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Burnhamthorpe & Botfield

Burnhamthorpe Rd & Botfield Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Islington · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

At its last City count, in 2018, Burnhamthorpe & Botfield, in Islington, was a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby are 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
15,226
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 4, 2018
54 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
27/100
city median 48
6 places to eat within 1 km

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Burnhamthorpe & Botfield

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 4, 2018

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 7,917 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 90 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,712 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m., 13% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (2,398). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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.

From the north90southbound · 2 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west7,917eastbound · 3 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles15,22654 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east7,077westbound · 2 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south142northbound · 5 bikes · 2.1% heavy

Peak hours: 2,712 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,398 from 4:30 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 2017, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (33%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 18, 2020.

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

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3
With an injury1
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Burnhamthorpe Rd between Echo Valley Rd and Lorraine Gdns, 78 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 66 km/h or more. That segment carries about 21,800 vehicles a day. Botfield Ave between Mattice Ave and Goswell Rd measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Mar 2020).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Burnhamthorpe Rd · Echo Valley Rd – Lorraine Gdns · 78 mApr 2026 · 3 days21,77554 km/h60 km/h66 km/h
Botfield Ave · Mattice Ave – Goswell Rd · 354 mMar 2020 · 2 days59538 km/h49 km/h55 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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
50 45 46 145 nearest 31 m
Express
945
Blue Night
345
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Burnhamthorpe Rd at Botfield Ave East Side; Burnhamthorpe Rd at Echo Valley Rd West Side
Regional
MiWay 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Botfield Ave34 m
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
5 car parks · about 2,101 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
4 mapped lots within 500 m, 181 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface1.2 km5938% (Q1 2026)
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface1.9 km1,200 *—
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1.9 km534 *—
7 Monkton Ave · Surface2 km2561% (Q1 2026)
Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive · Surface2 km283 *—

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.

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; 6 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Nova, 570 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Martin Grove Pharmacy, 580 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Pizza Nova · 129 Martin Grove Rd570 m · 7 min
  • Hero Burgers · 318 Burnhamthorpe Rd587 m · 7 min
  • Pizza Pizza · 318 Burnhamthorpe Rd587 m · 7 min
  • Far East Chinese Food · 137 Martin Grove Rd597 m · 7 min
  • Curry & Chutney By Gopal's Indian Restaurant & Bakery · 317 Burnhamthorpe Rd615 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Food shops
Mc Nies the Fish and Chip People 610 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Martin Grove Pharmacy 580 m · 7 min
Child care
  • Our Lady of Peace School Age Program (YMCA) · 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day545 m · 6 min
  • Treasured Moments - Burnhamthorpe · 86 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day553 m · 7 min
  • Wedgewood School Age YMCA · 129 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day901 m · 11 min
3 licensed centres · 342 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy

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 (8)
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Islington Seniors' Centre1.3 km · 16 min
  • Montgomery's Inn1.5 km · 18 min
Schools (8)
  • Olivet New Church Elementary SchoolPrivate · 252 m · 3 min
  • Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 546 m · 7 min
  • Wedgewood Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 901 m · 11 min
  • German International School TorontoPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Mindwerx4kids Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Eatonville branch1.5 km · 18 min
Places of interest
  • Montgomery's InnMuseum · 1.5 km · 18 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 public washroom or a care or retirement home.

27of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food2/30

    6 within 1 km

  • Transit13/28

    6 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.5 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 Burnhamthorpe & Botfield a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Burnhamthorpe & Botfield?

A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Dec 4, 2018, 1.65× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Burnhamthorpe & Botfield a walkable intersection?

Burnhamthorpe & Botfield scores 27 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: 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; 6 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Burnhamthorpe & Botfield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Burnhamthorpe Rd between Echo Valley Rd and Lorraine Gdns (April 2026), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Burnhamthorpe & Botfield?

The nearest Green P car park is 16 Royalavon Cres (1.2 km away, 59 spaces, 38% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 181 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,800 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Burnhamthorpe & Botfield by transit?

Bus routes 50, 45, 46, 145, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Burnhamthorpe Rd at Botfield Ave East Side, 31 m); MiWay route 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Botfield Ave.

What restaurants are near Burnhamthorpe & Botfield?

None within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizza Nova (570 m), Hero Burgers (587 m), Pizza Pizza (587 m), Far East Chinese Food (597 m) and Curry & Chutney By Gopal's Indian Restaurant & Bakery (615 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Burnhamthorpe & Botfield?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 342 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Our Lady of Peace School Age Program (YMCA) (545 m, 127 spaces), Treasured Moments - Burnhamthorpe (553 m, 86 spaces) and Wedgewood School Age YMCA (901 m, 129 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What neighbourhood is Burnhamthorpe & Botfield in?

Burnhamthorpe & Botfield is in Islington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 158). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined