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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 2, 2007
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 498 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 115 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 202 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 20% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (168). Heavy vehicles made up 0.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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: 202 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 168 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 2017, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 12, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 16 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 13 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 Balliol St between Mount Pleasant Rd and Lane S of Davisville and E of Mt Pleasant, 354 m from the corner, a 3-day count in February 2024 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 41 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balliol St · Mount Pleasant Rd – Lane S of Davisville and E of Mt Pleasant · 354 m | Feb 2024 · 3 days | 1,125 | 30 km/h | 37 km/h | 41 km/h |
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 11 28 74 nearest 192 m
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Mount Pleasant Rd / Davisville Ave - SMART 592 m · 7 min · 16 docks · 3 stations, 54 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 6 car parks · about 500 spaces
- EV charging
- 41 Inglewood Dr · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 75 Holly St. (1.9 km)
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 15 mapped lots within 500 m, 358 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1503 Bayview Avw · Surface | 900 m | 24 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
| 709 Millwood Rd · Garage | 1 km | 20 | 78% (Q1 2026) |
| 650 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage | 1 km | 68 | 41% (Q1 2026) |
| 730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage | 1.3 km | 53 | 42% (Q1 2026) |
| 1670 Bayview Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 33 * | — |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Kenpik Bulk Food, 1.0 km away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 35 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 531 m away. No pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Isabel and Arthur Meighen Manor, a long-term care home 1.0 km away; The Claremont, a retirement home 451 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 381 Mount Pleasant Rd531 m · 6 min
- Starving Artist · 505 Mount Pleasant Rd651 m · 8 min
- Sushi Supreme · 513 Mount Pleasant Rd661 m · 8 min
- Krabi Thai Cuisine · 517 Mount Pleasant Rd671 m · 8 min
- Ayoka · 1416 Bayview Ave685 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Kenpik Bulk Food 1 km · 12 min
- Food shops
- Millwood Bread & Butter 645 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Child care
- Little Tots' Manor 2 · 36 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day314 m · 4 min
- Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village · 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day668 m · 8 min
- Little Tots' Manor · 75 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day685 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Hodgson Public School Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season596 m · 7 min
- June Rowlands Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible629 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- Isabel and Arthur Meighen Manor · long-term care home1 km · 12 min
- The Claremont · retirement home451 m · 5 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (13)
- Mount Pleasant Parkette435 m · 5 min
- Pottery Playground640 m · 8 min
- June Rowlands Park720 m · 9 min
- The Mission Ground Parkette733 m · 9 min
- Cudmore Creek Park811 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Maurice Cody Community Centre819 m · 10 min
- Schools (12)
- Hodgson Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 352 m · 4 min
- Greenwood College SchoolPrivate · 386 m · 5 min
- Toronto Prep SchoolPrivate · 488 m · 6 min
- Maurice Cody Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 811 m · 10 min
- Sunnybrook SchoolPrivate · 878 m · 10 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch941 m · 11 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a pharmacy.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,207 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 657 Balliol St (509 m, 29 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 86 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 657 Balliol St · Amelin Property Management | 29 | 4 | 1957 | 86 · Jul 2026 | 509 m · 6 min |
| 265 Balliol St · Park Property Management Inc. | 202 | 27 | 1968 | 89 · Jul 2024 | 546 m · 7 min |
| 384 Mount Pleasant Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 155 | 8 | 1993 | 92 · Sep 2026 | 546 m · 7 min |
| 225 Davisville Ave · Greenrock Property Management Limited | 401 | 25 | 1969 | 91 · Jul 2024 | 575 m · 7 min |
| 699 Balliol St · Brushstone Properties Ltd | 10 | 3 | 1962 | 87 · Sep 2024 | 586 m · 7 min |
| 345 Merton St · Numert Investments | 109 | 10 | 1965 | 92 · Jul 2024 | 627 m · 7 min |
21 registered buildings · 3,207 units · 1 social housing · tallest 30 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Four thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), other (1) |
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 Mount Pleasant East.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Balliol & Forsyth a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Balliol & Forsyth?
A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2007. Its latest count is from Oct 2, 2007, 10% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Balliol & Forsyth a walkable intersection?
Balliol & Forsyth scores 35 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 3 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km; 4 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Balliol & Forsyth?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Balliol St between Mount Pleasant Rd and Lane S of Davisville and E of Mt Pleasant (February 2024), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Balliol & Forsyth?
The nearest Green P car park is 1503 Bayview Avw (900 m away, 24 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 358 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,130 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 Inglewood Dr (1.6 km).
How do I get to Balliol & Forsyth by transit?
Bus routes 11, 28, 74 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Balliol & Forsyth?
None within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (531 m), Starving Artist (651 m), Sushi Supreme (661 m), Krabi Thai Cuisine (671 m) and Ayoka (685 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Balliol & Forsyth?
The nearest is Hodgson Public School Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom, 276 Davisville Ave, 596 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: June Rowlands Park Washroom (629 m).
Is there child care near Balliol & Forsyth?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,063 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Little Tots' Manor 2 (314 m, 36 spaces), Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village (668 m, 98 spaces) and Little Tots' Manor (685 m, 75 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Balliol & Forsyth?
21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,207 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 657 Balliol St (509 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 265 Balliol St (546 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 384 Mount Pleasant Rd (546 m, 155 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 225 Davisville Ave (575 m, 401 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Balliol & Forsyth?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Mount Pleasant East page.
What neighbourhood is Balliol & Forsyth in?
Balliol & Forsyth is in Mount Pleasant East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 099). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 2, 2007.
- 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.
- 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 15 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: 43.70033, -79.38183 · centreline node 13458089.