Castle Frank & Dale

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 2, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,606 northbound vehicles, or 77% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 488. Most cyclists arrived from the south (30 of 56). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 485 vehicles in the hour from 3:45 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 9:00 a.m. (442). Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% 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: 442 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 485 from 3:45 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

2017 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 5, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

The City's counter on Dale Ave between Maple Ave and Nanton Ave (252 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Bloor St E (129 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.1% of the 54,129 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 1 speed hump slow traffic on Castle Frank Road between Drumsnab Rd and Dale Ave, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Speed sign

Bloor St E (westbound), 129 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 34 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 4.1% at 50 km/h or more. 54,129 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Castle Frank Road (Drumsnab Rd – Dale Ave): 1 speed hump; Castle Frank Road (Dale Ave – Hawthorn Ave): 8 speed humps (installed 2025)

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.

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food9/30

  2 grocery stores within 1 km · 43 within 1 km

• Transit27/28

  Castle Frank Station · 5 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.2 km away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

• Schools and child care4/8

  1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot2/10

  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.

20 registered apartment buildings with 5,103 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 36 Castle Frank Rd (229 m, 53 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 89 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

20 registered buildings · 5,103 units · 2 social housing · tallest 51 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 Rosedale-Moore Park.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 2, 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); 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 11 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: 43.67514, -79.36875 · centreline node 13462588.