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Victoria Park & Donside

Victoria Park Ave & Donside Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Victoria Park & Donside, in Clairlea-Birchmount, is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a multi-use trail. Nearby: Victoria Park Station (Line 2) 673 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
8,201
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 26, 2019
346 pedestrians · 64 cyclists
Collisions
22
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3312 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Victoria Park Station 673 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,030 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 24 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 2.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 20%, from 10 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Victoria Park & Donside

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Victoria Park Station (Line 2)673 m
TTC bus
24234046712117878 nearest 135 m
Express
924
Blue Night
324300
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Taylor Creek Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Dawes Rd / Taylor Creek Trl 582 m · 19 docks · 7 stations, 131 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 (15)
  • Crescent Town Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 390 m
  • George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 603 m
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 785 m
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 845 m
  • Samuel Hearne Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 926 m
  • St Dunstan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 9 more
Parks (23)
  • Donora Park285 m
  • Dentonia Park Golf Course378 m
  • Joshua Cronkwright Parkette555 m
  • Byng Park657 m
  • George Webster Park703 m
  • Regents Park721 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch402 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 36 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning, 391 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning · 391 Dawes Rd391 mPassed, Jul 2026
Duffy's Drive In · 399 Dawes Rd411 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Duffy's Drive In · 399 Dawes Rd411 mPassed, Dec 2024 · 2 infractions
Master Pizzeria · 420 Dawes Rd416 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Tikus Injera · 422 Dawes Rd419 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pretty Ocean Inc · 100 Halsey Ave, Unit-7427 mPassed, Jun 2025
Manra Tiffin Service · 430 Dawes Rd431 mPassed, May 2026
Fred Victor Family Housing Program · 418 Dawes Rd Buzzer 418436 mPassed, Aug 2026

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 Dentonia Park Golf Course Washroom, 606 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 558 m away at Joshua Cronkwright Parkette.

  • Dentonia Park Golf Course Washroom · 781 Victoria Park Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    606 m
  • Taylor Creek Park Washroom · 260 Dawes Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    638 m
  • George Webster Park Washroom · 30 Chapman Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    653 m
Drinking water
Joshua Cronkwright Parkette bottle filling station · 558 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 678 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning (380 m, 80 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 678 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 8
  • Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning · 391 Dawes Rd
    80 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    380 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre, Crescent Town Elementary School · 4 Massey Sq
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    390 m
  • Eyet - Crescent Town Centre · 2a the Market Pl
    83 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    503 m
  • Dian Childcare Centre Inc. · 283 Pharmacy Ave
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    547 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 2 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 3.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 2.1 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 49 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,256 rental units, 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 418 Dawes Rd (436 m, 49 units, 5 storeys, built 1970), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 49 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 254 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 108 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings49 · 8,256 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026254 across the 49
Open fire-code violations108
Tallest42 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
418 Dawes Rdsocial housing · North 44 Property Management Inc495197090 · Sep 20261436 m
75 Halsey Ave · Redwood Properties13911197094 · Jul 20252460 m
8 Park Vista568197196 · Aug 20262 · 2 fire461 m
390 Dawes Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.24614197093 · Jul 20257472 m
273 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited28018197291 · Sep 20244489 m
30 Teesdale PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation27825197191 · Sep 20242 · 2 fire521 m
10 Gower Stsocial housing · Vincentpaul Family Homes Corporation1647199498 · Aug 20254524 m
9 Crescent Pl · Pinedale Properties Ltd58729197196 · Aug 202627528 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 lots444 lots · ≈31,720 spaces · 95.2 ha
Within 500 m20 lots · ≈600 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)2231 Gerrard Street East · 1.8 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (693 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface798 m173 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.5 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.9 km920 *

Nearest lots: 323 m away, ≈58 spaces; 377 m away, ≈51 spaces; 380 m away, ≈9 spaces; 389 m away, ≈7 spaces; 398 m away, ≈10 spaces; 408 m away, ≈2 spaces. More EV charging: 2219 Gerrard Street East (1.9 km, 2 ports); 216 Oakcrest Ave (1.9 km, 2 ports).

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, Sep 26, 2019

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 4,336 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 97 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,370 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,168 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 11.0% 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north3,353southbound · 18 bikes · 12.0% heavy
From the west97eastbound · 7 bikes · 9.3% heavy
Total vehicles8,201346 pedestrians · 64 cyclists · 11.0% heavy
From the east415westbound · 14 bikes · 9.4% heavy
From the south4,336northbound · 25 bikes · 10.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,168 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,370 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 26, 2019

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 Victoria Park Ave between Crescent Town Rd and Taylor Creek Trl, 382 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2019 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 15,300 vehicles a day. Donside Dr between Pitt Ave and Maybourne Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (May 2011). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Donside Dr · Pitt Ave – Maybourne Ave · 127 mMay 2011 · 24 h41831 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Victoria Park Ave · Crescent Town Rd – Taylor Creek Trl · 382 mMay 2019 · 3 days15,31150 km/h60 km/h67 km/h

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 2024, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 7 collisions (32%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. The most recent report on file is from Dec 9, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions22#3312 of 5,508
With an injury7#2338 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2457 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201428latest Dec 9, 2025

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 18, 2015. 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 Victoria Park & Donside a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 & Donside?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 26, 2019, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Donside?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victoria Park Ave between Crescent Town Rd and Taylor Creek Trl (May 2019), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Donside?

The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (798 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 444 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,720 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2231 Gerrard Street East (1.8 km).

How do I get to Victoria Park & Donside by transit?

Victoria Park Station (Line 2) is 673 m away; bus routes 24, 23, 404, 67, 12, 117, 87, 8 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Donside?

None within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning (391 m), Duffy's Drive In (411 m), Duffy's Drive In (411 m), Master Pizzeria (416 m) and Tikus Injera (419 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 & Donside?

The nearest is Dentonia Park Golf Course Washroom, 781 Victoria Park Ave, 606 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Taylor Creek Park Washroom (638 m); George Webster Park Washroom (653 m). 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 & Donside?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 678 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning (380 m, 80 spaces), Eyet Early Learning Centre, Crescent Town Elementary School (390 m, 136 spaces) and Eyet - Crescent Town Centre (503 m, 83 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Donside?

49 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,256 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 418 Dawes Rd (436 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 75 Halsey Ave (460 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 8 Park Vista (461 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 390 Dawes Rd (472 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 49 is 90 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.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Donside in?

Victoria Park & Donside is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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