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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 12, 2024
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 1,255 northbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 738. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 320 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (273). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 273 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 320 from 3:00 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
2017 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 2, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 4 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 2 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 Hillborn Ave between Symes Rd and Spears St (62 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on McCormack St (269 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 12,512 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillborn Ave · Symes Rd – Spears St · 62 m | Mar 2018 · 3 days | 1,791 | 32 km/h | 38 km/h | 40 km/h |
| Symes Rd · Glen Scarlett Rd – Terry Dr · 96 m | Feb 2002 · 3 days | 2,679 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- McCormack St (eastbound), 269 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 21 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 12,512 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 171 71 161 79 41 89 nearest 612 m · 7 min
- Blue Night
- 341
- Nearest stops
- no surface stop within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Symes Rd / Glen Scarlett Rd - SMART 375 m · 4 min · 16 docks · 2 stations, 31 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 2 car parks · about 18 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 13 mapped lots within 500 m, 373 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1A Mould Avenue · Surface | 1.1 km | 7 * | — |
| 3354 Dundas St W · Surface | 1.6 km | 11 | 99% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Newport Market Place, 686 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 10 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is The Symes, 331 m away. No pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. The nearest hospital site is Runnymede Healthcare Centre, 1.8 km away. George Syme Seniors Centre of York runs a seniors' active living programme 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- The Symes · 150 Symes Rd331 m · 4 min
- Toben Food By Design · 150 Symes Rd331 m · 4 min
- Brodo House · 100 Symes Rd Unit-112-Shared500 m · 6 min
- Hart & Ziel · 100 Symes Rd Unit-112500 m · 6 min
- Freshy Box · 100 Symes Rd 112500 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Newport Market Place 686 m · 8 min
- Food shops
- El Cheese 500 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Child care
- Romero Bears Child Care Centre · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day819 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Runnymede Healthcare Centre · hospital site1.8 km · 21 min
- George Syme Seniors Centre of York · seniors' active living centre1 km · 11 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (13)
- Harwood Park543 m · 6 min
- Cayuga Park624 m · 7 min
- Gaffney Park875 m · 10 min
- Black Creek Site East908 m · 11 min
- Black Creek Site West1.2 km · 14 min
- Community centres
- Harwood Hall755 m · 9 min
- David Appleton Community Centre1 km · 11 min
- Schools (8)
- Iqra Nejashi Islamic SchoolPrivate · 259 m · 3 min
- Harwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 403 m · 5 min
- Rockcliffe Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 799 m · 10 min
- St Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 819 m · 10 min
- Cordella Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a pharmacy, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Five registered apartment buildings with 1,086 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 121 Humber Blvd (645 m, 215 units, 14 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 Humber Blvd Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 215 | 14 | 1968 | 91 · Aug 2026 | 645 m · 8 min |
| 101 Humber Blvd Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 246 | 14 | 1969 | 91 · Aug 2026 | 685 m · 8 min |
| 190 Woolner Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 304 | 16 | 1968 | 88 · Nov 2025 | 884 m · 11 min |
| 8 Castleton Ave · Orchard Park Property Management | 17 | 3 | 1965 | 95 · Aug 2026 | 1 km · 12 min |
| 200 Woolner Ave · Woolner Holdings Inc | 304 | 16 | 1968 | 79 · Jun 2024 | 1 km · 12 min |
5 registered buildings · 1,086 units · 3 social housing · tallest 16 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Rockcliffe-Smythe.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Symes & Hillborn a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.
How busy is Symes & Hillborn?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 12, 2024, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Symes & Hillborn a walkable intersection?
Symes & Hillborn scores 23 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 10 within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Symes & Hillborn?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Hillborn Ave between Symes Rd and Spears St (March 2018), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 269 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Symes & Hillborn?
The nearest Green P car park is 1A Mould Avenue (1.1 km away, 7 spaces). The City's mapping shows 373 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,880 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Symes & Hillborn by transit?
Bus routes 171, 71, 161, 79, 41, 89 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Symes & Hillborn?
None within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are The Symes (331 m), Toben Food By Design (331 m), Brodo House (500 m), Hart & Ziel (500 m) and Freshy Box (500 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Symes & Hillborn?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 407 m away at Harwood Park.
Is there child care near Symes & Hillborn?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 26 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Romero Bears Child Care Centre (819 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Symes & Hillborn?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,086 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 121 Humber Blvd (645 m, 215 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 101 Humber Blvd (685 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 190 Woolner Ave (884 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 8 Castleton Ave (1.0 km, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 89 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Symes & Hillborn?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Rockcliffe-Smythe page.
What neighbourhood is Symes & Hillborn in?
Symes & Hillborn is in Rockcliffe-Smythe (City of Toronto neighbourhood 111), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 12, 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 5 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: 43.67446, -79.48172 · centreline node 13462965.