Sorauren & Garden

Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 30, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,509 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 1 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the south (211 of 433). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 342 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 332 from 3:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 342 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 332 from 3:45 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. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 18, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

On Garden Ave between Lane W of Sorauren and S of Garden and Lane E of Roncesvalles and N of Garden, 267 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2026 put the average speed at 24 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 32 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 36 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. Sorauren Ave between Garden Ave and Fern Ave measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 31 km/h (Sep 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Fern Ave (167 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.8% of the 20,907 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Fern Ave (westbound), 167 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 22 km/h, 85th percentile 30 km/h; 0.8% at 40 km/h or more. 20,907 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.

• Groceries and food13/30

  9 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit6/28

  10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 624 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot0/10

  no crossing features on file

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 37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,332 rental units, 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 118 Roncesvalles Ave (581 m, 30 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 37 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

37 registered buildings · 2,332 units · 7 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.

Eight thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 83% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

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 Apr 30, 2024.
• 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 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: 43.64472, -79.44288 · centreline node 13467696.