Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time. Steeles Avenue is the city limit: the north side is Vaughan or Markham and outside Toronto's records
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 · 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 2,623 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,990 from 4:00 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 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.
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 Jun 10, 2007.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 63 | #1733 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 15 | #1223 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 40 | |
| Fail to remain | 10 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #1051 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jun 10, 2007 |
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 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), 1.9% of the 29,156 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus Ave · Peckham Ave – Steeles Ave W · 74 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 6,333 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave W · Cactus Ave – Village Gt · 263 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 42,588 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Peckham Ave (southbound), 280 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 24 km/h, 85th percentile 32 km/h; 1.9% at 40 km/h or more. 29,156 vehicles logged in August 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
- Signal 1467, activated 1983 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 60 98 7 97 160 nearest 20 m
- Express
- 960
- Blue Night
- 353 307
- 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 Woods 088 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 16 mapped lots within 500 m, 122 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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.
Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Metro, 932 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 9 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway, 756 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Vatan Pharmacy, 220 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Sunrise of Thornhill, a retirement home 114 m away (two within a kilometre). Bernard Betel Centre - Creative Living Day Program - English runs a seniors' active living programme 947 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Subway · 785 Steeles Ave W756 m · 9 min
- Gino's Pizza · 787 Steeles Ave W775 m · 9 min
- The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living · 1003 Steeles Ave W912 m · 11 min
- Akiva's Food · 6243 Bathurst St932 m · 11 min
- Bento Sushi · 6201 Bathurst St932 m · 11 min
- Grocery
- Metro 932 m · 11 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Steeles Bakery 932 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Vatan Pharmacy 220 m · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- St. Paschal Baylon · 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day663 m · 8 min
- Pleasant Child Care of North York · 110 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day772 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Sunrise of Thornhill · retirement home · 2 within 1 km114 m
- Bernard Betel Centre - Creative Living Day Program - English · seniors' active living centre947 m · 11 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
- Moore Park442 m · 5 min
- Schools
- St Paschal Baylon Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 663 m · 8 min
- Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 772 m · 9 min
- Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 1 km · 12 min
- Newtonbrook Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 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 or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is, and nothing north of Steeles.
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
Within a kilometre there are four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 944 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 755 Steeles Ave W (493 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 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 755 Steeles Ave W · Marbrook Developments Ltd. | 194 | 15 | 1970 | 95 · Nov 2025 | 493 m · 6 min |
| 765 Steeles Ave W · Sterling Karamar Property Management | 167 | 22 | 1969 | 82 · Jun 2024 | 618 m · 7 min |
| 775 Steeles Ave W · R A B Properties Limited | 194 | 16 | 1966 | 81 · Jun 2024 | 746 m · 9 min |
| 6250 Bathurst St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 389 | 14 | 1972 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 904 m · 11 min |
4 registered buildings · 944 units · 1 social housing · tallest 22 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
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.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (1), commercial premises (1) |
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 #251 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Cactus & Steeles a walkable intersection?
Cactus & Steeles scores 34 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: 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
Where can I park near Cactus & Steeles?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 122 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,510 spaces — 16 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 9 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Subway (756 m), Gino's Pizza (775 m), The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living (912 m), Akiva's Food (932 m) and Bento Sushi (932 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.
Is there child care near Cactus & Steeles?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 182 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Paschal Baylon (663 m, 72 spaces) and Pleasant Child Care of North York (772 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Cactus & Steeles?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 944 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 755 Steeles Ave W (493 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 765 Steeles Ave W (618 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 775 Steeles Ave W (746 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 6250 Bathurst St (904 m, 389 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 88 out of 100.
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. 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 14, 2026.
- 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; 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.
- 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: 43.79441, -79.43656 · centreline node 13444337.