Birchmount & Foxridge

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 6,763 southbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,718. Most cyclists arrived from the north (80 of 164). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,513 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 36% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,116). Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% 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: 1,116 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,513 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

2023 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 26% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 8, 2026.

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. The most recent was on Jun 19, 2019.

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 Foxridge Dr between Maywood Pk and Martorino Dr (253 m away) recorded an average of 44 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 3,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Birchmount Rd between Foxridge Dr and Comstock Rd measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jul 2023) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Foxridge Drive between Kennedy Rd and Birchmount Rd.

Traffic calming

Foxridge Drive (Kennedy Rd – 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.

The crossing

Signal 2325, activated 2012 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Not within a walk: a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food7/30

  1 grocery store within 1 km · 5 within 1 km

• Transit20/28

  Birchmount Station 1 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go0/14

  none within a walk

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

• Crossing on foot10/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming

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.

Nine registered apartment buildings with 495 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 739 Birchmount Rd (421 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 92, about the citywide norm.

9 registered buildings · 495 units · 1 social housing · tallest 9 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.

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 Kennedy Park.

• 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; Traffic Calming Database.
• 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: 43.72183, -79.27451 · centreline node 13454439.