Lake Shore & Hillside

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 1, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,288 northbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 505. Most cyclists arrived from the south (32 of 52). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,093 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 21% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (906). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% 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: 906 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,093 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

2017 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 16% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Aug 31, 2025.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Dec 13, 2010.

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 Hillside Ave between Lake Shore Blvd W and Queens Ave (38 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Mimico Ave (278 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. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Hillside Avenue between Wheatfield Rd and Lake Shore Blvd W.

Speed sign

Mimico Ave (westbound), 278 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.

Traffic calming

Hillside Avenue (Wheatfield Rd – Lake Shore Blvd W): 2 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.

The crossing

Signal 2136, activated 2007 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food16/30

  2 grocery stores within 1 km · 7 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit12/28

  5 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 618 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 foot8/10

  traffic signal · accessible signals · 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.

50 registered apartment buildings with 2,285 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 2517 Lake Shore Blvd W (28 m, 42 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

50 registered buildings · 2,285 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.

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 40% of the bike 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 Humber Bay Shores.

• 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); 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 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: 43.61115, -79.49003 · centreline node 13470146.