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White Heather & Big Red

White Heather Blvd & Big Red Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Agincourt North · Ward 23, Scarborough North

White Heather & Big Red is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Agincourt North. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,198
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 25, 2022
37 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4777 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
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 150 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 13% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 32 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 0.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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White Heather & Big Red

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1291308304239 nearest 301 m
Express
939
Blue Night
316339
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brimwood Blvd / North Scarborough Green Loop 1 km · 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 (15)
  • Percy Williams Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 145 m
  • Agincourt International AcademyPrivate · 556 m
  • Brimwood Boulevard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 666 m
  • Albert Campbell Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 707 m
  • Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 714 m
  • Macklin Public SchoolEnglish Public · 885 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (7)
  • Richmond Park281 m
  • Chartwell Park1 km
  • Brimley Woods1 km
  • Muirlands Park1 km
  • Iroquois Park1.1 km
  • Alexmuir Park1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Woodside Square branch647 m
  • Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 59 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Percy Williams YMCA, 144 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 59 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Percy Williams YMCA · 35 White Heather Blvd144 mPassed, Mar 2025
Baskin-Robbins · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-10555 mPassed, Sep 2025
Sandhurst Super Market · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-5-6grocery555 mPassed, May 2024 · 2 infractions
Sarvin Meat & Fish Market · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-4grocery555 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 4 infractions
Eelam Trinco Bay · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-8555 mPassed, Aug 2026
Malaysian Garam Masala · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-3555 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 infractions
Baskin-Robbins · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-10555 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sarvin Meat & Fish Market · 1001 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-4grocery555 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

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 358 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Percy Williams YMCA (145 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 358 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Percy Williams YMCA · 35 White Heather Blvd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    145 m
  • Early Foundations Learning Centre · 25 Thunder Grove
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    567 m
  • Brimwood School Age YMCA · 151 Brimwood Blvd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    666 m
  • Our Lady of Grace YMCA Child Care Centre (YMCA) · 121 Brimwood Blvd
    67 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    714 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 242 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 242 · 1.2 km2733 Brimley Rd
Police42 Division · 3.4 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 2.2 km900 Tapscott Rd

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

Four registered apartment buildings with 909 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 25 Thunder Grv (568 m, 247 units, 19 storeys, built 1982), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 21 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 909 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202621 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Thunder Grvsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.24719198297 · Sep 20246568 m
23 Thunder Grvsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd18618202197 · Sep 202415572 m
1580 Sandhurst Crcl · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.23820197993 · Sep 20250794 m
1600 Sandhurst Crcl · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.23820197993 · Sep 20250867 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 lots237 lots · ≈81,050 spaces · 243.2 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈200 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 106 m away, ≈77 spaces; 246 m away, ≈4 spaces; 305 m away, ≈7 spaces; 338 m away, ≈3 spaces; 346 m away, ≈2 spaces; 357 m away, ≈2 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, Jan 25, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 545 southbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 116. Morning rush is the busier period: 243 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 212 from 2:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north545southbound · 2 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west116eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.3% heavy
Total vehicles1,19837 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south537northbound · 2 bikes · 1.7% heavy
AM peak hour243 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour212 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 25, 2022

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

The City's counter on White Heather Blvd between Sandhurst Crcl and Dragoon Cres (182 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 2,400 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on White Heather Blvd (119 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 26,183 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
White Heather Blvd · Sandhurst Crcl – Dragoon Cres · 182 mMay 2026 · 3 days2,43228 km/h34 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 119 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 33 km/h
Over the limit0.6%
50 km/h or more0.1%

White Heather Blvd (southbound), West Side of White Heather Blvd, 33m South of Dragoon Cr · 26,183 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

2018 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 14% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 14, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4777 of 5,508
With an injury1#4639 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201410latest Apr 14, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 18, 2020. 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 Agincourt North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is White Heather & Big Red a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 White Heather & Big Red?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 25, 2022, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at White Heather & Big Red?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on White Heather Blvd between Sandhurst Crcl and Dragoon Cres (May 2026), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 119 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near White Heather & Big Red?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 237 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 81,050 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to White Heather & Big Red by transit?

Bus routes 129, 130, 830, 42, 39, 939 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near White Heather & Big Red?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 59 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Percy Williams YMCA (144 m), Baskin-Robbins (555 m), Eelam Trinco Bay (555 m), Malaysian Garam Masala (555 m) and Baskin-Robbins (555 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 White Heather & Big Red?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 358 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Percy Williams YMCA (145 m, 43 spaces), Early Foundations Learning Centre (567 m, 47 spaces) and Brimwood School Age YMCA (666 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near White Heather & Big Red?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 909 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Thunder Grv (568 m, 247 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 23 Thunder Grv (572 m, 186 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1580 Sandhurst Crcl (794 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 1600 Sandhurst Crcl (867 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 95 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 White Heather & Big Red?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Agincourt North page.

What neighbourhood is White Heather & Big Red in?

White Heather & Big Red is in Agincourt North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 129). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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