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Birchmount & Mack

Birchmount Rd & Mack Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Birchmount & Mack is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in Clairlea-Birchmount. Nearby is 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,008
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 3, 2011
79 pedestrians · 22 cyclists
Collisions
43
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 32 property damage · #2271 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 750 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 65% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 76 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 4.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 13%, from 23 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Birchmount & Mack

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
117201131617126968135 nearest 107 m
Blue Night
300316
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Rd / Birchmount Rd 625 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 75 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 (11)
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 488 m
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 631 m
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 665 m
  • Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 670 m
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 895 m
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 933 m
  • and 5 more
Parks (24)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch773 m
Places of interest
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 1 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 19 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc-110 8ak, 310 m away, which got a conditional pass at its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc-110 8ak · 58 Raleigh Ave310 mConditional pass, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc. Kx1 424 · 58 Raleigh Ave310 mConditional pass, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Mr. Nice Cream Inc. · 63 Mack Ave361 mPassed, May 2026
Foodsup Inc · 55 Milne Ave434 mPassed, Sep 2026
Tim Hortons · 415 Danforth Rd543 mPassed, Jan 2026
Bread King Bakeries · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-31701 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit--20701 mPassed, Jul 2026
Iqbal Foods · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-17-18grocery701 mPassed, Jun 2026

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

The nearest public washroom is Highview Park Washroom, 586 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 590 m away at Highview Park.

  • Highview Park Washroom · 150 Highview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    586 m
  • Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · 93 Birchmount Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    740 m
  • Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · 75 Birchmount Rd.
    hours not listed · accessible
    832 m
Drinking water
Highview Park bottle filling station · 590 m

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 245 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program (488 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 245 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 5
  • Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program · 120 Highview Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    488 m
  • Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    712 m
  • Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School · 93 Birchmount Rd
    20 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    743 m
  • Danforth Gardens Playcare · 20 Santamonica Blvd
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    895 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (665 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 665 m3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 3.4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 1.4 km1535 Kingston Rd

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

Eight registered apartment buildings with 884 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 25 Parkette Pl (623 m, 61 units, 5 storeys, built 1959), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings8 · 884 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 8
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc.615195993 · Oct 20250623 m
186 Danforth Rd154196289 · Aug 20240682 m
160 Pinegrove Ave · 1192918 Ontario Ltd113196394 · Jul 20240725 m
506 Danforth Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc223196589 · Jul 20240834 m
508 Danforth Rd243195995 · Sep 20250858 m
50 Burn Hill Rd · Greenwin Corp.16324197496 · Jul 20250902 m
10 Glen Everest RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation35017197091 · Jul 20267928 m
30 Burn Hill Rd · Hillburn Apartments23822198293 · Jul 202501 km

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 lots375 lots · ≈43,290 spaces · 129.9 ha
Within 500 m64 lots · ≈5,630 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.5 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface2 km920 *

Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈23 spaces; 55 m away, ≈31 spaces; 87 m away, ≈11 spaces; 89 m away, ≈37 spaces; 94 m away, ≈17 spaces; 95 m away, ≈153 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 — 8-hour, Oct 3, 2011

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 2,851 northbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 511. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 937 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 977 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north2,646southbound · 8 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west511eastbound · 3 bikes · 8.4% heavy
Total vehicles6,00879 pedestrians · 22 cyclists · 5.1% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,851northbound · 11 bikes · 4.2% heavy
AM peak hour937 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour977 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 3, 2011

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

The City's counter on Birchmount Rd between Pinegrove Ave and Highview Ave (295 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 12,400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Pinegrove Ave – Highview Ave · 295 mNov 2024 · 3 days12,37452 km/h59 km/h64 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

2017 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions43#2271 of 5,508
With an injury7#2181 of 4,660
Property damage only32
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2233 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201446latest Jun 9, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on May 7, 2007.

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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 7, 2021. 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Mack a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 & Mack?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 3, 2011, 65% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Mack?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Pinegrove Ave and Highview Ave (November 2024), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Mack?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.5 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 375 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,290 spaces — 64 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Mack by transit?

Bus routes 117, 20, 113, 16, 17, 12, 69, 68 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Mack?

None within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc-110 8ak (310 m), Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc. Kx1 424 (310 m), Mr. Nice Cream Inc. (361 m), Foodsup Inc (434 m) and Tim Hortons (543 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Birchmount & Mack?

The nearest is Highview Park Washroom, 150 Highview Ave, 586 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Birchmount Community Centre Washroom (740 m); Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom (832 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Birchmount & Mack?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 245 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program (488 m, 56 spaces), Follow the Child (712 m, 39 spaces) and Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (743 m, 20 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Mack?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 884 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Parkette Pl (623 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 186 Danforth Rd (682 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 160 Pinegrove Ave (725 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 506 Danforth Rd (834 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 93 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 & Mack?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Mack in?

Birchmount & Mack is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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