Yorkville & Bay

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 9, 2025

The south leg carries the load — 6,663 northbound vehicles, or 40% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 554. Most cyclists arrived from the south (512 of 1,150). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,434 vehicles in the hour from 5:45 p.m., 21% above the morning peak from 9:15 a.m. (1,189). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,189 vehicles in the hour from 9:15 a.m. and 1,434 from 5:45 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 (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 31 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 23% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 15, 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 Oct 24, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

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 2021

The City's counter on Yorkville Ave between Bellair St and Hazelton Ave (166 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 5,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Yorkville Avenue between Bay St and Avenue Rd.

Traffic calming

Yorkville Avenue (Bay St – Avenue Rd): 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.

The crossing

Signal 0895, activated 1970 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Not within a walk: a community centre.

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 68 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit28/28

  Bay Station · 6 stops within 300 m · 17 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go14/14

  library 161 m away · 3 places of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation6/10

  6 parks within 500 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · accessible signals · 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.

44 registered apartment buildings with 7,441 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 95 Davenport Rd (321 m, 26 units, 3 storeys, built 1969), which scored 80 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 44 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

44 registered buildings · 7,441 units · 6 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 26 thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.0 a year. 88% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Annex.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 9, 2025.
• 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 11 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: 43.67136, -79.39017 · centreline node 13463253.