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Warden & Highwood

Warden Ave & Highwood Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Warden & Highwood, in Wexford/Maryvale, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
15,459
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 30, 1992
143 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4366 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop 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

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,930 vehicles, 1.67× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 108 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 1 reported collision a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Warden & Highwood

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
68541767 nearest 13 m
Express
968954
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Warden Ave at Sherwood
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Warden Ave / The Meadoway 742 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)
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 407 m
  • Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 768 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 770 m
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 888 m
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (7)
  • Wayne Parkette395 m
  • Wexford Park910 m
  • McGregor Park1.2 km
  • Ashtonbee Reservoir Park1.3 km
  • Manhattan Park1.3 km
  • Deanvar Parkette1.3 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch1.2 km

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 87. The nearest is Alpha Katering, 277 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 87 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Alpha Katering · 98 Crockford Blvd277 mPassed, May 2026
Hot Pot Caribbean Cuisine · 98 Crockford Blvd Rm-98277 mPassed, May 2026
G For Gelato · 102 Crockford Blvd Unit-2292 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
To Kitchens Inc · 102 Crockford Blvd Unit-4292 mPassed, Jul 2026
Amelie's Chocolate & Patisserie · 74 Crockford Blvd Unit-3306 mPassed, May 2026
Ties Cofee · 74 Crockford Blvd, Unit-4306 mPassed, Dec 2024
Anny's Chocola · 2059 Lawrence Ave E364 mPassed, Apr 2026
Al' Deewan Bakery & Pizza · 2067 Lawrence Ave Egrocery369 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 Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 1.0 km away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 55 Elm Bank Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 243 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Citadel Child Care (375 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 243 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Scarborough Citadel Child Care · 2021 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    375 m
  • Wexford Community Childcare Centre · 1 Wayne Ave
    97 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    406 m
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) · 1 Wayne Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    406 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    770 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 1.7 km59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 1.8 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.4 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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 932 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2015 Lawrence Ave E (363 m, 158 units, 11 storeys, built 1994), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 12 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 932 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202612 across the 9
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2015 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing15811199496 · Sep 20260363 m
1860 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing908197898 · Sep 20240819 m
1236 Birchmount Rd · Homes First Property Management Inc.2201520231 · 2 fire828 m
2155 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Aldebrain Attendant Care Services of Toronto24311199392 · Nov 20251855 m
1191 Birchmount Rd414195588 · Aug 20261878 m
1169 Birchmount Rd · Kovacs Investments Ltd184196086 · Aug 20260908 m
1165 Birchmount Rd · Paul Thornton204196593 · Jul 20240917 m
1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.706196089 · Aug 20269918 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 lots389 lots · ≈78,200 spaces · 234.6 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈4,770 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 · Surface551 m25 *

Nearest lots: 303 m away, ≈1,243 spaces; 342 m away, ≈1,163 spaces; 352 m away, ≈237 spaces; 353 m away, ≈45 spaces; 370 m away, ≈197 spaces; 385 m away, ≈159 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, Nov 30, 1992

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,680 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 73 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,378 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 2,148 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.7% 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 34 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1992, 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 north7,680southbound · 0 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the west120eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.8% heavy
Total vehicles15,459143 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 6.7% heavy
From the east73westbound · 0 bikes · 12.3% heavy
From the south7,586northbound · 0 bikes · 8.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,148 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,378 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 30, 1992

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 Warden Ave between Walbon Rd and Castille Ave, 205 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2018 put the average speed at 62 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 69 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 74 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Warden Ave · Walbon Rd – Castille Ave · 205 mMar 2018 · 3 days25,87462 km/h69 km/h74 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 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 3 collisions (30%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 2, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4366 of 5,508
With an injury3#3516 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201411latest Sep 2, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Dec 8, 2007.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Warden & Highwood a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Warden & Highwood?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Nov 30, 1992, 1.67× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Warden & Highwood?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Warden Ave between Walbon Rd and Castille Ave (March 2018), found an average of 62 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Warden & Highwood?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (551 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 389 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 78,200 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Warden & Highwood by transit?

Bus routes 68, 54, 17, 67, 968, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Warden Ave at Sherwood, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Warden & Highwood?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 87 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Alpha Katering (277 m), Hot Pot Caribbean Cuisine (277 m), G For Gelato (292 m), To Kitchens Inc (292 m) and Amelie's Chocolate & Patisserie (306 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 Warden & Highwood?

The nearest is Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 55 Elm Bank Rd, 1.0 km 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 Warden & Highwood?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 243 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Citadel Child Care (375 m, 49 spaces), Wexford Community Childcare Centre (406 m, 97 spaces) and Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) (406 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Warden & Highwood?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 932 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2015 Lawrence Ave E (363 m, 158 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1860 Lawrence Ave E (819 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1236 Birchmount Rd (828 m, 220 units) and 2155 Lawrence Ave E (855 m, 243 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 92 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.

What neighbourhood is Warden & Highwood in?

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

Sources

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