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Birchmount & Cass

Birchmount Rd & Cass Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Birchmount & Cass is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
23,823
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 5, 2026
286 pedestrians · 120 cyclists · #625 busiest
Collisions
59
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
19 with an injury · 37 property damage · #1800 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #487 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 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 1,700 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.47× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 83 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 5.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 10%, from 31 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 59 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Birchmount & Cass

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
17854368 nearest 16 m
Express
904985968
Blue Night
385343324
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Cass Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bay Mills Blvd / Birchmount Ave 537 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (12)
  • Lynngate Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 384 m
  • Inglewood Heights Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 385 m
  • Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 522 m
  • Tam O'shanter Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 682 m
  • John Buchan Sr & Stephen Leacock C.i.English Public · 804 m
  • Pauline Johnson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 863 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (11)
  • Lynngate Park302 m
  • Inglewood Heights Park446 m
  • Scarden Park759 m
  • Ron Watson Park787 m
  • Glamorgan Park1 km
  • Stephen Leacock Park1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Agincourt branch754 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 58 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Crown Paradise, 180 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Lucky Convenience and Bargain · 2248 Birchmount Rdgrocery170 mPassed, Mar 2025
Crown Paradise · 2258 Birchmount Rd180 mPassed, Jul 2026
Wingman's Last Call · 2260 Birchmount Rd185 mPassed, Jul 2026
Little Caesars · 3593 Sheppard Ave E204 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Meet Sushi and Boil · 3595 Sheppard Ave E206 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 3591 Sheppard Ave E207 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Royal Chinese Restaurant · 3587 Sheppard Ave E209 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
The Royal Chinese Restaurant · 3587 Sheppard Ave E209 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 Tam O'shanter Golf Course Washroom, 849 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 337 m away at Lynngate Park.

  • Tam O'shanter Golf Course Washroom · 2481 Birchmount Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    849 m
  • Stephen Leacock Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 2500 Birchmount Rd
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Lynngate Park drinking fountain · 337 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 440 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Good Shepherd Day Care Centre (62 m, 73 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 440 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Good Shepherd Day Care Centre · 2230 Birchmount Rd
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    62 m
  • Lynngate Jr YMCA · 129 Cass Ave
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    384 m
  • Plasp Inglewood Heights Junior Public School · 45 Dempster St
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    385 m
  • Birchmount Place Centre For Early Learning · 2360 Birchmount Rd
    81 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    487 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 244 (345 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (4.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.8 km away.

FireFire Station 244 · 345 m2340 Birchmount Rd
Police42 Division · 4.7 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 2.8 km3061 Birchmount Rd

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

20 registered apartment buildings with 3,169 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2237 Birchmount Rd (80 m, 44 units, 5 storeys, built 1967), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 87 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 3,169 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202687 across the 20
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2237 Birchmount Rd · Ulrich Properties Ltd.445196791 · Jul 2026080 m
2241 Birchmount Rd · Ulrich Properties Ltd.275197493 · Jul 20260115 m
2249 Birchmount Rd · Ulrich Properties Ltd.405197994 · Jul 20260151 m
3735 Sheppard Ave E · Agincourt Apartments524196883 · Nov 20250247 m
3747 Sheppard Ave E374196981 · Nov 20250296 m
30 Carabob Crt · Greenwin Corp.19515197191 · Sep 202412 · 1 fire325 m
2350 Birchmount Rd · Homestead Land Holdings Limited19013197299 · Jul 20264361 m
20 Carabob Crt · Greenwin Corp.19515197093 · Aug 202626366 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 lots378 lots · ≈55,010 spaces · 165 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈2,280 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m

Nearest lots: 90 m away, ≈35 spaces; 123 m away, ≈58 spaces; 144 m away, ≈266 spaces; 187 m away, ≈8 spaces; 259 m away, ≈48 spaces; 270 m away, ≈83 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, Aug 5, 2026

The north leg carries the load — 12,703 southbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 334. Most cyclists arrived from the north (69 of 120). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,451 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 30% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,883). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north12,703southbound · 69 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west713eastbound · 4 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles23,823286 pedestrians · 120 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east334westbound · 5 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south10,073northbound · 42 bikes · 3.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,883 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,451 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Aug 5, 2026

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 counter on Birchmount Rd between Scarden Ave and Harleyford Gt (387 m away) recorded an average of 56 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 25,100 vehicles a day. Cass Ave between Amethyst Rd and Moraine Hill Dr measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Oct 2018). At the school-zone speed sign on Allanford Rd (316 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 6,969 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Cass Avenue between Warden Ave and Birchmount Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cass Ave · Amethyst Rd – Moraine Hill Dr · 181 mOct 2018 · 2 days1,83042 km/h50 km/h55 km/h
Birchmount Rd · Scarden Ave – Harleyford Gt · 387 mAug 2026 · 3 days25,08356 km/h63 km/h68 km/h

School-zone speed sign 316 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 37 km/h
Over the limit1.8%
50 km/h or more0.3%

Allanford Rd (northbound), 123 Allanford Road · 6,969 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Cass Avenue · Warden Ave – Birchmount Rd
    7 speed humps

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

2018 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 32% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 3% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions59#1800 of 5,508
With an injury19#893 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2092 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1465 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201470latest Apr 19, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 4, 2020.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#487 of 1,505
Fatal1#41 of 319
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Sep 4, 2020

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Cass a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#487 of 1,505), out of 59 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Cass?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #625 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.47× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Cass?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Scarden Ave and Harleyford Gt (August 2026), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 316 m away (40 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Cass?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 378 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 55,010 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Cass by transit?

Bus routes 17, 85, 43, 68, 904, 985, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Cass Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Cass?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Crown Paradise (180 m), Wingman's Last Call (185 m), Little Caesars (204 m), Meet Sushi and Boil (206 m) and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (207 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 & Cass?

The nearest is Tam O'shanter Golf Course Washroom, 2481 Birchmount Rd, 849 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Stephen Leacock Community Recreation Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Cass?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 440 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Good Shepherd Day Care Centre (62 m, 73 spaces), Lynngate Jr YMCA (384 m, 69 spaces) and Plasp Inglewood Heights Junior Public School (385 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Cass?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,169 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2237 Birchmount Rd (80 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2241 Birchmount Rd (115 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2249 Birchmount Rd (151 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 3735 Sheppard Ave E (247 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 92 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.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Cass in?

Birchmount & Cass is in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan (City of Toronto neighbourhood 118). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

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