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Bathurst & St Clair

Bathurst St & St Clair Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's · Wychwood Heights BIA

Bathurst & St Clair is a high-volume crossing, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Wychwood. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 253 m away. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic
35,540
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 18, 2025
14,304 pedestrians · 602 cyclists · #191 busiest
Collisions
781
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #38 of 5,519
Getting there
5
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair West Station 253 m · 9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
83/100
city median 48 · #202 of 5,672
26 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 100 m

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Bathurst & St Clair

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 8186 · 18 m

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Live camera RESCU 8186 · St Clair Ave W & Bathurst St
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Live camera · RESCU 8186 · St Clair Ave W & Bathurst St
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 18, 2025 · weekend

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 12,615 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 5,774 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 3,068 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,670 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north12,615southbound · 165 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the west5,774eastbound · 207 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles35,54014,304 pedestrians · 602 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east7,539westbound · 136 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south9,612northbound · 94 bikes · 1.9% heavy

Peak hours: 2,670 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 3,068 from 5:00 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 2018, with 117 collisions; 2025 recorded 66. 57 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 93 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 16 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 57 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 17, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 5, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions781#38 of 5,519
With an injury57#185 of 4,669
Property damage only644
Fail to remain93
Involving a pedestrian11#171 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist5#401 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist4
Severity not classified80
Since January 2026 (outside the window)57
Killed or seriously injured1#679 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#368 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20064latest Nov 5, 2025

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Bathurst St between St Clair Ave W and Albert Wiggan Lane (27 m away, Mar 2016) recorded volume only — about 16,323 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bathurst St · St Clair Ave W – Albert Wiggan Lane · 27 mMar 2016 · 7 days16,323———
St Clair Ave W · Hilton Ave – Bathurst St · 48 mMay 2011 · 3 days9,252———

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 0480, activated 1928 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · transit priority

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Clair West Station (Line 1)253 m · 3 min
Streetcar
512 nearest 46 m
TTC bus
7 90 126 33 127 nearest 17 m
Blue Night
312 307
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Bathurst St at St Clair Ave West; St Clair Ave West at Bathurst St West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Bathurst St 38 m · 19 docks · 12 stations, 201 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
11 car parks · about 451 spaces
EV charging
580 Christie St · 883 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 273 Christie St (1.9 km)
Bike parking
86 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 40 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
45 mapped lots within 500 m, 423 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface84 m4887% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface342 m2568% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface498 m1866% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage631 m26 *—
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface695 m18 *—

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

Three grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Neighbors Market, 100 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 26 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 79. The nearest is A&W, 29 m away. Seven pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Charles Pharmacy, 33 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Arirang Korean Long Term Care, a long-term care home 553 m away; The Russell Hill Retirement Residence, a retirement home 867 m away. St. Matthew's Bracondale House runs a seniors' active living programme 698 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • A&W · 501 St Clair Ave W Unit-501a29 m
  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 501 St Clair Ave W29 m
  • Osmows · 505 St Clair Ave W31 m
  • Subway · 507 St Clair Ave W, Unit-133 m
  • Harvey's · 509 St Clair Ave W38 m
26 within 300 m · 79 within 1 km
Grocery
Neighbors Market 100 m · 3 within 300 m
Food shops
Anchor Fish Market 338 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Charles Pharmacy 33 m · 10 within 1 km
Child care
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 65 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day190 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - St Clair · 119 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day235 m
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day287 m · 3 min
8 licensed centres · 675 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible257 m · 3 min
  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.878 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Wells Hill Park 197 m
Health and care
  • Arirang Korean Long Term Care · long-term care home553 m · 7 min
  • The Russell Hill Retirement Residence · retirement home867 m · 10 min
  • St. Matthew's Bracondale House · seniors' active living centre698 m · 8 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 (27)
  • Wells Hill Park213 m
  • Tichester Park382 m · 5 min
  • Nordheimer Ravine508 m · 6 min
  • Wychwood Parkette621 m · 7 min
  • The Tollkeeper's Park749 m · 9 min
and 22 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (14)
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 399 m · 5 min
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 536 m · 6 min
  • Hillcrest Community SchoolEnglish Public · 559 m · 7 min
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 1 km · 12 min
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch148 m
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 758 m · 9 min
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.3 km · 15 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #202 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    3 grocery stores within 300 m · 26 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit21/28

    St Clair West Station 0.3 km · 14 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 148 m away · 4 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school 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

Within a kilometre there are 109 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,277 rental units, 7.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — 12 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 497 St Clair Ave W (92 m, 19 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 81 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
497 St Clair Ave W social housing · Zerin Development Corporation194193081 · Jul 202592 m
1435 Bathurst St social housing · Zerin Development Corporation154191676 · Jul 2025105 m
21 Vaughan Rd · St Clair Place17323197596 · Aug 2025130 m
1500 Bathurst St · Cromwell Management Inc.11914196597 · Aug 2026145 m
21 Raglan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc123193090 · Oct 2025169 m
17 Raglan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc164193087 · Oct 2025175 m

109 registered buildings · 6,277 units · 12 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

24 thefts from vehicles and 21 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 7.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 5.6 a year before that. 79% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 52% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2450street/outdoor (19), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft2110apartment parking (11), street/outdoor (6)

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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bathurst & St Clair a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #38 of 5,519 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 1 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 & St Clair?

A high-volume crossing. It ranks #191 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection, and #137 for pedestrians.

Is Bathurst & St Clair a walkable intersection?

Bathurst & St Clair scores 83 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #202 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: 3 grocery stores within 300 m · 26 places to eat within 300 m; 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Bathurst & St Clair?

The nearest Green P car park is 1445 BATHURST ST (84 m away, 48 spaces, 87% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 423 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,370 spaces — 45 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (883 m).

How do I get to Bathurst & St Clair by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 253 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 46 m away; bus routes 7, 90, 126, 33, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bathurst St at St Clair Ave West, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Bathurst & St Clair?

26 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 79 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are A&W (29 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (29 m), Osmows (31 m), Subway (33 m) and Harvey's (38 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Bathurst & St Clair?

The nearest is Wells Hill Park Washroom, 145 Hilton Ave, 257 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom (878 m).

Is there child care near Bathurst & St Clair?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 675 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (190 m, 65 spaces), Chabad of Midtown - St Clair (235 m, 119 spaces) and Kinder Grove St. Clair (287 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bathurst & St Clair?

109 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,277 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 497 St Clair Ave W (92 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1435 Bathurst St (105 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 21 Vaughan Rd (130 m, 173 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 1500 Bathurst St (145 m, 119 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 109 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Bathurst & St Clair?

Toronto Police place 24 thefts from vehicles and 21 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wychwood page.

What neighbourhood is Bathurst & St Clair in?

Bathurst & St Clair is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow. The corner falls inside the Wychwood Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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