Elm & Murray

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 17, 1995

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 3,671 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 1,016 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (114 of 158). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 910 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 865 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 31 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1995, 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: 910 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 865 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 worst year was 2019, with 19 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 5 collisions (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 32 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 3, 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 May 13, 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 Murray St between Elm St and Orde St, 129 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2026 put the average speed at 19 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 29 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 34 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,200 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on St. Patrick St (262 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 35,064 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

St. Patrick St, 262 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 27 km/h; 0.1% at 40 km/h or more. 35,064 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.

• Groceries and food21/30

  13 grocery stores within 1 km · 62 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit25/28

  St Patrick Station · 2 stops within 300 m · 17 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 811 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care8/8

  8 schools within 500 m · 4 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.

Within a kilometre there are 27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,750 rental units — 13 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2 Murray St (62 m, 86 units, 6 storeys, built 1961), which scored 82 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

27 registered buildings · 3,750 units · 13 social housing · tallest 43 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.

187 thefts from vehicles and 50 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 40× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 22 in 2023–2025, about 7.3 a year, against 30.7 a year before that. 97% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 36% of the bike thefts were from other premises. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 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 Kensington-Chinatown.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 17, 1995.
• 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: 43.65616, -79.39046 · centreline node 13465774.