Castlefield & Beechborough

Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 1, 2010

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 2,101 eastbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 330. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 855 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 24% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (687). Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, 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: 687 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 855 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

2018 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 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 Alyward St between Lonborough Ave and Castlefield Ave (91 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 2-day count in September 2014; 85% of drivers were at or under 51 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Strathnairn Ave between Glenhaven St and Claybrooke St measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Nov 2023) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Beechborough Avenue between Keele St and Castlefield Ave.

Traffic calming

Beechborough Avenue (Keele St – Castlefield Ave): 4 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.

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

• Groceries and food11/30

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

• Transit18/28

  Keelesdale Station 0.9 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.5 km away

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

• Schools and child care4/8

  nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• 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.

29 registered apartment buildings with 1,379 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 43 Glenhaven St (354 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

29 registered buildings · 1,379 units · 3 social housing · tallest 18 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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 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 Beechborough-Greenbrook.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Mar 1, 2010.
• 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; Traffic Calming Database.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 5 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: 43.69554, -79.46961 · centreline node 13459118.