Dewson & Shaw

Traffic volume8-hour count · Sep 15, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The north leg carries the load — 600 southbound vehicles, or 66% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 144. Most cyclists arrived from the north (174 of 319). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 147 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (124). Heavy vehicles were a negligible share of traffic (0.4%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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: 124 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 147 from 4:00 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

2021 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 14% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 14% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 8, 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 Shaw St between Dewson St and Harbord St (139 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Dewson St between Ossington Ave and Concord Ave measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Sep 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Concord Ave (316 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 30,404 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Concord Ave (northbound), 316 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 18 km/h, 85th percentile 25 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 30,404 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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food26/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 13 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit15/28

  Ossington Station 0.9 km · 1 stop within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 190 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot0/10

  no crossing features on file

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.

19 registered apartment buildings with 599 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 805 College St (330 m, 72 units, 4 storeys, built 1929), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

19 registered buildings · 599 units · 4 social housing · tallest 9 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 three bicycle thefts 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 15, 2005.
• 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 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: 43.65663, -79.42096 · centreline node 13465766.