Ontario & Carlton

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jul 25, 2023

The west leg carries the load — 1,982 eastbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 94. Most cyclists arrived from the west (268 of 623). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 668 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (615). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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: 615 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 668 from 4:30 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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 14% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Feb 5, 2025.

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 Carlton St between Homewood Ave and Sherbourne St (270 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 2-day count in February 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 41 km/h. That segment carries about 9,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Sherbourne St (279 m away, 30 km/h limit), 19% of the 126,351 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Ontario Street between Gerrard St E and Carlton St (installed 2006).

Speed sign

Sherbourne St (northbound), 279 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 32 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 19% at 40 km/h or more. 126,351 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Ontario Street (Gerrard St E – Carlton St): 3 speed humps (installed 2006)

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 1992, activated 2005 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · transit priority

• Groceries and food21/30

  16 grocery stores within 1 km · 29 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit15/28

  10 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go12/14

  library 390 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation10/10

  5 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · accessible signals · 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.

101 registered apartment buildings with 12,423 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 41 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 6.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 510 Ontario St (179 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1880), which scored 75 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 101 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

101 registered buildings · 12,423 units · 41 social housing · tallest 43 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 16 thefts from vehicles and 12 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. 81% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 33% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 27, 2026.

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 Moss Park.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jul 25, 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); 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 13 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: 43.66372, -79.37052 · centreline node 13464520.