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Birchmount & Ashtonbee

Birchmount Rd & Ashtonbee Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Ionview · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Birchmount & Ashtonbee, in Ionview, is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Birchmount Station (Line 5) 324 m away.

Traffic volume
13,897
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2024
270 pedestrians · 103 cyclists · #1394 busiest
Collisions
118
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
28 with an injury · 82 property damage · #925 of 5,508 · +8 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Birchmount Station 324 m · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 990 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 51 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 12 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 8.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.71× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 18%, from 65 in 2016–2020 to 53 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Birchmount & Ashtonbee

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Birchmount Station (Line 5)324 m; Ionview Station (Line 5)544 m; Golden Mile Station (Line 5)799 m
TTC bus
1734436811315412202157 nearest 19 m
Express
968
Blue Night
334343300386
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Ashtonbee Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Maida Vale Park 153 m · 11 docks · 6 stations, 70 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (9)
  • Ionview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 629 m
  • Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 765 m
  • Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 907 m
  • A Plus Academy of AdvancementPrivate · 1 km
  • Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Salaheddin Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (10)
  • Maidavale Park90 m
  • Eglinton Ravine Park676 m
  • Ionview Park750 m
  • Treverton Park940 m
  • Mooregate Park1.2 km
  • Maywood Tot Lot1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch684 m
Signal
1996, activated 2005 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/West

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 68. The nearest is The Birchmount Community Hub, 156 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 68 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Vienna Meats and Delicatessen · 1050 Birchmount Rdgrocery115 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 3 infractions
Vienna Meats and Delicatessen · 1050 Birchmount Rdgrocery115 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 6 infractions
The Birchmount Community Hub · 1021 Birchmount Rd156 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mandarin · 2206 Eglinton Ave E Unit-107260 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
H-Habesha Fresh Market &grocery · 2296 Eglinton Ave Egrocery332 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Costco · 50 Thermos Rdgrocery344 mPassed, Jul 2025
Suave Korner Kafe · 2200 Eglinton Ave E Unit-103362 mPassed, Aug 2026
House of China Restaurant · 2306 Eglinton Ave E399 mPassed, Apr 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No City washroom within 1 km.

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 252 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (411 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 252 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 835 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    411 m
  • Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 · 2283 Eglinton Ave E
    62 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    584 m
  • Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 1117 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    590 m
  • Birds and Bees Day Care Centre · 720 Kennedy Rd
    86 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (270 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1.4 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 270 m2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.6 km887 Pharmacy Ave

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,870 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1021 Birchmount Rd (157 m, 236 units, 11 storeys, built 1972), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 89 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings32 · 2,870 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202689 across the 32
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1021 Birchmount RdToronto Community Housing · Del Management23611197288 · Sep 20250157 m
19 Rosemount Dr · Northview Apartment REIT717196089 · Sep 20246 · 1 fire361 m
15 Rosemount Dr727196990 · Oct 20251392 m
2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.756197190 · Jun 20264401 m
835-841 Birchmount Rdsocial housing1026199294 · Sep 20250411 m
2225 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.946197194 · Sep 20257414 m
1 Rosemount Dr · Northview Apartment REIT1109197297 · Sep 20257426 m
2231 Eglinton Ave E · Yad Investments Ltd1106195883 · Jun 20267446 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots429 lots · ≈105,530 spaces · 316.6 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈5,550 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,792 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.2 km199 *
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.2 km673 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.9 km920 *

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈114 spaces; 84 m away, ≈111 spaces; 95 m away, ≈239 spaces; 149 m away, ≈76 spaces; 156 m away, ≈211 spaces; 183 m away, ≈107 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Oct 19, 2024 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,724 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 6,173 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the north (50 of 103). Evening rush dominates here: 1,281 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:15 p.m., against 954 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north7,724southbound · 50 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,897270 pedestrians · 103 cyclists · 1.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south6,173northbound · 50 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour954 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,281 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's most recent midblock count on Birchmount Rd between Maidavale Park Trl and Bertrand Ave (0 m away, Apr 2015) recorded volume only — about 13,375 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Maidavale Park Trl – Bertrand Ave · 0 mApr 2015 · 3 days13,375

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2019, with 23 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 28 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 10 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 26, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 8.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions118#925 of 5,508
With an injury28#551 of 4,660
Property damage only82
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian7#412 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#726 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014144latest Jun 26, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Seven 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. The pace has been steady at around 1.0 a year. 43% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 21, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle731street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 21, 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 Ionview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Ashtonbee a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 118 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 Birchmount & Ashtonbee?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1394 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Ashtonbee?

The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East (1.2 km away, 199 spaces). The City's mapping shows 429 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 105,530 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Ashtonbee by transit?

Birchmount Station (Line 5) is 324 m away; bus routes 17, 34, 43, 68, 113, 154, 12, 20 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Ashtonbee Rd, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Ashtonbee?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 68 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Birchmount Community Hub (156 m), Mandarin (260 m), Suave Korner Kafe (362 m) and House of China Restaurant (399 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Birchmount & Ashtonbee?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 252 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (411 m, 52 spaces), Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 (584 m, 62 spaces) and Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (590 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Ashtonbee?

32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,870 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1021 Birchmount Rd (157 m, 236 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 19 Rosemount Dr (361 m, 71 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 15 Rosemount Dr (392 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2223 Eglinton Ave E (401 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 32 is 90 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & Ashtonbee?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Ionview page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Ashtonbee in?

Birchmount & Ashtonbee is in Ionview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 125), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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