Toronto · intersection · signal 1467

Cactus & Steeles

Cactus Ave & Steeles Ave W · Toronto, Ontario

Cactus & Steeles, in Toronto, is a major arterial intersection. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
33,138
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 14, 2026
1,002 pedestrians · 58 cyclists · #247 busiest
Collisions
63
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 40 property damage · #1733 of 5,508
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,370 vehicles an hour, 2.0× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 33 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 6.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 76%, from 51 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Cactus & Steeles

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
6098797160 nearest 20 m
Express
960
Blue Night
353307
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Palm Gate Blvd; Steeles Ave West at Cactus Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 023 Thornhill Woods088 Bathurst at Steeles Av / Cactus Av18 m
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (13)
  • St Paschal Baylon Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 467 m
  • Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 521 m
  • Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 816 m
  • Newtonbrook Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 834 m
  • Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Fisherville Sr & N/W Secondary AlternativeEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (3)
Signal
1467, activated 1983 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 10 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway, 730 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Subway · 785 Steeles Ave W730 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Gino's Pizza · 787 Steeles Ave W748 mPassed, Aug 2026
Akiva's Food · 6243 Bathurst Stgrocery787 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Bento Sushi · 6201 Bathurst St787 mPassed, Sep 2026
Koz Bingol · 6255 Bathurst St787 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Metro · 6201 Bathurst Stgrocery787 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Steeles Bakery · 6235 Bathurst St Nonegrocery787 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living · 1003 Steeles Ave W894 mPassed, Jul 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 245 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Paschal Baylon (467 m, 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 245 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • St. Paschal Baylon · 15 St Paschal Crt
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    467 m
  • Pleasant Child Care of North York · 288 Pleasant Ave
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    521 m
  • Tiki's Day Care Centre · 20 Tangreen Crt
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    816 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 112 (2.1 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 112 · 2.1 km5700 Bathurst St
Police32 Division · 3.1 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 55 · 2.1 km5700 Bathurst St

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

Within a kilometre there are nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,893 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 755 Steeles Ave W (445 m, 194 units, 15 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 41 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 1,893 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202641 across the 9
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
755 Steeles Ave W · Marbrook Developments Ltd.19415197095 · Nov 20251445 m
765 Steeles Ave W · Sterling Karamar Property Management16722196982 · Jun 20245549 m
775 Steeles Ave W · R A B Properties Limited19416196681 · Jun 20241627 m
6250 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation38914197292 · Oct 20250832 m
6171 Bathurst St · Cando Apartments Ltd.17013196094 · Jun 20246856 m
6200 Bathurst St · Cromwell Management Inc.18114196999 · Aug 20263 · 5 fire900 m
15 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196890 · Jun 20245917 m
5 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196887 · Jun 202414928 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 lots187 lots · ≈27,560 spaces · 82.7 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈2,450 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈19 spaces; 86 m away, ≈45 spaces; 87 m away, ≈24 spaces; 90 m away, ≈499 spaces; 130 m away, ≈77 spaces; 132 m away, ≈51 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, Apr 14, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 15,286 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 1,319 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,990 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 2,623 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,319southbound · 11 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west13,581eastbound · 23 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles33,1381,002 pedestrians · 58 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east15,286westbound · 15 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south2,952northbound · 9 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,623 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,990 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 14, 2026

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 most recent midblock count on Cactus Ave between Peckham Ave and Steeles Ave W (74 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 6,333 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Peckham Ave (280 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.7% of the 29,955 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cactus Ave · Peckham Ave – Steeles Ave W · 74 mJun 2016 · 3 days6,333
Steeles Ave W · Cactus Ave – Village Gt · 263 mApr 2014 · 3 days42,588

School-zone speed sign 280 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct24 · 32 km/h
Over the limit7.9%
40 km/h or more1.7%

Peckham Ave (southbound), 102 Peckham Avenue · 29,955 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

The worst year was 2018, with 15 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 15 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Oct 26, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions63#1733 of 5,508
With an injury15#1223 of 4,660
Property damage only40
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian4#1051 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2404 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
All since 201480latest Oct 26, 2022

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 Jun 10, 2007.

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

Two thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft310apartment parking (1), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 5, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cactus & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 63 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 Cactus & Steeles?

A major arterial intersection. It ranks #247 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Cactus & Steeles?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 187 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,560 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Cactus & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 60, 98, 7, 97, 160, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Palm Gate Blvd, 20 m); York Region Transit routes 023 Thornhill Woods, 088 Bathurst at Steeles Av / Cactus Av.

What restaurants are near Cactus & Steeles?

None within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Subway (730 m), Gino's Pizza (748 m), Bento Sushi (787 m), Koz Bingol (787 m) and The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living (894 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Cactus & Steeles?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 245 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Paschal Baylon (467 m, 72 spaces), Pleasant Child Care of North York (521 m, 110 spaces) and Tiki's Day Care Centre (816 m, 63 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cactus & Steeles?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,893 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 755 Steeles Ave W (445 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 765 Steeles Ave W (549 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 775 Steeles Ave W (627 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 6250 Bathurst St (832 m, 389 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 91 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 Cactus & Steeles?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and three 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 neighbourhood page.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined