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Birchmount & Silver Springs

Birchmount Rd & Silver Springs Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · East L'Amoreaux · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Birchmount & Silver Springs is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in East L'Amoreaux. It has a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,423
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2024
1,138 pedestrians · 222 cyclists · #1081 busiest
Collisions
86
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
26 with an injury · 47 property damage · #1282 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,240 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 8.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 17%, from 47 in 2016–2020 to 39 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Birchmount & Silver Springs

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1739436842 nearest 16 m
Express
939968
Blue Night
339343324
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at L'amoreaux Dr; Birchmount Rd at Silver Springs Blvd
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on L'Amoreaux Dr installed 2015; Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Silver Springs Blvd installed 2015
Bike Share
Silver Springs Blvd / Birchmount Rd 30 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (15)
  • St Aidan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 389 m
  • Yorkland High SchoolPrivate · 459 m
  • Silver Springs Public SchoolEnglish Public · 564 m
  • Brookmill Boulevard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 629 m
  • St Sylvester Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 651 m
  • Finch at Warden Adult Education CentreEnglish Separate · 698 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
  • L'amoreaux Sports Complex459 m
  • Bridletowne Park476 m
  • Timberbank Park765 m
  • Highland Heights Park819 m
  • Kennedy Parkette901 m
  • Warden Park1 km
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bridlewood branch945 m
Signal
1167, activated 1981 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 37 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is 6ix Wings, 122 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
6ix Wings · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-6a122 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Delicious Shawarma and Falafel · 2950 Birchmount Rd 10122 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Long Gui BBQ House · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-7a122 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Pizza 21 · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-1-2122 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Sunkris Dessert Palace · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-5d122 mPassed, Aug 2026
Suvaiyakam Restaurant · 2950 Birchmount Rd Unit-3122 mPassed, Mar 2026
Tim Hortons · 3030 Birchmount Rd212 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Aisle 24 Market · 85 Silver Springs Blvdgrocery259 mPassed, Sep 2024

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 L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom, 368 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 359 m away at L'amoreaux Sports Complex (currently off).

  • L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom · 100 Silver Springs Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    368 m
  • L'amoreaux Tennis Centre Washroom · 300 Silver Springs Blvd
    View centre hours
    693 m
Drinking water
L'amoreaux Sports Complex drinking fountain · 359 m · off; L'amoreaux Sports Complex bottle filling station · 360 m · off

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 263 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Agincourt Temple Day Care(Governing Council of the Salvation Army) (362 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 263 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Agincourt Temple Day Care(Governing Council of the Salvation Army) · 3080 Birchmount Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    362 m
  • Network Child Care Services - St. Aidan Early Learning Centre · 3521 Finch Ave E
    69 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    389 m
  • Silver Springs Extended Day & School Age Program · 222 Silver Springs Blvd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    564 m
  • St. Sylvester Child Care Centre · 260 Silver Springs Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    651 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 241 (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 255 m away.

FireFire Station 241 · 2 km3325 Warden Ave
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 255 m3061 Birchmount 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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,228 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (267 m, 88 units, 9 storeys, built 1978), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 29 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 1,228 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202629 across the 7
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
75-85 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc.889197891 · Oct 20240 · 2 fire267 m
75-85 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc.1339197887 · Oct 20240 · 2 fire267 m
75 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc.1539197892 · Oct 202522 · 2 fire267 m
2821 Birchmount RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation23712196991 · Jul 20260279 m
20 Stonehill Crt · Preston Group - Toronto, On15313197791 · Sep 20245 · 1 fire805 m
3333 Finch Ave Esocial housing · St. Paul's L'amoreaux Centre2976197586 · Oct 20251932 m
40 Aurora Crt · Park Property Management Inc16713197492 · Oct 202511 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 lots285 lots · ≈38,700 spaces · 116.1 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈2,760 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 85 m away, ≈80 spaces; 139 m away, ≈228 spaces; 162 m away, ≈7 spaces; 168 m away, ≈51 spaces; 214 m away, ≈215 spaces; 226 m away, ≈738 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, Oct 19, 2024 (a weekend day)

The south leg carries the load — 7,519 northbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 895. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,633 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 37% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,194). Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north7,364southbound · 86 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west895eastbound · 32 bikes · 0.2% heavy
Total vehicles17,4231,138 pedestrians · 222 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east1,645westbound · 42 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the south7,519northbound · 62 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,194 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,633 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 19, 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

The City's counter on L'Amoreaux Dr between 151 L Amoreaux Dr and West Highland Creek Trl (67 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 24-hour count in November 2005; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 3,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 21 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Finch Ave E (288 m away, 50 km/h limit), 3.3% of the 53,804 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
L'Amoreaux Dr · 151 L Amoreaux Dr – West Highland Creek Trl · 67 mNov 2005 · 24 h2,99241 km/h49 km/h55 km/h
Birchmount Rd · Finch Ave E – L'amoreaux Sports Complex Trl · 98 mApr 2015 · 3 days20,916

School-zone speed sign 288 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct49 · 55 km/h
Over the limit16%
60 km/h or more3.3%

Finch Ave E (westbound), Finch, 225m W/O Birchmount Rd · 53,804 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 15 collisions. 30% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions86#1282 of 5,508
With an injury26#609 of 4,660
Property damage only47
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian5#669 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1611 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 2014107latest May 23, 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. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 23, 2015.

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 17 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1731street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 26, 2026. 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 & Silver Springs a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 86 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 & Silver Springs?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #1081 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Silver Springs?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on L'Amoreaux Dr between 151 L Amoreaux Dr and West Highland Creek Trl (November 2005), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 288 m away (50 km/h), 3.3% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Silver Springs?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 285 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,700 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Silver Springs by transit?

Bus routes 17, 39, 43, 68, 42, 939, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at L'amoreaux Dr, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Silver Springs?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 37 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 6ix Wings (122 m), Delicious Shawarma and Falafel (122 m), Long Gui BBQ House (122 m), Pizza 21 (122 m) and Sunkris Dessert Palace (122 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 & Silver Springs?

The nearest is L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom, 100 Silver Springs Blvd, 368 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: L'amoreaux Tennis Centre Washroom (693 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 & Silver Springs?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 263 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Agincourt Temple Day Care(Governing Council of the Salvation Army) (362 m, 49 spaces), Network Child Care Services - St. Aidan Early Learning Centre (389 m, 69 spaces) and Silver Springs Extended Day & School Age Program (564 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Silver Springs?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,228 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (267 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (267 m, 133 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 75 Silver Springs Blvd (267 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 2821 Birchmount Rd (279 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 90 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 & Silver Springs?

Toronto Police place 17 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 East L'Amoreaux page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Silver Springs in?

Birchmount & Silver Springs is in East L'Amoreaux (City of Toronto neighbourhood 148). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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