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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 · Feb 26, 2026
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,403 westbound vehicles, or 40% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 2,199. Morning rush is the busier period: 838 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 698 from 2:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 21.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 838 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 698 from 2:30 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
2019 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported, 1 of them fatal; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 29, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 43 | #2273 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 36 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 4 | 1 fatal |
| 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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Carlaw Ave between Lake Shore Blvd E and Lake Shore Blvd East Trl (314 m away, Mar 2014) recorded volume only — about 8,536 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commissioners St · Logan Ave – Carlaw Ave · 104 m | Apr 2013 · 3 days | 5,290 | — | — | — |
| Carlaw Ave · Lake Shore Blvd E – Lake Shore Blvd East Trl · 314 m | Mar 2014 · 3 days | 8,536 | — | — | — |
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 1843, activated 2000 · leading pedestrian interval East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 72 114 83 nearest 17 m
- Blue Night
- 325
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Carlaw Ave at Commissioners St; Commissioners St at Carlaw Ave
- Cycling
- Cycle Track on Commissioners St installed 2021; Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Carlaw Ave installed 2021
- Bike Share
- Commissioners St / Bouchette St 502 m · 6 min · 20 docks · 5 stations, 86 docks 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
- 2 car parks · about 114 spaces
- EV charging
- 500 Commissioners St · 332 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 220 Carlaw Ave. (1.1 km), 43 Alton Ave (2 km)
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 23 mapped lots within 500 m, 283 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 111 Broadview Ave · Surface | 1.8 km | 92 | 56% (Q1 2026) |
| 136 Broadview Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 22 | 73% (Q1 2026) |
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. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 12 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Mayfair Bistro, 261 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Mayfair Bistro · 801 Lake Shore Blvd E261 m · 3 min
- Tim Hortons · 805 Lake Shore Blvd E436 m · 5 min
- Cinq Foods · 11 Carlaw Ave Unit-#5441 m · 5 min
- Nud Fud · 11 Carlaw Ave441 m · 5 min
- Food Dudes · 24 Carlaw Ave452 m · 5 min
- Child care
- Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 233 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
- Washrooms
- McCleary Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible635 m · 8 min
- Morse Street Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible659 m · 8 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 (7)
- Morse Street Playground690 m · 8 min
- McCleary Park693 m · 8 min
- Leslie Lookout Park1.3 km · 15 min
- John Chang Neighbourhood Park1.3 km · 16 min
- McCleary Playground1.4 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- Old Fire Hall 301.4 km · 17 min
- Schools
- Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
- Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 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 pharmacy or a library.
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
Two registered apartment buildings with 96 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, all of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 502 Eastern Ave (854 m, 19 units, 5 storeys, built 1989), which scored 91 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502 Eastern Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes | 19 | 5 | 1989 | 91 · Dec 2025 | 854 m · 10 min |
| 15 Pape Ave social housing · YWCA | 77 | 5 | 1988 | 90 · Nov 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
2 registered buildings · 96 units · 2 social housing · tallest 5 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 South Riverdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Carlaw & Commissioners a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 Carlaw & Commissioners?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 26, 2026, 53% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Carlaw & Commissioners a walkable intersection?
Carlaw & Commissioners scores 29 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: 9 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1.4 km; nearest school 1 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
Where can I park near Carlaw & Commissioners?
The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (1.8 km away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 283 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,030 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 500 Commissioners St (332 m).
How do I get to Carlaw & Commissioners by transit?
Bus routes 72, 114, 83 within 1 km (nearest stop: Carlaw Ave at Commissioners St, 17 m).
What restaurants are near Carlaw & Commissioners?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Mayfair Bistro (261 m), Tim Hortons (436 m), Cinq Foods (441 m), Nud Fud (441 m) and Food Dudes (452 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Carlaw & Commissioners?
The nearest is McCleary Park Washroom, 755 Lake Shore Blvd E, 635 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (659 m).
Is there child care near Carlaw & Commissioners?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 233 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (1.0 km, 233 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Commissioners?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 96 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 502 Eastern Ave (854 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 15 Pape Ave (1.0 km, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Carlaw & Commissioners?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the South Riverdale page.
What neighbourhood is Carlaw & Commissioners in?
Carlaw & Commissioners is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.
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 Feb 26, 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.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; 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: 43.65262, -79.33554 · centreline node 13466194.