Carlaw & Mortimer

Traffic volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 891 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,057 from 5:15 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

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.

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.

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 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), 2.6% of the 28,254 vehicles logged in August 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).

Speed sign

Gowan Ave (westbound), 302 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 23 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 2.6% at 40 km/h or more. 28,254 vehicles logged in August 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; 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

• Groceries and food16/30

  7 grocery stores within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Pape Station 0.9 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 873 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  3 schools 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.

55 registered apartment buildings with 3,989 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 100 Gowan Ave (344 m, 121 units, 17 storeys, built 1966), which scored 97 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

55 registered buildings · 3,989 units · 1 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.

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.

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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count May 21, 2025.
• 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: 43.68530, -79.34989 · centreline node 13460701.