Barrington & Doncaster

Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 20, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 917 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 122. Most cyclists arrived from the north (40 of 92). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 306 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 310 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 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: 306 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 310 from 4:45 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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 27% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 28, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

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

The City's counter on Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave (27 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 4,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Barrington Ave between Balfour Ave and Doncaster Ave measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (May 2012). At the school-zone speed sign on Palmer St. (133 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.5% of the 8,640 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Barrington Avenue between Balfour Ave and Doncaster Ave.

Speed sign

Palmer St. (southbound), 133 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 17 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 1.5% at 40 km/h or more. 8,640 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Barrington Avenue (Balfour Ave – Doncaster Ave): 2 speed humps

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 food9/30

  7 grocery stores within 1 km · 44 within 1 km

• Transit23/28

  Main Street Station 0.3 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.1 km away

• Parks and recreation10/10

  3 parks within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot2/10

  traffic calming

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.

27 registered apartment buildings with 4,056 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 114 Barrington Ave (82 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

27 registered buildings · 4,056 units · 5 social housing · tallest 42 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.

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Taylor-Massey.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 20, 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); Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 19 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: 43.69200, -79.30212 · centreline node 13459355.