Hepbourne & Ossington

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 8, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 4,503 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 407 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (163 of 341). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,222 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,319 from 5:00 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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: 1,222 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,319 from 5:00 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 worst year was 2017, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 3 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (18%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Nov 29, 2025.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

On Ossington Ave between Lane N of Dewson and W of Ossington and Harbord St, 204 m from the corner, a 7-day count in September 2025 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 43 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,900 vehicles a day. Hepbourne St between Concord Ave and Delaware Ave measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 31 km/h (Nov 2022). 3 speed humps slow traffic on Hepbourne Street between Ossington Ave and Dovercourt Rd.

Traffic calming

Hepbourne Street (Ossington Ave – Dovercourt Rd): 3 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.

• Groceries and food16/30

  7 grocery stores within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Ossington Station 0.3 km · 10 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 807 m away

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 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.

Within a kilometre there are 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,277 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 675 Dovercourt Rd (311 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 45 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 17 scored below 70; the average is 81, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

17 registered buildings · 1,277 units · 3 social housing · tallest 20 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.

Eight thefts from vehicles and 16 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 2.1 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 69% of the bike 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 8, 2022.
• 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 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: 43.65976, -79.42475 · centreline node 13465254.