Yonge & Hillsdale

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 24, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 6,188 northbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,089. Most cyclists arrived from the south (272 of 542). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,339 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,364 from 3:30 p.m. 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 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,339 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,364 from 3:30 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

2024 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 9, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006. The police all-collisions file records 2 fatal collisions here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places them just outside the 65 m radius.

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 Hillsdale Ave W between Lane W of Yonge and N of Hillsdale and Duplex Ave (120 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 2,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Hillsdale Avenue East between Mount Pleasant Rd and Yonge St, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Traffic calming

Hillsdale Avenue East (Mount Pleasant Rd – Yonge St): 7 speed humps; Hillsdale Avenue East (Yonge St – Mount Pleasant Avenue): 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 food28/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 39 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit28/28

  Eglinton Station · 10 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 656 m away

• Parks and recreation7/10

  3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care5/8

  3 schools within 500 m · 8 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.

64 registered apartment buildings with 8,938 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 2094 Yonge St (134 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1930), which scored 77 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 64 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

64 registered buildings · 8,938 units · 9 social housing · tallest 38 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 three 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 apartment-building parking.

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 South Eglinton-Davisville.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 24, 2024.
• 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: 43.70341, -79.39765 · centreline node 13457639.