Spadina & Sussex

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 15, 2011

The north leg carries the load — 5,019 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 342. Most cyclists arrived from the south (124 of 217). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,718 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 21% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,415). Trucks and buses were 7.1% 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 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, 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: 1,415 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,718 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

2019 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 6% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 10, 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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2022

The City's counter on Spadina Rd between Spadina Ave and Annex Lane (289 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 56 km/h. That segment carries about 7,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Sussex Ave between Spadina Ave and Lane W of Spadina and N of Sussex Ave measured slower: 22 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Apr 2022) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Sussex Avenue between Robert St and Spadina Ave, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Traffic calming

Sussex Avenue (Robert St – Spadina Ave): 2 speed humps; Sussex Avenue (Spadina Ave – Robert St): 2 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.

The crossing

Signal 1760, activated 1997 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

• Groceries and food21/30

  4 grocery stores within 1 km · 27 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Spadina Station 0.3 km · 14 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go12/14

  library 378 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  6 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · 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.

47 registered apartment buildings with 3,827 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 666 Spadina Ave (106 m, 334 units, 24 storeys, built 1971), which scored 94 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 47 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

47 registered buildings · 3,827 units · 4 social housing · tallest 24 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 three thefts from vehicles and three 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 University.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 15, 2011.
• 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; 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 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: 43.66464, -79.40273 · centreline node 13464417.