Toronto · intersection · signal 2043

Tapscott & McNicoll

Tapscott Rd & McNicoll Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 23, Scarborough North

In Morningside Heights, Tapscott & McNicoll is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
27,910
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 24, 2025
188 pedestrians · 67 cyclists · #419 busiest
Collisions
142
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
26 with an injury · 100 property damage · #759 of 5,508 · +5 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

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,990 vehicles, 1.72× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 148 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 14 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 5.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 18%, from 78 in 2016–2020 to 64 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Tapscott & McNicoll

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1341024253133 nearest 27 m
Express
902939953
Blue Night
339334353
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Tapscott Rd at McNicoll Ave; Tapscott Rd at McNicoll Ave West Side
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 (6)
  • Miraj AcademyPrivate · 169 m
  • Shirdi Sai School of CanadaPrivate · 697 m
  • Brookside Public SchoolEnglish Public · 894 m
  • Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 942 m
  • Islamic Institute of Toronto Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
  • Thomas L Wells Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
Parks (5)
  • Hummingbird Park610 m
  • Seasons Park1.1 km
  • Nightstar Park1.1 km
  • Knotwood Park1.3 km
  • Birunthan Park1.4 km
Signal
2043, activated 2011 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 67 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Crab Ceylon, 170 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 67 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Crab Ceylon · 1080 Tapscott Rd Unit-23170 mPassed, Mar 2026
Canteen of Canada · 25 Ironside Cres265 mPassed, Jun 2024
Markham Convention Centre · 30 Ironside Cres None323 mPassed, Aug 2026
Halal Crown Pizza · 2901 Markham Rd380 mPassed, Jun 2026
Punjabi Chaap Corner · 2901 Markham Rd Unit-22380 mPassed, Mar 2026
Simply South · 2901 Markham Rd Unit-18380 mPassed, May 2026
Yarl Cream House · 2901 Markham Rd Unit-19380 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Wing Station · 2901 Markham Rd, Bldg-4380 mPassed, Feb 2025

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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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 227 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (495 m, 58 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 227 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Cambridge Leaf Montessori School · 3875 McNicoll Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool
    495 m
  • Brookside Child Care Centre · 75 Oasis Blvd
    113 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    894 m
  • Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Extended Day Program · 8 Seasons Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    942 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (211 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (4.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 211 m away.

FireFire Station 211 · 211 m900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 4.1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 211 m900 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 lots195 lots · ≈99,440 spaces · 298.3 ha
Within 500 m19 lots · ≈9,410 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈176 spaces; 96 m away, ≈158 spaces; 171 m away, ≈1,560 spaces; 182 m away, ≈3,059 spaces; 198 m away, ≈170 spaces; 200 m away, ≈27 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, Sep 24, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 8,312 westbound vehicles, or 30% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 4,387. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,786 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,378). Trucks and buses were 5.8% 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 north7,586southbound · 27 bikes · 8.3% heavy
From the west7,625eastbound · 20 bikes · 5.6% heavy
Total vehicles27,910188 pedestrians · 67 cyclists · 5.8% heavy
From the east8,312westbound · 11 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south4,387northbound · 9 bikes · 7.7% heavy
AM peak hour2,378 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,786 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 24, 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

The City's counter on McNicoll Ave between Tapscott Rd and Morningside Ave (163 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 7-day count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 16,700 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McNicoll Ave · Tapscott Rd – Morningside Ave · 163 mMay 2023 · 7 days16,69152 km/h58 km/h63 km/h
Tapscott Rd · McNicoll Ave – Ironside Cres · 195 mMay 2010 · 3 days9,795

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

2019 was the peak year (27 collisions), and 2025 closed with 15. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions142#759 of 5,508
With an injury26#627 of 4,660
Property damage only100
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian1#3062 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014167latest Jun 27, 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle310street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 30, 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 Morningside Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Tapscott & McNicoll a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 142 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 Tapscott & McNicoll?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #419 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.72× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Tapscott & McNicoll?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McNicoll Ave between Tapscott Rd and Morningside Ave (May 2023), found an average of 52 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 Tapscott & McNicoll?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 195 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 99,440 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Tapscott & McNicoll by transit?

Bus routes 134, 102, 42, 53, 133, 902, 939, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Tapscott Rd at McNicoll Ave, 27 m).

What restaurants are near Tapscott & McNicoll?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 67 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Crab Ceylon (170 m), Canteen of Canada (265 m), Markham Convention Centre (323 m), Halal Crown Pizza (380 m) and Punjabi Chaap Corner (380 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Tapscott & McNicoll?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 227 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (495 m, 58 spaces), Brookside Child Care Centre (894 m, 113 spaces) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Extended Day Program (942 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Tapscott & McNicoll?

Toronto Police place three 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 Tapscott & McNicoll in?

Tapscott & McNicoll is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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