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Bathurst & Eglinton

Bathurst St & Eglinton Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Forest Hill North · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's · Upper Village BIA

Bathurst & Eglinton is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It sits in Forest Hill North. It has a live City traffic camera, Forest Hill Station and a school within 250 m at the corner. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic
43,966
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 24, 2026
7,207 pedestrians · 148 cyclists · #70 busiest
Collisions
625
police-reported · 2016–2025
3 killed or seriously injured · #67 of 5,519
Getting there
Forest Hill Station
subway station within 250 m
14 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
67/100
city median 48 · #1,031 of 5,672
19 places to eat within 300 m

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Bathurst & Eglinton

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 8065 · 18 m

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Live camera RESCU 8065 · Eglinton Ave W & Bathurst St
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Live camera · RESCU 8065 · Eglinton Ave W & Bathurst St
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Mar 24, 2026

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 10,096 vehicles entering from the north to 12,099 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,859 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 3,673 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north10,096southbound · 29 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west10,494eastbound · 54 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles43,9667,207 pedestrians · 148 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east12,099westbound · 34 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south11,277northbound · 31 bikes · 4.0% heavy

Peak hours: 3,859 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 3,673 from 5:15 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

2024 was the peak year (101 collisions), and 2025 closed with 75. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 70 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 82 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 cyclist were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. 2 of the 3 happened in darkness — 67%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Oct 9, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions625#67 of 5,519
With an injury57#184 of 4,669
Property damage only506
Fail to remain70
Involving a pedestrian7#404 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist6#297 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
Severity not classified62
Since January 2026 (outside the window)82
Killed or seriously injured3#103 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#356 of 879
Involving a cyclist1#66 of 271
In darkness267% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20066latest Oct 9, 2024

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 Eglinton Ave W between Bathurst St and Peveril Hill N (47 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 24,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Eglinton Ave W (321 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 75,729 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bathurst St · Eglinton Ave W – Lane N of Eglinton and W of Bathurst · 23 mMar 2016 · 7 days13,174———
Eglinton Ave W · Bathurst St – Peveril Hill N · 47 mMay 2025 · 3 days24,66238 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Speed sign
Eglinton Ave W (eastbound), 321 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 39 km/h, 85th percentile 47 km/h; 0.6% at 60 km/h or more. 75,729 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.

The crossing
Signal 0100, activated 1967 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Forest Hill Station (Line 5)30 m; Chaplin Station (Line 5)707 m · 8 min; Cedarvale Station (Line 1, Line 5)849 m · 10 min
TTC bus
7 34 33 14 63 90 164 109 nearest 17 m
Blue Night
307 334 363
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Bathurst St at Eglinton Ave West; Eglinton Ave West at Bathurst St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Chiltern Hill Rd / Eglinton Ave W 188 m · 17 docks · 4 stations, 58 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 357 spaces
EV charging
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 224 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking
11 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
39 mapped lots within 500 m, 339 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface209 m2662% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage249 m6834% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface483 m3342% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1.3 km15555% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.3 km2041% (Q1 2026)

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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 38 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks, 26 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Eglinton - Bathurst Pharmacy, 45 m away, one of four within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Forest Hill Place, a retirement home 736 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Starbucks · 859 Eglinton Ave W26 m
  • Che Peru · 852 Eglinton Ave W35 m
  • Aura Dessert Cafe · 860 Eglinton Ave W48 m
  • Viet Ca Phe · 866 Eglinton Ave W63 m
  • Le Bisou · 866 Eglinton Ave W72 m
19 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Food shops
Qi Natural Food 526 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Eglinton - Bathurst Pharmacy 45 m · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • Alive Montessori & Private School · 47 spaces, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day109 m
  • Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool · 60 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day329 m · 4 min
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day442 m · 5 min
6 licensed centres · 418 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Memorial Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible932 m · 11 min
Health and care
  • Forest Hill Place · retirement home736 m · 9 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 (16)
  • Wembley Parkette526 m · 6 min
  • Shallmar Parkette589 m · 7 min
  • Castlefield Parkette781 m · 9 min
  • Rosemary Parkette843 m · 10 min
  • Ben Nobleman Park845 m · 10 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena912 m · 11 min
Schools (14)
  • Alive Montessori and Private SchoolPrivate · 109 m
  • The Village Shul Synagogue & Supplmentary SchoolPrivate · 495 m · 6 min
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 510 m · 6 min
  • Robbins Hebrew AcademyPrivate · 711 m · 8 min
  • West Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 843 m · 10 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch431 m · 5 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 grocery store.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,031 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food15/30

    19 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Forest Hill Station · 8 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    library 431 m away

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

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

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

58 registered apartment buildings with 3,923 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 840 Eglinton Ave W (85 m, 40 units, 4 storeys, built 1941), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 58 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
840 Eglinton Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation404194193 · Aug 202685 m
800 Eglinton Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation364194189 · Nov 2025121 m
779 Eglinton Ave W · Imtradex Corp173193083 · Jul 2025145 m
130 Old Forest Hill Rd · Advent Property Management Services Ltd.426196783 · Aug 2024198 m
790 Eglinton Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation574194191 · Jul 2026199 m
1996 Bathurst St · Mar-Kal Property Management Company Limted394194993 · Jul 2026238 m

58 registered buildings · 3,923 units · 4 social housing · tallest 11 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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft220street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (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 Forest Hill North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bathurst & Eglinton a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #67 of 5,519 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 3 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 Bathurst & Eglinton?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #70 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.7× the median for a counted intersection, and #298 for pedestrians.

Is Bathurst & Eglinton a walkable intersection?

Bathurst & Eglinton scores 67 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,031 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: Forest Hill Station · 8 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km; 2 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; 19 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Bathurst & Eglinton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eglinton Ave W between Bathurst St and Peveril Hill N (May 2025), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 321 m away (50 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Bathurst & Eglinton?

The nearest Green P car park is 912 Eglinton Ave W (209 m away, 26 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 339 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,530 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (224 m).

How do I get to Bathurst & Eglinton by transit?

Forest Hill Station (Line 5) is 30 m away; bus routes 7, 34, 33, 14, 63, 90, 164, 109 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bathurst St at Eglinton Ave West, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Bathurst & Eglinton?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Starbucks (26 m), Che Peru (35 m), Aura Dessert Cafe (48 m), Viet Ca Phe (63 m) and Le Bisou (72 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Bathurst & Eglinton?

The nearest is Memorial Park Washroom, 340 Chaplin Cres, 932 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Bathurst & Eglinton?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 418 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alive Montessori & Private School (109 m, 47 spaces), Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (329 m, 60 spaces) and Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) (442 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bathurst & Eglinton?

58 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,923 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 840 Eglinton Ave W (85 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 800 Eglinton Ave W (121 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 779 Eglinton Ave W (145 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 130 Old Forest Hill Rd (198 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 58 is 91 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Bathurst & Eglinton?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Forest Hill North page.

What neighbourhood is Bathurst & Eglinton in?

Bathurst & Eglinton is in Forest Hill North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 102). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow. The corner falls inside the Upper Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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