960, -79.13668 · centreline node 13445621.