Yonge & Hillsdale

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 13, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 6,162 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 43% of the total, against 1,000 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the south (353 of 724). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,216 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,250 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,216 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,250 from 5:15 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 2020, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (11%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 21, 2026.

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, all were fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. The most recent was on Nov 28, 2023.

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

On Hillsdale Ave W between Lane W of Yonge and N of Hillsdale and Duplex Ave, 117 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2017 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. 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. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Hillsdale Avenue West between Yonge St and Duplex Ave.

Traffic calming

Hillsdale Avenue West (Yonge St – Duplex Ave): 2 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.

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores 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 670 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.

Within a kilometre there are 65 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,948 rental units, 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2094 Yonge St (120 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1930), which scored 77 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 65 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

65 registered buildings · 8,948 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.

One theft from a vehicle and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Nov 13, 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: 43.70328, -79.39762 · centreline node 13457659.