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The Donway & Duncairn

The Donway W & Duncairn Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Banbury-Don Mills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

In Banbury-Don Mills, The Donway & Duncairn is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
3,637
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2021
147 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4398 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
6 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 450 vehicles an hour, 39% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 25 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 0.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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The Donway & Duncairn

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
512540316254191 nearest 38 m
Express
925954
Blue Night
325354
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — The Donway West at Duncairn Rd North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Rd 358 m · 14 docks · 3 stations, 52 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 (22)
  • Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 249 m
  • Clearview School of Arts and CulturePrivate · 638 m
  • Don Mills Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 656 m
  • Don Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 714 m
  • Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 849 m
  • Westfield EducationPrivate · 882 m
  • and 16 more
Community centres
  • Don Mills Civitan Arena760 m
Parks (18)
  • Macklin Hancock Park379 m
  • Mallow Park398 m
  • Duncairn Park515 m
  • Paperbirch Walkway596 m
  • Talwood Park735 m
  • Don Mills Local Park828 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch335 m
Places of interest
  • Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner, though there is 1 grocery or convenience store; 59 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 337 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 59 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shoppers Drug Mart · 946 Lawrence Ave Egrocery287 mPassed, May 2026
Tim Hortons · 1110 Don Mills Rd337 mPassed, Sep 2026
McEwan · 38 Karl Fraser Rd375 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Chick-Fil-A · 1090 Don Mills Rd Unit-M001404 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Danish Pastry House · 1090 Don Mills Rd404 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Eataly Don Mills · 1090 Don Mills Rd404 mPassed, Jul 2026
Jack Astor's Bar & Grill · 1090 Don Mills Rd404 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Joey Don Mills Grill Lounge · 1090 Don Mills Rd404 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 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 Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom, 831 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom · 120 Bond Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    831 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 659 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Blue Wave Child Care Centre (250 m, 106 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km10 centres · 659 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 10
  • Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 50 Duncairn Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    250 m
  • Norman Ingram School Age YMCA · 50 Duncairn Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    250 m
  • Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd · 235 the Donway E
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    354 m
  • Clearview Child Care Centre · 1300 Don Mills Rd
    121 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    639 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (683 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.2 km away.

FireFire Station 123 · 683 m143 Bond Ave
Police33 Division · 1.3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 3.2 km2075 Bayview 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 39 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,559 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 10 Wingreen Crt (251 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 94 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 25 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings39 · 1,559 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202625 across the 39
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
10 Wingreen Crt · Trivest Developments Coroporation113196094 · Sep 20250251 m
1122 Don Mills Rd · Niot Investment Holdings Limited666195899 · Jul 20251259 m
8 Wingreen Crt · Trivest Developments Corporation113196593 · Sep 20250261 m
11 Wingreen Crt · Trivest Developments Corporation113195096 · Sep 20250267 m
9 Wingreen Crt · Trivest Dev. Corporation113196594 · Sep 20251291 m
6 Wingreen Crt · Trivest Developments Corporation113196594 · Sep 20251303 m
1133 Don Mills Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation496196087 · Sep 20242315 m
980 Lawrence Ave E · Niot Investment Holdings Limited646195897 · Jul 20260316 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 lots300 lots · ≈45,090 spaces · 135.3 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈1,870 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 62 m away, ≈100 spaces; 151 m away, ≈99 spaces; 158 m away, ≈24 spaces; 206 m away, ≈7 spaces; 245 m away, ≈8 spaces; 255 m away, ≈293 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, Dec 14, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,514 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 783 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 589 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 623 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north1,340southbound · 0 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west783eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.5% heavy
Total vehicles3,637147 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,514northbound · 4 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour589 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour623 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2021

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 Duncairn Rd between Overton Cres and Berkinshaw Cres, 183 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2009 put the average speed at 42 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 50 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. The Donway W between Duncairn Park Trl and Duncairn Rd measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (May 2026). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Duncairn Ave (170 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.8% of the 34,365 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The Donway W · Duncairn Park Trl – Duncairn Rd · 87 mMay 2026 · 3 days6,84439 km/h45 km/h49 km/h
Duncairn Rd · Overton Cres – Berkinshaw Cres · 183 mOct 2009 · 24 h2,28842 km/h50 km/h55 km/h

School-zone speed sign 170 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct35 · 42 km/h
Over the limit7.6%
50 km/h or more1.8%

Duncairn Ave (westbound), Express Toll Route · 34,365 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2 collisions. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. 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 Jun 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4398 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only8
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201416latest Jun 25, 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

Six thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610house driveway/garage (4), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 3, 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 Banbury-Don Mills.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is The Donway & Duncairn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 The Donway & Duncairn?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 39% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at The Donway & Duncairn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Duncairn Rd between Overton Cres and Berkinshaw Cres (October 2009), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 170 m away (40 km/h), 1.8% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near The Donway & Duncairn?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 300 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,090 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to The Donway & Duncairn by transit?

Bus routes 51, 25, 403, 162, 54, 191, 925, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Donway West at Duncairn Rd North Side, 38 m).

What restaurants are near The Donway & Duncairn?

None within 300 m, and 59 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (337 m), McEwan (375 m), Chick-Fil-A (404 m), Danish Pastry House (404 m) and Eataly Don Mills (404 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 The Donway & Duncairn?

The nearest is Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom, 120 Bond Ave, 831 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 The Donway & Duncairn?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 659 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Blue Wave Child Care Centre (250 m, 106 spaces), Norman Ingram School Age YMCA (250 m, 30 spaces) and Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd (354 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near The Donway & Duncairn?

39 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,559 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 10 Wingreen Crt (251 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1122 Don Mills Rd (259 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 8 Wingreen Crt (261 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 11 Wingreen Crt (267 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 39 is 92 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 The Donway & Duncairn?

Toronto Police place six 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 Banbury-Don Mills page.

What neighbourhood is The Donway & Duncairn in?

The Donway & Duncairn is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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