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Staines & Mantis

Staines Rd & Mantis Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Staines & Mantis, in Morningside Heights, is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,774
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 3, 2026
274 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · #1863 busiest
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3739 of 5,508 · +1 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 560 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 48% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 28 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Staines & Mantis

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5313311639132 nearest 25 m
Express
939953
Blue Night
353334
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Staines Rd at Mantis Rd; Staines Rd at Jacques Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (13)
  • Thomas L Wells Public SchoolEnglish Public · 565 m
  • Mary Shadd Public SchoolEnglish Public · 793 m
  • Islamic Institute of Toronto Academy SchoolPrivate · 814 m
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 2Private · 873 m
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 1Private · 930 m
  • Heritage Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Hoptree Park117 m
  • Sisken Trail Park313 m
  • Misty Hills Park406 m
  • Birunthan Park445 m
  • Point Rouge Trail Park510 m
  • Staines Parkette605 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Malvern branch1.5 km

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 16 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Burger King, 239 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shell Select · 6145 Finch Ave E Nonegrocery236 mPassed, Nov 2023
Burger King · 2130 Morningside Ave None239 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Petit Delights · 2130 Morningside Ave Unit-A1-A3 None239 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Papa John's · 6135 Finch Ave E260 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 6135 Finch Ave E Unit-3260 mPassed, Jul 2026
Barburrito · 2150 Morningside Ave Unit-3c310 mPassed, May 2026
Popeyes · 2150 Morningside Ave Unit-1310 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Queens Takeout · 2150 Morningside Ave 6310 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 Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom, 922 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 425 m away at Birunthan Park.

  • Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom · 1555 Neilson Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    922 m
Drinking water
Birunthan Park bottle filling station · 425 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 28 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Family Day Thomas L Wells Extended Day and School Age Program (565 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 28 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Family Day Thomas L Wells Extended Day and School Age Program · 69 Nightstar Rd
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    565 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 211 · 1.8 km900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 3.9 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 1.8 km900 Tapscott Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots150 lots · ≈43,210 spaces · 129.6 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈630 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 116 m away, ≈5 spaces; 258 m away, ≈401 spaces; 482 m away, ≈221 spaces; 560 m away, ≈249 spaces; 595 m away, ≈5 spaces; 612 m away, ≈65 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 3, 2026

The west leg carries the load — 3,577 eastbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 162. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 834 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (744). Trucks and buses were 6.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north750southbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west3,577eastbound · 0 bikes · 8.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,774274 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 6.9% heavy
From the east3,285westbound · 0 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the south162northbound · 0 bikes · 6.2% heavy
AM peak hour744 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour834 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 3, 2026

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 Mantis Rd between Chicory Lane and Hoptree Ave (129 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 2,400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Mantis Rd · Chicory Lane – Hoptree Ave · 129 mJun 2026 · 3 days2,39737 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Staines Rd · Morningside Ave – Wharnsby Dr · 163 mOct 2011 · 3 days7,440

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% 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 Jun 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3739 of 5,508
With an injury2#3976 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201421latest Jun 6, 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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 6, 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 Morningside Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Staines & Mantis a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Staines & Mantis?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #1863 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 48% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Staines & Mantis?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Mantis Rd between Chicory Lane and Hoptree Ave (June 2026), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Staines & Mantis?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 150 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,210 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Staines & Mantis by transit?

Bus routes 53, 133, 116, 39, 132, 939, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Staines Rd at Mantis Rd, 25 m).

What restaurants are near Staines & Mantis?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Burger King (239 m), Petit Delights (239 m), Papa John's (260 m), Subway (260 m) and Barburrito (310 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 Staines & Mantis?

The nearest is Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom, 1555 Neilson Rd, 922 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Staines & Mantis?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Family Day Thomas L Wells Extended Day and School Age Program (565 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Staines & Mantis?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Morningside Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Staines & Mantis in?

Staines & Mantis is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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