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Yonge & William Carson

Yonge St & William Carson Cres · Toronto, Ontario · St.Andrew-Windfields · Ward 15, Don Valley West

In St.Andrew-Windfields, Yonge & William Carson is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is York Mills Station (Line 1) 333 m away.

Traffic volume
24,176
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 23, 2023
638 pedestrians · 21 cyclists · #602 busiest
Collisions
154
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
17 with an injury · 114 property damage · #698 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1498 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
York Mills Station 333 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,730 vehicles, 1.49× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 38 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 15 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 6.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 53%, from 105 in 2016–2020 to 49 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 154 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Yonge & William Carson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
York Mills Station (Line 1)333 m
GO Transit
GO bus 36 Brampton / North York Express33 Guelph / North York92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Yonge St. @ William Carson Cr.26 m
TTC bus
97122957811516596 nearest 20 m
Express
995996
Blue Night
320396395
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at William Carson Cres
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (10)
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 736 m
  • St Edward Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 836 m
  • Don Valley Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Duke Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Fairmeadow CentreEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (20)
  • Don Valley Golf Course311 m
  • Jolly Miller Park630 m
  • York Mills Park635 m
  • Old Yonge Parkette694 m
  • Tournament Park781 m
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette821 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.5 km
Signal
0508, activated 1967 · SA2

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 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 10 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Auberge du Pommier, 61 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Auberge du Pommier · 4150 Yonge St61 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Swiss Chalet Rotisserie &grill · 4211 Yonge St95 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Ycc Marketplace · 4100 Yonge St, Ste-Ayc02145 mPassed, Apr 2025
Tim Hortons · 4110 Yonge St154 mPassed, Jun 2026
Don Valley Golf Course 9th Hole · 4200 Yonge St242 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Ins Market · 4025 Yonge St Unit-131grocery280 mPassed, Mar 2026
Tim Hortons · 4025 Yonge St Unit-129280 mPassed, Jan 2026
Shell · 4021 Yonge Stgrocery378 mPassed, Nov 2025

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 Don Valley Golf Course Washroom, 188 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Don Valley Golf Course Washroom · 4200 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    188 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 247 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is North York Little Prints Daycare (374 m, 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 247 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • North York Little Prints Daycare · 20 York Mills Rd
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    374 m
  • Yes I Can Nursery School · 25 Old York Mills Rd
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    502 m
  • Uptown Yonge Preschool & Child Development Centre · 1 Lord Seaton Rd
    62 spaces · preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    571 m
  • St. Edward YMCA · 1 Botham Rd
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    836 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (148 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 148 m10 William Carson Cres
Police32 Division · 2.8 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2.3 km4135 Bathurst St

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 eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 774 rental units. The nearest is 4000 Yonge St (562 m, 305 units, 8 storeys, built 1964), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings8 · 774 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 8
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest8 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4000 Yonge St · M&r Property Management3058196492 · Jul 20241 · 4 fire562 m
16 The Links Rd · Minto Properties Inc.1024196395 · Sep 20251581 m
28 Upper Canada Dr · Denwin Investments Limited544195999 · Sep 20250594 m
37 Lord Seaton Rd · Minto Properties Inc.494196393 · Aug 20254597 m
24 The Links Rd · Minto Properties Inc.954196393 · Jul 20241 · 3 fire610 m
29 Upper Canada Dr · Westdale Properties544196597 · Sep 20250635 m
30 Upper Canada Dr · Denwin Investments Limited544195998 · Sep 20250659 m
31 Upper Canada Dr · Westdale Properties614196596 · Sep 20250686 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 lots330 lots · ≈13,720 spaces · 41.2 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈1,310 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 836 spaces
EV charging (City)19 Glendora Ave · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3885 Yonge St · Surface625 m13929% (Q1 2026)
4576 Yonge Street · Surface1 km17 *
68 Sheppard Ave W · Surface1.6 km3063% (Q1 2026)
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface1.7 km112 *
246 Brooke Ave · Surface1.9 km9467% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 56 m away, ≈36 spaces; 76 m away, ≈10 spaces; 88 m away, ≈4 spaces; 89 m away, ≈54 spaces; 93 m away, ≈9 spaces; 97 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.3 km, 2 ports); 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.8 km, 2 ports).

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 — 14-hour, Nov 23, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 12,281 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 452 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 3,798 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 8% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (3,508). Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,509southbound · 5 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west452eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles24,176638 pedestrians · 21 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east934westbound · 5 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south12,281northbound · 10 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour3,798 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,508 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 23, 2023

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 Yonge St between York Mills Rd and William Carson Cres, 178 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2024 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 62 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 47,800 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Yonge St · York Mills Rd – William Carson Cres · 178 mNov 2024 · 3 days47,75451 km/h62 km/h68 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 2019, with 31 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 17 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 25 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 7, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 6.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions154#698 of 5,508
With an injury17#1073 of 4,660
Property damage only114
Fail to remain25
Involving a pedestrian3#1472 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2570 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified23
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014190latest Jun 7, 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

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 Feb 14, 2019. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1498 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Feb 14, 2019

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

Eight thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 88% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 17, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle802street/outdoor (7), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 17, 2026. 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 St.Andrew-Windfields.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & William Carson a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1498 of 1,505), out of 154 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 Yonge & William Carson?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #602 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.49× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & William Carson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between York Mills Rd and William Carson Cres (November 2024), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Yonge & William Carson?

The nearest Green P car park is 3885 Yonge St (625 m away, 139 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 330 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,720 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Glendora Ave (1.3 km).

How do I get to Yonge & William Carson by transit?

York Mills Station (Line 1) is 333 m away; bus routes 97, 122, 95, 78, 115, 165, 96, 995 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at William Carson Cres, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & William Carson?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Auberge du Pommier (61 m), Swiss Chalet Rotisserie &grill (95 m), Ycc Marketplace (145 m), Tim Hortons (154 m) and Don Valley Golf Course 9th Hole (242 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 Yonge & William Carson?

The nearest is Don Valley Golf Course Washroom, 4200 Yonge St, 188 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Yonge & William Carson?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 247 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are North York Little Prints Daycare (374 m, 90 spaces), Yes I Can Nursery School (502 m, 24 spaces) and Uptown Yonge Preschool & Child Development Centre (571 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & William Carson?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 774 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4000 Yonge St (562 m, 305 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 16 The Links Rd (581 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 28 Upper Canada Dr (594 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 37 Lord Seaton Rd (597 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 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 Yonge & William Carson?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 St.Andrew-Windfields page.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & William Carson in?

Yonge & William Carson is in St.Andrew-Windfields (City of Toronto neighbourhood 040). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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