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Birchmount & Chelwood

Birchmount Rd & Chelwood Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Ionview · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Birchmount & Chelwood, in Ionview, is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Birchmount Station (Line 5) 543 m away.

Traffic volume
12,892
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2024
494 pedestrians · 159 cyclists · #1482 busiest
Collisions
32
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 22 property damage · #2691 of 5,508 · +3 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
Birchmount Station 543 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 920 vehicles, 80% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 26 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 3.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. The pace has been steady: 16 collisions in 2016–2020 and 16 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Birchmount & Chelwood

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Birchmount Station (Line 5)543 m; Ionview Station (Line 5)714 m; Golden Mile Station (Line 5)884 m
TTC bus
173468113 nearest 21 m
Express
968
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 468 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 44 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 (10)
  • Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 678 m
  • General Brock Public SchoolEnglish Public · 771 m
  • St Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Salaheddin Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • A Plus Academy of AdvancementPrivate · 1 km
  • Corvette Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (7)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch884 m
Signal
2166, activated 2009 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 71. The nearest is Munni's Kitchen, 30 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 71 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Munni's Kitchen · 750 Birchmount Rd, Rm-4530 mPassed, Aug 2025
La Bastille · 760 Birchmount Rd Unit-3330 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Brick Stone Pizza & Wings · 3 Chelwood Rd31 mPassed, May 2025
Brick Stone Pizza & Wings · 3 Chelwood Rd41 mPassed, Aug 2026
Toronto East Detention Centre · 55 Civic Rd489 mPassed, Aug 2026
Shaaz Indian Cuisine · 2043 Eglinton Ave E550 mPassed, Aug 2026
Baker's Fiesta Inc · 133 Manville Rd Unit-17559 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Carine Cuisine Comfort Food · 133 Manville Rd Unit-20grocery559 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions

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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 322 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (455 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 322 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 835 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    455 m
  • Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 · 2283 Eglinton Ave E
    62 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    648 m
  • Birds and Bees Day Care Centre · 720 Kennedy Rd
    86 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    840 m
  • Kennedy Road Kiddy Kare - (Kennedy Road Church of the Nazarene) · 661 Kennedy Rd
    64 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    913 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (851 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (612 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 851 m755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 612 m2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.8 km3600 St Clair 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 33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,000 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 739 Birchmount Rd (108 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 83 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings33 · 3,000 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202683 across the 33
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
739 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.1249196396 · Sep 20256108 m
821 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc.536196086 · Jun 20265382 m
829 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc.656196190 · Oct 20251411 m
835-841 Birchmount Rdsocial housing1026199294 · Sep 20250455 m
2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.756197190 · Jun 20264477 m
2225 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.946197194 · Sep 20257481 m
2231 Eglinton Ave E · Yad Investments Ltd1106195883 · Jun 20267490 m
2233 Eglinton Ave E · Yad Investments Ltd1106195884 · Jun 20266505 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 lots450 lots · ≈100,290 spaces · 300.9 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈10,040 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 1,943 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.2 km920 *
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.2 km673 *
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.4 km199 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.7 km151 *

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈196 spaces; 118 m away, ≈1,269 spaces; 143 m away, ≈384 spaces; 175 m away, ≈243 spaces; 212 m away, ≈113 spaces; 214 m away, ≈66 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, Oct 19, 2024 (a weekend day)

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 16,183 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 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north5,334southbound · 67 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west167eastbound · 12 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles12,892494 pedestrians · 159 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east492westbound · 4 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the south6,899northbound · 76 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour947 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,236 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend

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 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Foxridge Dr – Comstock Rd · 366 mJul 2023 · 7 days16,72042 km/h48 km/h52 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 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.

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 collisions32#2691 of 5,508
With an injury9#1840 of 4,660
Property damage only22
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2315 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201440latest May 13, 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 vehicle410street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 21, 2023. 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. It ranks #1482 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 80% of the median for a counted intersection.

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 (1.2 km away, 920 spaces). The City's mapping shows 450 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 100,290 spaces — 28 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 543 m away; bus routes 17, 34, 68, 113, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Chelwood Rd, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Chelwood?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 71 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Munni's Kitchen (30 m), La Bastille (30 m), Brick Stone Pizza & Wings (31 m), Brick Stone Pizza & Wings (41 m) and Toronto East Detention Centre (489 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Birchmount & Chelwood?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 322 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (455 m, 52 spaces), Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 (648 m, 62 spaces) and Birds and Bees Day Care Centre (840 m, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Chelwood?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,000 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 739 Birchmount Rd (108 m, 124 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 821 Birchmount Rd (382 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 829 Birchmount Rd (411 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 835-841 Birchmount Rd (455 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 91 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 & Chelwood?

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 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

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