Spadina & St Clair

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 18, 2025 · weekend

The east leg carries the load — 7,884 westbound vehicles, or 32% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 4,570. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,256 vehicles in the hour from 5:30 p.m., 29% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,746). Heavy vehicles made up 1.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

Peak hours: 1,746 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 2,256 from 5:30 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

2017 was the peak year (35 collisions), and 2025 closed with 33. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 29 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 16 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 18, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 29, 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 most recent midblock count on St Clair Ave W between Spadina Rd and Walmer Rd (47 m away, Jan 2019) recorded volume only — about 9,164 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Tweedsmuir Ave (204 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 13,583 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Tweedsmuir Ave (northbound), 204 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 14 km/h, 85th percentile 24 km/h; 0.1% at 40 km/h or more. 13,583 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.

Red-light camera

In operation since 2017; 263 tickets in 2025, 465 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Toronto and East York.

The crossing

Signal 0479, activated 1939 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · transit priority

• Groceries and food9/30

  4 grocery stores within 1 km · 52 within 1 km

• Transit21/28

  St Clair West Station 0.4 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 690 m away · 4 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

• Schools and child care5/8

  4 schools within 500 m · 8 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · 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.

83 registered apartment buildings with 5,016 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 341 St Clair Ave W (54 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1920), which scored 87 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

83 registered buildings · 5,016 units · 5 social housing · tallest 30 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 Casa Loma.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 18, 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
• 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 12 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: 43.68463, -79.41117 · centreline node 13460975.