Ranee & Varna

Traffic volume8-hour count · May 9, 2023

The west leg carries the load — 3,557 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 249. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,322 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 28% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,031). Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 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: 1,031 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,322 from 4:15 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 14, 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 Ranee Ave between Flemington Rd and Highland Hill (346 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 9,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Varna Dr between Green Gardens Blvd and Leila Lane measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Sep 2025) — a much more recent reading than the one above.

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 2355, activated 2014 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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

• Groceries and food16/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 67 within 1 km

• Transit24/28

  Yorkdale Station · 7 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

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

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

• 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.

Six registered apartment buildings with 257 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 20 New Heights Crt (154 m, 78 units, 8 storeys, built 2021), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

6 registered buildings · 257 units · 5 social housing · tallest 8 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 two thefts from vehicles and two 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 Englemount-Lawrence.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count May 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.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 8 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: 43.72392, -79.44567 · centreline node 13454478.