The East Mall & Burnhamthorpe

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 24, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 17,356 eastbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 5,080. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 4,091 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (3,692). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% 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: 3,692 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 4,091 from 3:15 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 (51 collisions), and 2025 closed with 32. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 37 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 15 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 8, 2026.

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. One of the two happened in darkness. The last one inside the window was in 2017. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on Jul 3, 2026.

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 Burnhamthorpe Rd between Meadowbank Rd and Blaketon Rd (194 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2011; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 10,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. The East Mall between Montebello Gdns and Keane Ave measured slower: 45 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Mar 2019) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on The East Mall (311 m away, 40 km/h limit), 5.7% of the 36,814 vehicles logged in April 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Speed sign

The East Mall (northbound), 311 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 45 km/h; 5.7% at 50 km/h or more. 36,814 vehicles logged in April 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 2008; 626 tickets in 2025, 261 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Etobicoke and York.

The crossing

Signal 0948, activated 1970 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

• Groceries and food20/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 3 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit13/28

  7 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go7/14

  library 100 m away

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · 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.

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,085 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 350 The East Mall (642 m, 77 units, 8 storeys, built 1966), which scored 85 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

7 registered buildings · 1,085 units · 1 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.

Toronto Police place three 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 Islington.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 24, 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 2 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: 43.64630, -79.55999 · centreline node 13467689.