Toronto · intersection · signal 1598

Finch & Wayside

Finch Ave E & Wayside Ave · Toronto, Ontario · East L'Amoreaux · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

In East L'Amoreaux, Finch & Wayside is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
26,081
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 11, 2024
858 pedestrians · 175 cyclists · #507 busiest
Collisions
249
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
35 with an injury · 174 property damage · #378 of 5,508 · +8 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #212 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

The latest City count averages about 1,860 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.61× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 30 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 25 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 9.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.93× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 45%, from 161 in 2016–2020 to 88 in 2021–2025. About one in 125 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Finch & Wayside

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
394317169 nearest 18 m
Express
939
Blue Night
339343
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave East at Adirondack Gate; Finch Ave East at Wayside Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Silver Springs Blvd / Birchmount Rd 567 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (16)
  • Yorkland High SchoolPrivate · 136 m
  • Kennedy LINCEnglish Public · 390 m
  • Silver Springs Public SchoolEnglish Public · 487 m
  • St Sylvester Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 577 m
  • Highland Heights Jr Public School and Jean Augustine Girls AcademyEnglish Public · 680 m
  • Lynnwood Heights Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 797 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • Kennedy Parkette308 m
  • Highland Heights Park512 m
  • L'amoreaux Sports Complex714 m
  • Knott Park716 m
  • Timberbank Park1 km
  • Bridletowne Park1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Signal
1598, activated 1990 · SA2 · transit priority

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 68. The nearest is Dindigul Thalappakattu Biryani, 80 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 68 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Agam Supermarket · 3852 Finch Ave E 6, 7, 8grocery48 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Dindigul Thalappakattu Biryani · 3850 Finch Ave E Unit-G0880 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Metropolitan Greek Orthodox Center · 3840 Finch Ave E137 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bethseda Home · 4 Partridge Lane172 mPassed, Jun 2026
C & R Trading · 2774 Kennedy Rd270 mPassed, Jul 2025
Tim Hortons · 4000 Finch Ave E312 mPassed, Apr 2026
Onechurch.to · 2885 Kennedy Rd328 mPassed, Jul 2026
Aisle 24 Market · 85 Silver Springs Blvdgrocery340 mPassed, Sep 2024

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 L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom, 488 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 310 m away at Kennedy Parkette.

  • L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom · 100 Silver Springs Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    488 m
  • L'amoreaux Tennis Centre Washroom · 300 Silver Springs Blvd
    View centre hours
    811 m
Drinking water
Kennedy Parkette drinking fountain · 310 m; L'amoreaux Sports Complex bottle filling station · 483 m · off

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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 340 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Silver Springs Extended Day & School Age Program (487 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 340 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Silver Springs Extended Day & School Age Program · 222 Silver Springs Blvd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    487 m
  • St. Sylvester Child Care Centre · 260 Silver Springs Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    577 m
  • Timothy Eaton Infant & Toddler Centre · 35 Glendower Circt
    20 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    680 m
  • Smart Start Montessori School (1416786 Ontario Limited) · 2660 Kennedy Rd
    49 spaces · toddler, preschool
    697 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 242 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (4.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 728 m away.

FireFire Station 242 · 1.9 km2733 Brimley Rd
Police42 Division · 4.9 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 728 m3061 Birchmount Rd

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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 611 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (335 m, 88 units, 9 storeys, built 1978), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 22 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings4 · 611 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202622 across the 4
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
75-85 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc.889197891 · Oct 20240 · 2 fire335 m
75-85 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc.1339197887 · Oct 20240 · 2 fire335 m
75 Silver Springs Blvd · Metcap Living Management Inc.1539197892 · Oct 202522 · 2 fire335 m
2821 Birchmount RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation23712196991 · Jul 20260490 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 lots279 lots · ≈40,960 spaces · 122.9 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈2,850 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 81 m away, ≈4 spaces; 119 m away, ≈363 spaces; 119 m away, ≈4 spaces; 182 m away, ≈4 spaces; 194 m away, ≈3 spaces; 213 m away, ≈4 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, Jun 11, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 12,469 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 575 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (82 of 175). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,233 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,341 from 5:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.0% 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,511southbound · 16 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the west11,526eastbound · 65 bikes · 5.2% heavy
Total vehicles26,081858 pedestrians · 175 cyclists · 5.0% heavy
From the east12,469westbound · 82 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the south575northbound · 12 bikes · 1.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,233 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,341 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 11, 2024

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 Wayside Ave and Kennedy Rd (129 m away, Oct 2011) recorded volume only — about 40,245 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Silver Spring Blvd (336 m away, 30 km/h limit), 5.3% of the 32,293 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave E · Wayside Ave – Kennedy Rd · 129 mOct 2011 · 3 days40,245

School-zone speed sign 336 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct29 · 36 km/h
Over the limit19%
40 km/h or more5.3%

Silver Spring Blvd (southbound), 193 Silver Springs Boulevard · 32,293 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2018, with 54 collisions; 2025 recorded 22. 35 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 43 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 18 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 9.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions249#378 of 5,508
With an injury35#395 of 4,660
Property damage only174
Fail to remain43
Involving a pedestrian15#81 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#687 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified39
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014297latest Jun 28, 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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Oct 27, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#212 of 1,505
Fatal1#134 of 319
Involving a pedestrian2#73 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20063latest Oct 27, 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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 5, 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 East L'Amoreaux.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Finch & Wayside a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#212 of 1,505), out of 249 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 & Wayside?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #507 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.61× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Finch & Wayside?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 279 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,960 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Finch & Wayside by transit?

Bus routes 39, 43, 17, 169, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave East at Adirondack Gate, 18 m).

What restaurants are near Finch & Wayside?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 68 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dindigul Thalappakattu Biryani (80 m), Metropolitan Greek Orthodox Center (137 m), Bethseda Home (172 m), C & R Trading (270 m) and Tim Hortons (312 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 & Wayside?

The nearest is L'amoreaux Sports Centre Washroom, 100 Silver Springs Blvd, 488 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: L'amoreaux Tennis Centre Washroom (811 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 & Wayside?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 340 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Silver Springs Extended Day & School Age Program (487 m, 56 spaces), St. Sylvester Child Care Centre (577 m, 69 spaces) and Timothy Eaton Infant & Toddler Centre (680 m, 20 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Wayside?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 611 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (335 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 75-85 Silver Springs Blvd (335 m, 133 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 75 Silver Springs Blvd (335 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 2821 Birchmount Rd (490 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 90 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 & Wayside?

Toronto Police place three 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 East L'Amoreaux page.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Wayside in?

Finch & Wayside is in East L'Amoreaux (City of Toronto neighbourhood 148). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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