Huron & Bernard

Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 4, 2007

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,027 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 32% of the total, against 323 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 631 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 19% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (532). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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: 631 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 532 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 2 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 31% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2026.

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 Huron St between Bernard Ave and Dupont St, 155 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Bernard Ave between St George St and Huron St measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 36 km/h (May 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Huron St (281 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 27,962 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 9 speed humps slow traffic on Huron Street between Bloor St W and Bernard Ave.

Speed sign

Huron St (northbound), 281 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 25 km/h, 85th percentile 31 km/h; 0.4% at 40 km/h or more. 27,962 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Huron Street (Bloor St W – Bernard Ave): 9 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 food11/30

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

• Transit20/28

  Dupont Station 0.4 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 736 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

• Schools and child care6/8

  1 school 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.

Within a kilometre there are 61 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,963 rental units, 4.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 250 St George St (125 m, 64 units, 11 storeys, built 1969), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 61 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

61 registered buildings · 4,963 units · 6 social housing · tallest 25 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.

Three thefts from vehicles and 16 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 2.3 a year before that. 38% 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 Annex.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 4, 2007.
• 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); 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: 43.67267, -79.40368 · centreline node 13463090.