Franklin & Parkman

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 23, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 403 southbound vehicles, or 67% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 89. Morning rush is the busier period: 126 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 102 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.8% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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: 126 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 102 from 4:45 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

2023 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 4, 2023.

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2012

The City's counter on Parkman Ave between Perth Ave and Perth Square Park Trl (98 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 41 km/h. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Franklin Ave between Parkman Ave and Lane S of Dupont and W of Franklin measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Apr 2012). 2 speed humps slow traffic on Parkman Avenue between Franklin Ave and Perth Ave.

Traffic calming

Parkman Avenue (Franklin Ave – Perth Ave): 2 speed humps

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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food21/30

  3 grocery stores within 1 km · 19 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit22/28

  Dundas West Station 0.9 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 501 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

• Schools and child care7/8

  3 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot2/10

  traffic calming

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.

16 registered apartment buildings with 2,148 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1625 Dupont St (217 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1920), which scored 77 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 16 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

16 registered buildings · 2,148 units · 7 social housing · tallest 27 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 six thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

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 Junction-Wallace Emerson.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 23, 2016.
• 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; Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 9 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: 43.66418, -79.45375 · centreline node 13464624.