Avenue & Elwood

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 16, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 6,871 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 88 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,944 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 1,736 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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.

Peak hours: 1,736 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,944 from 4:30 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 2023, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 6 collisions (33%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 21, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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 Avenue Rd between Elwood Blvd and Kelway Blvd, 45 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2025 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 29,400 vehicles a day. Elwood Blvd between Avenue Rd and Castle Knock Rd measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Nov 2004). At the school-zone speed sign on Castlefield Ave (343 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.1% of the 9,953 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Speed sign

Castlefield Ave (eastbound), 343 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 24 km/h, 85th percentile 38 km/h; 1.1% at 50 km/h or more. 9,953 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.

• Groceries and food8/30

  1 grocery store within 1 km · 28 within 1 km

• Transit25/28

  Avenue Station · 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.3 km away

• Parks and recreation6/10

  nearest park 0.8 km · 2 community centres within 800 m

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot0/10

  no crossing features on file

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.

Within a kilometre there are 32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,001 rental units, 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1106 Avenue Rd (168 m, 22 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 32 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

32 registered buildings · 1,001 units · tallest 13 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.

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Yonge-Eglinton.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 16, 2022.
• 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; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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 8 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: 43.70691, -79.40992 · centreline node 13457077.