Bedford & Bernard

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 15, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,978 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 1,488 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,034 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 12% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (921). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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: 1,034 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 921 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 4 collisions. 7 collisions (33%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (24%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Aug 22, 2025.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 2, 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.

How fast traffic moves here

On Bedford Rd between Elgin Ave and Boswell Ave, 202 m from the corner, a 3-day count in February 2024 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,700 vehicles a day. Bernard Ave between Bedford Rd and Admiral Rd measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (May 2019).

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 food19/30

  3 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit20/28

  St George Station 0.6 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 1.1 km away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.5 km

• Schools and child care4/8

  nearest school 0.6 km · 1 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 49 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,419 rental units, 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 88 Bernard Ave (228 m, 82 units, 11 storeys, built 1966), which scored 94 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 49 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

49 registered buildings · 4,419 units · 4 social housing · tallest 25 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.

Ten thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 14, 2026.

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 Annex.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 15, 2006.
• 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 11 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: 43.67336, -79.39941 · centreline node 13462964.