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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 · 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 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 2,279 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,626 from 4:15 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 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, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 31, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 116 | #943 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 27 | #581 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 80 | |
| Fail to remain | 10 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1152 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1021 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 9 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 9 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 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 segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchmount Rd · Burcana Rd – Canadian Rd · 108 m | Mar 2024 · 3 days | 35,376 | 47 km/h | 56 km/h | 60 km/h |
| Canadian Rd · Principal Rd – Birchmount Rd · 142 m | Oct 2021 · 3 days | 5,380 | 43 km/h | 49 km/h | 54 km/h |
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 17 95 68 nearest 19 m
- Express
- 995 996
- Blue Night
- 395
- Nearest stops
- 6 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 1 car park · about 68 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 26 mapped lots within 500 m, 249 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 1.5 km | 68 * | — |
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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Costco Wholesale, 678 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 15 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway, 230 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharmakeio Pharmacy, 349 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Alexis Lodge Retirement Residence, a retirement home 492 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Subway · 1620 Birchmount Rd230 m
- Mexitaco · 1601 Birchmount Rd Bldg-1240 m
- Pizza Hut · 592 Ellesmere Rd262 m · 3 min
- Golconda · 1519 Birchmount Rd266 m · 3 min
- Good Vibes West Indian Restaurant and Bar Ltd. · 1523 Birchmount Rd280 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Costco Wholesale 678 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Pharmacy
- Pharmakeio Pharmacy 349 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age676 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed804 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Alexis Lodge Retirement Residence · retirement home492 m · 6 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
- Mondeo Park732 m · 9 min
- Ellesmere Park762 m · 9 min
- Dorset Park874 m · 10 min
- Jolly Way Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- Ellesmere Community Recreation Centre803 m · 10 min
- Schools
- Alif Canada Elementary SchoolPrivate · 506 m · 6 min
- Ellesmere Statton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 606 m · 7 min
- Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 659 m · 8 min
- Sathya Sai Elementary SchoolPrivate · 760 m · 9 min
- Glamorgan Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 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 library.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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
Within a kilometre there are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 221 rental units. The nearest is 1555 Birchmount Rd (137 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 81, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1555 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc | 46 | 6 | 1950 | 71 · Sep 2025 | 137 m |
| 1545 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc | 37 | 4 | 1960 | 76 · Jul 2026 | 194 m |
| 1535 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc | 37 | 4 | 1960 | 83 · Jul 2026 | 234 m |
| 1525 Birchmount Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 52 | 4 | 1956 | 89 · Sep 2025 | 271 m · 3 min |
| 1477 Birchmount Rd | 21 | 3 | 1960 | 86 · Sep 2025 | 563 m · 7 min |
| 1475 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc. | 28 | 5 | 1967 | 82 · Aug 2026 | 598 m · 7 min |
6 registered buildings · 221 units · tallest 6 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
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.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 0 | 0 | commercial premises (3), other (1) |
| 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 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 #455 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.69× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Canadian a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Canadian scores 34 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 0.8 km.
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 (1.5 km away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 249 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 46,400 spaces — 26 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, 995, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Canadian Rd, 19 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Canadian?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Subway (230 m), Mexitaco (240 m), Pizza Hut (262 m), Golconda (266 m) and Good Vibes West Indian Restaurant and Bar Ltd. (280 m). 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, 804 m away.
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 (676 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Canadian?
Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 221 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1555 Birchmount Rd (137 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 1545 Birchmount Rd (194 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1535 Birchmount Rd (234 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 1525 Birchmount Rd (271 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 81 out of 100.
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. 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
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 Mar 5, 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.
- 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 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: 43.76137, -79.29052 · centreline node 13448481.