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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: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
16,892
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 25, 2025
373 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · #1154 busiest
Collisions
20
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
42/100
city median 48
8 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 375 m

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St Clair & St Columba

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 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

Peak hours: 1,410 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,441 from 5:45 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 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, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 19, 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

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions201.2 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury2
Property damage only15
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
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 2019

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; 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

TTC bus
8 70 91 23 93 nearest 17 m
Nearest stops
8 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 32 m · 18 docks · 4 stations, 62 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
23 mapped lots within 500 m, 275 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 7stars Fresh Grocery Express, 375 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Island Spice Flavour, 290 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 25. The nearest is Rise & Dine Eatery, 92 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 231 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: St. Clair O'connor Community Nursing Home, a long-term care home 132 m away. St. Clair O'connor Community Inc. runs a seniors' active living programme 160 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Rise & Dine Eatery · 2714 St Clair Ave E, Bldg-092 m
  • Tearoom - Cosy Cafe · 2701 St Clair Ave E131 m
  • Rob's Good Food · 813 O'connor Dr200 m
  • Los Vietnamita · 2644 St Clair Ave E245 m
  • Nostalgia Coffee · 855 O'connor Dr268 m · 3 min
8 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Grocery
7stars Fresh Grocery Express 375 m · 4 min
Food shops
Island Spice Flavour 290 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 231 m · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Abacus Montessori Learning Centre · 37 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day57 m
  • Selwyn Community Child Care Centre · 92 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day530 m · 6 min
  • Precious Ones Bilingual Preschool Corp. · 33 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
3 licensed centres · 162 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.672 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Parkview Gardens 358 m · 4 min; Topham Park 582 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • St. Clair O'connor Community Nursing Home · long-term care home132 m
  • St. Clair O'connor Community Inc. · seniors' active living centre160 m

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 (7)
  • Parkview Gardens367 m · 4 min
  • Topham Park635 m · 8 min
  • Duncan C. Little Park828 m · 10 min
  • Taylor Creek Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Willis Blair Parkette1.2 km · 15 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Schools (9)
  • Abacus MontessoriPrivate · 58 m
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 469 m · 6 min
  • Selwyn Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 530 m · 6 min
  • Presteign Heights Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 614 m · 7 min
  • Parkside Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km

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 library.

42of 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 food18/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit13/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 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 43 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,095 rental units, 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2701-2703 St Clair Ave E (132 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.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2701-2703 St Clair Ave E social housing1275198394 · Sep 2024132 m
5 Stag Hill Dr · Greenwin Corp.154195394 · Aug 2026360 m · 4 min
9 Stag Hill Dr · Greenwin Corp.154195394 · Aug 2025361 m · 4 min
7 Stag Hill Dr · Greenwin Corp.374195394 · Aug 2025393 m · 5 min
970 O'Connor Dr · Panthera Building Corp566196086 · Jul 2026400 m · 5 min
850 O'Connor Dr social housing · Canadian Macedonian Place Foundation1093197990 · Jul 2024423 m · 5 min

43 registered buildings · 1,095 units · 2 social housing · tallest 6 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.

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.

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

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 #1154 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is St Clair & St Columba a walkable intersection?

St Clair & St Columba scores 42 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km.

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 275 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,710 spaces — 23 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 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave East at St Columba Pl, 17 m).

What restaurants are near St Clair & St Columba?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 25 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Rise & Dine Eatery (92 m), Tearoom - Cosy Cafe (131 m), Rob's Good Food (200 m), Los Vietnamita (245 m) and Nostalgia Coffee (268 m). 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, 672 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Is there child care near St Clair & St Columba?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 162 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Abacus Montessori Learning Centre (57 m, 37 spaces), Selwyn Community Child Care Centre (530 m, 92 spaces) and Precious Ones Bilingual Preschool Corp. (1.0 km, 33 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clair & St Columba?

43 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,095 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2701-2703 St Clair Ave E (132 m, 127 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 5 Stag Hill Dr (360 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 9 Stag Hill Dr (361 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 7 Stag Hill Dr (393 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 43 is 90 out of 100.

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. 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

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