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
Live traffic camera RESCU 8094 · 23 m
Which way is it looking?4 reference views
Fixed shots from the City, not live.The City's own feed for Don Mills & Steeles, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.
Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 16, 2023
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 9,783 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 37% of the total, against 3,712 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,842 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,006 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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: 3,842 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,006 from 5:00 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 2021, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (20%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (40%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 1, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 5 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Sep 1, 2015.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 3 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 5 | latest Sep 1, 2015 |
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
On Steeles Ave E between Purple Sageway and Edgar Woods Rd, 257 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2020 put the average speed at 60 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 68 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 74 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Freshmeadow Dr (285 m away, 30 km/h limit), 8.5% of the 43,179 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mills Rd · Freshmeadow Dr – Steeles Ave E · 150 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 28,161 | — | — | — |
| Steeles Ave E · Purple Sageway – Edgar Woods Rd · 257 m | Nov 2020 · 3 days | 25,409 | 60 km/h | 68 km/h | 74 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Freshmeadow Dr (eastbound), 285 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 8.5% at 40 km/h or more. 43,179 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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2021; 627 tickets in 2025, 301 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in North York.
- The crossing
- Signal 1038, activated 1974 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 25 53 151 nearest 27 m
- Express
- 925 953
- Blue Night
- 325 353
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Don Mills Rd at Steeles Ave East; Steeles Ave East at Don Mills Rd
- Regional
- York Region Transit 003 Thornhill 090 Leslie 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Steeles Av50 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
- 4 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 52 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 Freshco, 500 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Hi Yogurt, 500 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 88 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Hi Yogurt · 2395 Don Mills Rd500 m · 6 min
- 3a Noodle · 3875 Don Mills Rd None514 m · 6 min
- Pizza Hot Wings · 3883 Don Mills Rd514 m · 6 min
- Sengyo Sushi · 3887 Don Mills Rd None514 m · 6 min
- Tastee · 3913 Don Mills Rd None514 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Freshco 500 m · 6 min
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 88 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre · 95 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day596 m · 7 min
- Cliffwood Community Child Care · 166 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day920 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
- Cliffwood Park826 m · 10 min
- Duncan Creek Park1.1 km · 14 min
- Schools
- Arbor Glen Public SchoolEnglish Public · 596 m · 7 min
- Highland Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 725 m · 9 min
- St Matthias C.s. (Temporary Location)English Public · 733 m · 9 min
- Cliffwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 919 m · 11 min
- A Y Jackson Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 17 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, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 397 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (86 m, 397 units, 6 storeys, built 1980), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 Don Mills Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 397 | 6 | 1980 | 95 · Jun 2024 | 86 m |
1 registered building · 397 units · 1 social housing · tallest 6 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
Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (3) |
| 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 — see Hillcrest Village.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Don Mills & Steeles a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Don Mills & Steeles?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Feb 16, 2023, 2.9× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Don Mills & Steeles a walkable intersection?
Don Mills & Steeles scores 29 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: 5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 7 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · 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 Don Mills & Steeles?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Don Mills & Steeles since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 627 tickets in 2025 (798 in 2024) and 301 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 2,328 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Don Mills & Steeles?
627 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 798 in 2024, and 301 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 2,328 tickets since 2021. 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.
How fast do cars go at Don Mills & Steeles?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Purple Sageway and Edgar Woods Rd (November 2020), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 68 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 285 m away (30 km/h), 8.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Don Mills & Steeles?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 52 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,610 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Don Mills & Steeles by transit?
Bus routes 25, 53, 151, 925, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Don Mills Rd at Steeles Ave East, 27 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Steeles Av.
What restaurants are near Don Mills & Steeles?
None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Hi Yogurt (500 m), 3a Noodle (514 m), Pizza Hot Wings (514 m), Sengyo Sushi (514 m) and Tastee (514 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 Don Mills & Steeles?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 261 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre (596 m, 95 spaces) and Cliffwood Community Child Care (920 m, 166 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Don Mills & Steeles?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 397 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (86 m, 397 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Don Mills & Steeles?
Toronto Police place three 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 Hillcrest Village page.
What neighbourhood is Don Mills & Steeles in?
Don Mills & Steeles is in Hillcrest Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 048). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
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 Feb 16, 2023.
- 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); live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- 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.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 17 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: 43.81118, -79.36078 · centreline node 13442528.