Toronto · intersection · signal 1236

Wilson & Garratt

Wilson Ave & Garratt Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre · Wilson Village BIA

Wilson & Garratt, in Downsview, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
11,952
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2022
550 pedestrians · 7 cyclists
Collisions
128
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
22 with an injury · 94 property damage · #843 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
9 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 1,490 vehicles, 1.29× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 22 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 13 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. The pace has been steady: 65 collisions in 2016–2020 and 63 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Wilson & Garratt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
961011181191201651841829 nearest 16 m
Express
996929
Blue Night
396329
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Wilson Ave at Garratt Blvd; Wilson Ave at Northgate Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ancaster Rd / Spalding Rd 384 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 68 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 (7)
  • Ancaster Public SchoolEnglish Public · 295 m
  • St Norbert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 556 m
  • Madonna Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 760 m
  • Downsview Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 919 m
  • The Sterling Hall SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Downsview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • de Havilland 'mossie' Park386 m
  • Ancaster Park402 m
  • Dubray Parkette814 m
  • Robert Leek Memorial Park845 m
  • Avro Park846 m
  • Stanley Greene Park874 m
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Downsview branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Bubble PlanetAttraction · 861 m
  • Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 1.4 km
Signal
1236, activated 1978 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores, and 56 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Mustafa, 28 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés25 within 300 m · 56 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mustafa · 866 Wilson Ave28 mPassed, Jul 2026
Claire Pinoy Kakanin · 878 Wilson Ave37 mPassed, Aug 2026
Hayal Kurdish Cigkofte Restaurant · 860 Wilson Ave38 mPassed, Jul 2026
Correct African Food Market/Naija Kitchen · 880 Wilson Avegrocery38 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Shell · 909 Wilson Avegrocery39 mPassed, Jul 2026
Shell · 909 Wilson Avegrocery39 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 3 infractions
Helvaci Adem Turkish Dessert Cafe · 886 Wilson Ave51 mPassed, Sep 2026
La Unica Panaderia Mexicana · 850 Wilson Ave51 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 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

The nearest public washroom is Ancaster Community Centre Washroom, 315 m away, View centre hours.

  • Ancaster Community Centre Washroom · 41 Ancaster Rd
    View centre hours
    315 m
  • Stanley Greene Park Pavilion Washroom · 55 Stanley Greene Blvd.
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    864 m

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 151 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ancaster Early Learning & Child Care Centre (343 m, 59 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 151 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Ancaster Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 45 Ancaster Rd
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    343 m
  • Plasp St. Norbert Catholic School · 60 Maniza Rd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    556 m
  • Air-O-Down Child Care Centre · 7 Hawksdale Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    919 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 145 (814 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 470 m away.

FireFire Station 145 · 814 m20 Beffort Rd
Police12 Division · 4.3 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 52 · 470 m170 Plewes 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 382 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 921 Wilson Ave (45 m, 44 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings19 · 382 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 19
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
921 Wilson Ave · 2291007 Ontario Limited444196093 · Jul 2025145 m
923-925 Wilson Ave · 592182 Ontario Limited233196092 · Aug 2026188 m
927-931 Wilson Ave · Mid-Wilson Apts Ltd363196098 · Jul 20261145 m
933-937 Wilson Ave · 592182 Ontario Limited363196093 · Aug 20260225 m
939-941 Wilson Ave163195379 · Aug 20260304 m
835 Wilson Ave · Tek Investment123196091 · Jul 20250349 m
833 Wilson Ave · Tek Investment123196089 · Aug 20260384 m
831 Wilson Ave113195580 · Aug 20260419 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 lots431 lots · ≈62,370 spaces · 187.1 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈2,810 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 2,234 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd · Surface1.3 km72 *
Wilson Main Lot - 50 Wilson Heights Blvd · Surface1.7 km885 *
Wilson South Lot - 30 Tippett Road · Surface1.7 km645 *
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface2 km632 *

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈29 spaces; 66 m away, ≈29 spaces; 74 m away, ≈31 spaces; 77 m away, ≈64 spaces; 90 m away, ≈20 spaces; 92 m away, ≈83 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, Dec 17, 2022 (a weekend day)

The west leg carries the load — 6,133 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 312. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,075 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 128% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (912). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 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 north312southbound · 2 bikes · 11.2% heavy
From the west6,133eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles11,952550 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east4,931westbound · 4 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south576northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour912 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,075 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend

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 Wilson Ave between Murray Rd and Cornelius Pkwy (365 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 55 km/h. That segment carries about 31,900 vehicles a day. Garratt Blvd between Regent Rd and Katherine Rd measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 53 km/h (Jul 2011). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Katherine Rd (253 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 681 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Northgate Dr · Anthony Rd – Winston Park Blvd · 142 mNov 2007 · 3 days906
Garratt Blvd · Regent Rd – Katherine Rd · 152 mJul 2011 · 24 h2,86843 km/h53 km/h58 km/h
Wilson Ave · Murray Rd – Cornelius Pkwy · 365 mOct 2021 · 3 days31,86247 km/h55 km/h59 km/h

School-zone speed sign 253 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Katherine Rd (westbound), N Side Katherine Rd Across Hse# 103/105 · 681 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 18 collisions. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions128#843 of 5,508
With an injury22#788 of 4,660
Property damage only94
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian5#815 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2523 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014151latest May 21, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Oct 21, 2013.

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 four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection 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 vehicle420street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 1, 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 Downsview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Wilson & Garratt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 128 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 Wilson & Garratt?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, 1.29× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Wilson & Garratt?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Wilson Ave between Murray Rd and Cornelius Pkwy (October 2021), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 253 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Wilson & Garratt?

The nearest Green P car park is Transit Road Lot - 25 Transit Rd (1.3 km away, 72 spaces). The City's mapping shows 431 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 62,370 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Wilson & Garratt by transit?

Bus routes 96, 101, 118, 119, 120, 165, 184, 18 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Wilson Ave at Garratt Blvd, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Wilson & Garratt?

25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 56 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mustafa (28 m), Claire Pinoy Kakanin (37 m), Hayal Kurdish Cigkofte Restaurant (38 m), Helvaci Adem Turkish Dessert Cafe (51 m) and La Unica Panaderia Mexicana (51 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 Wilson & Garratt?

The nearest is Ancaster Community Centre Washroom, 41 Ancaster Rd, 315 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Stanley Greene Park Pavilion Washroom (864 m). 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 Wilson & Garratt?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 151 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ancaster Early Learning & Child Care Centre (343 m, 59 spaces), Plasp St. Norbert Catholic School (556 m, 43 spaces) and Air-O-Down Child Care Centre (919 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wilson & Garratt?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 382 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 921 Wilson Ave (45 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 923-925 Wilson Ave (88 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 927-931 Wilson Ave (145 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 933-937 Wilson Ave (225 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 90 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 Wilson & Garratt?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Downsview page.

What neighbourhood is Wilson & Garratt in?

Wilson & Garratt is in Downsview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 155), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the Wilson Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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