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Victoria Park & Dawes (South)

Victoria Park Ave & Dawes Rd (South) · Toronto, Ontario · O'Connor-Parkview · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Victoria Park & Dawes (South) is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in O'Connor-Parkview. At the corner: a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
21,323
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 29, 2025
956 pedestrians · 82 cyclists · #786 busiest
Collisions
70
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
12 with an injury · 52 property damage · #1578 of 5,508 · +8 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
4
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,520 vehicles an hour, 1.32× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 22 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 12%, from 33 in 2016–2020 to 37 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Victoria Park & Dawes (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
2423404867 nearest 22 m
Express
924
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at Dawes Rd; Victoria Park Ave at Dawes Rd South Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Dawes Rd installed 2008
Bike Share
Victoria Park Ave / Dawes Rd 31 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 49 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 (12)
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 397 m
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 479 m
  • Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 705 m
  • George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 737 m
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 831 m
  • Selwyn Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 923 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (21)
  • Regents Park308 m
  • Joshua Cronkwright Parkette380 m
  • Jim McPherson Park633 m
  • Donora Park764 m
  • George Webster Park769 m
  • Moreau Trail Park925 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch582 m
Signal
1131, activated 1974 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/West

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 43. The nearest is St. Clair Bar & Grill, 85 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2024 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
St. Clair Bar & Grill · 1080 Victoria Park Ave85 mPassed, Dec 2024 · 3 infractions
Gingerman Restaurant · 1104 Victoria Park Ave146 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 1 infraction
Little Italy Pizza & Delights · 1093 Victoria Park Ave173 mPassed, Jul 2025
No Frills · 1150 Victoria Park Avegrocery196 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
No Frills · 1150 Victoria Park Avegrocery196 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 infractions
Seaport Merchants · 1101 Victoria Park Ave197 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Shawarma N' Fries(Halal) · 1105 Victoria Park Ave202 mPassed, Aug 2026
El Mercadito · 1107 Victoria Park Ave207 mPassed, Aug 2025

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 George Webster Park Washroom, 798 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 405 m away at Joshua Cronkwright Parkette.

  • George Webster Park Washroom · 30 Chapman Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    798 m
Drinking water
Joshua Cronkwright Parkette bottle filling station · 405 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 432 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (397 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 432 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 3176 St Clair Ave E
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    397 m
  • Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning · 391 Dawes Rd
    80 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    562 m
  • Tiago Avenue Community Child Care · 145 Tiago Ave
    41 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    706 m
  • George Webster Jr YMCA · 50 Chapman Ave
    148 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    737 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1.8 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 2.5 km105 Cedarvale 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 41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,262 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1065 Victoria Park Ave (33 m, 37 units, 6 storeys, built 1964), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 41 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 80 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings41 · 2,262 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202680 across the 41
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1065 Victoria Park Ave · Menicucci, Mario; Menicucci, Iva; Menicucci, Pompilio; Menicucci, Frances376196491 · Sep 2025033 m
1055 Victoria Park Ave · Kings College Management Limited526196298 · Sep 2025052 m
1051 Victoria Park Ave123195478 · Aug 2026066 m
608 Dawes Rd846195958 · Nov 20251 · 10 fire66 m
650 Dawes Rd173195083 · Sep 2024091 m
1075 Victoria Park Ave · Sigma Canada Inc.183195587 · Jul 2026192 m
612 Dawes Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd606195990 · Jul 2024195 m
1047 Victoria Park Ave · Bianca Properties Inc.113196284 · Aug 20260103 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 lots521 lots · ≈51,670 spaces · 155 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,890 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.3 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.5 km920 *
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.5 km173 *

Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈29 spaces; 53 m away, ≈9 spaces; 66 m away, ≈100 spaces; 68 m away, ≈19 spaces; 70 m away, ≈35 spaces; 81 m away, ≈15 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 — 14-hour, Nov 29, 2025 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 10,741 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 4,627 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (34 of 82). Evening rush dominates here: 1,993 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:30 p.m., against 1,485 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north10,741southbound · 34 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the west4,627eastbound · 19 bikes · 0.9% heavy
Total vehicles21,323956 pedestrians · 82 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,955northbound · 28 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,485 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,993 vehicles from 3:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 29, 2025 · weekend

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 Dawes Rd between Maybourne Ave and Westbourne Ave, 219 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2017 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on St Clair Ave E (270 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 65,472 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Victoria Park Ave · Meighen Ave – Dawes Rd · 81 mDec 2013 · 3 days8,928
Dawes Rd · Maybourne Ave – Westbourne Ave · 219 mNov 2017 · 24 h1,72939 km/h45 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 270 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct40 · 46 km/h
Over the limit0.9%
60 km/h or more0.1%

St Clair Ave E (eastbound), S Side St Clair Ave E at the Flank of 162 Maybourne Ave · 65,472 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 worst year was 2023, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 12 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions70#1578 of 5,508
With an injury12#1505 of 4,660
Property damage only52
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian2#2044 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 201498latest Jun 13, 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

Three thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 14, 2021. 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 O'Connor-Parkview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Victoria Park & Dawes (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 70 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 Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #786 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.32× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dawes Rd between Maybourne Ave and Westbourne Ave (November 2017), 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. At the school-zone speed sign 270 m away (50 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.3 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 521 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 51,670 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Victoria Park & Dawes (South) by transit?

Bus routes 24, 23, 404, 8, 67, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Victoria Park Ave at Dawes Rd, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St. Clair Bar & Grill (85 m), Gingerman Restaurant (146 m), Little Italy Pizza & Delights (173 m), Seaport Merchants (197 m) and Shawarma N' Fries(Halal) (202 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 Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

The nearest is George Webster Park Washroom, 30 Chapman Ave, 798 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 Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 432 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (397 m, 71 spaces), Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning (562 m, 80 spaces) and Tiago Avenue Community Child Care (706 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,262 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1065 Victoria Park Ave (33 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1055 Victoria Park Ave (52 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1051 Victoria Park Ave (66 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 608 Dawes Rd (66 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 58). The average RentSafeTO score across the 41 is 88 out of 100; 2 scored below 70. 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 Victoria Park & Dawes (South)?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 O'Connor-Parkview page.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Dawes (South) in?

Victoria Park & Dawes (South) is in O'Connor-Parkview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 054). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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