Toronto · intersection · signal 1257 · red-light camera

Finch & Markham

Finch Ave E & Markham Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 23, Scarborough North

Finch & Markham, in Morningside Heights, is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It has a red-light camera in place since 2021 that issued 971 tickets in 2025 at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic volume
54,846
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 24, 2025
2,211 pedestrians · 175 cyclists · #17 busiest
Collisions
794
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
149 with an injury · 564 property damage · #35 of 5,508 · +37 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
5
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 3 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #15 of 1,505
Red-light camera
971
tickets in 2025
since 2021 · 524 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 3,920 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 3.4× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 25 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 79 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 14.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.9× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 26%, from 457 in 2016–2020 to 337 in 2021–2025. About one in 159 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Finch & Markham

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10239134 nearest 30 m
Express
902939
Blue Night
339334353
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Markham Rd at Finch Ave East; Finch Ave East at Markham Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (8)
  • Shirdi Sai School of CanadaPrivate · 789 m
  • Tom Longboat Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 1Private · 1.1 km
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 2Private · 1.2 km
  • Islamic Institute of Toronto Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Al Azhar Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (2)
  • Horseley Hill Park1.1 km
  • Major Abbas Ali Park1.3 km
Signal
1257, activated 1973 · SA1 · transit priority

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 38 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Kandahar Kabab, 94 m away, which got a conditional pass at its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 6 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kandahar Kabab · 2307 Markham Rd94 mConditional pass, Sep 2026 · 6 infractions
Nicey's Eatery · 2290 Markham Rd Lot-R4135 mPassed, Nov 2025
Madame Saigon · 2270 Markham Rd Unit-A160 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Zaitoun Kabob, Broast & Ribs · 2270 Markham Rd160 mPassed, Dec 2025
Tim Hortons · 2280 Markham Rd189 mPassed, Aug 2026
Apo Products Ltd. · 5590 Finch Ave E Unit-1197 mPassed, Nov 2025
Chef's Depot · 5590 Finch Ave E197 mPassed, Jul 2025
McDonald's · 2260 Markham Rd221 mPassed, Jul 2025

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No City washroom within 1 km.

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

No licensed child care centre within 1 km.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 211 · 1.2 km900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 2.6 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 1.2 km900 Tapscott Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots222 lots · ≈113,010 spaces · 339 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈10,640 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 54 m away, ≈78 spaces; 64 m away, ≈58 spaces; 138 m away, ≈568 spaces; 237 m away, ≈294 spaces; 253 m away, ≈119 spaces; 295 m away, ≈1,542 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Sep 24, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 16,831 southbound vehicles, or 31% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 10,672. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 4,575 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,757 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 7.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north16,831southbound · 37 bikes · 8.0% heavy
From the west10,672eastbound · 52 bikes · 5.4% heavy
Total vehicles54,8462,211 pedestrians · 175 cyclists · 7.5% heavy
From the east11,497westbound · 50 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the south15,846northbound · 36 bikes · 8.7% heavy
AM peak hour4,575 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour4,757 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 24, 2025

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's most recent midblock count on Finch Ave E between Tiffield Rd and Markham Rd (53 m away, Oct 2011) recorded volume only — about 13,476 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave E · Tiffield Rd – Markham Rd · 53 mOct 2011 · 3 days13,476
Markham Rd · Nugget Ave – Finch Ave E · 66 mSep 2014 · 7 days25,506

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2019 was the peak year (127 collisions), and 2025 closed with 70. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 93 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 37 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 14.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions794#35 of 5,508
With an injury149#11 of 4,660
Property damage only564
Fail to remain93
Involving a pedestrian11#186 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1246 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality1
Severity not classified80
Since January 2026 (outside the window)37
All since 2014965latest Jun 26, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

None of the five serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 3 pedestrians and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. 3 of the 5 happened in darkness — 60%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Jan 4, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 7. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.09 KSI collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles.

2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions5#15 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian3#37 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness360% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20067latest Jan 4, 2023

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place 40 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 6.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 4.4 a year before that. 48% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle4090street/outdoor (19), commercial premises (19)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 17, 2025. 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 Morningside Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Finch & Markham a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #35 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 5 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 Finch & Markham?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #17 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.4× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Finch & Markham?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Finch & Markham since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 971 tickets in 2025 (1,204 in 2024) and 524 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 6,183 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Finch & Markham?

971 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 1,204 in 2024, and 524 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 6,183 tickets since 2021. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

Where can I park near Finch & Markham?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 222 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 113,010 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Finch & Markham by transit?

Bus routes 102, 39, 134, 902, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Markham Rd at Finch Ave East, 30 m).

What restaurants are near Finch & Markham?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kandahar Kabab (94 m), Nicey's Eatery (135 m), Madame Saigon (160 m), Zaitoun Kabob, Broast & Ribs (160 m) and Tim Hortons (189 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

How many thefts are reported at Finch & Markham?

Toronto Police place 40 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Morningside Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Markham in?

Finch & Markham is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined