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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 15, 2018
The north leg carries the load — 4,199 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 118. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,468 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,309). Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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: 1,309 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,468 from 4:45 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
2019 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Sep 25, 2025.
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 Sep 21, 2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 36 | #2563 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1964 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 24 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Sep 21, 2025 |
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 Willowdale Ave between Church Ave and Byng Ave (159 m away) recorded an average of 44 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 52 km/h. That segment carries about 11,100 vehicles a day. Church Ave between Kenneth Ave and Dudley Ave measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Sep 2010). At the school-zone speed sign on Byng Ave C (350 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 14,031 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowdale Ave · Church Ave – Byng Ave · 159 m | Sep 2026 · 3 days | 11,106 | 44 km/h | 52 km/h | 57 km/h |
| Church Ave · Kenneth Ave – Dudley Ave · 329 m | Sep 2010 · 24 h | 5,152 | 39 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Byng Ave C (westbound), 350 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 34 km/h; 0.4% at 50 km/h or more. 14,031 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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 2533, activated 2021 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 27 Milton / North York 19 Mississauga / North York 67 Keswick / North York at Yonge St. @ Churchill Ave.836 m · 10 min
- TTC bus
- 98 39 97 nearest 15 m
- Express
- 939
- Blue Night
- 339 320
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Willowdale Ave at Church Ave; Willowdale Ave at Church Ave North Side
- Cycling
- Cycle Track on Willowdale Ave installed 2020
- Bike Share
- Willowdale Ave / Bishop Ave 941 m · 11 min · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 7 car parks · about 2,830 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 13 mapped lots within 500 m, 267 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface | 1.2 km | 53 | 44% (Q1 2026) |
| 10 Empress Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 67 | 69% (Q1 2026) |
| 11 Finch Ave W · Surface | 1.5 km | 62 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 5667 Yonge Street · Surface | 1.6 km | 23 * | — |
| Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 1,552 * | — |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Food Basics, 712 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 80 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is More Than Noodles, 537 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Northtown Way Pharmacy, 874 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.9 km away. For seniors' housing: Delmanor Northtown, a retirement home 922 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- More Than Noodles · 1 Byng Ave537 m · 6 min
- Bento Sushi · 20 Church Ave713 m · 8 min
- H-Mart · 5323 Yonge St769 m · 9 min
- Mana Healthy Bites · 75 Parkview Ave800 m · 10 min
- This Or That · 5317 Yonge St807 m · 10 min
- Grocery
- Food Basics 712 m · 8 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Mr. Fish 780 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Northtown Way Pharmacy 874 m · 10 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Lansing Co-Op Nursery School · 32 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day443 m · 5 min
- McKee McKids Enrichment Centre · 166 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day582 m · 7 min
- Yorktown Montessori School · 40 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day592 m · 7 min
- Washrooms
- Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible398 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.9 km · 23 min
- Delmanor Northtown · retirement home922 m · 11 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (24)
- Mitchell Field Park378 m · 5 min
- Longmore Park386 m · 5 min
- Northtown Park696 m · 8 min
- McKee Parkette697 m · 8 min
- Kenneth Park744 m · 9 min
- Community centres
- Mitchell Field Community Centre363 m · 4 min
- Schools (12)
- McKee Public SchoolEnglish Public · 582 m · 7 min
- Earl Haig Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 910 m · 11 min
- Central Montessori School - WillowdalePrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Crown AcademyPrivate · 1.1 km · 14 min
- Newton International College SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 14 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a library.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Three registered apartment buildings with 519 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 414 Willowdale Ave (204 m, 65 units, 3 storeys, built 1958), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 98, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 414 Willowdale Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd. | 65 | 3 | 1958 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 204 m |
| 422 Willowdale Ave social housing · Canadian Helen Keller Centre | 16 | 4 | 1992 | 98 · Jun 2024 | 302 m · 4 min |
| 77 Finch Ave E · Quadreal Residential Properties G.p. Inc. | 438 | 21 | 1985 | 100 · Jun 2024 | 1 km · 11 min |
3 registered buildings · 519 units · 1 social housing · tallest 21 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 East Willowdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Church & Willowdale a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 36 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 Church & Willowdale?
A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Feb 15, 2018, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Church & Willowdale a walkable intersection?
Church & Willowdale scores 42 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Church & Willowdale?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Willowdale Ave between Church Ave and Byng Ave (September 2026), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 350 m away (40 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Church & Willowdale?
The nearest Green P car park is 10 Kingsdale Ave (1.2 km away, 53 spaces, 44% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 267 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,260 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Church & Willowdale by transit?
Bus routes 98, 39, 97, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Willowdale Ave at Church Ave, 15 m).
What restaurants are near Church & Willowdale?
None within 300 m, and 80 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are More Than Noodles (537 m), Bento Sushi (713 m), H-Mart (769 m), Mana Healthy Bites (800 m) and This Or That (807 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Church & Willowdale?
The nearest is Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom, 89 Church Ave, 398 m away, with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Church & Willowdale?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 356 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lansing Co-Op Nursery School (443 m, 32 spaces), McKee McKids Enrichment Centre (582 m, 166 spaces) and Yorktown Montessori School (592 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Church & Willowdale?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 519 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 414 Willowdale Ave (204 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 422 Willowdale Ave (302 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 77 Finch Ave E (1.0 km, 438 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 98 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Church & Willowdale?
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the East Willowdale page.
What neighbourhood is Church & Willowdale in?
Church & Willowdale is in East Willowdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 152). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 15, 2018.
- 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).
- 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 18 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: 43.77583, -79.40468 · centreline node 13446622.