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St Clair & St Columba

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

St Clair & St Columba is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in O'Connor-Parkview. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
16,892
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 25, 2025
373 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · #1132 busiest
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3445 of 5,508 · +2 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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 18 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,210 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 45 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 1.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 50%, from 8 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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St Clair & St Columba

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
87091239340487 nearest 17 m
Nearest stops
13 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave East at St Columba Pl; St Clair Ave East at Westview Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St. Columba Pl / St. Clair Ave E 26 m · 18 docks · 5 stations, 81 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)
  • Abacus MontessoriPrivate · 41 m
  • Selwyn Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 441 m
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 453 m
  • Presteign Heights Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 536 m
  • Parkside Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 855 m
  • George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1.2 km

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 14 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 36. The nearest is Rise & Dine Eatery, 76 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2024 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés14 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rise & Dine Eatery · 2714 St Clair Ave E, Bldg-076 mPassed, Jan 2024 · 2 infractions
St. Clair O'connor Community Inc. · 2701 St Clair Ave E117 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Tearoom - Cosy Cafe · 2701 St Clair Ave E117 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Rob's Good Food · 813 O'connor Drgrocery118 mPassed, Jul 2026
Rob's Good Food · 813 O'connor Drgrocery119 mPassed, Jul 2024
Nostalgia Coffee · 855 O'connor Dr122 mPassed, Jun 2026
Domino's · 871 O'connor Dr138 mPassed, Feb 2026
7stars Fresh Grocery Express · 943 O'connor Drgrocery231 mPassed, Aug 2024 · 2 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, 616 m away — currently listed as closed (technical issues); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 354 m away at Parkview Gardens.

  • Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom · 181 Westview Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Technical Issues
    616 m
  • Stan Wadlow Park Washroom · 888 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    912 m
  • Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom · 375 Cedarvale Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    933 m
Drinking water
Parkview Gardens drinking fountain · 354 m; Topham Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 513 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 248 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Abacus Montessori Learning Centre (40 m, 37 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 248 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • Abacus Montessori Learning Centre · 2723 St Clair Ave E
    37 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    40 m
  • Selwyn Community Child Care Centre · 1 Selwyn Ave
    92 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    441 m
  • Bright Minds Childcare & Montessori School · 1450 O Connor Dr
    29 spaces · toddler, preschool
    914 m
  • Precious Ones Bilingual Preschool Corp. · 233 Westview Blvd
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    925 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.3 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police41 Division · 3.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 2.1 km105 Cedarvale 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

Within a kilometre there are 47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,623 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2701-2703 St Clair Ave E (117 m, 127 units, 5 storeys, built 1983), which scored 94 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 64 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 34 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings47 · 1,623 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202664 across the 47
Open fire-code violations34
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2701-2703 St Clair Ave Esocial housing1275198394 · Sep 20240117 m
850 O'Connor Drsocial housing · Canadian Macedonian Place Foundation1093197990 · Jul 20240189 m
9 Stag Hill Dr · Greenwin Corp.154195394 · Aug 20250282 m
5 Stag Hill Dr · Greenwin Corp.154195394 · Aug 20264291 m
970 O'Connor Dr · Panthera Building Corp566196086 · Jul 20260296 m
7 Stag Hill Dr · Greenwin Corp.374195394 · Aug 20253316 m
991 O'Connor Dr · Radar Property Management Inc123195093 · Nov 20250322 m
990 O'Connor Dr · Tera Ditta Holdings Inc.183196086 · Jun 20260336 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 lots415 lots · ≈30,820 spaces · 92.5 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈3,000 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking10 post-and-rings within 300 m

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈42 spaces; 52 m away, ≈26 spaces; 68 m away, ≈20 spaces; 94 m away, ≈56 spaces; 100 m away, ≈24 spaces; 121 m away, ≈24 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 25, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,805 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 882 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,410 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,441 from 5:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,205eastbound · 5 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles16,892373 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east8,805westbound · 18 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south882northbound · 4 bikes · 1.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,410 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,441 vehicles from 5:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 25, 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

On St Clair Ave E between Hodder St and Rexleigh Dr, 252 m from the corner, a 2-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave E · Hodder St – Rexleigh Dr · 252 mOct 2019 · 2 days24,55450 km/h58 km/h63 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

The worst year was 2024, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (10%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 30% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3445 of 5,508
With an injury2#3973 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201426latest Apr 13, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

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

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle420street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 16, 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 O'Connor-Parkview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is St Clair & St Columba a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 & St Columba?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1132 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at St Clair & St Columba?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on St Clair Ave E between Hodder St and Rexleigh Dr (October 2019), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near St Clair & St Columba?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 415 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,820 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Bus routes 8, 70, 91, 23, 93, 404, 87 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave East at St Columba Pl, 17 m).

What restaurants are near St Clair & St Columba?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rise & Dine Eatery (76 m), St. Clair O'connor Community Inc. (117 m), Tearoom - Cosy Cafe (117 m), Nostalgia Coffee (122 m) and Domino's (138 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 & St Columba?

The nearest is Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom, 181 Westview Blvd, 616 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: technical issues. Next nearest: Stan Wadlow Park Washroom (912 m); Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom (933 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 & St Columba?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 248 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Abacus Montessori Learning Centre (40 m, 37 spaces), Selwyn Community Child Care Centre (441 m, 92 spaces) and Bright Minds Childcare & Montessori School (914 m, 29 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clair & St Columba?

47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,623 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2701-2703 St Clair Ave E (117 m, 127 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 850 O'Connor Dr (189 m, 109 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 9 Stag Hill Dr (282 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 5 Stag Hill Dr (291 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 47 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 & St Columba?

Toronto Police place four 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 O'Connor-Parkview page.

What neighbourhood is St Clair & St Columba in?

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

Sources

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