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Thermos & Bertrand

Thermos Rd & Bertrand Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Thermos & Bertrand is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Wexford/Maryvale. Nearby is Birchmount Station (Line 5) 675 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
4,017
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 17, 2006
7 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
22
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3309 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Birchmount Station 675 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 500 vehicles an hour, 43% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 574 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 2.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 114%, from 7 in 2016–2020 to 15 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Thermos & Bertrand

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Birchmount Station (Line 5)675 m; Golden Mile Station (Line 5)747 m; Ionview Station (Line 5)942 m; Hakimi Lebovic Station (Line 5)1 km
TTC bus
176834 nearest 286 m
Express
968
Blue Night
334
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Birchmount Rd / The Meadoway 527 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 67 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (9)
  • Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 664 m
  • Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 742 m
  • Ionview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 800 m
  • Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 820 m
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 927 m
  • General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • Maidavale Park472 m
  • Ionview Park828 m
  • Eglinton Ravine Park1.1 km
  • Wexford Park1.1 km
  • Ashtonbee Reservoir Park1.1 km
  • Wayne Parkette1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch1.1 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 60. The nearest is Kathy's Eatery, 118 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 60 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kathy's Eatery · 30 Bertrand Ave 109118 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Dahlak Wholesale Inc · 30 Bertrand Ave, Unit-C9158 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Goros · 30 Bertrand Ave, Unit-113b158 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pretty Sweet Gelato · 30 Bertrand Ave, Unit-B201158 mPassed, Dec 2024
New Bombay Foods · 30 Bertrand Ave Unit-A-7grocery158 mPassed, Feb 2026
Puff Samosa · 30 Bertrand Ave Unit-A3158 mPassed, Dec 2025
S.a. Armstrong Limited · 23 Bertrand Ave252 mPassed, May 2026
Aerosports Parks Scarborough · 1120 Birchmount Rd 3291 mPassed, Jun 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No City washroom within 1 km.

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 287 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (456 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 287 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 1117 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    456 m
  • Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 835 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    745 m
  • Wexford Community Childcare Centre · 1 Wayne Ave
    97 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    927 m
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) · 1 Wayne Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    927 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (647 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1.6 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 647 m2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.3 km887 Pharmacy Ave

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,812 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1021 Birchmount Rd (539 m, 236 units, 11 storeys, built 1972), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 53 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,812 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202653 across the 21
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1021 Birchmount RdToronto Community Housing · Del Management23611197288 · Sep 20250539 m
835-841 Birchmount Rdsocial housing1026199294 · Sep 20250745 m
19 Rosemount Dr · Northview Apartment REIT717196089 · Sep 20246 · 1 fire748 m
2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.756197190 · Jun 20264759 m
2225 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.946197194 · Sep 20257782 m
15 Rosemount Dr727196990 · Oct 20251784 m
829 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc.656196190 · Oct 20251798 m
1165 Birchmount Rd · Paul Thornton204196593 · Jul 20240802 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots458 lots · ≈92,090 spaces · 276.3 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈10,560 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 897 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.6 km199 *
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.6 km673 *
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.7 km25 *

Nearest lots: 38 m away, ≈18 spaces; 85 m away, ≈494 spaces; 103 m away, ≈48 spaces; 116 m away, ≈22 spaces; 166 m away, ≈194 spaces; 198 m away, ≈959 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be 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; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Oct 17, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,647 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 1,093 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 665 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 687 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west1,277eastbound · 1 bikes · 4.7% heavy
Total vehicles4,0177 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east1,647westbound · 2 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south1,093northbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour665 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour687 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 17, 2006

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Bertrand Ave between Thermos Rd and Birchmount Rd, 41 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2006 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 55 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bertrand Ave · Thermos Rd – Birchmount Rd · 41 mMar 2006 · 24 h5,67247 km/h55 km/h62 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2024, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 41% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions22#3309 of 5,508
With an injury2#3991 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201424latest Feb 16, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 13, 2019. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Thermos & Bertrand a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 Thermos & Bertrand?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 17, 2006, 43% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Thermos & Bertrand?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bertrand Ave between Thermos Rd and Birchmount Rd (March 2006), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Thermos & Bertrand?

The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East (1.6 km away, 199 spaces). The City's mapping shows 458 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 92,090 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Thermos & Bertrand by transit?

Birchmount Station (Line 5) is 675 m away; bus routes 17, 68, 34, 968 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Thermos & Bertrand?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 60 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kathy's Eatery (118 m), Dahlak Wholesale Inc (158 m), Goros (158 m), Pretty Sweet Gelato (158 m) and Puff Samosa (158 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Thermos & Bertrand?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 287 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (456 m, 52 spaces), Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (745 m, 52 spaces) and Wexford Community Childcare Centre (927 m, 97 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Thermos & Bertrand?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,812 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1021 Birchmount Rd (539 m, 236 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 835-841 Birchmount Rd (745 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 19 Rosemount Dr (748 m, 71 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 2223 Eglinton Ave E (759 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 90 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Thermos & Bertrand?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Thermos & Bertrand in?

Thermos & Bertrand is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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