Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time. Steeles Avenue is the city limit: the north side is Vaughan or Markham and outside Toronto's records
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 volume8-hour count · Jan 31, 2023
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 8,479 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 3,181 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 3,767 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 3,244 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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.
Peak hours: 3,244 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,767 from 5:00 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
Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 26, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 9.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 0 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 0 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #711 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #392 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 9 | latest Nov 26, 2024 |
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 Steeles Ave E between Birchmount Rd and Kelvin Grove Ave, 198 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2025 put the average speed at 53 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 61 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 38,400 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchmount Rd · Walkway S of Steeles and E of Birchmount – Steeles Ave E · 125 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 20,895 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave E · Birchmount Rd – Kelvin Grove Ave · 198 m | Jul 2025 · 3 days | 38,439 | 53 km/h | 61 km/h | 67 km/h |
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 2009; 852 tickets in 2025, 326 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 1363, activated 1980 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 53 17 68 43 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 953 968
- Blue Night
- 353 324 343
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Birchmount Rd; Birchmount Rd at Steeles Ave East
- Regional
- York Region Transit 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate432 m · 5 min
- 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 70 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.
Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 8 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine, 531 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Skl Guardian Drugs, 466 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine · 4125 Steeles Ave E531 m · 6 min
- Bejing Tong Ren Tang · 4577 Steeles Ave E920 m · 11 min
- Fat Ninja Bite · 3517 Kennedy Rd 1943 m · 11 min
- Nichiban Sushi 4 U · 3517 Kennedy Rd Unit-3943 m · 11 min
- Hey Juice · 375 Bamburgh Crcl C1051 km · 11 min
- Pharmacy
- Skl Guardian Drugs 466 m · 6 min
- Child care
- Kreative Kids Terry Fox · 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day803 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
- Sanwood Park916 m · 11 min
- Terry Fox Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Shepton Way Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Bamburgh Park1.5 km · 17 min
- L'amoreaux North Park1.5 km · 17 min
- Schools
- Terry Fox Public SchoolEnglish Public · 803 m · 10 min
- Kennedy Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Wales College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- St Henry Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 18 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Steeles branch1 km · 12 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 community centre, a public washroom 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, and nothing north of Steeles.
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Birchmount & Steeles a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#711 of 1,505). 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 & Steeles?
A high-volume crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 2.5× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Steeles a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Steeles 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: 7 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; library 1 km away; nearest school 0.8 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
Is there a red-light camera at Birchmount & Steeles?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Birchmount & Steeles since 2009, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 852 tickets in 2025 (947 in 2024) and 326 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 10,258 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Birchmount & Steeles?
852 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 947 in 2024, and 326 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 10,258 tickets since 2009. 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 & Steeles?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Birchmount Rd and Kelvin Grove Ave (July 2025), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Steeles?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 70 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,150 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Birchmount & Steeles by transit?
Bus routes 53, 17, 68, 43, 953, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Birchmount Rd, 25 m); York Region Transit route 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate.
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Steeles?
None within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine (531 m), Bejing Tong Ren Tang (920 m), Fat Ninja Bite (943 m), Nichiban Sushi 4 U (943 m) and Hey Juice (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.
Is there child care near Birchmount & Steeles?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 99 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Kreative Kids Terry Fox (803 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What ward is Birchmount & Steeles in?
Birchmount & Steeles 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 Jan 31, 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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: 43.82141, -79.31691 · centreline node 13441903.