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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 14, 2026
The south leg carries the load — 2,165 northbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 282. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 635 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 643 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 635 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 643 from 4:45 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
2016 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 18, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 20 | 4.2 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 14 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
The City's counter on Pleasant Ave between Shetland St and Cactus Ave (84 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in January 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 52 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Cactus Ave between Moore Park Ave and Moore Park Trl measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 41 km/h (Sep 2021). At the school-zone speed sign on Cactus Ave (60 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.1% of the 66,412 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ave · Shetland St – Cactus Ave · 84 m | Jan 2020 · 3 days | 838 | 43 km/h | 52 km/h | 57 km/h |
| Cactus Ave · Moore Park Ave – Moore Park Trl · 135 m | Sep 2021 · 3 days | 2,912 | 34 km/h | 41 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Cactus Ave (northbound), 60 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 1.1% at 50 km/h or more. 66,412 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- 98 60 125 97 7 nearest 16 m
- Blue Night
- 353 307
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Cactus Ave at Pleasant Ave
- Regional
- York Region Transit 088 Bathurst at Steeles Av / Cactus Av638 m · 8 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
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 182 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.
Food, shops and services
The nearest pharmacy is Vatan Pharmacy, 852 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Sunrise of Thornhill, a retirement home 746 m away (two within a kilometre).
- Pharmacy
- Vatan Pharmacy 852 m · 10 min
- Child care
- Pleasant Child Care of North York · 110 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day140 m
- St. Paschal Baylon · 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day379 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Sunrise of Thornhill · retirement home · 2 within 1 km746 m · 9 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
- Moore Park339 m · 4 min
- Goulding Park1 km · 12 min
- Lissom Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Goulding Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (11)
- Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 140 m
- St Paschal Baylon Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 379 m · 5 min
- Newtonbrook Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 856 m · 10 min
- Fisherville Sr & N/W Secondary AlternativeEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Willowdale Christian SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 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 restaurant or café, a grocery store, a library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
One registered apartment building with 194 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 755 Steeles Ave W (1.0 km, 194 units, 15 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 755 Steeles Ave W · Marbrook Developments Ltd. | 194 | 15 | 1970 | 95 · Nov 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
1 registered building · 194 units · tallest 15 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Cactus & Pleasant a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Cactus & Pleasant?
A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 14, 2026, 29% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Cactus & Pleasant a walkable intersection?
Cactus & Pleasant scores 26 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km; 6 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Cactus & Pleasant?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pleasant Ave between Shetland St and Cactus Ave (January 2020), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 60 m away (40 km/h), 1.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Cactus & Pleasant?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 182 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,490 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Cactus & Pleasant by transit?
Bus routes 98, 60, 125, 97, 7 within 1 km (nearest stop: Cactus Ave at Pleasant Ave, 16 m); York Region Transit route 088 Bathurst at Steeles Av / Cactus Av.
Is there child care near Cactus & Pleasant?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 182 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Pleasant Child Care of North York (140 m, 110 spaces) and St. Paschal Baylon (379 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Cactus & Pleasant?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 194 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 755 Steeles Ave W (1.0 km, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Cactus & Pleasant in?
Cactus & Pleasant is in Newtonbrook West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 036). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.
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 Apr 14, 2026.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 18 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: 43.78974, -79.43332 · centreline node 13444929.