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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
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 6,899 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 54% of the total, against 167 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (76 of 159). Evening rush dominates here: 1,236 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:15 p.m., against 947 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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: 947 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,236 from 3:15 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 9 collisions (28%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 13, 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 | 32 | #2691 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1840 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 22 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| 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 Foxridge Dr and Comstock Rd, 366 m from the corner, a 7-day count in July 2023 put the average speed at 42 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 16,700 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchmount Rd · Foxridge Dr – Comstock Rd · 366 m | Jul 2023 · 7 days | 16,720 | 42 km/h | 48 km/h | 52 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 2166, activated 2009 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Birchmount Station (Line 5)570 m · 7 min; Ionview Station (Line 5)1 km · 12 min
- TTC bus
- 17 34 nearest 21 m
- Blue Night
- 334
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Chelwood Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Birchmount Rd / Eglinton Ave E 495 m · 6 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
- 3 car parks · about 1,792 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 9 mapped lots within 500 m, 285 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface | 1.7 km | 920 * | — |
| Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface | 1.8 km | 673 * | — |
| Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface | 1.8 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is H-Habesha Fresh Market &grocery, 779 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 10 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Munni's Kitchen, 30 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Dale's Pharmacy, 76 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Munni's Kitchen · 750 Birchmount Rd, Rm-4530 m
- La Bastille · 760 Birchmount Rd Unit-3330 m
- Brick Stone Pizza & Wings · 3 Chelwood Rd41 m
- Suave Korner Kafe · 2200 Eglinton Ave E Unit-103740 m · 9 min
- The Birchmount Community Hub · 1021 Birchmount Rd760 m · 9 min
- Grocery
- H-Habesha Fresh Market &grocery 779 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Halal Meals 869 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Dale's Pharmacy 76 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day473 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
- Eglinton Ravine Park717 m · 9 min
- Maywood Tot Lot765 m · 9 min
- Maidavale Park1 km · 12 min
- Schools
- General Brock Public SchoolEnglish Public · 920 m · 11 min
- Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- A Plus Academy of AdvancementPrivate · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch1.2 km · 15 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. 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 13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,349 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 739 Birchmount Rd (151 m, 124 units, 9 storeys, built 1963), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 739 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc. | 124 | 9 | 1963 | 96 · Sep 2025 | 151 m |
| 821 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc. | 53 | 6 | 1960 | 86 · Jun 2026 | 415 m · 5 min |
| 829 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc. | 65 | 6 | 1961 | 90 · Oct 2025 | 456 m · 5 min |
| 835-841 Birchmount Rd social housing | 102 | 6 | 1992 | 94 · Sep 2025 | 473 m · 6 min |
| 2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp. | 75 | 6 | 1971 | 90 · Jun 2026 | 553 m · 7 min |
| 2225 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp. | 94 | 6 | 1971 | 94 · Sep 2025 | 718 m · 9 min |
13 registered buildings · 1,349 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
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 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (4) |
| 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 Ionview.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Birchmount & Chelwood a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 32 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 & Chelwood?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 19, 2024, 80% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Chelwood a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Chelwood scores 48 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: Birchmount Station 0.6 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.9 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 3 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Chelwood?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Foxridge Dr and Comstock Rd (July 2023), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Chelwood?
The nearest Green P car park is Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave (1.7 km away, 920 spaces). The City's mapping shows 285 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 63,090 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Birchmount & Chelwood by transit?
Birchmount Station (Line 5) is 570 m away; bus routes 17, 34 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Chelwood Rd, 21 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Chelwood?
3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Munni's Kitchen (30 m), La Bastille (30 m), Brick Stone Pizza & Wings (41 m), Suave Korner Kafe (740 m) and The Birchmount Community Hub (760 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Birchmount & Chelwood?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 52 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (473 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Chelwood?
13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,349 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 739 Birchmount Rd (151 m, 124 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 821 Birchmount Rd (415 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 829 Birchmount Rd (456 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 835-841 Birchmount Rd (473 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & Chelwood?
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 Ionview page.
What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Chelwood in?
Birchmount & Chelwood is in Ionview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 125), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.
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.
- 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 20 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: 43.72536, -79.27603 · centreline node 13453971.