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The West Mall & Rathburn

The West Mall & Rathburn Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Eringate-Centennial-West Deane · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

The West Mall & Rathburn, in Eringate-Centennial-West Deane, is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a live City traffic camera.

Traffic
20,805
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 19, 2025
1,033 pedestrians · 157 cyclists · #839 busiest
Collisions
134
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #793 of 5,519
Getting there
4
TTC stops within 100 m
3 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
38/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 755 m

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The West Mall & Rathburn

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 8111 · 26 m

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Live camera RESCU 8111 · Rathburn Rd & The West Mall · 26 m from the node
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Live camera · RESCU 8111 · Rathburn Rd & The West Mall
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Aug 19, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,847 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 3,395 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,495 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:15 p.m., against 1,474 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 14 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,395southbound · 22 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west6,238eastbound · 54 bikes · 1.8% heavy
Total vehicles20,8051,033 pedestrians · 157 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east6,847westbound · 60 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south4,325northbound · 21 bikes · 3.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,474 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,495 from 5:15 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

The worst year was 2017, with 17 collisions; 2025 recorded 13. 31 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 15 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 12, 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 Nov 21, 2008.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions134#793 of 5,519
With an injury31#488 of 4,669
Property damage only95
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian12#158 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist3#874 of 2,576
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Nov 21, 2008

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

On Rathburn Rd between The West Mall and Forestone Rd, 210 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2026 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 61 km/h or more. That segment carries about 15,800 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Rathburn Rd (150 m away, 30 km/h limit), 58% of the 260,286 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The West Mall · Cambrian Rd – Rathburn Rd · 39 mApr 2010 · 3 days15,209———
Rathburn Rd · The West Mall – Forestone Rd · 210 mSep 2026 · 3 days15,84644 km/h53 km/h61 km/h
Speed sign
Rathburn Rd (westbound), 150 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 41 km/h, 85th percentile 57 km/h; 58% at 40 km/h or more. 260,286 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.

The crossing
Signal 0937, activated 1970 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
48 112 111 nearest 30 m
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — The West Mall at Rathburn Rd; Rathburn Rd at the West Mall
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
22 mapped lots within 500 m, 151 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Steve's No Frills, 755 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 10 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Little Caesars, 66 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Stewart's Pharmacy, 72 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Agecare Westbury, a long-term care home 741 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Little Caesars · 452 Rathburn Rd 766 m
  • Subway · 452 Rathburn Rd Unit-466 m
  • Jeuly's Sourdough · 56 Birgitta Cres696 m · 8 min
  • The Westbury Cafe · 495 the West Mall717 m · 9 min
  • Applewood Homestead · 450 the West Mall729 m · 9 min
2 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery
Steve's No Frills 755 m · 9 min
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Stewart's Pharmacy 72 m · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Wonderkids Daycare · 24 spaces, preschool278 m · 3 min
  • PLASP Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School · 58 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day530 m · 6 min
  • Wellesworth School Age YMCA · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day797 m · 9 min
4 licensed centres · 149 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Wellesworth Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible554 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Agecare Westbury · long-term care home741 m · 9 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 (6)
  • Christ the King Park281 m · 3 min
  • Wellesworth Park575 m · 7 min
  • Capri Park690 m · 8 min
  • Carsbrooke Park1 km · 12 min
  • Broadacres Park1 km · 12 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (6)
  • Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 530 m · 6 min
  • Wellesworth Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 797 m · 9 min
  • Broadacres Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 830 m · 10 min
  • Seneca SchoolEnglish Public · 888 m · 11 min
  • Hollycrest Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km

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 library.

38of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food12/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit11/28

    9 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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

Within a kilometre there are seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 857 rental units. The nearest is 440 Rathburn Rd (207 m, 80 units, 7 storeys, built 1952), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
440 Rathburn Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.807195290 · Aug 2024207 m
555 The West Mall · Metcap Living Management Inc.11915197099 · Jun 2025259 m · 3 min
70 Dixfield Dr · H&r Property Management14112196393 · Jul 2024386 m · 5 min
545 The West Mall · Greenwin Corp.31216196990 · Aug 2026440 m · 5 min
500 The West Mall245196998 · Sep 2026615 m · 7 min
505 The West Mall · Presidential Msh Corporation596196298 · Jun 2025665 m · 8 min

7 registered buildings · 857 units · 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is The West Mall & Rathburn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 134 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 The West Mall & Rathburn?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #839 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.29× the median for a counted intersection.

Is The West Mall & Rathburn a walkable intersection?

The West Mall & Rathburn scores 38 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: 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km; nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

How fast do cars go at The West Mall & Rathburn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Rathburn Rd between The West Mall and Forestone Rd (September 2026), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 150 m away (30 km/h), 58% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near The West Mall & Rathburn?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 151 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,710 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to The West Mall & Rathburn by transit?

Bus routes 48, 112, 111 within 1 km (nearest stop: The West Mall at Rathburn Rd, 30 m).

What restaurants are near The West Mall & Rathburn?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Little Caesars (66 m), Subway (66 m), Jeuly's Sourdough (696 m), The Westbury Cafe (717 m) and Applewood Homestead (729 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near The West Mall & Rathburn?

The nearest is Wellesworth Park Washroom, 55 Dixfield Dr, 554 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near The West Mall & Rathburn?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 149 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wonderkids Daycare (278 m, 24 spaces), PLASP Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School (530 m, 58 spaces) and Wellesworth School Age YMCA (797 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near The West Mall & Rathburn?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 857 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 440 Rathburn Rd (207 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 555 The West Mall (259 m, 119 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 70 Dixfield Dr (386 m, 141 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 545 The West Mall (440 m, 312 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 95 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is The West Mall & Rathburn in?

The West Mall & Rathburn is in Eringate-Centennial-West Deane (City of Toronto neighbourhood 011). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined