Elm & Sherbourne

Traffic volume8-hour count · May 22, 2001

The south leg carries the load — 1,919 northbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 515. Most cyclists arrived from the south (73 of 180). Morning rush is the busier period: 861 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 655 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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: 861 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 655 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 7 collisions. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 5, 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 Sherbourne St between Selby St and Bloor St E (363 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 7,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Elm Ave between Mount Pleasant Rd and Sherbourne St N measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Jul 2025) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Mt. Pleasant Rd (222 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 21,837 vehicles logged in June 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Mt. Pleasant Rd (northbound), 222 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 46 km/h; 0.1% at 60 km/h or more. 21,837 vehicles logged in June 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 food11/30

  8 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit20/28

  Sherbourne Station 0.4 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 919 m away · 5 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation3/10

  nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care6/8

  1 school 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.

47 registered apartment buildings with 9,052 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 4 Sherbourne St N (140 m, 34 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 70 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 47 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

47 registered buildings · 9,052 units · 7 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 four thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.1 a year. 57% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

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 Rosedale-Moore Park.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count May 22, 2001.
• 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: 43.67505, -79.37785 · centreline node 13462628.