Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
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)
- Moore Park330 m
- Lissom Park1.1 km
- Goulding Park1.2 km
- 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.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Subway · 785 Steeles Ave W | 730 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Gino's Pizza · 787 Steeles Ave W | 748 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Akiva's Food · 6243 Bathurst Stgrocery | 787 m | Passed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Bento Sushi · 6201 Bathurst St | 787 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Koz Bingol · 6255 Bathurst St | 787 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Metro · 6201 Bathurst Stgrocery | 787 m | Passed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Steeles Bakery · 6235 Bathurst St Nonegrocery | 787 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living · 1003 Steeles Ave W | 894 m | Passed, 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).
- St. Paschal Baylon · 15 St Paschal Crt
72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day467 m - Pleasant Child Care of North York · 288 Pleasant Ave
110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day521 m - Tiki's Day Care Centre · 20 Tangreen Crt
63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day816 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.
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.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 755 Steeles Ave W · Marbrook Developments Ltd. | 194 | 15 | 1970 | 95 · Nov 2025 | 1 | 445 m |
| 765 Steeles Ave W · Sterling Karamar Property Management | 167 | 22 | 1969 | 82 · Jun 2024 | 5 | 549 m |
| 775 Steeles Ave W · R A B Properties Limited | 194 | 16 | 1966 | 81 · Jun 2024 | 1 | 627 m |
| 6250 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 389 | 14 | 1972 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 832 m |
| 6171 Bathurst St · Cando Apartments Ltd. | 170 | 13 | 1960 | 94 · Jun 2024 | 6 | 856 m |
| 6200 Bathurst St · Cromwell Management Inc. | 181 | 14 | 1969 | 99 · Aug 2026 | 3 · 5 fire | 900 m |
| 15 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT | 214 | 18 | 1968 | 90 · Jun 2024 | 5 | 917 m |
| 5 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT | 214 | 18 | 1968 | 87 · Jun 2024 | 14 | 928 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
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.
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 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 | — | — | — |
School-zone speed sign 280 m
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
Exposure-adjusted: 1.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 63 | #1733 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 15 | #1223 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 40 | |
| Fail to remain | 10 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #1051 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #2404 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 8 | |
| All since 2014 | 80 | latest 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
| 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) |
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
- 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 Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 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).
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (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 Feb 5, 2025.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.79441, -79.43656 · centreline node 13444337.