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Avenue & Carmichael

Avenue Rd & Carmichael Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

In Bedford Park-Nortown, Avenue & Carmichael is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
17,437
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 7, 2022
351 pedestrians · 10 cyclists
Collisions
30
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 27 property damage · #2772 of 5,508 · +1 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 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 8-hour count works out to close to 2,180 vehicles, 1.89× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 50 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 50%, from 20 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Avenue & Carmichael

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
619616597 nearest 17 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Carmichael Ave; Avenue Rd at Ridley Blvd
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 (13)
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 382 m
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 460 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 518 m
  • Magnificent Minds SchoolPrivate · 862 m
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 865 m
  • Summit Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 867 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (13)
  • Grey Parkette726 m
  • Old Orchard Park768 m
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette876 m
  • Bathurst - Wilson Parkette1 km
  • 167 Armour Blvd Parkette1 km
  • Ledbury Park1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch208 m
Signal
1768, activated 1997 · 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 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 62 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Chiang Rai, 126 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 62 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bruno's Fine Foods · 2055 Avenue Rdgrocery118 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Chiang Rai · 2070 Avenue Rd126 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
L.s.l · 2066 Avenue Rd138 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
The Copper Chimney Authentic Indian Room · 2050 Avenue Rd148 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Karbouzi · 2048 Avenue Rd152 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Aroma Espresso Bar · 2040 Avenue Rd173 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Darbar Persian Grill · 2015 Avenue Rd238 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Bistro On Avenue · 1988 Avenue Rd245 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

The nearest public washroom is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 227 m away, View centre hours.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    227 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 754 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Armour Heights Child Care Program (382 m, 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 754 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 10
  • Armour Heights Child Care Program · 148 Wilson Ave
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    382 m
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    445 m
  • Temple Sinai Nursery School · 210 Wilson Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    460 m
  • Plasp St. Margaret C.s. · 85 Carmichael Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    518 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 1.6 km10 William Carson Cres
Police32 Division · 3.8 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 1.7 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2125 Avenue Rd (95 m, 33 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings19 · 1,130 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 19
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 2026095 m
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241150 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260179 m
193 Wilson AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 20240255 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250265 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252316 m
2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc.15216196999 · Jul 20250335 m
199 Wilson Ave · Viron Properties Inc.464195598 · Jun 20251343 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 lots414 lots · ≈18,080 spaces · 54.2 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈2,410 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking7 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
246 Brooke Ave · Surface490 m9467% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface604 m3232% (Q1 2026)
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.3 km13929% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.6 km26 *
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.8 km4254% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 107 m away, ≈70 spaces; 107 m away, ≈12 spaces; 117 m away, ≈2 spaces; 120 m away, ≈76 spaces; 129 m away, ≈4 spaces; 129 m away, ≈50 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, Apr 7, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 9,411 southbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 303. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,493 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,370 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north9,411southbound · 6 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west303eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.0% heavy
Total vehicles17,437351 pedestrians · 10 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south7,723northbound · 3 bikes · 3.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,493 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,370 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 7, 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 Carmichael Ave between Avenue Rd and Kelso Ave (84 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Wilson Ave (292 m away, 40 km/h limit), 11% of the 225,506 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Carmichael Ave – Ridley Blvd · 31 mSep 2012 · 3 days13,202
Carmichael Ave · Avenue Rd – Kelso Ave · 84 mMar 2025 · 3 days88734 km/h42 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 292 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 48 km/h
Over the limit27%
50 km/h or more11%

Wilson Ave (eastbound) · 225,506 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

2017 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions30#2772 of 5,508
With an injury3#3168 of 4,660
Property damage only27
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201436latest Mar 23, 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 Jan 7, 2008.

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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 17, 2018. 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Carmichael a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 30 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 Avenue & Carmichael?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 7, 2022, 1.89× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Carmichael?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Carmichael Ave between Avenue Rd and Kelso Ave (March 2025), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 292 m away (40 km/h), 11% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Avenue & Carmichael?

The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (490 m away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 414 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,080 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & Carmichael by transit?

Bus routes 61, 96, 165, 97, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Carmichael Ave, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Carmichael?

19 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 Chiang Rai (126 m), L.s.l (138 m), The Copper Chimney Authentic Indian Room (148 m), Karbouzi (152 m) and Aroma Espresso Bar (173 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 Avenue & Carmichael?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 227 m away (View centre hours). 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 Avenue & Carmichael?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 754 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Armour Heights Child Care Program (382 m, 110 spaces), Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (445 m, 98 spaces) and Temple Sinai Nursery School (460 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Carmichael?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2125 Avenue Rd (95 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 200 Ridley Blvd (150 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2135 Avenue Rd (179 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 193 Wilson Ave (255 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 97 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 Avenue & Carmichael?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Carmichael in?

Avenue & Carmichael is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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