Yonge & Isabella

Traffic volume14-hour count · Aug 25, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 5,761 northbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 18. Most cyclists arrived from the north (551 of 1,122). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 973 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 48% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (657). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% 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: 657 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 973 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

2017 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 20, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 27, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

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 Isabella St between George Hislop Park Trl and Church St (198 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 41 km/h. That segment carries about 4,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 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. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Isabella Street between Yonge St and Jarvis St.

Traffic calming

Isabella Street (Yonge St – Jarvis St): 5 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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food30/30

  4 grocery stores within 300 m · 97 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit22/28

  Wellesley Station 0.3 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 549 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation7/10

  6 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 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.

93 registered apartment buildings with 12,962 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 6.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 8 Gloucester St (186 m, 231 units, 34 storeys, built 2021), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 93 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

93 registered buildings · 12,962 units · 8 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 27 thefts from vehicles and 42 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 12× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 25 in 2023–2025, about 8.3 a year, against 6.3 a year before that. 74% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 57% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 28, 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 Aug 25, 2026.
• 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: 43.66755, -79.38565 · centreline node 13463906.