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St Clair & Elfreda

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

In Clairlea-Birchmount, St Clair & Elfreda is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Warden Station (Line 2) 501 m away.

Traffic volume
15,453
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 27, 1999
723 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3119 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #243 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Warden Station 501 m · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,930 vehicles an hour, 1.67× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 21 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 2.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 29%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. About one in 12 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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St Clair & Elfreda

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Warden Station (Line 2)501 m
TTC bus
9161021171786869135113 nearest 19 m
Express
902968
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave East at Elfreda Blvd; St Clair Ave East at Birchmount Rd West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
552 Birchmount Rd 313 m · 15 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (6)
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 214 m
  • General Brock Public SchoolEnglish Public · 540 m
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 583 m
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 872 m
  • Satec at W A Porter Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Norman Cook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
Community centres
Parks (13)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch701 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 24 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Sweet Lips Restaurant & Bar, 87 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2024 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sweet Lips Restaurant & Bar · 3439 St Clair Ave E87 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 4 infractions
Captain C Cakes & Ice Cream · 3441 St Clair Ave E89 mPassed, Apr 2026
Vanessa Flowers & Carribean Grocery · 116 Anaconda Avegrocery540 mPassed, Apr 2024 · 1 infraction
Blue Elephant Cuisine · 516 Danforth Rd700 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mama's Boys Burgers · 480 Danforth Rd733 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pizza Pizza · 474 Danforth Rd733 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mega Meal Grill & Steak House · 462 Birchmount Rd 33765 mPassed, May 2026
Bread King Bakeries · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-31772 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Dunlop Park Washroom, 501 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Dunlop Park Washroom · 19 Dunlop Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    501 m
  • Warden Hilltop Community Centre Washroom · 25 Mendelssohn St
    View centre hours
    603 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 197 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Danforth Gardens Playcare (583 m, 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 197 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Danforth Gardens Playcare · 20 Santamonica Blvd
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    583 m
  • Hilltop Daycare Centre · 160 North Bonnington Ave
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    587 m
  • Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    765 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1.2 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 1.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.4 km3600 St Clair 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

Within a kilometre there are 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,200 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3423 St Clair Ave E (44 m, 30 units, 4 storeys, built 1968), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 26 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 1,200 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202626 across the 15
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3423 St Clair Ave E · Parkview Properties Inc304196893 · Oct 2025044 m
570 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.11210196987 · Aug 20242127 m
568 Birchmount Rd · Aykler Real Estate617196096 · Sep 20251175 m
560 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation10313197276 · Aug 20268227 m
552 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation617197487 · Sep 20251287 m
3479 St Clair Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management948197094 · Jul 20251 · 1 fire307 m
550 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation15310201183 · Sep 20261325 m
544 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation13111196992 · Sep 20256 · 3 fire358 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 lots487 lots · ≈79,160 spaces · 237.5 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈1,060 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface689 m151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface697 m920 *

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈31 spaces; 47 m away, ≈16 spaces; 78 m away, ≈30 spaces; 117 m away, ≈60 spaces; 130 m away, ≈80 spaces; 170 m away, ≈42 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, Jan 27, 1999

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 7,612 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 405 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,628 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,694 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 28 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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 west7,436eastbound · 6 bikes · 5.9% heavy
Total vehicles15,453723 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 6.7% heavy
From the east7,612westbound · 1 bikes · 7.8% heavy
From the south405northbound · 1 bikes · 0.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,628 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,694 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 27, 1999

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

On St Clair Ave E between Birchmount Rd and North Woodrow Blvd, 341 m from the corner, a 2-day count in September 2019 put the average speed at 64 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 72 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 78 km/h or more. That segment carries about 27,100 vehicles a day. Elfreda Blvd between Flagstaff Rd and Trinnell Blvd measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Oct 2024). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on St Clair Ave E (250 m away, 50 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 80,049 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority. 10 speed humps slow traffic on Elfreda Boulevard between St Clair Ave E and Newlands Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elfreda Blvd · Flagstaff Rd – Trinnell Blvd · 271 mOct 2024 · 3 days1,11239 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
St Clair Ave E · Birchmount Rd – North Woodrow Blvd · 341 mSep 2019 · 2 days27,07864 km/h72 km/h78 km/h

School-zone speed sign 250 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct45 · 53 km/h
Over the limit9.4%
60 km/h or more2.6%

St Clair Ave E (eastbound), South Side of St Clair Ave E, 40m East of Santamonica Blvd · 80,049 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Elfreda Boulevard · St Clair Ave E – Newlands Ave
    10 speed humps

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

The worst year was 2018, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 4 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 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 Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24#3119 of 5,508
With an injury4#2866 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201430latest Jun 3, 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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. The most recent was on Feb 26, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#243 of 1,505
Fatal1#275 of 319
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#49 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Feb 26, 2024

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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft110transit property (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 16, 2024. 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is St Clair & Elfreda a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#243 of 1,505), out of 24 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Elfreda?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 27, 1999, 1.67× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at St Clair & Elfreda?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on St Clair Ave E between Birchmount Rd and North Woodrow Blvd (September 2019), found an average of 64 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 72 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 250 m away (50 km/h), 2.6% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near St Clair & Elfreda?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (689 m away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 487 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 79,160 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Warden Station (Line 2) is 501 m away; bus routes 9, 16, 102, 117, 17, 8, 68, 69 and 4 more within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave East at Elfreda Blvd, 19 m).

What restaurants are near St Clair & Elfreda?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sweet Lips Restaurant & Bar (87 m), Captain C Cakes & Ice Cream (89 m), Blue Elephant Cuisine (700 m), Mama's Boys Burgers (733 m) and Pizza Pizza (733 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 St Clair & Elfreda?

The nearest is Dunlop Park Washroom, 19 Dunlop Ave, 501 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Warden Hilltop Community Centre Washroom (603 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 St Clair & Elfreda?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 197 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Danforth Gardens Playcare (583 m, 86 spaces), Hilltop Daycare Centre (587 m, 72 spaces) and Follow the Child (765 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clair & Elfreda?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,200 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3423 St Clair Ave E (44 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 570 Birchmount Rd (127 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 568 Birchmount Rd (175 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 560 Birchmount Rd (227 m, 103 units, RentSafeTO score 76). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 90 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 St Clair & Elfreda?

Toronto Police place two 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is St Clair & Elfreda in?

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

Sources

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