Pape & Riverdale

Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 9, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,074 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 550 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 875 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 785 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, not today's volume. 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: 785 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 875 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 2020, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (18%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Mar 3, 2025.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 6, 2022. 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 Pape Ave between Riverdale Ave and Withrow Ave, 48 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2018 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Riverdale Ave between Lane E of Pape and S of Riverdale and Poucher St measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Dec 2018). At the school-zone speed sign on Riverdale Ave (101 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 39,271 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Riverdale Avenue between Pape Ave and Kiswick St.

Speed sign

Riverdale Ave (eastbound), 101 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 31 km/h; 0.2% at 50 km/h or more. 39,271 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Riverdale Avenue (Pape Ave – Kiswick St): 2 speed humps

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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food9/30

  4 grocery stores within 1 km · 72 within 1 km

• Transit12/28

  4 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 861 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care8/8

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

• Crossing on foot2/10

  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.

Within a kilometre there are nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,115 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 369 Pape Ave (194 m, 139 units, 8 storeys, built 1981), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

9 registered buildings · 1,115 units · 8 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.

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

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 North Riverdale.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 9, 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 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: 43.67127, -79.34172 · centreline node 13463166.