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Wilson & James Finlay

Wilson Ave & James Finlay Way · Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre · Wilson Village BIA

In Downsview, Wilson & James Finlay is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
18,967
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2016
810 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
245
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 167 property damage · #390 of 5,508 · +33 since Jan 2026
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
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 2,370 vehicles, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 23 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 25 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 7.9× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 25%, from 109 in 2016–2020 to 136 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Wilson & James Finlay

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 94 Pickering / Square One27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York36 Brampton / North York Express33 Guelph / North York at Hwy. 401 @ Keele St.494 m
TTC bus
101120961181191654140018 nearest 96 m
Express
996941
Blue Night
396341
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Wilson Ave at Keele St East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dubray Ave / Wilson Ave 210 m · 19 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 (12)
  • Madonna Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 300 m
  • Downsview Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 380 m
  • Downsview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 447 m
  • St Raphael Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 704 m
  • Pierre Laporte Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Blaydon Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Parks (10)
  • Downsview Memorial Parkette111 m
  • Dubray Parkette295 m
  • Stanley Greene Park811 m
  • Ernie Lustig - Rainbow Park845 m
  • de Havilland 'mossie' Park1 km
  • Roding Park1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Downsview branch218 m
Signal
2281, activated 2014 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

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 34 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 62. The nearest is Burger King, 84 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés34 within 300 m · 62 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Burger King · 1077 Wilson Ave84 mPassed, Jul 2026
Salsa St. Mexican Grill · 1077 Wilson Ave Unit-884 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 4 infractions
Subway · 1077 Wilson Ave Unit-184 mPassed, Jul 2026
Swiss Chalet · 1077 Wilson Ave84 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Viaa Convenience Store & Smoke Shop · 1077 Wilson Ave Unit-4grocery84 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Dollar Power · 1058 Wilson Avegrocery104 mPassed, Aug 2026
Shoppers Drug Mart · 1084 Wilson Avegrocery107 mPassed, Aug 2026
Peter G's Bar &grill · 1060 Wilson Ave108 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Stanley Greene Park Pavilion Washroom, 775 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 284 m away at Dubray Parkette.

  • Stanley Greene Park Pavilion Washroom · 55 Stanley Greene Blvd.
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    775 m
Drinking water
Dubray Parkette drinking fountain · 284 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 432 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Air-O-Down Child Care Centre (380 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 432 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Air-O-Down Child Care Centre · 7 Hawksdale Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    380 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Downsview Child Care · 2829 Keele St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    447 m
  • Columbus Early Learning - St Raphael · 3 Gade Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    704 m
  • Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus · 1196 Wilson Ave
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    723 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (902 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 913 m away.

FireFire Station 144 · 902 m2945 Keele St
Police12 Division · 3.7 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 52 · 913 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

Within a kilometre there are 49 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,592 rental units, 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 27 Paxtonia Blvd (184 m, 50 units, 4 storeys, built 1953), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Five buildings of the 49 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 50 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings49 · 1,592 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 5 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202650 across the 49
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
27 Paxtonia Blvd · Akelius Canada Ltd504195396 · Aug 202612184 m
31 Paxtonia Blvd · Akelius Canada Ltd503196496 · Sep 20263189 m
2782 Keele St · Marsha Switzer274196587 · Jul 20241231 m
2788 Keele St · Greenwin Corp.414196290 · Jul 20254236 m
2808 Keele St · 709 Keele Holdings Limited544195094 · Jul 20251289 m
2816 Keele St · Marsha Switzer123195591 · Jul 20250329 m
2818 Keele St · Meckk Properties Limited113197283 · Aug 20260350 m
1130 Wilson Ave · Wilson Humber River Apartments Inc.11811196589 · Aug 20240405 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 lots386 lots · ≈43,980 spaces · 131.9 ha
Within 500 m48 lots · ≈5,060 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈157 spaces; 74 m away, ≈812 spaces; 78 m away, ≈218 spaces; 83 m away, ≈92 spaces; 106 m away, ≈35 spaces; 160 m away, ≈72 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, Mar 8, 2016

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 9,079 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 1,116 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 3,136 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,445 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.0% 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 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 north1,116southbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west9,079eastbound · 0 bikes · 6.0% heavy
Total vehicles18,967810 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 6.0% heavy
From the east7,351westbound · 4 bikes · 7.3% heavy
From the south1,421northbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,445 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,136 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 8, 2016

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 most recent midblock count on Wilson Ave between James Finlay Way and Keele St (93 m away, May 2017) recorded volume only — about 17,697 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Keele St (324 m away, 30 km/h limit), 54% of the 340,502 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 2 speed humps slow traffic on James Finlay Way between Wilson Ave and George Appleton Way.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wilson Ave · James Finlay Way – Keele St · 93 mMay 2017 · 3 days17,697

School-zone speed sign 324 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct40 · 52 km/h
Over the limit68%
40 km/h or more54%

Keele St (northbound), 2813 Keele Street · 340,502 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • James Finlay Way · Wilson Ave – George Appleton Way
    2 speed humps

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 2023, with 37 collisions; 2025 recorded 28. 20 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 68 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 15 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 33 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions245#390 of 5,508
With an injury20#889 of 4,660
Property damage only167
Fail to remain68
Involving a pedestrian12#163 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#921 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified58
Since January 2026 (outside the window)33
All since 2014292latest Jun 24, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 26, 2015.

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

11 thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 73% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1110street/outdoor (8), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft410street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 24, 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 & James Finlay a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 245 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 & James Finlay?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2016, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Wilson & James Finlay?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 386 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,980 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Wilson & James Finlay by transit?

Bus routes 101, 120, 96, 118, 119, 165, 41, 400 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Wilson Ave at Keele St East Side, 96 m).

What restaurants are near Wilson & James Finlay?

34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 62 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Burger King (84 m), Salsa St. Mexican Grill (84 m), Subway (84 m), Swiss Chalet (84 m) and Peter G's Bar &grill (108 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 & James Finlay?

The nearest is Stanley Greene Park Pavilion Washroom, 55 Stanley Greene Blvd., 775 m 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 Wilson & James Finlay?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 432 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Air-O-Down Child Care Centre (380 m, 49 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Downsview Child Care (447 m, 71 spaces) and Columbus Early Learning - St Raphael (704 m, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wilson & James Finlay?

49 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,592 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 27 Paxtonia Blvd (184 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 31 Paxtonia Blvd (189 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2782 Keele St (231 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 2788 Keele St (236 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 49 is 87 out of 100; 5 scored below 70. 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 & James Finlay?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and four 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 Downsview page.

What neighbourhood is Wilson & James Finlay in?

Wilson & James Finlay 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