Pape & Mortimer

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 30, 2025

The south leg carries the load — 5,841 northbound vehicles, or 29% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 4,639. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,804 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:45 a.m. (1,466). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,466 vehicles in the hour from 8:45 a.m. and 1,804 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

2017 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 14 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 11, 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 last one inside the window was in 2025. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on Jun 9, 2026.

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 Pape Ave between Canning Ave and Browning Ave (325 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 14,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Mortimer Ave between Carlaw Ave and Lane W of East York and S of Mortimer measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Dec 2025) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Gowan Ave (375 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.6% of the 28,254 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Speed sign

Gowan Ave (westbound), 375 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 23 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 2.6% at 40 km/h or more. 28,254 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 0664, activated 1958 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

• Groceries and food21/30

  6 grocery stores within 1 km · 21 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Pape Station 0.8 km · 11 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 674 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 1 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.

63 registered apartment buildings with 4,567 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 160 Floyd Ave (232 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1952), which scored 77 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

63 registered buildings · 4,567 units · 4 social housing · tallest 22 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 one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 11, 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 Broadview North.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 30, 2025.
• 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 14 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: 43.68578, -79.34744 · centreline node 13460600.