Mount Pleasant & Blythwood

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 30, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 11,049 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 3,118 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,541 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,637 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 2,541 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,637 from 5:15 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

The worst year was 2016, with 16 collisions; 2025 recorded 10. 18 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.

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 Jan 18, 2007.

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

On Mount Pleasant Rd between Sherwood Ave and Sheldrake Blvd, 286 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2014 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Blythwood Rd between Mount Pleasant Rd and Sherwood Park Trl measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Apr 2026) — a much more recent reading than the one above.

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 0140, activated 1948 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Not within a walk: a community centre or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food16/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 31 within 1 km

• Transit10/28

  3 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation4/10

  1 park within 500 m

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.6 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking

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.

Within a kilometre there are 39 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,293 rental units, 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 172 Sherwood Ave (498 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1965), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

39 registered buildings · 3,293 units · 5 social housing · tallest 30 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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 30, 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.
• 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).
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 15 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: 43.71790, -79.39414 · centreline node 13455270.