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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, and the red-light camera
Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend
The east leg carries the load — 11,337 westbound vehicles, or 29% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 7,804. Most cyclists arrived from the north (75 of 150). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,587 vehicles in the hour from 2:30 p.m., 39% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (2,588). Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. 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: 2,588 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 3,587 from 2:30 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
2019 was the peak year (56 collisions), and 2025 closed with 37. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 33 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 33 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 16, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 9, 2015.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 373 | #207 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 67 | #138 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 280 | |
| Fail to remain | 33 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 8 | #323 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #727 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 26 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 33 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Aug 9, 2015 |
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 Finch Ave E between West Highland Creek Trl and Birchmount Rd (88 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 2-day count in October 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 13,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Finch Ave E (247 m away, 50 km/h limit), 3.7% of the 6,554 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finch Ave E · West Highland Creek Trl – Birchmount Rd · 88 m | Oct 2019 · 2 days | 13,292 | 53 km/h | 62 km/h | 67 km/h |
| Birchmount Rd · Timberbank Blvd – Finch Ave E · 109 m | Apr 2015 · 3 days | 26,945 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Finch Ave E (westbound), 247 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 49 km/h, 85th percentile 55 km/h; 3.7% at 60 km/h or more. 6,554 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2017; 149 tickets in 2025, 69 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 1138, activated 1975 · 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
- TTC bus
- 17 39 43 68 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 939 968
- Blue Night
- 339 343 324
- Nearest stops
- 10 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Finch Ave East; Finch Ave East at Birchmount Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Silver Springs Blvd / Birchmount Rd 228 m · 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 17 mapped lots within 500 m, 208 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 Agam Supermarket, 551 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 12 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is 6ix Wings, 128 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Careplus Drug Mart, 93 m away; 8 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Birchmount Hospital, 349 m away. For seniors' housing: Bethseda Home, a retirement home 822 m away. Senior Tamil Centre of Ontario runs a seniors' active living programme 542 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- 6ix Wings · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-6a128 m
- Delicious Shawarma and Falafel · 2950 Birchmount Rd 10128 m
- Long Gui BBQ House · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-7a128 m
- Pizza 21 · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-1-2128 m
- Sunkris Dessert Palace · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-5d128 m
- Grocery
- Agam Supermarket 551 m · 7 min
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Careplus Drug Mart 93 m · 8 within 1 km
- Child care
- Network Child Care Services - St. Aidan Early Learning Centre · 69 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day346 m · 4 min
- Agincourt Temple Day Care(Governing Council of the Salvation Army) · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day610 m · 7 min
- Timothy Eaton Infant & Toddler Centre · 20 spaces, infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day830 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.693 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Birchmount Hospital · hospital site349 m · 4 min
- Bethseda Home · retirement home822 m · 10 min
- Senior Tamil Centre of Ontario · seniors' active living centre542 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 (6)
- Bridletowne Park667 m · 8 min
- L'amoreaux Sports Complex724 m · 9 min
- Timberbank Park748 m · 9 min
- Highland Heights Park816 m · 10 min
- Kennedy Parkette887 m · 11 min
- Community centres
- L'amoreaux Tennis Centre1.2 km · 14 min
- Stephen Leacock Seniors' Community Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (11)
- St Aidan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 346 m · 4 min
- Yorkland High SchoolPrivate · 463 m · 6 min
- Finch at Warden Adult Education CentreEnglish Separate · 757 m · 9 min
- Highland Heights Jr Public School and Jean Augustine Girls AcademyEnglish Public · 830 m · 10 min
- Brookmill Boulevard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 944 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Bridlewood branch1.3 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,612 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
Six registered apartment buildings with 1,061 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 2821 Birchmount Rd (84 m, 237 units, 12 storeys, built 1969), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2821 Birchmount Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 237 | 12 | 1969 | 91 · Jul 2026 | 84 m |
| 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc. | 88 | 9 | 1978 | 91 · Oct 2024 | 280 m · 3 min |
| 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc. | 133 | 9 | 1978 | 87 · Oct 2024 | 280 m · 3 min |
| 75 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc. | 153 | 9 | 1978 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 280 m · 3 min |
| 20 Stonehill Crt · Preston Group - Toronto, On | 153 | 13 | 1977 | 91 · Sep 2024 | 864 m · 10 min |
| 3333 Finch Ave E social housing · St. Paul's L'amoreaux Centre | 297 | 6 | 1975 | 86 · Oct 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
6 registered buildings · 1,061 units · 2 social housing · tallest 13 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
Toronto Police place 34 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 4.1 a year before that. 74% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 5, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 34 | 6 | 1 | street/outdoor (25), apartment parking (6) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
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 East L'Amoreaux.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Birchmount & Finch a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 373 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 & Finch?
A high-volume crossing. It ranks #134 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.4× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Finch a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Finch scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,612 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 · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 10 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
Is there a red-light camera at Birchmount & Finch?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Birchmount & Finch since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 149 tickets in 2025 (158 in 2024) and 69 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,253 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Birchmount & Finch?
149 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 158 in 2024, and 69 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,253 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Finch?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Finch Ave E between West Highland Creek Trl and Birchmount Rd (October 2019), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 247 m away (50 km/h), 3.7% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Finch?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 208 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,310 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Birchmount & Finch by transit?
Bus routes 17, 39, 43, 68, 939, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Finch Ave East, 25 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Finch?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are 6ix Wings (128 m), Delicious Shawarma and Falafel (128 m), Long Gui BBQ House (128 m), Pizza 21 (128 m) and Sunkris Dessert Palace (128 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Birchmount & Finch?
The nearest is L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom, 100 Silver Springs Blvd, 693 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).
Is there child care near Birchmount & Finch?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 138 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - St. Aidan Early Learning Centre (346 m, 69 spaces), Agincourt Temple Day Care(Governing Council of the Salvation Army) (610 m, 49 spaces) and Timothy Eaton Infant & Toddler Centre (830 m, 20 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Finch?
Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,061 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2821 Birchmount Rd (84 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (280 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (280 m, 133 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 75 Silver Springs Blvd (280 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & Finch?
Toronto Police place 34 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the East L'Amoreaux page.
What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Finch in?
Birchmount & Finch is in East L'Amoreaux (City of Toronto neighbourhood 148). 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 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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 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: 43.79900, -79.30598 · centreline node 13443562.