Main & Lumsden

Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 16, 2022

The south leg carries the load — 2,194 northbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 461. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 861 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (726). Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% 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 2022, 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: 726 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 861 from 4:00 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

2016 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 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 2022

The City's counter on Main St between Doncaster Ave and Lumsden Ave (183 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 2,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Lumsden Ave between Oak Park Ave and Westlake Ave measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Sep 2011). 3 speed humps slow traffic on Main Street between Lumsden Ave and Hamstead Ave.

Traffic calming

Main Street (Lumsden Ave – Hamstead Ave): 3 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 0656, activated 1972 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

• Groceries and food18/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Main Street Station 0.7 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.2 km away

• Parks and recreation6/10

  nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care6/8

  1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · 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.

26 registered apartment buildings with 4,466 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 195 Barrington Ave (160 m, 234 units, 17 storeys, built 1967), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

26 registered buildings · 4,466 units · 3 social housing · tallest 42 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 23 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 3.3 a year before that. 61% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% 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 Taylor-Massey.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 16, 2022.
• 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 19 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: 43.69485, -79.30476 · centreline node 13458804.