Toronto · intersection · signal 906

Brian & Sheppard

Brian Dr & Sheppard Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Henry Farm · Ward 17, Don Valley North

In Henry Farm, Brian & Sheppard is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a school within 250 m, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
28,953
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 28, 2025
3,263 pedestrians · 146 cyclists · #376 busiest
Collisions
227
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
40 with an injury · 166 property damage · #430 of 5,508 · +11 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,070 vehicles an hour, 1.79× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 23 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 7.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.58× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 47%, from 148 in 2016–2020 to 79 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Brian & Sheppard

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at Sheppard Ave. E. @ Herons Hill Way344 m
TTC bus
2485167169 nearest 44 m
Express
904985924
Blue Night
385324
Nearest stops
6 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 64 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 53 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (25)
  • Oxford College of Canada Secondary SchoolPrivate · 241 m
  • Amberwood AcademyPrivate · 343 m
  • Elite Academic Secondary SchoolPrivate · 343 m
  • Abu Huraira Islamic Centre and AcademyPrivate · 366 m
  • Hanson CollegePrivate · 370 m
  • Cestar High SchoolPrivate · 377 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (19)
  • David Caplan Park135 m
  • Atria North Park191 m
  • Atria South Park241 m
  • Old Sheppard Park384 m
  • Hickorynut Parkette398 m
  • Muirhead Park782 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fairview branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • CF Fairview MallLandmark · 1.1 km
Signal
0906, activated 1970 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 71 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Shawarma Royale, 64 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés12 within 300 m · 71 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shawarma Royale · 2185 Sheppard Ave E64 mPassed, Jul 2026
Aladdin Shawarma House · 2022 Sheppard Ave E71 mPassed, Jul 2026
Caspian Supermarket · 2052 Sheppard Ave Egrocery71 mPassed, May 2026
Marcy Fine Foods Inc. · 2064 Sheppard Ave E Unit-14 Nonegrocery71 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Mercator Euro Mini Mart · 2046 Sheppard Ave E71 mPassed, May 2026
Umami House · 2038 Sheppard Ave E71 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Xichlo Vietnamese Cuisine · 2189 Sheppard Ave E79 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Willie Stouts · 2175 Sheppard Ave E Unit-101101 mPassed, Jun 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Clydesdale Park Tennis Clubhouse Universal Washroom, 932 m away, open 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 121 m away at David Caplan Park.

  • Clydesdale Park Tennis Clubhouse Universal Washroom · 116 Clydesdale Dr
    9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
    932 m
Drinking water
David Caplan Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 121 m; Atria North Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 196 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 594 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Young Talents Academy (324 m, 70 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 594 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 9
  • Young Talents Academy · 2255 Sheppard Ave E
    70 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    324 m
  • Head Start Montessori School · 2235 Sheppard Ave E
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    379 m
  • Kids & Company - Consumers Site · 251 Consumers Rd
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    568 m
  • All About Kids Sheppard · 2005 Sheppard Ave E
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    580 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 115 (763 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 763 m away.

FireFire Station 115 · 763 m115 Parkway Forest Dr
Police33 Division · 3.1 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 763 m115 Parkway Forest Dr

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

17 registered apartment buildings with 3,687 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 325 Yorkland Blvd (175 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 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 58 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 19 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 3,687 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202658 across the 17
Open fire-code violations19
Tallest44 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
325 Yorkland Blvd · Rhapsody Property Management Services479442024100 · Aug 202512175 m
55 Smooth Rose Crt · Rhapsody Property Management30127201998 · Jul 20253177 m
2727 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management17813197295 · Aug 20262689 m
2739 Victoria Park AveToronto Community Housing · TCH20315197187 · Sep 20250 · 8 fire714 m
121 Parkway Forest Dr · Greenwin Corp.23214200692 · Jul 20259 · 6 fire761 m
2743 Victoria Park AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation20115197186 · Sep 20251 · 1 fire781 m
10 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.22016197192 · Aug 20263797 m
20 Chichester Pl · Park Property Management Inc18914197096 · Sep 20240799 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots314 lots · ≈38,880 spaces · 116.6 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈5,320 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 366 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface1.2 km366 *

Nearest lots: 85 m away, ≈110 spaces; 90 m away, ≈81 spaces; 133 m away, ≈83 spaces; 144 m away, ≈20 spaces; 189 m away, ≈19 spaces; 189 m away, ≈896 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north3,862southbound · 13 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west11,488eastbound · 50 bikes · 4.2% heavy
Total vehicles28,9533,263 pedestrians · 146 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east10,431westbound · 45 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south3,172northbound · 38 bikes · 4.7% heavy
AM peak hour2,352 vehicles from 9:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,082 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 28, 2025

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Consumers Rd · Sheppard Ave E – Yorkland Blvd · 0 mApr 2014 · 3 days19,288
Brian Dr · Sheppard Ave E – Patrick Blvd · 61 mMar 2024 · 3 days7,63540 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Sheppard Ave E · Herons Hill Way – Bards Walkway · 293 mSep 2014 · 8 days20,999

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; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

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, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions227#430 of 5,508
With an injury40#342 of 4,660
Property damage only166
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian8#372 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2339 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified21
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11
All since 2014286latest May 15, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 26, 2014.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1550street/outdoor (10), commercial premises (3)
Bicycle theft200apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 31, 2025. 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 #376 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.79× the median for a counted intersection.

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 (1.2 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 314 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,880 spaces — 39 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?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 71 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Shawarma Royale (64 m), Aladdin Shawarma House (71 m), Mercator Euro Mini Mart (71 m), Umami House (71 m) and Xichlo Vietnamese Cuisine (79 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Brian & Sheppard?

The nearest is Clydesdale Park Tennis Clubhouse Universal Washroom, 116 Clydesdale Dr, 932 m away (open 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Brian & Sheppard?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 594 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Young Talents Academy (324 m, 70 spaces), Head Start Montessori School (379 m, 64 spaces) and Kids & Company - Consumers Site (568 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brian & Sheppard?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,687 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 325 Yorkland Blvd (175 m, 479 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 55 Smooth Rose Crt (177 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2727 Victoria Park Ave (689 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 2739 Victoria Park Ave (714 m, 203 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 95 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

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. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. 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