Yonge & Gloucester

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 21, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,368 northbound vehicles, or 58% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 525. Most cyclists arrived from the north (627 of 1,149). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 922 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 33% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (693). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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: 693 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 922 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

2022 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 25, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Nov 29, 2025.

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 Gloucester St between Yonge St and Gloucester Lane (29 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Yonge St between Maitland St and Wellesley St W measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Sep 2026) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Gloucester Street between Yonge St and Church St.

Traffic calming

Gloucester Street (Yonge St – Church St): 3 speed humps

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 1416, activated 1982

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food30/30

  4 grocery stores within 300 m · 98 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit28/28

  Wellesley Station · 10 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 664 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation7/10

  8 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

• Schools and child care8/8

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

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · 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.

90 registered apartment buildings with 12,233 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 6.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 8 Gloucester St (71 m, 231 units, 34 storeys, built 2021), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 90 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

90 registered buildings · 12,233 units · 9 social housing · tallest 51 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 17 thefts from vehicles and 28 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 7.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 23 in 2023–2025, about 7.7 a year, against 3.1 a year before that. 65% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 46% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Feb 23, 2026.

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 Church-Wellesley.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 21, 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; 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: 43.66657, -79.38524 · centreline node 13464071.