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Birchmount & Rolark

Birchmount Rd & Rolark Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Dorset Park · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Birchmount & Rolark is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Dorset Park. Nearby is 17 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
14,548
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 8, 2024
33 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · #1330 busiest
Collisions
52
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 38 property damage · #1988 of 5,508 · +4 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,040 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 441 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 5.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. The pace has been steady: 26 collisions in 2016–2020 and 26 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Birchmount & Rolark

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1795684338129131133 nearest 21 m
Express
995996903904938939968
Blue Night
395343
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Rolark Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (12)
  • Glamorgan Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 462 m
  • Um Al-Qura Islamic SchoolPrivate · 576 m
  • Ellesmere Statton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 583 m
  • Alif Canada Elementary SchoolPrivate · 645 m
  • Sathya Sai Elementary SchoolPrivate · 757 m
  • Enquiring Minds Montessori and London School of DancePrivate · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Parks (11)
  • Mondeo Park291 m
  • Glamorgan Park627 m
  • Dorset Park932 m
  • Ellesmere Park1 km
  • Jolly Way Park1.1 km
  • Crocus Park1.2 km
  • and 5 more

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; 54 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 416 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 54 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 1621 Birchmount Rd416 mPassed, Aug 2026
Burger King · 1607 Birchmount Rd439 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pizza Hut · 592 Ellesmere Rd460 mPassed, Apr 2026
Glamorgan Jr. P.s. - Snack Program · 51 Antrim Cres463 mPassed, Apr 2026
Alexis Lodges · 707 Ellesmere Rd483 mPassed, Sep 2026
Mexitaco · 1601 Birchmount Rd Bldg-1501 mPassed, May 2026
Subway · 1620 Birchmount Rd502 mPassed, Jun 2026
Fresh Choice Cafe · 520 Ellesmere Rd Unit-110555 mPassed, May 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 Glamorgan Park Washroom, 646 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 285 m away at Mondeo Park.

  • Glamorgan Park Washroom · 50 Antrim Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    646 m
  • Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom · 20 Canadian Rd
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Mondeo Park drinking fountain · 285 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 202 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Glamorgan School Age YMCA (462 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 202 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Glamorgan School Age YMCA · 51 Antrim Cres
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    462 m
  • Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre · 764 Ellesmere Rd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age
    517 m
  • Progress Childcare (Scarborough Inc. #1 (3 Glamorgan) · 3 Glamorgan Ave
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    778 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 245 (552 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 245 · 552 m1600 Birchmount Rd
Police41 Division · 4.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 2.5 km2430 Lawrence 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 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,734 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 41 Antrim Cres (590 m, 192 units, 14 storeys, built 1974), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 48 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 1,734 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202648 across the 14
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
41 Antrim Cres · H & R Property Management Ltd19214197492 · Sep 20252590 m
7 Glamorgan AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19612197186 · Sep 20243627 m
6 Glamorgan AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation18412197182 · Aug 20242631 m
5 Glamorgan Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14010197487 · Sep 202415698 m
11 Antrim Cres · H&r Property Management16712197195 · Sep 20252724 m
30 Antrim Cres · H & R Property Management Ltd.13510197297 · Sep 20255727 m
20 Antrim Cres · H & R Property Management Ltd17713197195 · Aug 20261 · 4 fire743 m
3 Glamorgan Ave · Living Properties Inc.13910198483 · Sep 20240778 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 lots442 lots · ≈82,180 spaces · 246.5 ha
Within 500 m48 lots · ≈9,000 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 68 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.3 km68 *

Nearest lots: 73 m away, ≈120 spaces; 85 m away, ≈6 spaces; 102 m away, ≈58 spaces; 131 m away, ≈245 spaces; 133 m away, ≈15 spaces; 151 m away, ≈234 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, Dec 8, 2024 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,516 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 134 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,627 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:15 p.m., against 912 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% 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 Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north7,516southbound · 6 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west134eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles14,54833 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south6,898northbound · 3 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour912 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,627 vehicles from 2:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Dec 8, 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 Florina Blvd and Rolark Dr, 46 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 48 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 56 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,300 vehicles a day. Rolark Dr between Ridgetop Rd and Birchmount Rd measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Oct 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Florina Blvd – Rolark Dr · 46 mMay 2023 · 3 days20,25248 km/h56 km/h60 km/h
Rolark Dr · Ridgetop Rd – Birchmount Rd · 57 mOct 2025 · 24 h2,35439 km/h47 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 worst year was 2018, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 11 collisions (21%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#1988 of 5,508
With an injury11#1548 of 4,660
Property damage only38
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2235 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201466latest Jun 17, 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 Nov 12, 2009.

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 16, 2014. 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Rolark a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 52 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 & Rolark?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1330 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Rolark?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Florina Blvd and Rolark Dr (May 2023), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Rolark?

The nearest Green P car park is Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 (1.3 km away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 442 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 82,180 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Rolark by transit?

Bus routes 17, 95, 68, 43, 38, 129, 131, 133 and 7 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Rolark Dr, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Rolark?

None within 300 m, and 54 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (416 m), Burger King (439 m), Pizza Hut (460 m), Glamorgan Jr. P.s. - Snack Program (463 m) and Alexis Lodges (483 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 & Rolark?

The nearest is Glamorgan Park Washroom, 50 Antrim Cres, 646 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Rolark?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 202 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Glamorgan School Age YMCA (462 m, 43 spaces), Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (517 m, 69 spaces) and Progress Childcare (Scarborough Inc. #1 (3 Glamorgan) (778 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Rolark?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,734 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 41 Antrim Cres (590 m, 192 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 7 Glamorgan Ave (627 m, 196 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 6 Glamorgan Ave (631 m, 184 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 5 Glamorgan Ave (698 m, 140 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 87 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.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Rolark in?

Birchmount & Rolark is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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