Carlaw & Langley (North)

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 8, 2015

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,127 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 60% of the total, against 118 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (151 of 230). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,077 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (968). Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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.

Peak hours: 1,077 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 968 from 5:00 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 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (10%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (15%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Feb 28, 2025.

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

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 Langley Ave between Logan Ave and Lane E of Logan and S of Riverdale, 186 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2012 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Langley Ave (67 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 5,876 vehicles logged in December 2025 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 8 speed humps slow traffic on Langley Avenue between Broadview Ave and Carlaw Ave, and 2 more calmed segments end here.

Speed sign

Langley Ave (eastbound), 67 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 6 km/h, 85th percentile 17 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 5,876 vehicles logged in December 2025; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Langley Avenue (Broadview Ave – Carlaw Ave): 8 speed humps; Langley Avenue (Carlaw Ave – Logan Ave): 1 speed hump; Langley Avenue (Pape Ave – Carlaw Ave): 3 speed humps

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

pedestrian crossover

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food11/30

  3 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit14/28

  5 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.1 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot5/10

  pedestrian crossover · traffic calming

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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 711 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 369 Pape Ave (292 m, 139 units, 8 storeys, built 1981), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

7 registered buildings · 711 units · 5 social housing · tallest 22 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 seven bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 86% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

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 North Riverdale.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 8, 2015.
• 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); Traffic Calming Database.
• 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; 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: 43.66994, -79.34371 · centreline node 13463378.