Hillside & Queens

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 1, 2021

The west leg carries the load — 598 eastbound vehicles, or 61% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 59. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 172 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 31% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (131). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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: 131 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 172 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

2019 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 23% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 4, 2025.

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.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Queens Ave between Hillside Ave and Allen Ave (84 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Hillside Ave between Lake Shore Blvd W and Queens Ave measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Nov 2021). At the school-zone speed sign on Mimico Ave (265 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.6% of the 135,395 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Speed sign

Mimico Ave (westbound), 265 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 24 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 1.6% at 40 km/h or more. 135,395 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 care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food11/30

  2 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit10/28

  2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 544 m away

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• 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.

48 registered apartment buildings with 2,198 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 2532 Lake Shore Blvd W (73 m, 46 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

48 registered buildings · 2,198 units · 1 social housing · tallest 10 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 Dec 1, 2021.
• 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 3 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: 43.61122, -79.49096 · centreline node 13470143.