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Birchmount & Canadian

Birchmount Rd & Canadian Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Dorset Park · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Birchmount & Canadian is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Dorset Park. Nearby is 17 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
27,353
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 5, 2024
130 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · #447 busiest
Collisions
116
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
27 with an injury · 80 property damage · #943 of 5,508 · +7 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
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,950 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.69× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 210 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 12 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 11%, from 55 in 2016–2020 to 61 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Birchmount & Canadian

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1795684338129131133 nearest 19 m
Express
995996968903904938939
Blue Night
395343
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Canadian Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (11)
  • Ellesmere Statton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 345 m
  • Alif Canada Elementary SchoolPrivate · 364 m
  • Sathya Sai Elementary SchoolPrivate · 470 m
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 540 m
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Um Al-Qura Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (6)
  • Dorset Park497 m
  • Mondeo Park569 m
  • Ellesmere Park682 m
  • Manhattan Park912 m
  • Jolly Way Park1.1 km
  • Glamorgan Park1.3 km

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 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 43. The nearest is Mexitaco, 209 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mexitaco · 1601 Birchmount Rd Bldg-1209 mPassed, May 2026
Subway · 1620 Birchmount Rd212 mPassed, Jun 2026
Golconda · 1519 Birchmount Rd240 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Good Vibes West Indian Restaurant and Bar Ltd. · 1523 Birchmount Rd246 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Hut · 592 Ellesmere Rd254 mPassed, Apr 2026
Burger King · 1607 Birchmount Rd271 mPassed, Aug 2026
Islanderz Caribbean Grill · 1515 Birchmount Rd Unit-7294 mPassed, Jul 2026
Kroran Uyghur Cuisine · 1515 Birchmount Rd294 mPassed, Aug 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

The nearest public washroom is Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom, 713 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 564 m away at Mondeo Park.

  • Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom · 20 Canadian Rd
    View centre hours
    713 m
Drinking water
Mondeo Park drinking fountain · 564 m

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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 69 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (486 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 69 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre · 764 Ellesmere Rd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age
    486 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 245 (167 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 245 · 167 m1600 Birchmount Rd
Police41 Division · 3.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 1.9 km2430 Lawrence Ave E

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 eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 557 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1555 Birchmount Rd (106 m, 46 units, 6 storeys, built 1950), which scored 71 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 33 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings8 · 557 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202633 across the 8
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1555 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc466195071 · Sep 20255106 m
1545 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196076 · Jul 20263151 m
1535 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196083 · Jul 20263188 m
1525 Birchmount Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.524195689 · Sep 20252220 m
1477 Birchmount Rd213196086 · Sep 20251528 m
1475 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.285196782 · Aug 20261556 m
7 Glamorgan AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19612197186 · Sep 20243861 m
5 Glamorgan Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14010197487 · Sep 2024151 km

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 lots415 lots · ≈85,950 spaces · 257.8 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈5,840 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 68 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.3 km68 *

Nearest lots: 58 m away, ≈28 spaces; 91 m away, ≈54 spaces; 93 m away, ≈267 spaces; 147 m away, ≈88 spaces; 164 m away, ≈84 spaces; 170 m away, ≈26 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, Mar 5, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 12,734 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 2,284 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,626 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 2,279 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north12,335southbound · 15 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west2,284eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles27,353130 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south12,734northbound · 6 bikes · 4.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,279 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,626 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 5, 2024

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

On Birchmount Rd between Burcana Rd and Canadian Rd, 108 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2024 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 56 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 35,400 vehicles a day. Canadian Rd between Principal Rd and Birchmount Rd measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Oct 2021).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Burcana Rd – Canadian Rd · 108 mMar 2024 · 3 days35,37647 km/h56 km/h60 km/h
Canadian Rd · Principal Rd – Birchmount Rd · 142 mOct 2021 · 3 days5,38043 km/h49 km/h54 km/h

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 2024, with 21 collisions; 2025 recorded 18. 27 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions116#943 of 5,508
With an injury27#581 of 4,660
Property damage only80
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian3#1152 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1021 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014136latest Jun 20, 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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400commercial premises (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 11, 2021. 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Canadian a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 116 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 & Canadian?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #447 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.69× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Canadian?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Burcana Rd and Canadian Rd (March 2024), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Canadian?

The nearest Green P car park is Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 (1.3 km away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 415 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 85,950 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Canadian by transit?

Bus routes 17, 95, 68, 43, 38, 129, 131, 133 and 7 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Canadian Rd, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Canadian?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mexitaco (209 m), Subway (212 m), Golconda (240 m), Good Vibes West Indian Restaurant and Bar Ltd. (246 m) and Pizza Hut (254 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Birchmount & Canadian?

The nearest is Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom, 20 Canadian Rd, 713 m away (View centre hours). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Birchmount & Canadian?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 69 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (486 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Canadian?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 557 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1555 Birchmount Rd (106 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 1545 Birchmount Rd (151 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1535 Birchmount Rd (188 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 1525 Birchmount Rd (220 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 83 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 & Canadian?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Dorset Park page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Canadian in?

Birchmount & Canadian is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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