Spadina & Bernard

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 17, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 6,412 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 1,119 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,370 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,297 from 3:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,370 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,297 from 3:30 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 2023, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 11 collisions (22%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (12%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 9, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Oct 16, 2012.

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 Spadina Rd between Bernard Ave and Dupont St, 154 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2025 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 15,000 vehicles a day. Bernard Ave between Madison Ave and Spadina Rd measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (May 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Huron St (347 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 27,962 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Huron St (northbound), 347 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 25 km/h, 85th percentile 31 km/h; 0.4% at 40 km/h or more. 27,962 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.

The crossing

Signal 1003, activated 1973 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

• Groceries and food11/30

  5 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit27/28

  Dupont Station · 5 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 543 m away · 8 places 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 · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking

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 66 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,242 rental units, 4.4× the median for a Toronto intersection — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 100 Spadina Rd (44 m, 216 units, 23 storeys, built 1969), which scored 79 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 66 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

66 registered buildings · 5,242 units · 6 social housing · tallest 25 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.

Three thefts from vehicles and 23 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 3.1 a year before that. 43% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 19, 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 Annex.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 17, 2025.
• 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 11 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: 43.67219, -79.40604 · centreline node 13463165.