John Garland & Jamestown (East)

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 15, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 1,859 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 10. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 570 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 581 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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: 570 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 581 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

2023 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 30, 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 John Garland Blvd between Nottawasaga Crt and Kendleton Dr (231 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 14,700 vehicles a day. Jamestown Cres between Walkway N of Jamestown and W of John Garland and John Garland Blvd measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Sep 2017). At the school-zone speed sign on John Garland Blvd (50 m away, 40 km/h limit), 24% of the 102,287 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Speed sign

John Garland Blvd (eastbound), 50 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 45 km/h, 85th percentile 52 km/h; 24% at 50 km/h or more. 102,287 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.

The crossing

pedestrian crossover

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food6/30

  1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 within 1 km

• Transit12/28

  2 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.3 km away

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care4/8

  1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot3/10

  pedestrian crossover

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.

Seven registered apartment buildings with 808 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 111 Kendleton Dr (590 m, 58 units, 7 storeys, built 1965), which scored 83 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

7 registered buildings · 808 units · 3 social housing · tallest 13 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.

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 82% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 15, 2017.
• 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).
• 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 1 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: 43.73397, -79.58261 · centreline node 13453238.