Wychwood & Helena

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 15, 2025

The south leg carries the load — 694 northbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1. Most cyclists arrived from the south (113 of 254). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 191 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (171). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

Peak hours: 171 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 191 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 100% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 30, 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 2017

The City's counter on Helena Ave between Lane W of Vaughan and S of Hocken and Wychwood Ave (170 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2006; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Wychwood Ave between Lane S of Ellsworth and W of Wychwood and Ellsworth Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2017) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Helena Avenue between Wychwood Ave and Bathurst St, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Traffic calming

Helena Avenue (Wychwood Ave – Bathurst St): 4 speed humps; Wychwood Avenue (Alcina Ave – Helena Ave): 1 speed hump

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 food16/30

  4 grocery stores within 1 km · 7 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit20/28

  St Clair West Station 0.9 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 569 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care5/8

  nearest school 0.7 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• 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.

68 registered apartment buildings with 2,970 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 607 St Clair Ave W (324 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1989), which scored 96 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

68 registered buildings · 2,970 units · 12 social housing · tallest 23 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 four thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

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 Wychwood.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 15, 2025.
• 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 12 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: 43.67997, -79.42260 · centreline node 13461854.