Lowther & Brunswick

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 1,010 southbound vehicles, or 66% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 14. Most cyclists arrived from the north (492 of 843). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 173 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 37% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (126). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 126 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 173 from 3:15 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 (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 30, 2026.

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2013

The City's counter on Lowther Ave between Madison Ave and Spadina Rd (351 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2005; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 2,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 21 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Brunswick Ave between Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park Trl and Lowther Ave measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (May 2013) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 14 speed humps slow traffic on Lowther Avenue between Brunswick Ave and Avenue Rd.

Traffic calming

Lowther Avenue (Brunswick Ave – Avenue Rd): 14 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 food19/30

  7 grocery stores within 1 km · 11 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit20/28

  Spadina Station 0.3 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 482 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  7 schools within 500 m · 4 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.

58 registered apartment buildings with 4,182 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 376 Brunswick Ave (49 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1888), which scored 71 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 58 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

58 registered buildings · 4,182 units · 4 social housing · tallest 24 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 seven thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.9 a year. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

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 Jun 25, 2024.
• 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; 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: 43.66804, -79.40830 · centreline node 13463884.