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Squires & St Clair

Squires Ave & St Clair Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · O'Connor-Parkview · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Squires & St Clair, in O'Connor-Parkview, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
18,473
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 26, 2025
361 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · #987 busiest
Collisions
44
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 32 property damage · #2257 of 5,508 · +3 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
7 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 14-hour count works out to close to 1,320 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 51 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 4.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 10%, from 21 in 2016–2020 to 23 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Squires & St Clair

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
82324404709167 nearest 16 m
Express
924
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave East at Squires Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Plaxton Dr / St. Clair Ave E 154 m · 15 docks · 7 stations, 107 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 (12)
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 374 m
  • Selwyn Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 448 m
  • Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 554 m
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 620 m
  • George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 787 m
  • Abacus MontessoriPrivate · 792 m
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch775 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 64 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Smash Smash, 135 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2024.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 64 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Smash Smash · 2889 St Clair Ave E, Unit-3a135 mPassed, Nov 2024
Arsenios Kitchen · 2889 St Clair Ave E Unit-1135 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Zabardast Hyderabadi Biryani · 2881 St Clair Ave E189 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
City Mart Variety · 2869 St Clair Ave Egrocery220 mPassed, Jun 2026
BBQ Fire and Slice · 2859 St Clair Ave E246 mPassed, Aug 2025
Royal Canadian Legion #345 · 81 Peard Rd368 mPassed, Jul 2024
Gingerman Restaurant · 1104 Victoria Park Ave369 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 1 infraction
No Frills · 1150 Victoria Park Avegrocery375 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 infractions

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 Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom, 577 m away — currently listed as closed (technical issues); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 543 m away at Topham Park.

  • Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom · 181 Westview Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Technical Issues
    577 m
  • George Webster Park Washroom · 30 Chapman Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    822 m
Drinking water
Topham Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 543 m; Joshua Cronkwright Parkette bottle filling station · 561 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 612 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Selwyn Community Child Care Centre (448 m, 92 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 612 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 10
  • Selwyn Community Child Care Centre · 1 Selwyn Ave
    92 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    448 m
  • Tiago Avenue Community Child Care · 145 Tiago Ave
    41 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    554 m
  • Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 3176 St Clair Ave E
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    620 m
  • Precious Ones Bilingual Preschool Corp. · 233 Westview Blvd
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    670 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.4 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1.9 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 3.2 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 2.4 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

66 registered apartment buildings with 2,753 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 2914 St Clair Ave E (25 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 66 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 85 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 69 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings66 · 2,753 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202685 across the 66
Open fire-code violations69
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2914 St Clair Ave E · Hannah Property Management Ltd123196090 · Aug 2026025 m
2916 St Clair Ave E · Hannah Property Management Ltd123196090 · Aug 2026042 m
2908 St Clair Ave E · Octopus Investment Corp314195085 · Dec 2025043 m
2905 St Clair Ave E · Quon Family Holdings Ltd.123194089 · Aug 2026044 m
2903 St Clair Ave E · North 44 Property Management Inc123196092 · Jul 2026257 m
2920 St Clair Ave E · Owner154195692 · Nov 2025063 m
2901 St Clair Ave E123196079 · Sep 20240 · 2 fire71 m
2922 St Clair Ave E · Poloco Holdings Inc.164195693 · Nov 2025185 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 lots468 lots · ≈52,650 spaces · 157.9 ha
Within 500 m31 lots · ≈1,580 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.8 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.7 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.8 km920 *
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.9 km173 *

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈62 spaces; 55 m away, ≈24 spaces; 74 m away, ≈8 spaces; 75 m away, ≈31 spaces; 95 m away, ≈5 spaces; 108 m away, ≈29 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, Feb 26, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 9,175 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 264. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,511 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,527 from 2:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north264southbound · 2 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the west8,616eastbound · 11 bikes · 4.1% heavy
Total vehicles18,473361 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east9,175westbound · 12 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south418northbound · 2 bikes · 1.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,511 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,527 vehicles from 2:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 26, 2025

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 St Clair Ave E between Squires Ave and Glenburn Ave (104 m away) recorded an average of 44 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 52 km/h. That segment carries about 23,500 vehicles a day. Squires Ave between Peard Rd and Adair Rd measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (May 2014). At the school-zone speed sign on St Clair Avenue East (342 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 1,004 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave E · Squires Ave – Glenburn Ave · 104 mApr 2025 · 3 days23,53544 km/h52 km/h57 km/h
Squires Ave · Peard Rd – Adair Rd · 225 mMay 2014 · 3 days50033 km/h40 km/h44 km/h

School-zone speed sign 342 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.1%
50 km/h or more0.0%

St Clair Avenue East (westbound) · 1,004 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

2022 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 2.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions44#2257 of 5,508
With an injury6#2542 of 4,660
Property damage only32
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1369 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201454latest Jun 17, 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 one theft from a vehicle and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft200apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 31, 2023. 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 O'Connor-Parkview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Squires & St Clair a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 44 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 Squires & St Clair?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #987 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Squires & St Clair?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on St Clair Ave E between Squires Ave and Glenburn Ave (April 2025), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 342 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Squires & St Clair?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.7 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 468 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 52,650 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Bus routes 8, 23, 24, 404, 70, 91, 67, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave East at Squires Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Squires & St Clair?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 64 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Smash Smash (135 m), Arsenios Kitchen (135 m), Zabardast Hyderabadi Biryani (189 m), BBQ Fire and Slice (246 m) and Royal Canadian Legion #345 (368 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 Squires & St Clair?

The nearest is Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom, 181 Westview Blvd, 577 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: technical issues. Next nearest: George Webster Park Washroom (822 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 Squires & St Clair?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 612 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Selwyn Community Child Care Centre (448 m, 92 spaces), Tiago Avenue Community Child Care (554 m, 41 spaces) and Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (620 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Squires & St Clair?

66 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,753 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2914 St Clair Ave E (25 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 2916 St Clair Ave E (42 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 2908 St Clair Ave E (43 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 2905 St Clair Ave E (44 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 66 is 89 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.

How many thefts are reported at Squires & St Clair?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two 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 O'Connor-Parkview page.

What neighbourhood is Squires & St Clair in?

Squires & St Clair is in O'Connor-Parkview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 054). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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