St Joseph & Bay

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 9, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 8,650 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 20. Most cyclists arrived from the north (1,017 of 2,337). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,573 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 25% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,260). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,260 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,573 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 (15 collisions), and 2025 closed with 11. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 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 Sep 16, 2009.

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 counter on St Joseph St between Bay St and St Nicholas St (71 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2014; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Wellesley St W (236 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 51,004 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 3 speed humps slow traffic on St Joseph Street between Queens Park Crescent East and Bay St.

Speed sign

Wellesley St W (eastbound), 236 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 51,004 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

St Joseph Street (Queens Park Crescent East – Bay St): 3 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 1457, activated 1983

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 60 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Wellesley Station 0.4 km · 10 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 827 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation7/10

  8 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  3 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · 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.

75 registered apartment buildings with 10,648 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 26 St Joseph St (119 m, 65 units, 6 storeys, built 1920), which scored 95 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 75 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

75 registered buildings · 10,648 units · 4 social housing · tallest 51 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 seven thefts from vehicles and 18 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 2.3 a year before that. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 78% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 23, 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 Bay-Cloverhill.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 9, 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); 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: 43.66564, -79.38772 · centreline node 13464231.