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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 · Mar 10, 2021
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 418 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 58 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 178 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:30 p.m., against 159 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 7.8% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 6 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.
Peak hours: 159 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 178 from 2:30 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
The worst year was 2023, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 26, 2023.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 4 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 3 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
On Varsity Rd between Doran Ave and Juliana Crt, 52 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in June 2026 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,500 vehicles a day. Doran Ave between Althea Rd and Varsity Rd measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (May 2010). At the school-zone speed sign on Varsity Rd (57 m away, 30 km/h limit), 14% of the 32,684 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varsity Rd · Doran Ave – Juliana Crt · 52 m | Jun 2026 · 24 h | 2,453 | 35 km/h | 44 km/h | 48 km/h |
| Doran Ave · Althea Rd – Varsity Rd · 68 m | May 2010 · 24 h | 289 | 26 km/h | 39 km/h | 43 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Varsity Rd (westbound), 57 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 32 km/h, 85th percentile 39 km/h; 14% at 40 km/h or more. 32,684 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 55 40 79 189 nearest 17 m
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Crosby Ave at Varsity Rd; Varsity Rd at Doran Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Florence Gell Park 112 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 45 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
- 2 car parks · about 18 spaces
- EV charging
- 535 Runnymeade Rd · 1.9 km · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 14 mapped lots within 500 m, 186 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1A Mould Avenue · Surface | 1.7 km | 7 * | — |
| 3354 Dundas St W · Surface | 1.9 km | 11 | 99% (Q1 2026) |
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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Loblaws, 836 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Ibrahim's Doner Shawarma, 406 m away. The nearest pharmacy is The Drug Store Pharmacy, 761 m away. The nearest hospital site is Runnymede Healthcare Centre, 1.9 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Ibrahim's Doner Shawarma · 4020 Dundas St W406 m · 5 min
- Mr. Sub · 4020 Dundas St W406 m · 5 min
- Lambton House · 4066 Old Dundas St432 m · 5 min
- Churrasqueira Martins · 2700 St Clair Ave W809 m · 10 min
- Bento Sushi · 3671 Dundas St W836 m · 10 min
- Grocery
- Loblaws 836 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Messina Italian Bakery 790 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- The Drug Store Pharmacy 761 m · 9 min
- Child care
- Macaulay - Warren Park Child Care Centre · 80 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day103 m
- Humbercrest School Age YMCA · 186 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day840 m · 10 min
- Lambton Park Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day924 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Runnymede Healthcare Centre · hospital site1.9 km · 22 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 (9)
- Florence Gell Park153 m
- Magwood Park628 m · 7 min
- Scarlett - St. Clair Parkette726 m · 9 min
- Lambton Park813 m · 10 min
- Cashman Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Community centres
- Lambton Arena1.5 km · 18 min
- Schools (9)
- Warren Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 103 m
- Humbercrest Public SchoolEnglish Public · 840 m · 10 min
- Lambton Park Community SchoolEnglish Public · 924 m · 11 min
- St James Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- James Culnan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Daniel G. Hill (formely Jane/Dundas) branch1.2 km · 14 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 or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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
Within a kilometre there are seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 692 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4029 Old Dundas St (311 m, 29 units, 8 storeys, built 1959), which scored 86 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4029 Old Dundas St · Hannah Property Management Ltd. | 29 | 8 | 1959 | 86 · Nov 2025 | 311 m · 4 min |
| 4033 Old Dundas St | 47 | 5 | 1960 | 71 · Jul 2024 | 328 m · 4 min |
| 4070 Old Dundas St · Hannah Property Management Ltd. | 48 | 5 | 1958 | 85 · Nov 2025 | 451 m · 5 min |
| 4075 Old Dundas St · Granview Property Management | 75 | 7 | 1965 | 86 · Jul 2024 | 472 m · 6 min |
| 4049 Dundas St W social housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc. | 208 | 12 | 1990 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 492 m · 6 min |
| 3725 Dundas St W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 153 | 10 | 1972 | 95 · Aug 2026 | 599 m · 7 min |
7 registered buildings · 692 units · 3 social housing · tallest 12 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
One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | school/campus (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 Lambton Baby Point.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Varsity & Doran a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Varsity & Doran?
A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Mar 10, 2021, 10% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Varsity & Doran a walkable intersection?
Varsity & Doran scores 33 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.5 km; 5 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Varsity & Doran?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Varsity Rd between Doran Ave and Juliana Crt (June 2026), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 57 m away (30 km/h), 14% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Varsity & Doran?
The nearest Green P car park is 1A Mould Avenue (1.7 km away, 7 spaces). The City's mapping shows 186 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,150 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.9 km).
How do I get to Varsity & Doran by transit?
Bus routes 55, 40, 79, 189 within 1 km (nearest stop: Crosby Ave at Varsity Rd, 17 m).
What restaurants are near Varsity & Doran?
None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ibrahim's Doner Shawarma (406 m), Mr. Sub (406 m), Lambton House (432 m), Churrasqueira Martins (809 m) and Bento Sushi (836 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Varsity & Doran?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 153 m away at Florence Gell Park.
Is there child care near Varsity & Doran?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 468 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - Warren Park Child Care Centre (103 m, 80 spaces), Humbercrest School Age YMCA (840 m, 186 spaces) and Lambton Park Child Care Centre (924 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Varsity & Doran?
Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 692 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4029 Old Dundas St (311 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 4033 Old Dundas St (328 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 4070 Old Dundas St (451 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 4075 Old Dundas St (472 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 87 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Varsity & Doran?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lambton Baby Point page.
What neighbourhood is Varsity & Doran in?
Varsity & Doran is in Lambton Baby Point (City of Toronto neighbourhood 114). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.
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 Mar 10, 2021.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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 4 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: 43.66216, -79.49955 · centreline node 13465033.