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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 volume14-hour count · Oct 28, 2025
The west leg carries the load — 11,488 eastbound vehicles, or 40% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 3,172. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,082 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 31% above the morning peak from 9:00 a.m. (2,352). Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% 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: 2,352 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 3,082 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
2019 was the peak year (45 collisions), and 2025 closed with 23. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 15 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 25, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 26, 2014.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 227 | #430 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 40 | #342 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 166 | |
| Fail to remain | 23 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 8 | #372 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 21 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 15 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jan 26, 2014 |
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 Brian Dr between Sheppard Ave E and Patrick Blvd (61 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 7,600 vehicles a day. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Brian Drive between Sheppard Ave E and Old Sheppard Ave (installed 2025).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers Rd · Sheppard Ave E – Yorkland Blvd · 0 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 19,288 | — | — | — |
| Brian Dr · Sheppard Ave E – Patrick Blvd · 61 m | Mar 2024 · 3 days | 7,635 | 40 km/h | 48 km/h | 52 km/h |
| Sheppard Ave E · Herons Hill Way – Bards Walkway · 293 m | Sep 2014 · 8 days | 20,999 | — | — | — |
- Traffic calming
- Brian Drive (Sheppard Ave E – Old Sheppard Ave): 6 speed humps (installed 2025)
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 0906, activated 1970 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at Sheppard Ave. E. @ Herons Hill Way346 m · 4 min
- TTC bus
- 24 85 167 169 nearest 44 m
- Express
- 904 985 924
- Blue Night
- 385 324
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Brian Dr West Side; Sheppard Ave East at Consumers Rd East Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Sheppard Av / Consumers Rd43 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Sheppard Ave E / Brian Dr 81 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 34 docks 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 366 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 25 mapped lots within 500 m, 208 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface | 1.3 km | 366 * | — |
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
You can do a shop on foot from here: Caspian Supermarket is 71 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 47 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Aladdin Shawarma House, 71 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Victoria Sheppard Pharmacy, 109 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Aladdin Shawarma House · 2022 Sheppard Ave E71 m
- Umami House · 2038 Sheppard Ave E71 m
- Shawarma Royale · 2185 Sheppard Ave E83 m
- Xichlo Vietnamese Cuisine · 2189 Sheppard Ave E99 m
- Willie Stouts · 2175 Sheppard Ave E Unit-101136 m
- Grocery
- Caspian Supermarket 71 m · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Chuck E Cheese's 411 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Victoria Sheppard Pharmacy 109 m · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Young Talents Academy · 70 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day403 m · 5 min
- Head Start Montessori School · 64 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool455 m · 5 min
- Kids & Company - Consumers Site · 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day609 m · 7 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 (10)
- David Caplan Park179 m
- Atria North Park249 m
- Atria South Park325 m · 4 min
- Hickorynut Parkette436 m · 5 min
- Old Sheppard Park619 m · 7 min
- Schools (15)
- Oxford College of Canada Secondary SchoolPrivate · 249 m
- Amberwood AcademyPrivate · 386 m · 5 min
- Elite Academic Secondary SchoolPrivate · 386 m · 5 min
- Hanson CollegePrivate · 406 m · 5 min
- Victoria Park LINC CentreEnglish Separate · 434 m · 5 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 community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,315 of 5,672. 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Eight registered apartment buildings with 2,024 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 325 Yorkland Blvd (236 m, 479 units, 44 storeys, built 2024), which scored 100 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 325 Yorkland Blvd · Rhapsody Property Management Services | 479 | 44 | 2024 | 100 · Aug 2025 | 236 m |
| 55 Smooth Rose Crt · Rhapsody Property Management | 301 | 27 | 2019 | 98 · Jul 2025 | 245 m |
| 2727 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management | 178 | 13 | 1972 | 95 · Aug 2026 | 811 m · 10 min |
| 121 Parkway Forest Dr · Greenwin Corp. | 232 | 14 | 2006 | 92 · Jul 2025 | 813 m · 10 min |
| 2739 Victoria Park Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 203 | 15 | 1971 | 87 · Sep 2025 | 815 m · 10 min |
| 10 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc. | 220 | 16 | 1971 | 92 · Aug 2026 | 915 m · 11 min |
8 registered buildings · 2,024 units · 2 social housing · tallest 44 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.7 a year. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 15 | 5 | 0 | street/outdoor (10), commercial premises (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (2) |
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 Henry Farm.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Brian & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 227 lesser collisions. 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 Brian & Sheppard?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #383 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.79× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Brian & Sheppard a walkable intersection?
Brian & Sheppard scores 64 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,315 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 6 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 9 places to eat within 300 m; 4 parks within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Brian & Sheppard?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brian Dr between Sheppard Ave E and Patrick Blvd (March 2024), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Brian & Sheppard?
The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (1.3 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 208 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,960 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Brian & Sheppard by transit?
Bus routes 24, 85, 167, 169, 904, 985, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Brian Dr West Side, 44 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Sheppard Av / Consumers Rd.
What restaurants are near Brian & Sheppard?
9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 47 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Aladdin Shawarma House (71 m), Umami House (71 m), Shawarma Royale (83 m), Xichlo Vietnamese Cuisine (99 m) and Willie Stouts (136 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Brian & Sheppard?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 168 m away at David Caplan Park.
Is there child care near Brian & Sheppard?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 500 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Young Talents Academy (403 m, 70 spaces), Head Start Montessori School (455 m, 64 spaces) and Kids & Company - Consumers Site (609 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Brian & Sheppard?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,024 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 325 Yorkland Blvd (236 m, 479 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 55 Smooth Rose Crt (245 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2727 Victoria Park Ave (811 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 121 Parkway Forest Dr (813 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 94 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Brian & Sheppard?
Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Henry Farm page.
What neighbourhood is Brian & Sheppard in?
Brian & Sheppard is in Henry Farm (City of Toronto neighbourhood 053). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
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 Oct 28, 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 17 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: 43.77510, -79.33124 · centreline node 13446581.