Toronto · intersection

St Clair & Cotton

St Clair Ave E & Cotton Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

At its last City count, in 2019, St Clair & Cotton, in Clairlea-Birchmount, was an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby are Scarborough GO 790 m away and 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
15,181
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 9, 2019
66 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
44/100
city median 48
6 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 535 m

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
St Clair & Cotton

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 · Jan 9, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 7,867 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 69 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,273 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,343 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 west7,245eastbound · 3 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles15,18166 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east7,867westbound · 0 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south69northbound · 0 bikes · 1.4% heavy

Peak hours: 2,273 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,343 from 5:00 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 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (8%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 13, 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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12
With an injury1
Property damage only9
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
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 2014

On St Clair Ave E between North Woodrow Blvd and North Bonnington Ave, 215 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2014 put the average speed at 71 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 77 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 96 km/h or more. That segment carries about 16,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave E · North Woodrow Blvd – North Bonnington Ave · 215 mOct 2014 · 24 h16,73271 km/h77 km/h96 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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

GO Transit
Scarborough GO — Lakeshore East790 m · 9 min
TTC bus
9 16 102 113 17 117 20 nearest 18 m
Express
902
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave East at Cotton Ave; St Clair Ave East at Marsh Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Rd / St Clair Ave E 362 m · 4 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 49 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
2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
26 mapped lots within 500 m, 279 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.7 km151 *—
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.9 km920 *—

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 Emirates Food Mart, 535 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 11 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Roti Lady Restaurant, 130 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shop Rite Pharmacy, 346 m away. The nearest hospital site is Providence Healthcare, 1.7 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Roti Lady Restaurant · 3545 St Clair Ave E130 m
  • Gyros Pizza Fusion · 3541 St Clair Ave E145 m
  • Spotlight Restaurant & Bar · 3547 St Clair Ave E153 m
  • Wimpy's Diner · 3555 St Clair Ave E173 m
  • Bhaat N Bytes · 427 Kennedy Rd245 m
6 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Grocery
Emirates Food Mart 535 m · 6 min
Pharmacy
Shop Rite Pharmacy 346 m · 4 min
Child care
  • Hilltop Daycare Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day208 m
  • Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre · 85 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day635 m · 8 min
2 licensed centres · 157 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Dunlop Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs619 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Providence Healthcare · hospital site1.7 km · 20 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
  • Dunlop Park656 m · 8 min
  • Sadler Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
  • Woodrow Park1.2 km · 15 min
  • Danforth Gardens Park1.3 km · 15 min
Schools (6)
  • Norman Cook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 635 m · 8 min
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • General Brock Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch1.4 km · 16 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 community centre or a care or retirement home.

44of 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 food15/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit21/28

    Scarborough GO 0.8 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.4 km away

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.7 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 735 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3485 St Clair Ave E (434 m, 97 units, 9 storeys, built 1968), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
3485 St Clair Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Del Management979196896 · Jul 2025434 m · 5 min
3479 St Clair Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Del Management948197094 · Jul 2025519 m · 6 min
570 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.11210196987 · Aug 2024767 m · 9 min
3423 St Clair Ave E · Parkview Properties Inc304196893 · Oct 2025831 m · 10 min
568 Birchmount Rd · Aykler Real Estate617196096 · Sep 2025832 m · 10 min
560 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation10313197276 · Aug 2026880 m · 10 min

9 registered buildings · 735 units · 2 social housing · tallest 13 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is St Clair & Cotton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 St Clair & Cotton?

An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2019. Its latest count is from Jan 9, 2019, 1.64× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is St Clair & Cotton a walkable intersection?

St Clair & Cotton scores 44 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: Scarborough GO 0.8 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m.

How fast do cars go at St Clair & Cotton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on St Clair Ave E between North Woodrow Blvd and North Bonnington Ave (October 2014), found an average of 71 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 77 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near St Clair & Cotton?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.7 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 279 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,620 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Scarborough GO is 790 m away; bus routes 9, 16, 102, 113, 17, 117, 20, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave East at Cotton Ave, 18 m).

What restaurants are near St Clair & Cotton?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 11 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Roti Lady Restaurant (130 m), Gyros Pizza Fusion (145 m), Spotlight Restaurant & Bar (153 m), Wimpy's Diner (173 m) and Bhaat N Bytes (245 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near St Clair & Cotton?

The nearest is Dunlop Park Washroom, 19 Dunlop Ave, 619 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs.

Is there child care near St Clair & Cotton?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 157 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hilltop Daycare Centre (208 m, 72 spaces) and Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre (635 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clair & Cotton?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 735 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3485 St Clair Ave E (434 m, 97 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 3479 St Clair Ave E (519 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 570 Birchmount Rd (767 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 3423 St Clair Ave E (831 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 90 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is St Clair & Cotton in?

St Clair & Cotton is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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