Hilda & Homewood

Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 23, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 3,230 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 66 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the south (78 of 125). Evening rush dominates here: 736 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 526 in the morning peak from 9:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 526 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 736 from 4:30 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 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 2 collisions (17%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 29, 2024.

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 Homewood Ave between Hilda Ave and Crossen Dr, 101 m from the corner, a 2-day count in November 2001 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Hilda Ave between Drewry Ave and Connaught Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2026) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Hilda Ave (397 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 11,752 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Hilda Ave (northbound), 397 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 30 km/h, 85th percentile 36 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 11,752 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 library or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food9/30

  2 grocery stores within 1 km · 26 within 1 km

• Transit6/28

  8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go0/14

  none within a walk

• Parks and recreation8/10

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

• Schools and child care5/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot0/10

  no crossing features on file

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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 800 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1 Homewood Ave (626 m, 67 units, 4 storeys, built 1940), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 5 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

5 registered buildings · 800 units · 1 social housing · tallest 19 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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 23, 2025.
• 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
• 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).
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 18 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: 43.78952, -79.42576 · centreline node 13444944.