Toronto · intersection · signal 1049

Chesswood & Sheppard

Chesswood Dr & Sheppard Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Chesswood & Sheppard is a major arterial intersection. It sits in Downsview. At the corner: a protected bikeway. Nearby: Downsview Park Station (Line 1) 433 m away and Downsview Park GO 390 m away.

Traffic volume
32,546
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
479 pedestrians · 33 cyclists · #261 busiest
Collisions
348
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
50 with an injury · 272 property damage · #229 of 5,508 · +9 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Downsview Park Station 433 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,320 vehicles, 2.0× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 68 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 35 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 10.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.2× the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 174 collisions in 2016–2020 and 174 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Chesswood & Sheppard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Downsview Park Station (Line 1)433 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie390 m
TTC bus
84101106108107105104 nearest 31 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384329
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Chesswood Dr
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd780 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Chesswood Dr installed 2023
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 17 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 59 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 (7)
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 630 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 919 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 1 km
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1 km
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 1 more
Parks (5)
  • Kennard Parkette1 km
  • Michael Feldman Parkette1.2 km
  • Garthdale Parkette1.3 km
  • Banting Park1.4 km
  • Grandravine Park1.4 km
Signal
1049, activated 1974 · SA2 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 98. The nearest is California Sandwiches, 86 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 98 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
California Sandwiches · 3701 Chesswood Dr86 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Coffee Time · 3701 Chesswood Dr86 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Kgolf Toronto · 3705 Chesswood Dr86 mPassed, Apr 2026
Toronto Brewing · 3701 Chesswood Dr Unit-11586 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Ristorante Monte Cassino · 3710 Chesswood Dr100 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Delicious Solutions · 3974 Chesswood Dr190 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Bakerberry's · 3958 Chesswood Dr190 mPassed, Mar 2024
Bakery Gateau · 1170 Sheppard Ave W Unit-13grocery216 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 214 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (651 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 214 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    651 m
  • Uptown Montessori School · 39 Carl Hall Rd
    165 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 933 m away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.3 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police31 Division · 4.3 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 933 m4330 Dufferin 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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 79 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (930 m, 79 units, 4 storeys, built 1993), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 79 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241930 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 lots378 lots · ≈86,410 spaces · 259.2 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈7,780 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 967 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.7 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.5 km632 *
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.8 km335 *

Nearest lots: 76 m away, ≈272 spaces; 122 m away, ≈101 spaces; 149 m away, ≈442 spaces; 171 m away, ≈98 spaces; 219 m away, ≈1,576 spaces; 224 m away, ≈123 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, Nov 15, 2025 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 12,348 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 38% of the total, against 3,331 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,917 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 2,591 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north5,145southbound · 6 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west11,722eastbound · 11 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles32,546479 pedestrians · 33 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east12,348westbound · 9 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south3,331northbound · 7 bikes · 0.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,591 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,917 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend

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 Chesswood Dr between Sheppard Ave W and Steeprock Dr (105 m away, Apr 2013) recorded volume only — about 15,715 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Chesswood Dr · Sheppard Ave W – Steeprock Dr · 105 mApr 2013 · 3 days15,715
Sheppard Ave W · Kodiak Cres – Chesswood Dr · 197 mSep 2014 · 7 days15,924

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 2019, with 43 collisions; 2025 recorded 39. 50 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 28 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 10.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions348#229 of 5,508
With an injury50#234 of 4,660
Property damage only272
Fail to remain28
Involving a pedestrian4#1035 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1359 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified26
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
All since 2014428latest Jun 11, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

17 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 65% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1741street/outdoor (11), commercial premises (5)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 4, 2026. 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 Downsview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Chesswood & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 348 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 Chesswood & Sheppard?

A major arterial intersection. It ranks #261 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Chesswood & Sheppard?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.5 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 378 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 86,410 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Chesswood & Sheppard by transit?

Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 433 m away; Downsview Park GO is 390 m away; bus routes 84, 101, 106, 108, 107, 105, 104, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Chesswood Dr, 31 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd.

What restaurants are near Chesswood & Sheppard?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 98 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are California Sandwiches (86 m), Coffee Time (86 m), Kgolf Toronto (86 m), Toronto Brewing (86 m) and Ristorante Monte Cassino (100 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 Chesswood & Sheppard?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 214 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (651 m, 49 spaces) and Uptown Montessori School (1.0 km, 165 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Chesswood & Sheppard?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 79 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (930 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 86 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 Chesswood & Sheppard?

Toronto Police place 17 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Downsview page.

What neighbourhood is Chesswood & Sheppard in?

Chesswood & Sheppard is in Downsview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 155), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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