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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 · 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 1,883 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,451 from 5:15 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
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, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 19, 2026.
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
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 59 | #1800 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 19 | #893 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 37 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #487 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | #41 of 319 |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Sep 4, 2020 |
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 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), 0.2% of the 6,823 vehicles logged in August 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 segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Ave · Amethyst Rd – Moraine Hill Dr · 181 m | Oct 2018 · 2 days | 1,830 | 42 km/h | 50 km/h | 55 km/h |
| Birchmount Rd · Scarden Ave – Harleyford Gt · 387 m | Aug 2026 · 3 days | 25,083 | 56 km/h | 63 km/h | 68 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Allanford Rd (northbound), 316 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 25 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 0.2% at 50 km/h or more. 6,823 vehicles logged in August 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; 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 85 68 43 nearest 16 m
- Express
- 904 985
- Blue Night
- 385 343
- 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 558 m · 7 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 14 mapped lots within 500 m, 229 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 Bulk Barn, 682 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 33 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Crown Paradise, 198 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 224 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Shepherd Lodge, a long-term care home 725 m away; Shepherd Terrace Retirement Residence, a retirement home 568 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Crown Paradise · 2258 Birchmount Rd198 m
- Wingman's Last Call · 2260 Birchmount Rd203 m
- Little Caesars · 3593 Sheppard Ave E257 m · 3 min
- Meet Sushi and Boil · 3595 Sheppard Ave E257 m · 3 min
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 3591 Sheppard Ave E261 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Bulk Barn 682 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Rexall 224 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Good Shepherd Day Care Centre · 73 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day81 m
- PLASP Inglewood Heights Junior Public School · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day432 m · 5 min
- Lynngate Jr YMCA · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day439 m · 5 min
- Washrooms
- Tam O'shanter Golf Course Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.891 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Shepherd Lodge · long-term care home725 m · 9 min
- Shepherd Terrace Retirement Residence · retirement home568 m · 7 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 (6)
- Lynngate Park484 m · 6 min
- Inglewood Heights Park851 m · 10 min
- Scarden Park1 km · 12 min
- Ron Watson Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Stephen Leacock Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Stephen Leacock Seniors' Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Stephen Leacock Community Recreation Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (9)
- Inglewood Heights Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 431 m · 5 min
- Lynngate Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 439 m · 5 min
- Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 732 m · 9 min
- Tam O'shanter Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 874 m · 10 min
- Maple Leaf Collegiate SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Agincourt branch1.1 km · 13 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,490 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 2,770 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2237 Birchmount Rd (112 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.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2237 Birchmount Rd · Ulrich Properties Ltd. | 44 | 5 | 1967 | 91 · Jul 2026 | 112 m |
| 2241 Birchmount Rd · Ulrich Properties Ltd. | 27 | 5 | 1974 | 93 · Jul 2026 | 157 m |
| 2249 Birchmount Rd · Ulrich Properties Ltd. | 40 | 5 | 1979 | 94 · Jul 2026 | 197 m |
| 3735 Sheppard Ave E · Agincourt Apartments | 52 | 4 | 1968 | 83 · Nov 2025 | 350 m · 4 min |
| 3747 Sheppard Ave E | 37 | 4 | 1969 | 81 · Nov 2025 | 425 m · 5 min |
| 20 Carabob Crt · Greenwin Corp. | 195 | 15 | 1970 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 428 m · 5 min |
18 registered buildings · 2,770 units · 2 social housing · tallest 21 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.
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 #640 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.47× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Cass a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Cass scores 51 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,490 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
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), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Cass?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 229 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,080 spaces — 14 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, 68, 43, 904, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Cass Ave, 16 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Cass?
8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 33 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Crown Paradise (198 m), Wingman's Last Call (203 m), Little Caesars (257 m), Meet Sushi and Boil (257 m) and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (261 m). 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, 891 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).
Is there child care near Birchmount & Cass?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 369 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Good Shepherd Day Care Centre (81 m, 73 spaces), PLASP Inglewood Heights Junior Public School (432 m, 43 spaces) and Lynngate Jr YMCA (439 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Cass?
18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,770 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2237 Birchmount Rd (112 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2241 Birchmount Rd (157 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2249 Birchmount Rd (197 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 3735 Sheppard Ave E (350 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 92 out of 100.
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.
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 Aug 5, 2026.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
- 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 22 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: 43.77895, -79.29707 · centreline node 13446030.