East & Fanfare

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 12, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 984 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 270 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 428 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 50% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (285). Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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: 428 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 285 from 4:30 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 2 collisions (40%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (20%). The most recent report on file is from Jan 10, 2025.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

On East Ave between Fanfare Ave and Kirkdene Dr, 153 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2018 put the average speed at 49 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 56 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Fanfare Ave between Fanfare Park Trl and Rouge Highlands Dr measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Nov 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Friendship Ave (384 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 10,162 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Friendship Ave (northbound), 384 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 33 km/h, 85th percentile 40 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 10,162 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 library or a public washroom.

• Groceries and food8/30

  2 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 within 1 km

• Transit12/28

  5 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go0/14

  none within a walk

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.7 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

• 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.

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner 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 West Rouge.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 12, 2019.
• 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; 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.
• 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 25 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: 43.79237, -79.13651 · centreline node 13444054.