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Vaughan & Louise

Vaughan Rd & Louise Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Humewood-Cedarvale · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Vaughan & Louise sits in Humewood-Cedarvale. At the City's last count here, in 2022, it was a mid-volume intersection. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 629 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
4,739
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 15, 2022
592 pedestrians · 9 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair West Station 629 m · 8 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
67/100
city median 48 · #1,095 of 5,672
13 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 253 m

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Vaughan & Louise

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 15, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 2,445 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 164. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 714 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 706 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.9% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north2,445southbound · 1 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the west164eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles4,739592 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 5.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,130northbound · 7 bikes · 7.0% heavy

Peak hours: 714 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 706 from 4:45 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

2023 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 4, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on May 11, 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24
With an injury4
Property damage only15
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest May 11, 2006

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Vaughan Rd between St Clair Ave W and Theo Aben Lane (185 m away, Dec 2011) recorded volume only — about 5,645 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Vaughan Rd · St Clair Ave W – Theo Aben Lane · 185 mDec 2011 · 3 days5,645———

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
pedestrian crossover

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Clair West Station (Line 1)629 m · 7 min
Streetcar
512 nearest 268 m · 3 min
TTC bus
90 126 7 33 nearest 31 m
Blue Night
312 307
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Vaughan Rd at Louise Ave
Cycling
Bike Lane on Vaughan Rd installed 2008
Bike Share
Maplewood Ave / Raglan Ave 255 m · 3 min · 11 docks · 9 stations, 152 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
12 car parks · about 310 spaces
EV charging
580 Christie St · 884 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 273 Christie St (1.9 km)
Bike parking
25 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
44 mapped lots within 500 m, 354 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface257 m2568% (Q1 2026)
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface444 m4887% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface495 m1866% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface692 m18 *—
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface819 m1737% (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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Fruit Market is 253 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Anchor Fish Market, 299 m away. There are 13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 79 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Albert's Real Jamaican Foods, 182 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharmacia, 309 m away; 10 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Arirang Korean Long Term Care, a long-term care home 188 m away. St. Matthew's Bracondale House runs a seniors' active living programme 695 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Albert's Real Jamaican Foods · 542 St Clair Ave W182 m
  • Tim Hortons · 550 St Clair Ave W203 m
  • Manila Foods · 538 St Clair Ave W237 m
  • Pita and Hummus · 537 St Clair Ave W242 m
  • Pizza Pizza · 64 Vaughan Rd250 m · 3 min
13 within 300 m · 79 within 1 km
Grocery
Fruit Market 253 m · 3 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Anchor Fish Market 299 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Pharmacia 309 m · 4 min · 10 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day127 m
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 65 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day193 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - St Clair · 119 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day199 m
10 licensed centres · 909 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible633 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Wells Hill Park 573 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Arirang Korean Long Term Care · long-term care home188 m
  • St. Matthew's Bracondale House · seniors' active living centre695 m · 8 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 (23)
  • Wells Hill Park589 m · 7 min
  • Wychwood Parkette618 m · 7 min
  • Tichester Park669 m · 8 min
  • Connaught Circle Parkette683 m · 8 min
  • Wychwood Barns Park772 m · 9 min
and 18 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (11)
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 686 m · 8 min
  • Humewood Community SchoolEnglish Public · 818 m · 10 min
  • Hillcrest Community SchoolEnglish Public · 825 m · 10 min
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 912 m · 11 min
  • St Alphonsus Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 15 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch508 m · 6 min
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 755 m · 9 min
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km · 17 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,095 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 13 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit21/28

    St Clair West Station 0.6 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 508 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot3/10

    pedestrian crossover

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

99 registered apartment buildings with 5,567 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 6.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 113 Vaughan Rd (30 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1947), which scored 92 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
113 Vaughan Rd123194792 · Oct 202530 m
125 Vaughan Rd · 17a Properties324195079 · Aug 202532 m
120 Vaughan Rd · Octopus Investment Corp243192994 · Aug 202632 m
118 Vaughan Rd · Imor Corporation Inc.324192985 · Aug 202535 m
109 Vaughan Rd · Imperra General Management519201899 · Jul 202649 m
130 Vaughan Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation999197799 · Aug 202556 m

99 registered buildings · 5,567 units · 12 social housing · tallest 30 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 30 thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 7.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 16 in 2023–2025, about 5.3 a year, against 3.7 a year before that. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle30100street/outdoor (25), apartment parking (5)
Bicycle theft1260apartment parking (6), street/outdoor (3)

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 Humewood-Cedarvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Vaughan & Louise a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 Vaughan & Louise?

A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Feb 15, 2022, 51% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Vaughan & Louise a walkable intersection?

Vaughan & Louise scores 67 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,095 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 13 places to eat within 300 m; St Clair West Station 0.6 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.7 km · 4 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: pedestrian crossover.

Where can I park near Vaughan & Louise?

The nearest Green P car park is 11 Kenwood Ave (257 m away, 25 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 354 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,100 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (884 m).

How do I get to Vaughan & Louise by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 629 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 268 m away; bus routes 90, 126, 7, 33 within 1 km (nearest stop: Vaughan Rd at Louise Ave, 31 m).

What restaurants are near Vaughan & Louise?

13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 79 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Albert's Real Jamaican Foods (182 m), Tim Hortons (203 m), Manila Foods (237 m), Pita and Hummus (242 m) and Pizza Pizza (250 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Vaughan & Louise?

The nearest is Wells Hill Park Washroom, 145 Hilton Ave, 633 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Vaughan & Louise?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 909 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kinder Grove St. Clair (127 m, 41 spaces), St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (193 m, 65 spaces) and Chabad of Midtown - St Clair (199 m, 119 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Vaughan & Louise?

99 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,567 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 113 Vaughan Rd (30 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 125 Vaughan Rd (32 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 120 Vaughan Rd (32 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 118 Vaughan Rd (35 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 99 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Vaughan & Louise?

Toronto Police place 30 thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Humewood-Cedarvale page.

What neighbourhood is Vaughan & Louise in?

Vaughan & Louise is in Humewood-Cedarvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 106). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined