Ulster & Palmerston

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 14, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 943 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 57% of the total, against 26 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 288 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 64% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (176). Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 288 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 176 from 4:30 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 2 collisions (18%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 15, 2026.

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

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 Ulster St between Wayne and Shuster Lane and Palmerston Blvd, 26 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2025 put the average speed at 24 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 32 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 35 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. Palmerston Blvd between Ulster St and Harbord St measured slower: 22 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Nov 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Harbord St (238 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.8% of the 44,999 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Speed sign

Harbord St (eastbound), 238 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 1.8% at 50 km/h or more. 44,999 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.

• Groceries and food9/30

  6 grocery stores within 1 km · 312 within 1 km

• Transit20/28

  Bathurst Station 0.8 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 696 m away · 3 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation8/10

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

• Schools and child care8/8

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

• Crossing on foot0/10

  no crossing features on file

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.

Within a kilometre there are 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 583 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 378 Markham St (186 m, 17 units, 4 storeys, built 1900), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 17 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

17 registered buildings · 583 units · 2 social housing · tallest 12 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.

Four thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 14, 2023.
• 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 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: 43.65931, -79.41151 · centreline node 13465292.