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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 28, 2023
The west leg carries the load — 6,519 eastbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,997. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,629 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,609 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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.
Peak hours: 2,629 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,609 from 4:00 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
2018 was the peak year (28 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 28 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 10, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 12, 2018.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 182 | #570 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 25 | #651 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 136 | |
| Fail to remain | 28 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 9 | #284 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 21 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 11 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Sep 12, 2018 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on The Donway W between Duncairn Park Trl and Duncairn Rd (271 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 6,800 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave E · Lane W of the Donway and N of Lawrence – The Donway W · 109 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 12,994 | — | — | — |
| The Donway W · Duncairn Park Trl – Duncairn Rd · 271 m | May 2026 · 3 days | 6,844 | 39 km/h | 45 km/h | 49 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0401, activated 1958 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 162 51 403 25 54 191 nearest 24 m
- Express
- 925 954
- Blue Night
- 325 354
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at the Donway West
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Rd 198 m · 14 docks · 2 stations, 33 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
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 29 mapped lots within 500 m, 147 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
The nearest grocery store is Metro, 483 m away. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Danish Pastry House at 236 m. There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 32 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is McEwan, 136 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 135 m away, one of three within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Better Living at Thompson House, a long-term care home 548 m away; Greenview Lodge, a retirement home 210 m away (three within a kilometre). Better Living Health and Community Services - Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 547 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- McEwan · 38 Karl Fraser Rd136 m
- Chatime Don Mills · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-15155 m
- Congee Queen · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-8155 m
- Subway · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-17155 m
- Sweetway Cafe Eatery · 170 the Donway W Unit-2224 m
- Grocery
- Metro 483 m · 6 min
- Food shops
- Danish Pastry House 236 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 135 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 106 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day680 m · 8 min
- Norman Ingram School Age YMCA · 30 spaces, school age · fee subsidy680 m · 8 min
- Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day801 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Better Living at Thompson House · long-term care home548 m · 7 min
- Greenview Lodge · retirement home · 3 within 1 km210 m
- Better Living Health and Community Services - Community Centre · seniors' active living centre547 m · 7 min
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 (11)
- Macklin Hancock Park341 m · 4 min
- Paperbirch Walkway430 m · 5 min
- Don Mills Local Park657 m · 8 min
- Duncairn Park672 m · 8 min
- Mallow Park850 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Don Mills Civitan Arena578 m · 7 min
- Schools (9)
- Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 636 m · 8 min
- Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 681 m · 8 min
- Don Mills Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 698 m · 8 min
- Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 716 m · 9 min
- Don Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 779 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch89 m
- Places of interest
- Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 1 km · 12 min
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 public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,471 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
39 registered apartment buildings with 1,559 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 980 Lawrence Ave E (189 m, 64 units, 6 storeys, built 1958), which scored 97 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 980 Lawrence Ave E · Niot Investment Holdings Limited | 64 | 6 | 1958 | 97 · Jul 2026 | 189 m |
| 876 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management | 12 | 3 | 1960 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 251 m · 3 min |
| 878 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management | 11 | 3 | 1960 | 87 · Jul 2026 | 266 m · 3 min |
| 874 Lawrence Ave E | 12 | 3 | 1960 | 87 · Oct 2025 | 293 m · 3 min |
| 1129 Don Mills Rd · Linwood Management Corporation | 46 | 6 | 1950 | 83 · Jul 2025 | 348 m · 4 min |
| 868 Lawrence Ave E · Jelcoro Investments | 31 | 4 | 1954 | 87 · Jul 2024 | 357 m · 4 min |
39 registered buildings · 1,559 units · 2 social housing · tallest 7 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
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (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 Banbury-Don Mills.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is The Donway & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 182 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Lawrence?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Feb 28, 2023, 1.80× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is The Donway & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
The Donway & Lawrence scores 62 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,471 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 20 places to eat within 300 m; library 89 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at The Donway & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on The Donway W between Duncairn Park Trl and Duncairn Rd (May 2026), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near The Donway & Lawrence?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 147 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,640 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to The Donway & Lawrence by transit?
Bus routes 162, 51, 403, 25, 54, 191, 925, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at the Donway West, 24 m).
What restaurants are near The Donway & Lawrence?
20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are McEwan (136 m), Chatime Don Mills (155 m), Congee Queen (155 m), Subway (155 m) and Sweetway Cafe Eatery (224 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near The Donway & Lawrence?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 364 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Blue Wave Child Care Centre (680 m, 106 spaces), Norman Ingram School Age YMCA (680 m, 30 spaces) and Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd (801 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near The Donway & Lawrence?
39 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,559 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 980 Lawrence Ave E (189 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 876 Lawrence Ave E (251 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 878 Lawrence Ave E (266 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 874 Lawrence Ave E (293 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 39 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at The Donway & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Banbury-Don Mills page.
What neighbourhood is The Donway & Lawrence in?
The Donway & Lawrence is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 28, 2023.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 16 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.73651, -79.34655 · centreline node 13452372.