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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
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 9,851 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 6,548 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 3,104 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:15 p.m., against 2,245 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% 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: 2,245 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 3,104 from 2:15 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 worst year was 2023, with 29 collisions; 2025 recorded 25. 49 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 26 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 19, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here, the latest on Jul 17, 2026. 1 older KSI collision is on file from before 2016.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 212 | #468 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 49 | #241 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 147 | |
| Fail to remain | 18 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 5 | #405 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 16 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 26 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | latest Jul 17, 2026 |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Jul 17, 2026 |
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 McNicoll Ave between Morbank Dr and Silver Springs Blvd, 282 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2025 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,100 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Fundy Bay Blvd (383 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.3% of the 27,534 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchmount Rd · L'amoreaux Sports Complex Trl – McNicoll Ave · 46 m | Apr 2015 · 3 days | 10,625 | — | — | — |
| McNicoll Ave · Morbank Dr – Silver Springs Blvd · 282 m | Nov 2025 · 3 days | 25,080 | 45 km/h | 54 km/h | 59 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Fundy Bay Blvd (westbound), 383 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 26 km/h, 85th percentile 32 km/h; 1.3% at 40 km/h or more. 27,534 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; 318 tickets in 2025, 54 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 1413, activated 1982 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 17 42 68 43 nearest 20 m
- Express
- 968
- Blue Night
- 324 343
- Nearest stops
- 12 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at McNicoll Ave; McNicoll Ave at Birchmount Rd
- Cycling
- Multi-Use Trail - Entrance on West Highland Creek Trl installed 2001
- Bike Share
- Kennedy Rd / Finch Recreational Trail 847 m · 10 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
- 8 mapped lots within 500 m, 166 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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 19. The nearest is Zain's, 256 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Birchmount Hospital Pharmacy, 770 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Birchmount Hospital, 816 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Zain's · 11 Ivy Bush Ave 4-5256 m · 3 min
- Co-Phew! · 1883 McNicoll Ave 14800 m · 10 min
- Shn - Birchmount Site · 3030 Birchmount Rd830 m · 10 min
- Tim Hortons · 3030 Birchmount Rd830 m · 10 min
- 1001 Xinjiang Cuisine · 1883 McNicoll Ave Unit-1-6851 m · 10 min
- Pharmacy
- Birchmount Hospital Pharmacy 770 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Agincourt Temple Day Care(Governing Council of the Salvation Army) · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day617 m · 7 min
- David Lewis Jr YMCA · 87 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day722 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- L'amoreaux North Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible603 m · 7 min
- L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed768 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Birchmount Hospital · hospital site816 m · 10 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 (9)
- L'amoreaux Sports Complex740 m · 9 min
- L'amoreaux Hydro757 m · 9 min
- L'amoreaux North Park767 m · 9 min
- Fundy Bay Park801 m · 10 min
- Warden Park936 m · 11 min
- Community centres
- L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre768 m · 9 min
- L'amoreaux Tennis Centre776 m · 9 min
- Schools (11)
- TCDSB Program and Specials Services - East BuildingEnglish Separate · 581 m · 7 min
- David Lewis Public SchoolEnglish Public · 721 m · 9 min
- Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- St Sylvester Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Brookmill Boulevard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 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 grocery store, a library 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | other (1) |
| 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 Steeles.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Birchmount & McNicoll a dangerous intersection?
Not by the ten-year ranking: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 212 lesser collisions. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 & McNicoll?
A high-volume crossing. It ranks #256 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & McNicoll a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & McNicoll scores 32 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: nearest park 0.7 km · 2 community centres within 800 m; 12 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
Is there a red-light camera at Birchmount & McNicoll?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Birchmount & McNicoll since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 318 tickets in 2025 (564 in 2024) and 54 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 3,738 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Birchmount & McNicoll?
318 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 564 in 2024, and 54 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 3,738 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 & McNicoll?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McNicoll Ave between Morbank Dr and Silver Springs Blvd (November 2025), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 383 m away (30 km/h), 1.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Birchmount & McNicoll?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 166 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,900 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Birchmount & McNicoll by transit?
Bus routes 17, 42, 68, 43, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at McNicoll Ave, 20 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & McNicoll?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Zain's (256 m), Co-Phew! (800 m), Shn - Birchmount Site (830 m), Tim Hortons (830 m) and 1001 Xinjiang Cuisine (851 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Birchmount & McNicoll?
The nearest is L'amoreaux North Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 1900 Mcnicoll Ave, 603 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom (768 m); L'amoreaux Tennis Centre Washroom (776 m).
Is there child care near Birchmount & McNicoll?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 136 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Agincourt Temple Day Care(Governing Council of the Salvation Army) (617 m, 49 spaces) and David Lewis Jr YMCA (722 m, 87 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & McNicoll?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Steeles page.
What neighbourhood is Birchmount & McNicoll in?
Birchmount & McNicoll is in Steeles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 116). 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.
- 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: 43.80864, -79.31117 · centreline node 13442651.