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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 · Oct 23, 1991
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 4,435 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 278 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,409 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,173 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.3% 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 35 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1991, 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: 1,173 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,409 from 4:15 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 5 collisions (28%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 18, 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 Feb 19, 2014.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 18 | |
| With an injury | 5 | |
| Property damage only | 13 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Feb 19, 2014 |
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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2019
On Victoria Park Ave between Medhurst Rd and Donora Dr, 233 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2015 put the average speed at 60 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 67 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 72 km/h or more. That segment carries about 22,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Gower St between Cedarcrest Blvd and Captain Demont Lane measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (May 2019).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Park Ave · Medhurst Rd – Donora Dr · 233 m | Oct 2015 · 24 h | 22,020 | 60 km/h | 67 km/h | 72 km/h |
| Gower St · Cedarcrest Blvd – Captain Demont Lane · 392 m | May 2019 · 3 days | 1,484 | 31 km/h | 40 km/h | 46 km/h |
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
- 24 23 404 67 8 nearest 40 m
- Express
- 924
- Blue Night
- 324
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at St Bedes Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Victoria Park Ave / Dawes Rd 417 m · 5 min · 19 docks · 3 stations, 50 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
- 1 car park · about 173 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1 km)
- Other lots
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 237 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface | 1.1 km | 173 * | — |
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 Banahaw Foodmart, 373 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 28. The nearest is Duffy's Drive In, 299 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Dawes Drug Mart, 376 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Providence Healthcare, 1.7 km away. South Riverdale Community Health Centre - Harmony Hall Active Living Centres runs a seniors' active living programme 480 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Duffy's Drive In · 399 Dawes Rd299 m · 4 min
- Master Pizzeria · 436 Dawes Rd339 m · 4 min
- 9ja Appetite · 436-438 Dawes Rd 438339 m · 4 min
- Manra Tiffin Service · 430 Dawes Rd357 m · 4 min
- Tikus Injera · 422 Dawes Rd385 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Banahaw Foodmart 373 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
- Pharmacy
- Dawes Drug Mart 376 m · 4 min · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning · 80 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day332 m · 4 min
- George Webster Jr YMCA · 148 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day703 m · 8 min
- Eyet - Crescent Town Centre · 83 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day949 m · 11 min
- Washrooms
- George Webster Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible745 m · 9 min
- Taylor Creek Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs1 km · 12 min
- Health and care
- Providence Healthcare · hospital site1.7 km · 20 min
- South Riverdale Community Health Centre - Harmony Hall Active Living Centres · seniors' active living centre480 m · 6 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)
- Joshua Cronkwright Parkette519 m · 6 min
- Donora Park530 m · 6 min
- Regents Park640 m · 8 min
- Dentonia Park Golf Course762 m · 9 min
- George Webster Park854 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Oakridge Community Recreation Centre1.5 km · 18 min
- Schools (7)
- George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 703 m · 8 min
- Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 757 m · 9 min
- Crescent Town Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch356 m · 4 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 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 29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,262 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1043 Victoria Park Ave (310 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 81 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 29 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1043 Victoria Park Ave | 11 | 3 | 1960 | 81 · Jul 2026 | 310 m · 4 min |
| 1047 Victoria Park Ave · Bianca Properties Inc. | 11 | 3 | 1962 | 84 · Aug 2026 | 362 m · 4 min |
| 10 Gower St social housing · Vincentpaul Family Homes Corporation | 164 | 7 | 1994 | 98 · Aug 2025 | 396 m · 5 min |
| 1051 Victoria Park Ave | 12 | 3 | 1954 | 78 · Aug 2026 | 397 m · 5 min |
| 418 Dawes Rd social housing · North 44 Property Management Inc | 49 | 5 | 1970 | 90 · Sep 2026 | 439 m · 5 min |
| 1055 Victoria Park Ave · Kings College Management Limited | 52 | 6 | 1962 | 98 · Sep 2025 | 465 m · 6 min |
29 registered buildings · 3,262 units · 2 social housing · tallest 29 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
Four thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), other (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 Clairlea-Birchmount.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Victoria Park & Gower a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 & Gower?
An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 1991. Its latest count is from Oct 23, 1991, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Victoria Park & Gower a walkable intersection?
Victoria Park & Gower scores 37 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: library 356 m away; nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Gower?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victoria Park Ave between Medhurst Rd and Donora Dr (October 2015), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Victoria Park & Gower?
The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (1.1 km away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 237 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,870 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Victoria Park & Gower by transit?
Bus routes 24, 23, 404, 67, 8, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Victoria Park Ave at St Bedes Rd, 40 m).
What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Gower?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 28 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Duffy's Drive In (299 m), Master Pizzeria (339 m), 9ja Appetite (339 m), Manra Tiffin Service (357 m) and Tikus Injera (385 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Victoria Park & Gower?
The nearest is George Webster Park Washroom, 30 Chapman Ave, 745 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Taylor Creek Park Washroom (1.0 km).
Is there child care near Victoria Park & Gower?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 544 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 (332 m, 80 spaces), George Webster Jr YMCA (703 m, 148 spaces) and Eyet - Crescent Town Centre (949 m, 83 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Gower?
29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,262 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1043 Victoria Park Ave (310 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1047 Victoria Park Ave (362 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 10 Gower St (396 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 1051 Victoria Park Ave (397 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 88 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Victoria Park & Gower?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Clairlea-Birchmount page.
What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Gower in?
Victoria Park & Gower is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.
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 Oct 23, 1991.
- 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.
- 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 20 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: 43.70302, -79.29348 · centreline node 13457437.