Wilson Heights & Waterloo

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 10, 2009

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 2,960 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 98 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 992 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 12% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (885). Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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: 992 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 885 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 worst year was 2016, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (100%) involved an injury. 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 Jul 29, 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 Jul 11, 2013.

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 Wilson Heights Blvd between Searle Ave and Brighton Ave, 142 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2023 put the average speed at 53 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 65 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,800 vehicles a day. Waterloo Ave between Wilmington Ave and Shaftesbury St measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Jul 2004). At the school-zone speed sign on Dufferin St (334 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 7,295 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Dufferin St (southbound), 334 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 7,295 vehicles logged in July 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 0632, activated 1968

Not within a walk: a grocery store, a library or a public washroom.

• Groceries and food3/30

  23 within 1 km

• Transit20/28

  Sheppard West Station 0.8 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 10 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 care6/8

  1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot4/10

  traffic signal

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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 197 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (655 m, 79 units, 4 storeys, built 1993), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

7 registered buildings · 197 units · 1 social housing · tallest 4 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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 10, 2009.
• 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; 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).
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 6 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: 43.75533, -79.45990 · centreline node 13449671.