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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 30, 2022
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,881 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 68% of the total, against 92 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 477 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 12% above the afternoon peak from 4:00 p.m. (426). Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 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: 477 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 426 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
The worst year was 2022, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 4 collisions (22%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 23, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 18 | |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 13 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2013
On Shermount Ave between Fraserwood Ave and Meadowbrook Rd, 225 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2013 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Fairholme Ave between Dalemount Ave and Englemount Ave measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 53 km/h (Nov 2012).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shermount Ave · Fraserwood Ave – Meadowbrook Rd · 225 m | Mar 2013 · 24 h | 3,261 | 45 km/h | 53 km/h | 58 km/h |
| Fairholme Ave · Dalemount Ave – Englemount Ave · 372 m | Nov 2012 · 24 h | 1,218 | 43 km/h | 53 km/h | 58 km/h |
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Lawrence West Station (Line 1)337 m · 4 min; Glencairn Station (Line 1)933 m · 11 min
- TTC bus
- 109 400 52 59 14 nearest 92 m
- Express
- 952
- Blue Night
- 352
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Shermount Ave East Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave W / Marlee Ave 501 m · 6 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 28 mapped lots within 500 m, 339 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Bole Market, 611 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 22 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Santa Rita Latin Products, 636 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart 809, 901 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Santa Rita Latin Products · 705 Lawrence Ave W Unit-A636 m · 8 min
- New York News · 750 Lawrence Ave W681 m · 8 min
- Crema Cafe · 3032 Bathurst St947 m · 11 min
- Stacked · 3030 Bathurst St1 km · 11 min
- Bubbys Bagels · 3030 Bathurst St1 km · 11 min
- Grocery
- Bole Market 611 m · 7 min
- Food shops
- Haymishe Bakery 1 km · 12 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 809 901 m · 11 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Dalemount Child Care · 102 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day704 m · 8 min
- Gan Sameach · 24 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day782 m · 9 min
- Villa Charities - Our Lady of Assumption · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day894 m · 11 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (13)
- Fraserwood Park390 m · 5 min
- Chater Court Park628 m · 7 min
- Dell Park651 m · 8 min
- Wenderly Park855 m · 10 min
- Glengrove Ave Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Viewmount Community Centre1 km · 12 min
- Barbara Frum Recreation Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Lawrence Heights Community Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (18)
- John Polanyi Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 316 m · 4 min
- Yeshiva Gedolah of TorontoPrivate · 525 m · 6 min
- Glen Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 704 m · 8 min
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 894 m · 11 min
- Vega AcademyPrivate · 1 km · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum branch1.1 km · 13 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 630 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 651 Lawrence Ave W (198 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 2003), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 Lawrence Ave W social housing · Ecuhome Corporation | 24 | 3 | 2003 | 97 · Sep 2025 | 198 m |
| 568 Lawrence Ave W · Esbin Property Management Inc. | 29 | 3 | 1954 | 85 · Sep 2025 | 615 m · 7 min |
| 20 Varna Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 31 | 3 | 1957 | 98 · Jul 2026 | 698 m · 8 min |
| 1 Flemington Rd Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 31 | 3 | 1957 | 85 · Nov 2025 | 817 m · 10 min |
| 22 Varna Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 31 | 3 | 1957 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 818 m · 10 min |
| 525 Lawrence Ave W social housing · Greenwin Corp. | 133 | 8 | 1992 | 100 · Sep 2026 | 882 m · 11 min |
9 registered buildings · 630 units · 8 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Four thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2) |
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Shermount & Fairholme a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.
How busy is Shermount & Fairholme?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Mar 30, 2022, 30% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Shermount & Fairholme a walkable intersection?
Shermount & Fairholme scores 37 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Lawrence West Station 0.3 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Shermount & Fairholme?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Shermount Ave between Fraserwood Ave and Meadowbrook Rd (March 2013), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Shermount & Fairholme?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 339 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,970 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Shermount & Fairholme by transit?
Lawrence West Station (Line 1) is 337 m away; bus routes 109, 400, 52, 59, 14, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Shermount Ave East Side, 92 m).
What restaurants are near Shermount & Fairholme?
None within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Santa Rita Latin Products (636 m), New York News (681 m), Crema Cafe (947 m), Stacked (1.0 km) and Bubbys Bagels (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Shermount & Fairholme?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 565 m away at Chater Court Park.
Is there child care near Shermount & Fairholme?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 154 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dalemount Child Care (704 m, 102 spaces), Gan Sameach (782 m, 24 spaces) and Villa Charities - Our Lady of Assumption (894 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Shermount & Fairholme?
Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 630 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 651 Lawrence Ave W (198 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 568 Lawrence Ave W (615 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 20 Varna Dr (698 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 1 Flemington Rd (817 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 93 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Shermount & Fairholme?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Englemount-Lawrence page.
What neighbourhood is Shermount & Fairholme in?
Shermount & Fairholme is in Englemount-Lawrence (City of Toronto neighbourhood 032). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Mar 30, 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.
- 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 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: 43.71598, -79.44104 · centreline node 13455679.