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Wilson & Bideford

Wilson Ave & Bideford Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Wilson & Bideford sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. At the City's last count here, in 2004, it was a moderately heavy crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
15,195
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 12, 2004
175 pedestrians · 27 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
3
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
47/100
city median 48
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 493 m

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Wilson & Bideford

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jul 12, 2004

The east leg carries the load — 8,790 westbound vehicles, or 58% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 24. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,665 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 51% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,769). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 22 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2004, 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 north24southbound · 13 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,071eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles15,195175 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east8,790westbound · 5 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the south310northbound · 9 bikes · 1.6% heavy

Peak hours: 1,769 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,665 from 5:00 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

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 21% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 14% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 16, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14
With an injury3
Property damage only10
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Wilson Ave between Belgrave Ave and Avenue Rd (247 m away) recorded an average of 48 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 15,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Wilson Ave (239 m away, 40 km/h limit), 12% of the 214,602 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wilson Ave · Belgrave Ave – Avenue Rd · 247 mMay 2022 · 3 days15,89548 km/h58 km/h63 km/h
Speed sign
Wilson Ave (eastbound), 239 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 40 km/h, 85th percentile 49 km/h; 12% at 50 km/h or more. 214,602 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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
96 165 61 97 400 7 nearest 70 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396 307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Wilson Ave at Ridley Blvd; Wilson Ave at Avenue Rd
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
3 car parks · about 265 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
36 mapped lots within 500 m, 284 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
246 Brooke Ave · Surface905 m9467% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1 km3232% (Q1 2026)
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.7 km13929% (Q1 2026)

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

The nearest grocery store is Bruno's Fine Foods, 493 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 36 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's, 44 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Beaver Drugs Limited, 113 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.7 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Domino's · 182 Wilson Ave44 m
  • Tcscc - Family Bistro · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1367 m · 4 min
  • Tcscc - Sports Grill · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1367 m · 4 min
  • Chiang Rai · 2070 Avenue Rd504 m · 6 min
  • L.s.l · 2066 Avenue Rd514 m · 6 min
1 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery
Bruno's Fine Foods 493 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Short and Sweet Bakeshop 789 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Beaver Drugs Limited 113 m · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Temple Sinai Nursery School · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day273 m · 3 min
  • Armour Heights Child Care Program · 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day357 m · 4 min
  • PLASP St. Margaret C.S. · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day704 m · 8 min
5 licensed centres · 347 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed115 m
Health and care
  • Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 20 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
  • Bathurst - Wilson Parkette926 m · 11 min
  • 167 Armour Blvd Parkette1.2 km · 14 min
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette1.2 km · 14 min
  • Old Orchard Park1.3 km · 16 min
  • Grey Parkette1.3 km · 16 min
Community centres
Schools (6)
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 273 m · 3 min
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 357 m · 4 min
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 704 m · 8 min
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Summit Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch134 m

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 care or retirement home.

47of 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 food11/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    6 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    library 134 m away

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.9 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 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.

Apartment buildings nearby

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

19 registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 193 Wilson Ave (40 m, 125 units, 5 storeys, built 1982), which scored 89 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
193 Wilson Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 202440 m
2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc.15216196999 · Jul 202599 m
12 Bideford Ave · Viron Properties Inc.564195997 · Jul 2025133 m
15 Bideford Ave · Mantler, Bowman and Associates Inc.446195696 · Aug 2026138 m
199 Wilson Ave · Viron Properties Inc.464195598 · Jun 2025139 m
262 Ridley Blvd social housing · Greenwin Corp.1118199298 · Dec 2025160 m

19 registered buildings · 1,130 units · 2 social housing · 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1020street/outdoor (6), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Wilson & Bideford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Wilson & Bideford?

A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2004. Its latest count is from Jul 12, 2004, 1.64× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Wilson & Bideford a walkable intersection?

Wilson & Bideford scores 47 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.9 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Wilson & Bideford?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Wilson Ave between Belgrave Ave and Avenue Rd (May 2022), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 239 m away (40 km/h), 12% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Wilson & Bideford?

The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (905 m away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 284 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,010 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Wilson & Bideford by transit?

Bus routes 96, 165, 61, 97, 400, 7, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Wilson Ave at Ridley Blvd, 70 m).

What restaurants are near Wilson & Bideford?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Domino's (44 m), Tcscc - Family Bistro (367 m), Tcscc - Sports Grill (367 m), Chiang Rai (504 m) and L.s.l (514 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Wilson & Bideford?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 115 m away.

Is there child care near Wilson & Bideford?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 347 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Temple Sinai Nursery School (273 m, 55 spaces), Armour Heights Child Care Program (357 m, 110 spaces) and PLASP St. Margaret C.S. (704 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wilson & Bideford?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 193 Wilson Ave (40 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 2200 Avenue Rd (99 m, 152 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 12 Bideford Ave (133 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 15 Bideford Ave (138 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 97 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Wilson & Bideford?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Wilson & Bideford in?

Wilson & Bideford is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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