Toronto · intersection · signal 1317 · red-light camera

Jane & Bala

Jane St & Bala Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Dennis · Ward 5, York South-Weston

In Mount Dennis, Jane & Bala is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2008 that issued 309 tickets in 2025 and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
14,885
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 3, 2018
694 pedestrians · 7 cyclists
Collisions
61
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 46 property damage · #1766 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
309
tickets in 2025
since 2008 · 165 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
5
TTC stops within 100 m
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,860 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.61× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 21 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 6.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 48%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 21 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Jane & Bala

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
357389405711713227158 nearest 21 m
Express
935989
Blue Night
335334
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Jane St at Emmett Ave; Emmett Ave at Jane St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Jane St / Weston Rd 163 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 53 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (9)
  • Bala Avenue Community SchoolEnglish Public · 149 m
  • York Humber High SchoolEnglish Public · 481 m
  • Portage Trail CommunityschoolEnglish Public · 775 m
  • Darul Arqam Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 939 m
  • Roselands Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Our Lady of Victory Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
  • Mount Dennis Community Hall916 m
Parks (21)
  • Fergy Brown Park459 m
  • Eglinton Flats584 m
  • Portage Gardens Park654 m
  • Pearen Park693 m
  • Trethewey Park West770 m
  • Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park899 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Dennis branch1.1 km
Signal
1317, activated 1980 · SAP · transit priority

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 46. The nearest is Top Chef Ja Cuisine, 85 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Jola African Food Market · 1366 Weston Rd Unit-2grocery85 mPassed, May 2026
Top Chef Ja Cuisine · 1366 Weston Rd Unit-185 mPassed, Feb 2026
Pistacchio · 1362 Weston Rd B87 mPassed, Dec 2025
Jerk Jerks · 1356 Weston Rd103 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 9 infractions
7-Eleven · 1390 Weston Rdgrocery115 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Simply Chops - Suya City · 1354 Weston Rd127 mPassed, Mar 2026
Bala Nutrition Breakfast · 6 Bala Ave148 mPassed, Dec 2025
Emmett Convenience · 55 Emmett Ave, Unit-1grocery282 mPassed, Mar 2025

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Fergy Brown Park Washroom, 425 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 497 m away at Eglinton Flats.

  • Fergy Brown Park Washroom · 3700 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    425 m
  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    567 m
  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    621 m
Drinking water
Eglinton Flats drinking fountain · 497 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 487 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Jubilee Child Care Centre (282 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 487 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 8
  • Jubilee Child Care Centre · 55 Emmett Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    282 m
  • Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start · 1288 Weston Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    416 m
  • York Humber Child Care · 100 Emmett Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    481 m
  • Mount Dennis Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1234 Weston Rd
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    650 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 421 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 421 · 1.4 km6 Lambton Ave
Police12 Division · 1.2 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.5 km2015 Lawrence Ave W

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,496 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 12 Buttonwood Ave (163 m, 40 units, 4 storeys, built 1977), which scored 92 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 91 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 2,496 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202691 across the 20
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
12 Buttonwood Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.404197792 · Nov 20250163 m
24 Pinehill Cres · La Valette Property Management294196972 · Jul 20265224 m
55 Emmett Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.26723196879 · Nov 202524282 m
1321 Weston Rd · Westhaven Property Management Inc.103196078 · Nov 20250307 m
1306 Weston Rd · 10000080779 0nt Ltd113195776 · Aug 20260312 m
65 Emmett Ave · State Building Group41924197180 · Nov 202521371 m
1296 Weston Rdsocial housing245199594 · Nov 20250385 m
200 Dora Spencer Rdsocial housing1259199293 · Aug 20262401 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots398 lots · ≈32,330 spaces · 97 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈1,480 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 81 spaces
EV charging (City)1812 Weston Rd · 1.4 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1169 Weston Rd · Surface881 m3658% (Q1 2026)
271A Scarlett Rd · Surface1.4 km1117% (Q1 2026)
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.6 km34 *

Nearest lots: 37 m away, ≈25 spaces; 93 m away, ≈6 spaces; 121 m away, ≈37 spaces; 128 m away, ≈25 spaces; 128 m away, ≈15 spaces; 131 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 2000 Weston Rd (2 km, 1 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Apr 3, 2018

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,681 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 381 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,254 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,280 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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.

From the north6,681southbound · 3 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the west1,373eastbound · 1 bikes · 5.2% heavy
Total vehicles14,885694 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east381westbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south6,450northbound · 3 bikes · 5.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,254 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,280 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 3, 2018

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Emmett Ave between Lane 1 W of Jane and N of Emmett and Lane 2 W of Jane and N of Emmett, 109 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2019 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,800 vehicles a day. Bala Ave between Ernest Dockray Ave and Jane St measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Nov 2022). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Bala Avenue between Jane St and Bartonville Ave W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bala Ave · Ernest Dockray Ave – Jane St · 59 mNov 2022 · 3 days55133 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Jane St · Emmett Ave – Weston Rd · 65 mDec 2018 · 7 days14,620
Emmett Ave · Lane 1 W of Jane and N of Emmett – Lane 2 W of Jane and N of Emmett · 109 mApr 2019 · 3 days4,82240 km/h48 km/h54 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Bala Avenue · Jane St – Bartonville Ave W
    2 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2019, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 7 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions61#1766 of 5,508
With an injury7#2252 of 4,660
Property damage only46
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1#2590 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201470latest Jun 15, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 2, 2022. 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 Mount Dennis.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Jane & Bala a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 61 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Jane & Bala?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 3, 2018, 1.61× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Jane & Bala?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Jane & Bala since 2008, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 309 tickets in 2025 (449 in 2024) and 165 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 12,657 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Jane & Bala?

309 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 449 in 2024, and 165 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 12,657 tickets since 2008. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Jane & Bala?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Emmett Ave between Lane 1 W of Jane and N of Emmett and Lane 2 W of Jane and N of Emmett (April 2019), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Jane & Bala?

The nearest Green P car park is 1169 Weston Rd (881 m away, 36 spaces, 58% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 398 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,330 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (1.4 km).

How do I get to Jane & Bala by transit?

Bus routes 35, 73, 89, 405, 71, 171, 32, 27 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Jane St at Emmett Ave, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Jane & Bala?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Top Chef Ja Cuisine (85 m), Pistacchio (87 m), Jerk Jerks (103 m), Simply Chops - Suya City (127 m) and Bala Nutrition Breakfast (148 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Jane & Bala?

The nearest is Fergy Brown Park Washroom, 3700 Eglinton Ave W, 425 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom (567 m); Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom (621 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Jane & Bala?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 487 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Jubilee Child Care Centre (282 m, 62 spaces), Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start (416 m, 16 spaces) and York Humber Child Care (481 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Jane & Bala?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,496 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 12 Buttonwood Ave (163 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 24 Pinehill Cres (224 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 55 Emmett Ave (282 m, 267 units, RentSafeTO score 79) and 1321 Weston Rd (307 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 84 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Jane & Bala?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Mount Dennis page.

What neighbourhood is Jane & Bala in?

Jane & Bala is in Mount Dennis (City of Toronto neighbourhood 115), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined