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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 · Feb 13, 2008
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,270 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 95 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,171 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,240 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2008, 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: 1,171 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,240 from 4:45 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 worst year was 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (14%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 14, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 19, 2018.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 14 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 12 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 5 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jun 19, 2018 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Willowdale Ave between Newton Dr and Madawaska Ave, 47 m from the corner, a 3-day count in February 2020 put the average speed at 42 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Lillian St (269 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 4,957 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowdale Ave · Newton Dr – Madawaska Ave · 47 m | Feb 2020 · 3 days | 11,914 | 42 km/h | 57 km/h | 63 km/h |
| Madawaska Ave · Willowdale Ave – Lillian St · 110 m | Oct 2010 · 24 h | 979 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Lillian St (northbound), 269 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 5 km/h, 85th percentile 31 km/h; 2.6% at 40 km/h or more. 4,957 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- GO Transit
- GO bus 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Steeles Ave. W.1 km · 12 min
- TTC bus
- 98 53 60 97 42 nearest 60 m
- Express
- 953 960
- Blue Night
- 353 320
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Willowdale Ave at Newton Dr; Willowdale Ave at Otonabee Ave
- Regional
- York Region Transit 002 Milliken 005 Clark 023 Thornhill Woods 077 Highway 7 088 Bathurst 091 Bayview 098|099 Yonge (Late Night) 099 Yonge 360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland blue B Viva Blue B blue Viva Blue at Steeles Av / Willowdale Av482 m · 6 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- 3 car parks · about 2,475 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 5 mapped lots within 500 m, 131 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface | 1.8 km | 900 * | — |
| Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 1,552 * | — |
| 5667 Yonge Street · Surface | 1.9 km | 23 * | — |
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 Carlo's No Frills, 744 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 44 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Zaffron Restaurant, 549 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Loblaw Pharmacy, 855 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.2 km away. For seniors' housing: Cummer Lodge, a long-term care home 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Zaffron Restaurant · 6200 Yonge St549 m · 7 min
- Mikaku Izakaya · 6180 Yonge St Bldg-6180576 m · 7 min
- Yonge Burger · 6178 Yonge St597 m · 7 min
- The Laterna Restaurant · 6301 Yonge St664 m · 8 min
- Eat Bkk Thai Kitchen · 6307 Yonge St669 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Carlo's No Frills 744 m · 9 min · 4 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Red Rose Patisserie 569 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Loblaw Pharmacy 855 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Forest Grove Montessori Preschool · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day223 m
- The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 74 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day574 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
- Cummer Lodge · long-term care home1 km · 12 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 (8)
- Lillian Park791 m · 9 min
- Aneta Circle Parkette817 m · 10 min
- Centre Park835 m · 10 min
- Wedgewood Park - North York1 km · 12 min
- Goulding Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Goulding Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (8)
- Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 497 m · 6 min
- Alpha Quality Education SchoolPrivate · 799 m · 10 min
- Avondale Secondary Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 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 library or a public washroom.
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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 700 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 6210 Yonge St (591 m, 83 units, 7 storeys, built 1968), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6210 Yonge St · Better Living Homes Inc. | 83 | 7 | 1968 | 88 · Aug 2025 | 591 m · 7 min |
| 1 Homewood Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc | 67 | 4 | 1940 | 91 · Jul 2026 | 868 m · 10 min |
| 175 Cummer Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 246 | 4 | 1970 | 93 · Jun 2024 | 1 km · 11 min |
| 6061 Yonge St · M&r Property Management | 304 | 19 | 1968 | 92 · Jun 2024 | 1 km · 11 min |
4 registered buildings · 700 units · 1 social housing · tallest 19 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
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Newtonbrook East.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Willowdale & Madawaska a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 14 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Willowdale & Madawaska?
A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2008. Its latest count is from Feb 13, 2008, 72% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Willowdale & Madawaska a walkable intersection?
Willowdale & Madawaska scores 33 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 4 grocery stores within 1 km · 44 within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Willowdale & Madawaska?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Willowdale Ave between Newton Dr and Madawaska Ave (February 2020), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 269 m away (30 km/h), 2.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Willowdale & Madawaska?
The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.8 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 131 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,120 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Willowdale & Madawaska by transit?
Bus routes 98, 53, 60, 97, 42, 953, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Willowdale Ave at Newton Dr, 60 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Steeles Av / Willowdale Av.
What restaurants are near Willowdale & Madawaska?
None within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Zaffron Restaurant (549 m), Mikaku Izakaya (576 m), Yonge Burger (597 m), The Laterna Restaurant (664 m) and Eat Bkk Thai Kitchen (669 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Willowdale & Madawaska?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 104 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (223 m, 30 spaces) and The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (574 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Willowdale & Madawaska?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 700 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 6210 Yonge St (591 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1 Homewood Ave (868 m, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 175 Cummer Ave (1.0 km, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 6061 Yonge St (1.0 km, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Willowdale & Madawaska?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Newtonbrook East page.
What neighbourhood is Willowdale & Madawaska in?
Willowdale & Madawaska is in Newtonbrook East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 050). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.
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 Feb 13, 2008.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 18 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: 43.79514, -79.41275 · centreline node 13444198.