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Carlaw & Mortimer

Carlaw Ave & Mortimer Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Broadview North · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Carlaw & Mortimer is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Broadview North. It has 2 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Pape Station (Line 2) 710 m away.

Traffic volume
11,834
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 21, 2025
840 pedestrians · 109 cyclists · #1558 busiest
Collisions
29
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 20 property damage · #2864 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #1205 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Pape Station 710 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 12 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 850 vehicles an hour, 73% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 14 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 2.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 7%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 29 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Carlaw & Mortimer

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)710 m; Chester Station (Line 2)802 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
62721008782551 nearest 17 m
Express
925
Blue Night
325322300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Mortimer Ave at Carlaw Ave; Mortimer Ave at Carlaw Ave East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Mortimer Ave / Carlaw Ave SMART 26 m · 12 docks · 10 stations, 212 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (16)
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 110 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 159 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 295 m
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 611 m
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 750 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 905 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (24)
  • Agnes Macphail Square186 m
  • Westwood Park253 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette556 m
  • Gamble Playground686 m
  • Aldwych Park697 m
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette707 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch705 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch856 m
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 843 m
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 1.2 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 178 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is California Pub and Grill, 181 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés14 within 300 m · 178 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
California Pub and Grill · 914 Pape Ave181 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Phyllo Caffe · 920 Pape Ave184 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Masa Buka Greek Restaurant · 940 Pape Ave200 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Pape Village Original Greek Restaurant · 942 Pape Ave211 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Zenku · 210 Mortimer Ave213 mPassed, Feb 2026
King's Drive-In · 919 Pape Ave237 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 5 infractions
Hanamaru · 862 Pape Ave248 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
La Grotta Pizzeria · 951 Pape Ave261 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 2 infractions

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is East York Community Centre Washroom, 721 m away, View centre hours.

  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    721 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,503 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Broad View French Montessori School (256 m, 33 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,503 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 15
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 903 Pape Ave
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    256 m
  • Chester Jr YMCA · 115 Gowan Ave
    161 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    295 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre · 121 Cosburn Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Network - Child's Nest Early Years and Child Care Centre - 123 Cosburn · 123 Cosburn Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    512 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (876 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 845 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 876 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 845 m1300 Pape Ave

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

77 registered apartment buildings with 4,986 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 156 Floyd Ave (269 m, 41 units, 6 storeys, built 1992), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 77 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 131 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings77 · 4,986 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026131 across the 77
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
156 Floyd Avesocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc416199293 · Oct 20250269 m
160 Floyd Ave123195277 · Jul 20251277 m
100 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.12117196697 · Jun 20254342 m
80 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc8811196894 · Aug 20242346 m
130 Gowan Ave · Greenwin Inc16012196898 · Jun 20247 · 2 fire347 m
60 Gowan Ave · Enderby Developments Limited11821197095 · Jul 20251355 m
75 Cosburn Ave · 75 Co11812196892 · Sep 202411387 m
91 Cosburn Ave · Greenwin Corp.8611198697 · Nov 20253392 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots444 lots · ≈14,630 spaces · 43.9 ha
Within 500 m60 lots · ≈1,320 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 593 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 562 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking14 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
77 Gough Ave · Surface709 m1783% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface710 m4682% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface712 m2358% (Q1 2026)
716 Pape Ave · Surface720 m7475% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface763 m70 *

Nearest lots: 99 m away, ≈136 spaces; 153 m away, ≈40 spaces; 179 m away, ≈43 spaces; 206 m away, ≈41 spaces; 225 m away, ≈8 spaces; 237 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (768 m, 8 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.1 km, 10 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.3 km, 2 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be 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; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, May 21, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 5,852 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 2. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,057 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (891). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north542southbound · 40 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west5,438eastbound · 34 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles11,834840 pedestrians · 109 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east5,852westbound · 31 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south2northbound · 4 bikes · 50.0% heavy
AM peak hour891 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,057 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 21, 2025

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's counter on Mortimer Ave between Carlaw Ave and Lane W of East York and S of Mortimer (55 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 12,300 vehicles a day. Carlaw Ave between Westwood Ave and Floyd Ave measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Apr 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Gowan Ave (302 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.7% of the 30,134 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority. 9 speed humps slow traffic on Carlaw Avenue between Mortimer Ave and Danforth Ave (installed 2003).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Mortimer Ave · Carlaw Ave – Lane W of East York and S of Mortimer · 55 mDec 2025 · 3 days12,25228 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Carlaw Ave · Westwood Ave – Floyd Ave · 151 mApr 2024 · 3 days63326 km/h33 km/h36 km/h

School-zone speed sign 302 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct23 · 32 km/h
Over the limit9.9%
40 km/h or more2.7%

Gowan Ave (westbound), Burncrest Road · 30,134 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Carlaw Avenue · Mortimer Ave – Danforth Ave
    9 speed humps
    installed 2003

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions29#2864 of 5,508
With an injury7#2288 of 4,660
Property damage only20
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2161 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201438latest Jun 10, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 7, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1205 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#198 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Oct 7, 2024

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 8, 2024. 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Carlaw & Mortimer a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1205 of 1,505), out of 29 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Mortimer?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1558 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 73% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlaw & Mortimer?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Mortimer Ave between Carlaw Ave and Lane W of East York and S of Mortimer (December 2025), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 302 m away (30 km/h), 2.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Carlaw & Mortimer?

The nearest Green P car park is 77 Gough Ave (709 m away, 17 spaces, 83% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 444 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,630 spaces — 60 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (562 m).

How do I get to Carlaw & Mortimer by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 710 m away; bus routes 62, 72, 100, 87, 8, 25, 51, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Mortimer Ave at Carlaw Ave, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Carlaw & Mortimer?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 178 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are California Pub and Grill (181 m), Phyllo Caffe (184 m), Masa Buka Greek Restaurant (200 m), Pape Village Original Greek Restaurant (211 m) and Zenku (213 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Carlaw & Mortimer?

The nearest is East York Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Pape Ave, 721 m away (View centre hours). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Carlaw & Mortimer?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,503 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Broad View French Montessori School (256 m, 33 spaces), Chester Jr YMCA (295 m, 161 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre (507 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Mortimer?

77 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,986 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 156 Floyd Ave (269 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 160 Floyd Ave (277 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 100 Gowan Ave (342 m, 121 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 80 Gowan Ave (346 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 77 is 89 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Carlaw & Mortimer?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Broadview North page.

What neighbourhood is Carlaw & Mortimer in?

Carlaw & Mortimer is in Broadview North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 057). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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