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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend
The north leg carries the load — 10,086 southbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,832. Most cyclists arrived from the north (71 of 169). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,257 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 37% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,645). Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,645 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 2,257 from 2:45 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
2024 was the peak year (19 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 28, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Oct 16, 2014.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 96 | #1156 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 17 | #1024 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 71 | |
| Fail to remain | 8 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | #1575 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 8 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 7 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Oct 16, 2014 |
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 Birchmount Rd between Bertrand Ave and Ranstone Gdns (201 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 7-day count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 55 km/h. That segment carries about 20,500 vehicles a day. Bertrand Ave between Mozart Ave and Reno Dr measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Apr 2019). 5 speed humps slow traffic on Bertrand Avenue between Kennedy Rd and Birchmount Rd.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertrand Ave · Mozart Ave – Reno Dr · 132 m | Apr 2019 · 2 days | 6,247 | 42 km/h | 49 km/h | 54 km/h |
| Birchmount Rd · Bertrand Ave – Ranstone Gdns · 201 m | May 2023 · 7 days | 20,464 | 49 km/h | 55 km/h | 60 km/h |
- Traffic calming
- Bertrand Avenue (Kennedy Rd – Birchmount Rd): 5 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0886, activated 1970 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Birchmount Station (Line 5)632 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 17 34 68 43 nearest 19 m
- Blue Night
- 334 343
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Bertrand Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Birchmount Rd / The Meadoway 432 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 4 stations, 48 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
- 2 car parks · about 872 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 15 mapped lots within 500 m, 251 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface | 1.8 km | 673 * | — |
| Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface | 1.9 km | 199 * | — |
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
The nearest grocery store is Costco, 643 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. A specialist food shop is closer still: Vienna Meats and Delicatessen, 217 m away. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 16 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Cheesecakes Are Kinda Everything, 169 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Scarborough Pharmacy, 847 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Cheesecakes Are Kinda Everything · 1110 Birchmount Rd, 14169 m
- Aerosports Parks Scarborough · 1120 Birchmount Rd 3289 m · 3 min
- Kathy's Eatery · 30 Bertrand Ave 109449 m · 5 min
- The Birchmount Community Hub · 1021 Birchmount Rd468 m · 6 min
- Goros · 30 Bertrand Ave, Unit-113b504 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Costco 643 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Vienna Meats and Delicatessen 217 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Scarborough Pharmacy 847 m · 10 min
- Child care
- Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day347 m · 4 min
- Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day702 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
- Maidavale Park413 m · 5 min
- Ionview Park768 m · 9 min
- Mooregate Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Eglinton Ravine Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Jack Goodlad Park1.5 km · 17 min
- Schools (6)
- Ionview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 693 m · 8 min
- Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 841 m · 10 min
- Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- A Plus Academy of AdvancementPrivate · 1.5 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch1.2 km · 14 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 community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,387 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
18 registered apartment buildings with 1,481 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1021 Birchmount Rd (469 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.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1021 Birchmount Rd Toronto Community Housing · Del Management | 236 | 11 | 1972 | 88 · Sep 2025 | 469 m · 6 min |
| 835-841 Birchmount Rd social housing | 102 | 6 | 1992 | 94 · Sep 2025 | 702 m · 8 min |
| 19 Rosemount Dr · Northview Apartment REIT | 71 | 7 | 1960 | 89 · Sep 2024 | 742 m · 9 min |
| 2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp. | 75 | 6 | 1971 | 90 · Jun 2026 | 748 m · 9 min |
| 1165 Birchmount Rd · Paul Thornton | 20 | 4 | 1965 | 93 · Jul 2024 | 768 m · 9 min |
| 829 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc. | 65 | 6 | 1961 | 90 · Oct 2025 | 776 m · 9 min |
18 registered buildings · 1,481 units · 2 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 13 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 46% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 13 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (5) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Wexford/Maryvale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Birchmount & Bertrand a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 96 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 & Bertrand?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #638 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.48× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Bertrand a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Bertrand scores 52 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,387 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: Birchmount Station 0.6 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Bertrand?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Bertrand Ave and Ranstone Gdns (May 2023), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Bertrand?
The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres (1.8 km away, 673 spaces). The City's mapping shows 251 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 60,860 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Birchmount & Bertrand by transit?
Birchmount Station (Line 5) is 632 m away; bus routes 17, 34, 68, 43 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Bertrand Ave, 19 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Bertrand?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Cheesecakes Are Kinda Everything (169 m), Aerosports Parks Scarborough (289 m), Kathy's Eatery (449 m), The Birchmount Community Hub (468 m) and Goros (504 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Birchmount & Bertrand?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 104 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (347 m, 52 spaces) and Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (702 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Bertrand?
18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,481 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1021 Birchmount Rd (469 m, 236 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 835-841 Birchmount Rd (702 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 19 Rosemount Dr (742 m, 71 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 2223 Eglinton Ave E (748 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & Bertrand?
Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wexford/Maryvale page.
What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Bertrand in?
Birchmount & Bertrand is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 19, 2024.
- 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; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 21 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: 43.73523, -79.27987 · centreline node 13452416.