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Thermos & Eglinton

Thermos Rd & Eglinton Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Thermos & Eglinton, in Clairlea-Birchmount, is a high-volume crossing. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: Birchmount Station (Line 5) 318 m away.

Traffic volume
22,866
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 12, 1995
378 pedestrians · 68 cyclists
Collisions
64
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 48 property damage · #1700 of 5,508 · +4 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
Birchmount Station 318 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,860 vehicles an hour, 2.5× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 60 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 6.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 22%, from 36 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Thermos & Eglinton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Birchmount Station (Line 5)318 m; Golden Mile Station (Line 5)431 m; Ionview Station (Line 5)736 m; Hakimi Lebovic Station (Line 5)762 m
TTC bus
341768 nearest 35 m
Express
968
Blue Night
334
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Eglinton Ave East at Sinnott Rd
Cycling
Bike Lane on Eglinton Ave E installed 2021
Bike Share
Birchmount Rd / Eglinton Ave E 261 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 71 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 (10)
  • Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 332 m
  • Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 705 m
  • Ionview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • A Plus Academy of AdvancementPrivate · 1.2 km
  • St Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • Salaheddin Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (8)
  • Maidavale Park504 m
  • Eglinton Ravine Park756 m
  • Maywood Tot Lot1 km
  • Ashtonbee Reservoir Park1.2 km
  • Ionview Park1.2 km
  • Geco Park1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch928 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 113. The nearest is Ishq, 47 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 113 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ishq · 2007 Eglinton Ave E47 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Shaaz Indian Cuisine · 2043 Eglinton Ave E52 mPassed, Aug 2026
Suave Korner Kafe · 2200 Eglinton Ave E Unit-103104 mPassed, Aug 2026
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 2000 Eglinton Ave E161 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mandarin · 2206 Eglinton Ave E Unit-107186 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Toronto East Detention Centre · 55 Civic Rd211 mPassed, Aug 2026
Costco · 50 Thermos Rdgrocery273 mPassed, Jul 2025
Baker's Fiesta Inc · 133 Manville Rd Unit-17297 mPassed, Jun 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

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 166 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (308 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 166 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 835 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    308 m
  • Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 · 2283 Eglinton Ave E
    62 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    726 m
  • Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 1117 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (374 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 374 m2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.4 km887 Pharmacy 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 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,219 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 835-841 Birchmount Rd (308 m, 102 units, 6 storeys, built 1992), which scored 94 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 63 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 2,219 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202663 across the 22
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
835-841 Birchmount Rdsocial housing1026199294 · Sep 20250308 m
821 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc.536196086 · Jun 20265347 m
829 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc.656196190 · Oct 20251348 m
2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.756197190 · Jun 20264366 m
1021 Birchmount RdToronto Community Housing · Del Management23611197288 · Sep 20250378 m
2225 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.946197194 · Sep 20257405 m
2231 Eglinton Ave E · Yad Investments Ltd1106195883 · Jun 20267471 m
2233 Eglinton Ave E · Yad Investments Ltd1106195884 · Jun 20266507 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 lots422 lots · ≈103,520 spaces · 310.6 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈15,020 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,792 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.5 km673 *
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.5 km199 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.5 km920 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈93 spaces; 62 m away, ≈16 spaces; 135 m away, ≈313 spaces; 146 m away, ≈269 spaces; 168 m away, ≈348 spaces; 202 m away, ≈343 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, Jul 12, 1995

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 11,459 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 508 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (51 of 68). Evening rush dominates here: 3,513 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,991 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 31 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1995, 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 north508southbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west11,459eastbound · 51 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles22,866378 pedestrians · 68 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east10,899westbound · 17 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,991 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour3,513 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 12, 1995

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 most recent midblock count on Eglinton Ave E between Thermos Rd and Sinnott Rd (21 m away, Mar 2013) recorded volume only — about 22,092 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eglinton Ave E · Thermos Rd – Sinnott Rd · 21 mMar 2013 · 3 days22,092

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 11 collisions. 8 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions64#1700 of 5,508
With an injury8#2038 of 4,660
Property damage only48
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1806 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201481latest Jun 30, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 2, 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Thermos & Eglinton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 64 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 Thermos & Eglinton?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Jul 12, 1995, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Thermos & Eglinton?

The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres (1.5 km away, 673 spaces). The City's mapping shows 422 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 103,520 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Thermos & Eglinton by transit?

Birchmount Station (Line 5) is 318 m away; bus routes 34, 17, 68, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave East at Sinnott Rd, 35 m).

What restaurants are near Thermos & Eglinton?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 113 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ishq (47 m), Shaaz Indian Cuisine (52 m), Suave Korner Kafe (104 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (161 m) and Mandarin (186 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 Thermos & Eglinton?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 166 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (308 m, 52 spaces), Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 (726 m, 62 spaces) and Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (1.0 km, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Thermos & Eglinton?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,219 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 835-841 Birchmount Rd (308 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 821 Birchmount Rd (347 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 829 Birchmount Rd (348 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2223 Eglinton Ave E (366 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 90 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 Thermos & Eglinton?

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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Thermos & Eglinton in?

Thermos & Eglinton is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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