Church & Charles

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 9, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 5,525 southbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 22. Most cyclists arrived from the north (472 of 1,024). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,243 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 1,105 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 14 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,243 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,105 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

2019 was the peak year (15 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 27, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Mar 14, 2011.

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Church St between Charles St E and Hayden St (43 m away, Sep 2012) recorded volume only — about 11,648 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

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

Signal 0225, activated 1974 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 29 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit20/28

  Bloor Station 0.3 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 631 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation7/10

  7 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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.

107 registered apartment buildings with 15,801 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 15 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 7.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 66 Isabella St (150 m, 411 units, 27 storeys, built 2016), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 107 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

107 registered buildings · 15,801 units · 15 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 14 thefts from vehicles and 48 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 10× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 14 in 2023–2025, about 4.7 a year, against 6.9 a year before that. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 6, 2026.

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 Church-Wellesley.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 9, 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.
• 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 13 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: 43.66940, -79.38247 · centreline node 13463577.