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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Dec 10, 2023 · weekend
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 4,370 eastbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,450. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,610 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 113% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (755). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 755 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,610 from 2:00 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
2019 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 26% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Apr 11, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 107 | #1044 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 28 | #558 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 67 | |
| Fail to remain | 16 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1271 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 12 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Apr 11, 2025 |
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 Morningside Ave between Halfway Ave and Scarborough Railpath Trl (78 m away) recorded an average of 55 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 64 km/h. That segment carries about 19,500 vehicles a day. Old Finch Ave between Forest Creek Ptwy and Baffin Crt measured slower: 46 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 54 km/h (Jul 2011).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Ave · Halfway Ave – Scarborough Railpath Trl · 78 m | Aug 2023 · 3 days | 19,500 | 55 km/h | 64 km/h | 70 km/h |
| Old Finch Ave · Forest Creek Ptwy – Baffin Crt · 300 m | Jul 2011 · 24 h | 3,606 | 46 km/h | 54 km/h | 59 km/h |
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 1787, activated 1998 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority · bicycle signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 116 39 132 133 53 131 nearest 36 m
- Express
- 939 953
- Blue Night
- 353
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Morningside Ave at Old Finch Ave; Old Finch Ave at Morningside Ave
- Cycling
- Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Scarborough Railpath Trl installed 2011
- Bike Share
- no station within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 11 mapped lots within 500 m, 98 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Taj Supermarket, 442 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 9 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Wings N Flavours, 442 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hakim Drug Mart, 439 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: A Better Way Retirement Home Corp., a retirement home 585 m away (two within a kilometre). Malvern Family Resource Centre - Seniors Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Wings N Flavours · 400 Sewells Rd Unit-4442 m · 5 min
- Burger King · 2130 Morningside Ave None493 m · 6 min
- Petit Delights · 2130 Morningside Ave Unit-A1-A3 None493 m · 6 min
- Papa John's · 6135 Finch Ave E559 m · 7 min
- Subway · 6135 Finch Ave E Unit-3559 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Taj Supermarket 442 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Eraa Catering & Bakery 1 km · 12 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Hakim Drug Mart 439 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- St. Bede Child Care Centre · 39 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day845 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- A Better Way Retirement Home Corp. · retirement home · 2 within 1 km585 m · 7 min
- Malvern Family Resource Centre - Seniors Centre · seniors' active living centre1 km · 12 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (10)
- Misty Hills Park153 m
- Harvest Moon Park601 m · 7 min
- Littles Road Park1 km · 12 min
- Viola Desmond Park1 km · 12 min
- Birunthan Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools (8)
- Heritage Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 716 m · 9 min
- Mary Shadd Public SchoolEnglish Public · 781 m · 9 min
- St Bede Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 845 m · 10 min
- Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Alexander Stirling Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a community centre, a library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Morningside Heights.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Morningside & Old Finch a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 107 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Morningside & Old Finch?
An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2023, 62% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Morningside & Old Finch a walkable intersection?
Morningside & Old Finch scores 37 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 7 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Morningside & Old Finch?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Morningside Ave between Halfway Ave and Scarborough Railpath Trl (August 2023), found an average of 55 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Morningside & Old Finch?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 98 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,130 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Morningside & Old Finch by transit?
Bus routes 116, 39, 132, 133, 53, 131, 939, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Morningside Ave at Old Finch Ave, 36 m).
What restaurants are near Morningside & Old Finch?
None within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Wings N Flavours (442 m), Burger King (493 m), Petit Delights (493 m), Papa John's (559 m) and Subway (559 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Morningside & Old Finch?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 589 m away at Harvest Moon Park.
Is there child care near Morningside & Old Finch?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 39 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is St. Bede Child Care Centre (845 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Morningside & Old Finch?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Morningside Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Morningside & Old Finch in?
Morningside & Old Finch is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 10, 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 25 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: 43.81878, -79.21503 · centreline node 13441963.