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Birchmount & Vauxhall

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

Birchmount & Vauxhall, in Dorset Park, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
24,547
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2024
514 pedestrians · 147 cyclists · #581 busiest
Collisions
141
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
27 with an injury · 98 property damage · #761 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,750 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.52× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 48 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 14 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 19%, from 78 in 2016–2020 to 63 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Birchmount & Vauxhall

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
17956843 nearest 21 m
Express
995996968
Blue Night
395343
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Vauxhall Dr; Birchmount Rd at Burcana Rd South Side
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 (11)
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 278 m
  • Ellesmere Statton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 542 m
  • Alif Canada Elementary SchoolPrivate · 561 m
  • Sathya Sai Elementary SchoolPrivate · 619 m
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 777 m
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (6)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch1.4 km
Signal
2102, activated 2007 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 31. The nearest is Islanderz Caribbean Grill, 26 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Islanderz Caribbean Grill · 1515 Birchmount Rd Unit-726 mPassed, Jul 2026
Kroran Uyghur Cuisine · 1515 Birchmount Rd26 mPassed, Aug 2026
Max Cafe Bar & Grill · 1515 Birchmount Rd Unit-826 mPassed, Jul 2026
Golconda · 1519 Birchmount Rd49 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Good Vibes West Indian Restaurant and Bar Ltd. · 1523 Birchmount Rd51 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Super Bazaar · 1505 Birchmount Rd65 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Blue Cat Coffee · 1510 Birchmount Rd 120-121148 mPassed, Aug 2026
Arz Fine Foods · 11 Canadian Rd Unit-3grocery424 mPassed, Dec 2025

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 Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom, 813 m away, View centre hours.

  • Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom · 20 Canadian Rd
    View centre hours
    813 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 69 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (694 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 69 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre · 764 Ellesmere Rd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age
    694 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 245 (445 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 245 · 445 m1600 Birchmount Rd
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 1.7 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 six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 221 rental units. The nearest is 1525 Birchmount Rd (89 m, 52 units, 4 storeys, built 1956), which scored 89 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 81, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 15 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings6 · 221 units
RentSafeTO score81 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202615 across the 6
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1525 Birchmount Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.524195689 · Sep 2025289 m
1535 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196083 · Jul 20263112 m
1545 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196076 · Jul 20263147 m
1555 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc466195071 · Sep 20255185 m
1477 Birchmount Rd213196086 · Sep 20251249 m
1475 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.285196782 · Aug 20261278 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 lots426 lots · ≈89,380 spaces · 268.1 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈5,970 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 183 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 · Surface1.4 km68 *
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.8 km25 *
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1.8 km90 *

Nearest lots: 49 m away, ≈78 spaces; 70 m away, ≈15 spaces; 86 m away, ≈141 spaces; 101 m away, ≈1,002 spaces; 160 m away, ≈84 spaces; 165 m away, ≈88 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)

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 12,583 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 182 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (82 of 147). Evening rush dominates here: 2,288 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:15 p.m., against 1,728 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% 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 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 north12,583southbound · 82 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the west182eastbound · 6 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles24,547514 pedestrians · 147 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east703westbound · 11 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south11,079northbound · 48 bikes · 1.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,728 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,288 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

On Birchmount Rd between Burcana Rd and Canadian Rd, 172 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2024 put the average speed at 47 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 35,400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Vauxhall Dr · Ellendale Dr – Birchmount Rd · 126 mJun 2007 · 3 days1,244
Birchmount Rd · Burcana Rd – Canadian Rd · 172 mMar 2024 · 3 days35,37647 km/h56 km/h60 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 2019, with 24 collisions; 2025 recorded 15. 27 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions141#761 of 5,508
With an injury27#583 of 4,660
Property damage only98
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian3#1156 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1026 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014177latest Jun 29, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

12 thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 13, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1241street/outdoor (10), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft330other (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 13, 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Vauxhall a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 141 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 & Vauxhall?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #581 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.52× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Vauxhall?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Burcana Rd and Canadian Rd (March 2024), found an average of 47 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 & Vauxhall?

The nearest Green P car park is Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 (1.4 km away, 68 spaces). The City's mapping shows 426 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 89,380 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Vauxhall by transit?

Bus routes 17, 95, 68, 43, 995, 996, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Vauxhall Dr, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Vauxhall?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Islanderz Caribbean Grill (26 m), Kroran Uyghur Cuisine (26 m), Max Cafe Bar & Grill (26 m), Golconda (49 m) and Good Vibes West Indian Restaurant and Bar Ltd. (51 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 & Vauxhall?

The nearest is Ellesmere Community Centre Washroom, 20 Canadian Rd, 813 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Vauxhall?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 69 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiddies Lodge Day Care Centre (694 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Vauxhall?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 221 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1525 Birchmount Rd (89 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1535 Birchmount Rd (112 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 1545 Birchmount Rd (147 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 1555 Birchmount Rd (185 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 71). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 81 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 & Vauxhall?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and three 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 Dorset Park page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Vauxhall in?

Birchmount & Vauxhall 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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