Wellesley & Sumach

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 27, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The south leg carries the load — 293 northbound vehicles, or 79% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 27. Most cyclists arrived from the south (113 of 155). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 65 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (53). Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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.

Peak hours: 53 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 65 from 4:45 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

2021 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions. 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 May 27, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2001

The City's counter on Sumach St between Winchester St and Yen Lane (207 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Wellesley St E between Laurier Ave and Wellesley Cottages measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Aug 2001). 10 speed humps slow traffic on Sumach Street between Gerrard St E and Wellesley St E (installed 2002).

Traffic calming

Sumach Street (Gerrard St E – Wellesley St E): 10 speed humps (installed 2002)

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

  5 grocery stores within 1 km · 47 within 1 km

• Transit6/28

  8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 899 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care4/8

  1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot2/10

  traffic calming

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.

21 registered apartment buildings with 4,821 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 280 Wellesley St E (558 m, 571 units, 32 storeys, built 1969), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

21 registered buildings · 4,821 units · 5 social housing · tallest 32 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 11 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 55% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 27, 2022.
• 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; Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 13 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: 43.66939, -79.36403 · centreline node 13463534.