Broadview & Mortimer

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 30, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,021 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 4,318 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (424 of 901). Evening rush dominates here: 2,204 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,778 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.8% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,778 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,204 from 4:15 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 2024, with 20 collisions; 2025 recorded 17. 28 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 12 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 14 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 23, 2026.

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 Sep 19, 2023.

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 Broadview Ave between Hillside Dr and Bater Ave, 297 m from the corner, a 4-day count in April 2018 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 62 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 69 km/h or more. That segment carries about 16,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Mortimer Ave between Jackman Ave and Burley Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Oct 2023) — a much more recent reading than the one above.

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.

The crossing

Signal 0440, activated 1958 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food20/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 3 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Broadview Station 0.8 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go7/14

  library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

• Schools and child care5/8

  nearest school 0.5 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · accessible signals

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.

Within a kilometre there are 49 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,893 rental units, 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1010 Broadview Ave (112 m, 109 units, 20 storeys, built 1971), which scored 92 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Four buildings of the 49 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

49 registered buildings · 3,893 units · 2 social housing · tallest 24 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Two thefts from vehicles and 12 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

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 Broadview North.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 30, 2025.
• 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.
• 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.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• 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 14 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: 43.68393, -79.35695 · centreline node 13460964.