Mount Pleasant & Elm

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 30, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 11,475 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 784 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,301 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,481 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% 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: 2,301 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,481 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

The worst year was 2024, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 9 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 18, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Aug 31, 2019. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

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 Elm Ave and Meredith Cres, 74 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2026 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,800 vehicles a day. Elm Ave between Mount Pleasant Rd and Sherbourne St N measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Jul 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Mt. Pleasant Rd (109 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 21,837 vehicles logged in June 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Mt. Pleasant Rd (northbound), 109 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 46 km/h; 0.1% at 60 km/h or more. 21,837 vehicles logged in June 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 0132, activated 1950 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food11/30

  8 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit18/28

  Sherbourne Station 0.5 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 845 m away · 6 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation3/10

  nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 1 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

• 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 52 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,376 rental units, 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 5 Elm Ave (39 m, 66 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 92 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 52 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

52 registered buildings · 8,376 units · 5 social housing · tallest 51 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.

Two thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Rosedale-Moore Park.

• 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
• 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: 43.67454, -79.38019 · centreline node 13462712.