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Finch & Virgilwood

Finch Ave W & Virgilwood Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Westminster-Branson · Ward 6, York Centre

Finch & Virgilwood, in Westminster-Branson, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,461
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 22, 2023
997 pedestrians · 25 cyclists · #1177 busiest
Collisions
67
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
18 with an injury · 43 property damage · #1633 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #936 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,180 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 17 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 6.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 4.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 57%, from 47 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 67 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Finch & Virgilwood

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
367160125 nearest 20 m
Express
939
Blue Night
336307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave West at Virgilwood Dr - North York General Finch Branson Site; Finch Ave West at Virgilwood Dr West Side - North York General Finch Branson
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Torresdale Ave / Finch Ave W 229 m · 19 docks · 6 stations, 110 docks 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 (14)
  • Northview Heights Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 204 m
  • Crawford Adventist Academy High SchoolPrivate · 301 m
  • Forest Valley Outdoor Education CentreEnglish Public · 698 m
  • Associated Hebrew Middle School - Hurwich CampusPrivate · 829 m
  • Kenton Learning Centre LINCEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Yorkview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 8 more
Parks (17)
  • Ailsa Craig Parkette288 m
  • Robert Hicks Park413 m
  • West Don Parkland487 m
  • Antibes Park702 m
  • Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt744 m
  • Stafford Park756 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Centennial branch115 m
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1.1 km
Signal
1221, activated 1977 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 17 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Finch Reactivation Care Centre, 154 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Finch Reactivation Care Centre · 555 Finch Ave W154 mPassed, Jan 2026
Northview Heights Early Learning Centre · 550 Finch Ave W204 mPassed, Feb 2026
Lumacare Adult Day Program · 541 Finch Ave W268 mPassed, Jan 2026
Tim Hortons · 4926 Bathurst St391 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Branson Preschool · 4866 Bathurst St Unit-1428 mPassed, Jun 2026
Belle Bar & Restaurant · 4949 Bathurst St Unit-5497 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Happy Bagel · 4949 Bathurst St Unit-1497 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Jrv Filipino Market · 4949 Bathurst St Unit-8grocery497 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions

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

The nearest public washroom is Esther Shiner Stadium Washroom, 418 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 417 m away at Esther Shiner Stadium.

  • Esther Shiner Stadium Washroom · 5720 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    418 m
  • Antibes Community Centre Washroom · 140 Antibes Dr
    View centre hours
    926 m
Drinking water
Esther Shiner Stadium drinking fountain · 417 m; Robert Hicks Park drinking fountain · 432 m

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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 341 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Northview Heights Early Learning Centre - North York (204 m, 29 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 341 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Northview Heights Early Learning Centre - North York · 550 Finch Ave W
    29 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    204 m
  • Northview Advent Child Care · 541 Finch Ave W
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    268 m
  • Branson Pre-School Ltd. · 4866 Bathurst St
    42 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    428 m
  • Carousel Child Care Development Centre · 623 Finch Ave W
    46 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    509 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 112 (495 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 495 m away.

FireFire Station 112 · 495 m5700 Bathurst St
Police32 Division · 2.7 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 55 · 495 m5700 Bathurst St

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

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,127 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 11 Goldfinch Crt (173 m, 174 units, 15 storeys, built 1964), which scored 95 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 120 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 19 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 3,127 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026120 across the 29
Open fire-code violations19
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Goldfinch Crt · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.17415196495 · Oct 20252173 m
3 Goldfinch Crt · Q Residential17215196494 · Aug 20260 · 1 fire218 m
15 Torresdale Avesocial housing · Greenwin Corp.617199493 · Jul 20261241 m
12 Goldfinch Crt · Sterling Karamar Property Management14312196996 · Jul 202610307 m
4 Goldfinch Crt · Sterling Karamar Property Management9512196998 · Aug 202623320 m
521-523 Finch Ave W · Ranee Management1796196085 · Sep 20243328 m
9 Kingsbridge Crt · Siteline Residential Management Inc.747196388 · Jul 20258360 m
601 Finch Ave W · Sterling Karamar Property Management17014196986 · Oct 202523369 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

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

All parking lots243 lots · ≈41,780 spaces · 125.3 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈4,790 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 71 m away, ≈19 spaces; 132 m away, ≈58 spaces; 169 m away, ≈202 spaces; 169 m away, ≈696 spaces; 181 m away, ≈1,081 spaces; 230 m away, ≈300 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, Nov 22, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,537 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 183 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,306 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,398 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north183southbound · 1 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the west7,438eastbound · 14 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles16,461997 pedestrians · 25 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east8,537westbound · 10 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the south303northbound · 0 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,306 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,398 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 22, 2023

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

On Finch Ave W between Bathurst St and Red Robinway, 339 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2025 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 31,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave W · Bathurst St – Red Robinway · 339 mApr 2025 · 3 days31,28743 km/h53 km/h58 km/h

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

The worst year was 2019, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 18 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 7 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions67#1633 of 5,508
With an injury18#975 of 4,660
Property damage only43
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian5#716 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1135 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201477latest Jun 3, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Feb 19, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#936 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20064latest Feb 19, 2018

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 3, 2018. 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 Westminster-Branson.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Finch & Virgilwood a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#936 of 1,505), out of 67 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Virgilwood?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1177 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Finch & Virgilwood?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Finch Ave W between Bathurst St and Red Robinway (April 2025), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Finch & Virgilwood?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 243 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 41,780 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Finch & Virgilwood by transit?

Bus routes 36, 7, 160, 125, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave West at Virgilwood Dr - North York General Finch Branson Site, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Finch & Virgilwood?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Finch Reactivation Care Centre (154 m), Northview Heights Early Learning Centre (204 m), Lumacare Adult Day Program (268 m), Tim Hortons (391 m) and Branson Preschool (428 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Finch & Virgilwood?

The nearest is Esther Shiner Stadium Washroom, 5720 Bathurst St, 418 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Antibes Community Centre Washroom (926 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Finch & Virgilwood?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 341 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Northview Heights Early Learning Centre - North York (204 m, 29 spaces), Northview Advent Child Care (268 m, 49 spaces) and Branson Pre-School Ltd. (428 m, 42 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Virgilwood?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,127 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Goldfinch Crt (173 m, 174 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 3 Goldfinch Crt (218 m, 172 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 15 Torresdale Ave (241 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 12 Goldfinch Crt (307 m, 143 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 91 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Finch & Virgilwood?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Westminster-Branson page.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Virgilwood in?

Finch & Virgilwood is in Westminster-Branson (City of Toronto neighbourhood 035). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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