Seaforth & MacDonell

Traffic volume8-hour count · Sep 22, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 702 southbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 442. Most cyclists arrived from the north (233 of 430). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 280 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (248). Trucks and buses were 6.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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: 248 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 280 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

2022 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 18, 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 MacDonell Ave between Pearson Ave and Galley Ave (177 m away) recorded an average of 19 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 28 km/h. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. Seaforth Ave between Lansdowne Ave and Macdonell Ave measured slower: 17 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 27 km/h (Sep 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Lansdowne Ave (127 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 36,919 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 8 speed humps slow traffic on Macdonell Avenue between Seaforth Ave and Wabash Ave.

Speed sign

Lansdowne Ave (southbound), 127 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 34 km/h, 85th percentile 39 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 36,919 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Macdonell Avenue (Seaforth Ave – Wabash Ave): 8 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.

• Groceries and food19/30

  9 grocery stores within 1 km · 13 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit15/28

  7 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 692 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 3 community centres within 800 m

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 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.

78 registered apartment buildings with 5,671 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 15 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1496 Queen St W (219 m, 12 units, 4 storeys, built 1870), which scored 90 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

78 registered buildings · 5,671 units · 15 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 three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 17, 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 Roncesvalles.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 22, 2022.
• 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 4 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: 43.64246, -79.43875 · centreline node 13467963.