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Saunders & Dale

Saunders Rd & Dale Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Guildwood · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Saunders & Dale, in Guildwood, is a lightly travelled intersection. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
935
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 23, 2022
16 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3821 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 120 vehicles, 10% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 58 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 1.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Saunders & Dale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1286116406 nearest 257 m
Express
905
Blue Night
334386
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Guildwood Pkwy / Kingston Rd 334 m · 11 docks · 6 stations, 85 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 (13)
  • Cedar Drive Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 679 m
  • Guildwood Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 755 m
  • St Ursula Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 782 m
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier & Native Learning Ctr EastEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Willow Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Cornell Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (16)
  • Scarborough Village Park510 m
  • Rowatson Park618 m
  • Rosa and Spencer Clark Parkette740 m
  • Bethune Park758 m
  • Cedar Ridge Park812 m
  • Greenvale Park941 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Guildwood branch872 m
  • Toronto Public Library Cedarbrae branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Cedar Ridge Creative CentreGallery · 806 m
  • Scarborough Village TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Guild Park and Gardens (formely known as Guildwood Park)Nature/ Park · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 25 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 264 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 3800 Kingston Rd264 mPassed, Mar 2026
Scarboro Golf and Country Club · 321 Scarborough Golf Club Rd292 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 4 infractions
Goros Convenience · 3785 Kingston Rd, Unit-B5grocery347 mPassed, Jun 2024
The Olde Stone Cottage Pub · 3750 Kingston Rd384 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 2 infractions
Phoenix Pan Asian Cuisine · 3730 Kingston Rd Unit-2471 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Extendicare Guildwood · 60 Guildwood Pkwy630 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Prague Restaurant · 450 Scarborough Golf Club Rd666 mPassed, Jun 2025
Cedar Drive Snack Program · 21 Gatesview Ave679 mPassed, Jun 2026

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 Scarborough Village Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 449 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 453 m away at Scarborough Village Park.

  • Scarborough Village Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 23 Gatesview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    449 m
Drinking water
Scarborough Village Park drinking fountain · 453 m; Scarborough Village Park bottle filling station · 518 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 705 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Guildwood Child Care (500 m, 100 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 705 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 9
  • Guildwood Child Care · 3969 Kingston Rd
    100 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    500 m
  • Apple Day Care Centre · 3434 Eglinton Ave E
    55 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    550 m
  • N.y.a.d. Cedar Drive · 21 Gatesview Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    679 m
  • N.y.a.d. Guildwood · 225 Livingston Rd
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    755 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 234 · 1.9 km40 Coronation Dr
Police43 Division · 3.6 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 1.6 km3100 Eglinton Ave E

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

12 registered apartment buildings with 2,193 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 3969 Kingston Rd (500 m, 174 units, 13 storeys, built 1967), which scored 91 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 103 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 38 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 2,193 units
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026103 across the 12
Open fire-code violations38
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3969 Kingston Rd · Central Erin Property Management17413196791 · Nov 20258500 m
3434 Eglinton Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc.21417197587 · Aug 202623550 m
3400 Eglinton Ave E · Premax Management Limited22116196578 · Jul 20264659 m
71 Guildwood Pkwy · Learon Limited743196084 · Aug 20260771 m
5 Cedar Dr · Property Services Inc.8610196173 · Oct 20250 · 16 fire815 m
25 Cougar Crt · Metcap Living Management Inc23621196584 · Aug 202619849 m
15 Cougar Crt · Amaz Property Management19317196573 · Oct 20254886 m
225 Markham Rd · Q Residential22916196996 · Sep 20245 · 5 fire908 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 lots234 lots · ≈29,690 spaces · 89.1 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈1,250 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 117 m away, ≈7 spaces; 194 m away, ≈4 spaces; 195 m away, ≈2 spaces; 234 m away, ≈233 spaces; 251 m away, ≈115 spaces; 301 m away, ≈132 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, Nov 23, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 420 eastbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 200. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 147 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 30% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (113). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west420eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles93516 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east200westbound · 1 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the south315northbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy
AM peak hour113 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour147 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 23, 2022

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 Dale Ave between Pin Lane and Saunders Rd (19 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dale Ave · Pin Lane – Saunders Rd · 19 mMay 2024 · 3 days1,82934 km/h43 km/h47 km/h

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

2017 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3821 of 5,508
With an injury3#3456 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2323 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201422latest Jun 15, 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

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 ten thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 0.7 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1050house driveway/garage (6), other (3)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 5, 2025. 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 Guildwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Saunders & Dale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 Saunders & Dale?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 23, 2022, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Saunders & Dale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dale Ave between Pin Lane and Saunders Rd (May 2024), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Saunders & Dale?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 234 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,690 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Saunders & Dale by transit?

Bus routes 12, 86, 116, 406, 905 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Saunders & Dale?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 25 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (264 m), Scarboro Golf and Country Club (292 m), The Olde Stone Cottage Pub (384 m), Phoenix Pan Asian Cuisine (471 m) and Extendicare Guildwood (630 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 Saunders & Dale?

The nearest is Scarborough Village Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 23 Gatesview Ave, 449 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Saunders & Dale?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 705 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Guildwood Child Care (500 m, 100 spaces), Apple Day Care Centre (550 m, 55 spaces) and N.y.a.d. Cedar Drive (679 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Saunders & Dale?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,193 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3969 Kingston Rd (500 m, 174 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3434 Eglinton Ave E (550 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 3400 Eglinton Ave E (659 m, 221 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 71 Guildwood Pkwy (771 m, 74 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 85 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 Saunders & Dale?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Guildwood page.

What neighbourhood is Saunders & Dale in?

Saunders & Dale is in Guildwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 140). It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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