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, and the red-light camera
Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 10, 2022 · weekend
The east leg carries the load — 7,183 westbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,346. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,467 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 61% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,531). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.
Peak hours: 1,531 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,467 from 2:00 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
2017 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 3, 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 Oct 21, 2010.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 18 | |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 12 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Oct 21, 2010 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Carpenter Rd between Fisherville Rd and Steeles Ave W (106 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 9,787 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles Ave W · Bathurst St – Carpenter Rd · 77 m | Mar 2016 · 9 days | 19,638 | — | — | — |
| Carpenter Rd · Fisherville Rd – Steeles Ave W · 106 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 9,787 | — | — | — |
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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2007; 939 tickets in 2025, 262 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in North York.
- The crossing
- Signal 1564, activated 1988 · 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
- 7 60 160 nearest 23 m
- Express
- 960
- Blue Night
- 353 307
- Nearest stops
- 11 surface stops within 300 m — Carpenter Rd at Steeles Ave West; Steeles Ave West at Carpenter Rd
- Regional
- York Region Transit 003 Thornhill 088 Bathurst at Bathurst St / Steeles Av217 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
- 1 post-and-ring within 300 m
- Other lots
- 17 mapped lots within 500 m, 112 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
You can do a shop on foot from here: Concord Oriental Market is 63 m away. There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 13 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living, 33 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Main Exchange Pharmacy Inc, 127 m away, one of three within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Amica Thornhill, a retirement home 745 m away (two within a kilometre). Bernard Betel Centre - Creative Living Day Program - English runs a seniors' active living programme 57 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living · 1003 Steeles Ave W33 m
- Kiva's Bagel Bakery & Restaurant · 1027 Steeles Ave W63 m
- Pho Donation · 1045 Steeles Ave W63 m
- Szechuan Gourmet · 1033 Steeles Ave W63 m
- Gino's Pizza · 787 Steeles Ave W188 m
- Grocery
- Concord Oriental Market 63 m · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Steeles Bakery 345 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Main Exchange Pharmacy Inc 127 m · 7 within 1 km
- Child care
- Enriched Child Care Learning Centre · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day565 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- Amica Thornhill · retirement home · 2 within 1 km745 m · 9 min
- Bernard Betel Centre - Creative Living Day Program - English · seniors' active living centre57 m
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
- Festival Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Lissom Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Moore Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Don Lake Parkette1.4 km · 16 min
- Rockford Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- Antibes Community Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools
- Toronto Cheder Boys SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
- Congregation Bnei Torah and Birchas Shmuel Private SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Rockford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Fisherville Sr & N/W Secondary AlternativeEnglish 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 library or a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,804 of 5,672. 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
19 registered apartment buildings with 3,216 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 6200 Bathurst St (159 m, 181 units, 14 storeys, built 1969), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6200 Bathurst St · Cromwell Management Inc. | 181 | 14 | 1969 | 99 · Aug 2026 | 159 m |
| 6250 Bathurst St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 389 | 14 | 1972 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 169 m |
| 1085 Steeles Ave W · Wycliffe Property Management Limited | 100 | 15 | 1969 | 90 · Jul 2026 | 181 m |
| 6040 Bathurst St · Pinedale Properties Ltd | 202 | 17 | 1970 | 97 · Sep 2025 | 375 m · 4 min |
| 6171 Bathurst St · Cando Apartments Ltd. | 170 | 13 | 1960 | 94 · Jun 2024 | 376 m · 4 min |
| 5 Fisherville Rd · Pinedale Properties Ltd | 202 | 17 | 1970 | 89 · Jul 2024 | 378 m · 5 min |
19 registered buildings · 3,216 units · 2 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
Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 2.9 a year before that. 59% 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 | 22 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (13), apartment parking (9) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Carpenter & Steeles a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 Carpenter & Steeles?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.80× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Carpenter & Steeles a walkable intersection?
Carpenter & Steeles scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,804 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 6 places to eat within 300 m; 11 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest park 1.1 km · nearest centre 1.4 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.
Is there a red-light camera at Carpenter & Steeles?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Carpenter & Steeles since 2007, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 939 tickets in 2025 (1,422 in 2024) and 262 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 18,124 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Carpenter & Steeles?
939 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 1,422 in 2024, and 262 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 18,124 tickets since 2007. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
Where can I park near Carpenter & Steeles?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 112 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,500 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Carpenter & Steeles by transit?
Bus routes 7, 60, 160, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Carpenter Rd at Steeles Ave West, 23 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 088 Bathurst at Bathurst St / Steeles Av.
What restaurants are near Carpenter & Steeles?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 13 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living (33 m), Kiva's Bagel Bakery & Restaurant (63 m), Pho Donation (63 m), Szechuan Gourmet (63 m) and Gino's Pizza (188 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 Carpenter & Steeles?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 34 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Enriched Child Care Learning Centre (565 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Carpenter & Steeles?
19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,216 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 6200 Bathurst St (159 m, 181 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 6250 Bathurst St (169 m, 389 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1085 Steeles Ave W (181 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 6040 Bathurst St (375 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 93 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Carpenter & Steeles?
Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the neighbourhood page.
What ward is Carpenter & Steeles in?
Carpenter & Steeles is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.
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 Dec 10, 2022.
- 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- 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.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 6 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: 43.79206, -79.44757 · centreline node 13444656.