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Victoria Park & Janet

Victoria Park Ave & Janet Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Victoria Park & Janet, in Wexford/Maryvale, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,650
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2020
287 pedestrians · 23 cyclists
Collisions
61
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 38 property damage · #1776 of 5,508 · +5 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,080 vehicles an hour, 1.80× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 58 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 6.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 35%, from 26 in 2016–2020 to 35 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Victoria Park & Janet

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
91245467 nearest 78 m
Express
924954
Blue Night
324354
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at Lawrence Ave East South Side; Victoria Park Ave at Lawrence Ave East
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Surrey Ave / Victoria Park Ave 533 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (13)
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 429 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 597 m
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 618 m
  • Victoria Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 674 m
  • Broadlands Public SchoolEnglish Public · 783 m
  • Seerah Mission SchoolPrivate · 943 m
  • and 7 more
Parks (8)
  • Deanvar Parkette714 m
  • Sweeney Park749 m
  • Wayne Parkette1.1 km
  • Broadlands Park1.1 km
  • Rowena Park1.1 km
  • Wigmore Park1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Victoria Village branch613 m

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 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 73. The nearest is Original Shawarma, 105 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 73 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Original Shawarma · 1795 Victoria Park Ave105 mPassed, May 2026
Richard & Ruth's No Frills · 1450 Lawrence Ave Egrocery191 mPassed, Apr 2026
Al Walaa Halal Meat & Grocery · 1728 Lawrence Ave Egrocery198 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pariwar Restaurant · 1732 Lawrence Ave E203 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 2 infractions
Gc Burger · 1734 Lawrence Ave E205 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Chawk Bazar · 1738 Lawrence Ave E Unit-B206 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Pastable · 1738 Lawrence Ave E A206 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Negril's Jerk Hut · 1730 Lawrence Ave E211 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions

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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 481 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (429 m, 30 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 481 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program · 1050 Pharmacy Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    429 m
  • Curlew Montessori School · 81 Curlew Dr
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    582 m
  • Big Dreams Early Learning Centre · 1703 Victoria Park Ave
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    592 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    597 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (524 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 524 m59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 2.8 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.5 km887 Pharmacy 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 30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,535 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1840 Victoria Park Ave (86 m, 204 units, 12 storeys, built 1964), which scored 75 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings30 · 2,535 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 30
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1840 Victoria Park Ave · Falconwin Property Management20412196475 · Jun 2025086 m
1765 Victoria Park Ave · Midland Place Inc677196190 · Oct 2025299 m
1725 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.436196094 · Oct 20251138 m
1759 Victoria Park Ave · CAPREIT1007196396 · Sep 20254145 m
1850 Victoria Park Ave · Falconwin Property Management24015196479 · Sep 20244 · 8 fire154 m
1757 Victoria Park Ave · CAPREIT1007196394 · Aug 20265174 m
1751 Victoria Park Ave · Eichler Properties Ltd.354196083 · Aug 20260213 m
1749 Victoria Park Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation856196294 · Sep 20241257 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 lots404 lots · ≈53,210 spaces · 159.6 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈5,520 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface907 m25 *

Nearest lots: 54 m away, ≈758 spaces; 103 m away, ≈70 spaces; 104 m away, ≈34 spaces; 124 m away, ≈95 spaces; 151 m away, ≈12 spaces; 152 m away, ≈30 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 — 8-hour, Oct 27, 2020

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 8,647 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 150 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,459 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 2,177 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 13.4% 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 6 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north8,647southbound · 11 bikes · 15.3% heavy
From the west491eastbound · 1 bikes · 6.1% heavy
Total vehicles16,650287 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · 13.4% heavy
From the east150westbound · 0 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the south7,362northbound · 11 bikes · 11.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,177 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,459 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2020

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 Janet Blvd and Lawrence Ave E, 70 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2022 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Janet Boulevard between Victoria Park Ave and Pharmacy Ave (installed 2022).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Victoria Park Ave · Janet Blvd – Lawrence Ave E · 70 mSep 2022 · 3 days20,72637 km/h48 km/h54 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Janet Boulevard · Victoria Park Ave – Pharmacy Ave
    6 speed humps
    installed 2022

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 11 collisions. 16 collisions (26%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions61#1776 of 5,508
With an injury16#1140 of 4,660
Property damage only38
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian3#1432 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2461 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201479latest May 6, 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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts 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 vehicle430apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 17, 2025. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Victoria Park & Janet a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 61 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 & Janet?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2020, 1.80× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Janet?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victoria Park Ave between Janet Blvd and Lawrence Ave E (September 2022), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Janet?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (907 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 404 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 53,210 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Bus routes 91, 24, 54, 67, 924, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Victoria Park Ave at Lawrence Ave East South Side, 78 m).

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Janet?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 73 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Original Shawarma (105 m), Pariwar Restaurant (203 m), Gc Burger (205 m), Chawk Bazar (206 m) and Pastable (206 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Victoria Park & Janet?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 481 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (429 m, 30 spaces), Curlew Montessori School (582 m, 58 spaces) and Big Dreams Early Learning Centre (592 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Janet?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,535 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1840 Victoria Park Ave (86 m, 204 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 1765 Victoria Park Ave (99 m, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1725 Lawrence Ave E (138 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 1759 Victoria Park Ave (145 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 91 out of 100. 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 & Janet?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Janet in?

Victoria Park & Janet is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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