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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 5, 2000
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,955 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 138 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,134 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (1,964). Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2000, not today's volume. 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: 2,134 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,964 from 4:15 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 4 collisions. 3 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 5, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 24 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 19 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Nov 5, 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.
How fast traffic moves here
On York Mills Rd between Cedarwood Ave and Birchwood Ave, 109 m from the corner, a 2-day count in January 2011 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 59 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Gordon Rd (233 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 5,903 vehicles logged in May 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Mills Rd · Cedarwood Ave – Birchwood Ave · 109 m | Jan 2011 · 2 days | 9,406 | 51 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Gordon Rd (westbound), 233 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 5 km/h, 85th percentile 34 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 5,903 vehicles logged in May 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- pedestrian crossover
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 95 115 122 78 11 nearest 42 m
- Express
- 995 996
- Blue Night
- 395
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — York Mills Rd at Birchwood Ave; York Mills Rd at Birchwood Ave West Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 1 car park · about 139 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 73 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3885 Yonge St · Surface | 1.5 km | 139 | 29% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Metro, 519 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 6 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento Sushi, 519 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 619 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Bento Sushi · 291 York Mills Rd519 m · 6 min
- Hero Certified Burgers · 291 York Mills Rd519 m · 6 min
- Pearl Bayview Chinese Cuisine · 291 York Mills Rd519 m · 6 min
- Dineen · 311 York Mills Rd612 m · 7 min
- Laderach · 2538 Bayview Ave626 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Metro 519 m · 6 min
- Food shops
- Nortown Meats & Specialties 579 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 619 m · 7 min
- Child care
- Owen Community Learning Centre · 202 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day309 m · 4 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (9)
- Owen Park431 m · 5 min
- Old Yonge Parkette656 m · 8 min
- Bayview - York Mills Parkette787 m · 9 min
- Irving Paisley Park899 m · 11 min
- Tournament Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- York Mills Arena729 m · 9 min
- Schools
- Owen Public SchoolEnglish Public · 308 m · 4 min
- St Andrew's Middle SchoolEnglish Separate · 763 m · 9 min
- The Junior Academy Inc SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is York Mills & Birchwood a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 24 reported collisions of any severity. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.
How busy is York Mills & Birchwood?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2000. Its latest count is from Dec 5, 2000, 1.37× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is York Mills & Birchwood a walkable intersection?
York Mills & Birchwood scores 39 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: pedestrian crossover.
How fast do cars go at York Mills & Birchwood?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on York Mills Rd between Cedarwood Ave and Birchwood Ave (January 2011), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 233 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in May 2026.
Where can I park near York Mills & Birchwood?
The nearest Green P car park is 3885 Yonge St (1.5 km away, 139 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 73 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,630 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to York Mills & Birchwood by transit?
Bus routes 95, 115, 122, 78, 11, 995, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: York Mills Rd at Birchwood Ave, 42 m).
What restaurants are near York Mills & Birchwood?
None within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bento Sushi (519 m), Hero Certified Burgers (519 m), Pearl Bayview Chinese Cuisine (519 m), Dineen (612 m) and Laderach (626 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near York Mills & Birchwood?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 388 m away at Owen Park.
Is there child care near York Mills & Birchwood?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 202 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Owen Community Learning Centre (309 m, 202 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at York Mills & Birchwood?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills page.
What neighbourhood is York Mills & Birchwood in?
York Mills & Birchwood is in Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 041). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 5, 2000.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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.
- 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 15 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: 43.74648, -79.39161 · centreline node 13450870.