Mount Pleasant & Erskine

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 30, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 10,658 northbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 722. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,209 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,336 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% 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: 2,209 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,336 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

2023 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 4, 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.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Mount Pleasant Rd between Sherwood Ave and Sheldrake Blvd (333 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2014; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. 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. Erskine Ave between Redpath Avenue Parkette Trl and Mount Pleasant Rd measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 46 km/h (Sep 2017). At the school-zone speed sign on Keewatin Ave (167 m away, 30 km/h limit), 7.1% of the 35,393 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Speed sign

Keewatin Ave (westbound), 167 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 26 km/h, 85th percentile 36 km/h; 7.1% at 40 km/h or more. 35,393 vehicles logged in August 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 1446, activated 1982 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Not within a walk: a community centre.

• Groceries and food16/30

  9 grocery stores within 1 km · 4 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit21/28

  Mount Pleasant Station 0.5 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

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

• Parks and recreation6/10

  4 parks within 500 m

• Schools and child care8/8

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

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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.

78 registered apartment buildings with 10,029 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 171 Erskine Ave (53 m, 47 units, 13 storeys, built 1960), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

78 registered buildings · 10,029 units · 8 social housing · tallest 39 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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 Mount Pleasant East.

• 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 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: 43.71262, -79.39175 · centreline node 13456135.